My Kid is a Damn Nutter - Page 64

BigV · 01-27-2015, 10:37 AM

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Originally Posted by Clodfobble

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There's been some really interesting work on teaching brain injured people to speak again using song lyrics instead of sentences. They can't say "I want soup for lunch" but they can sing it. The brain is so weird.

Another vote for "The brain is so weird." here. My Mom had a stroke years ago, a serious stroke and has been paralyzed on her right side since. Also, she has aphasia, rendering her vocabulary to "gunna gunna" and every emotional tone and inflection possible for that word. But no actual english words.

Surprisingly, she can hum, "sing" (aaahhh, aah, aaaaahhhhh) songs, no lyrics, but she can definitely carry a tune. The weirdness of her brain has been revealed by the removal of the part that granted her speech.

monster · 01-27-2015, 10:56 AM

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Originally Posted by Clodfobble

The brain is so weird.

ain't that the truth

Griff · 01-27-2015, 08:41 PM

word

xoxoxoBruce · 01-28-2015, 11:35 AM

Mine isn't weird... it told me so, didn't you HAL.

Clodfobble · 05-07-2015, 06:46 PM

OMG.

YOU GUYS.

I wrote a memoir. Finished it last October, been querying agents ever since. The way the publishing industry works, you have to send a query letter first, which is equivalent to an elevator pitch, and only then will they decide if they're interested enough to ask for pages of the actual manuscript to read. After a total of 20 rejections and 18 non-responses, plus another 10 that are still within the "maybe we haven't officially ignored you yet but we're not telling" timeframe... someone finally asked for the manuscript! And not just anyone, but a big name at a major firm. Still, this was only one tiny step forward, since agents may actually only select as few as 1 out of 20 manuscripts they request.

Then yesterday morning, less than 12 hours after my super depressing night on the comedy stage, she emailed back to say she loved the book and wanted to represent it. Papers signed today. With any luck, a publisher will agree it's awesome, and you'll be able to find the saga of this thread in a real freaking bookstore in like... another 18 months, minimum.

For serious, I'm an author, y'all. (Almost.) Hell of a way to take the sting out of Tuesday night.

DanaC · 05-07-2015, 06:55 PM

Wow. Clod! That's so frikkin awsome.

glatt · 05-07-2015, 07:00 PM

Will you sign my copy?

Griff · 05-08-2015, 06:35 AM

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Originally Posted by glatt

Will you sign my copy?

Meeee toooo!

Undertoad · 05-07-2015, 07:13 PM

Dang! Way to go!

BigV · 05-07-2015, 07:39 PM

WTG!!!

I want my copy signed too! The rest of you punks can get in line, behind me.

fargon · 05-07-2015, 08:05 PM

I want a signed copy also. When your on your book tour.

xoxoxoBruce · 05-07-2015, 08:19 PM

Excellent, I'm sure it's a good read.

Put the picture on the couch from college on the dust jacket. You'll sell a million.

Clodfobble · 05-07-2015, 08:35 PM

Ha! "As you can see from this photo, the psychological problems go back at least one generation..."

Thanks you guys. If I do get to do some kind of signing tour someday, you better believe I will be calling out dwellars in every city I get to go to.

xoxoxoBruce · 05-07-2015, 10:02 PM

Tour? I suppose it would be impossible to put more of a strain on your marriage at this point.

monster · 05-07-2015, 10:21 PM

awesome, ms. fob

01-27-2015, 08:41 PM	#3
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01-28-2015, 11:35 AM	#4
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Mine isn't weird... it told me so, didn't you HAL. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

05-07-2015, 06:46 PM	#5
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	OMG. *YOU GUYS.* I wrote a memoir. Finished it last October, been querying agents ever since. The way the publishing industry works, you have to send a query letter first, which is equivalent to an elevator pitch, and only then will they decide if they're interested enough to ask for pages of the actual manuscript to read. After a total of 20 rejections and 18 non-responses, plus another 10 that are still within the "maybe we haven't officially ignored you yet but we're not telling" timeframe... someone finally asked for the manuscript! And not just anyone, but a big name at a major firm. Still, this was only one tiny step forward, since agents may actually only select as few as 1 out of 20 manuscripts they request. Then yesterday morning, less than 12 hours after my super depressing night on the comedy stage, she emailed back to say she loved the book and wanted to represent it. Papers signed today. With any luck, a publisher will agree it's awesome, and you'll be able to find the saga of this thread in a real freaking bookstore in like... another 18 months, minimum. For serious, I'm an author, y'all. (Almost.) Hell of a way to take the sting out of Tuesday night. __________________ My book My other book My spirit animal

05-07-2015, 07:39 PM	#10
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	*WTG!!!* I want my copy signed too! The rest of you punks can get in line, behind me. __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

05-07-2015, 08:05 PM	#11
fargon Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: La Crosse, WI Posts: 8,924	I want a signed copy also. When your on your book tour. __________________ Annoy the ones that ignore you!!! I live a blessed life I Love my Country, I Fear the Government!!! Heavily medicated for the good of mankind.

05-07-2015, 07:00 PM	#7
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	Will you sign my copy?

05-07-2015, 07:13 PM	#9
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Dang! Way to go!

05-07-2015, 08:19 PM	#12
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Excellent, I'm sure it's a good read. Put the picture on the couch from college on the dust jacket. You'll sell a million. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

05-07-2015, 08:35 PM	#13
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	Ha! "As you can see from this photo, the psychological problems go back at least one generation..." Thanks you guys. If I do get to do some kind of signing tour someday, you better believe I will be calling out dwellars in every city I get to go to. __________________ My book My other book My spirit animal

05-07-2015, 10:02 PM	#14
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Tour? I suppose it would be impossible to put more of a strain on your marriage at this point. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

05-07-2015, 10:21 PM	#15
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	awesome, ms. fob __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

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