tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5384027358660553150.post8512810683787498437..comments2024-03-18T03:00:27.654-04:00Comments on Wild, Wicked & Wacky: How Do You Define Success?Suzan Hardenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04600258874634909988noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5384027358660553150.post-72865523508589573102014-03-26T17:05:19.790-04:002014-03-26T17:05:19.790-04:00Nah, I'm one of those free-lovin' pagans, ...Nah, I'm one of those free-lovin' pagans, Stu Rat.<br /><br />Now, if your family wants to cough up the money for home health care and rehab after my stroke...Suzan Hardenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04600258874634909988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5384027358660553150.post-34579309802588685682014-03-25T15:26:07.593-04:002014-03-25T15:26:07.593-04:00Angie, the big thing is that you have defined for ...Angie, the big thing is that you have defined for yourself what you would consider success.Suzan Hardenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04600258874634909988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5384027358660553150.post-69551229435498204872014-03-25T06:18:41.074-04:002014-03-25T06:18:41.074-04:00My definition of success has to do with money, but...My definition of success has to do with money, but it's a secondary effect. First, I want to be read. I want people reading my stuff, talking about it, commenting on it, and liking it enough to try the next one. Practically speaking, that means <i>selling</i> a lot of stuff. Sales translates more directly into readers than anything else. Books given away are rarely read, so the whole freebie thing is really a non-starter if you want readers, except in special cases like fanfic.<br /><br />There are things I'd like -- a big house on a few acres, a car and someone employed to drive it for us (since neither my husband nor I drive) since with that much property we'd be far enough off the bus lines that public transit would be problematic. But I don't <i>need</i> that to feel successful.<br /><br />I guess successful would translate into enough readers to let me pay a significant fraction of the family bills on a regular basis. That'd be very cool.<br /><br />AngieAngiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11920578701763415331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5384027358660553150.post-41244037285165341632014-03-24T13:52:04.885-04:002014-03-24T13:52:04.885-04:00Now, THAT'S an oven, Tim. And it's way mor...Now, THAT'S an oven, Tim. And it's way more doable than my bungalow. *grin*Suzan Hardenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04600258874634909988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5384027358660553150.post-25240521144979336392014-03-24T09:49:10.668-04:002014-03-24T09:49:10.668-04:00My definition of success will be when I can buy Iv...My definition of success will be when I can buy Ivy her 6 top spider burner stove/fan oven.Gothridge Manorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11371740532802642972noreply@blogger.com