Comments on: Zero Sum Game http://www.ficml.org/jemimap/wordpress/2004/05/03/zero-sum-game/ Cheating on the Kobayashi Maru since 2001 Mon, 01 Jun 2026 23:36:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.11 by: Jemima http://www.ficml.org/jemimap/wordpress/2004/05/03/zero-sum-game/#comment-544 Fri, 07 May 2004 03:48:24 +0000 http://www.ficml.org/jemimap/wordpress/2004/05/03/zero-sum-game/#comment-544 Sorry to burst <i>your</i> bubble, but note that "first mill" is a link to another entry about David Gerrold's writing book <i>Worlds of Wonder</i> in which he says, "the first million words are for practice." A wildly successful fiction writer is someone who can pay the rent without getting a day job. Making a million dollars at it is a pipe dream - you may as well play the lottery or go into a line of work where the first million refers to money. Sorry to burst your bubble, but note that “first mill” is a link to another entry about David Gerrold’s writing book Worlds of Wonder in which he says, “the first million words are for practice.”

A wildly successful fiction writer is someone who can pay the rent without getting a day job. Making a million dollars at it is a pipe dream - you may as well play the lottery or go into a line of work where the first million refers to money.

]]> by: Jack http://www.ficml.org/jemimap/wordpress/2004/05/03/zero-sum-game/#comment-543 Thu, 06 May 2004 17:20:57 +0000 http://www.ficml.org/jemimap/wordpress/2004/05/03/zero-sum-game/#comment-543 Hiya, Not to burst you're bubble or anything. But when 'they' refer to that elusive first million. They are talking about money. :) Good luck in either case. Hiya,

Not to burst you’re bubble or anything. But when ‘they’ refer to that elusive first million. They are talking about money. :)

Good luck in either case.

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