Comments on: Thomas Sullivan: GIVING UP THE GHOST

By: Sully

Sully — Sat, 18 Nov 2006 17:27:00 +0000

Thanks, Teresa and Mark. Just to show what can be done, I’m dictating this post through Dragon NaturallySpeaking. Still slow and cumbersome, and sometimes my writing looks like a the word verification cue below, but it beats immersing my arms in acid out of desperation.

— the voice of the Dragon (Thomas Sullivan)

By: Mark Rainey

Mark Rainey — Sat, 18 Nov 2006 15:16:00 +0000

Your perspective is always unique, entertaining, and informative, Sully. Not to mention occasionally wow-ing.

Hate to hear about your carpal tunnel woes. A writer’s nightmare.

–M

By: Teresa

Teresa — Fri, 17 Nov 2006 06:28:00 +0000

Hey Sully glad to hear you are looking at alternatives to typing.

I’m sorry it doesn’t seem to like you, Janet.

By: Janet Berliner

Janet Berliner — Fri, 17 Nov 2006 00:49:00 +0000

Lucky you, Sully. Wish the program would work for me.
It refuses to recognize my accent and my Tallulah voice.

By: Sully

Sully — Fri, 17 Nov 2006 00:40:00 +0000

My first book was a moron book. Still selling well to morons. And I just wrote this with Dragon Naturally Speaking.

Good by carpal.

-- Sully.
(Thomas Sullivan)

By: David Niall Wilson

David Niall Wilson — Fri, 17 Nov 2006 00:27:00 +0000

An M&M book, eh? Green Mormon Miracles are the best (lol)

By: Janet Berliner

Janet Berliner — Thu, 16 Nov 2006 19:48:00 +0000

Great essay, Sullyman.

I tell myself that ghostwriting was the way I learned to start, finish, and craft a whole book. Most of my experiences are Tales of Hell--which is where your carpal pain needs to go. My favorite Hell Story was a book of Mormon Miracles. My assignment was to
create 23 miracles, extrapolated from the mission journals of a powerful and rich church Elder. I turned
in 19 miracles. The publisher was furious and ordered me to add four more. I did. That was 25 years ago. The book is still selling well in Mormon country.

Janet

By: Sully

Sully — Thu, 16 Nov 2006 16:19:00 +0000

Davey, never sneak up on a Greek!

Frank, stick a straw in the ground and give it a…er, shot. Your lumbago is on account of all those ash trees you’ve been cutting down. Before you do the rest of them, holler “Timber” in flamingo lingo.

– Sully (Thomas Sullivan)

By: Frank Wydra

Frank Wydra — Thu, 16 Nov 2006 15:54:00 +0000

Dear Sully,

There's this oblong hump in my backyard lawn that I trip over every time I cut the grass. It's been there every since my flamingos disappeared during your last visit. Do you think that if I dig into it I will find a three foot tall bottle of gin?

Help, I desperately need a drink, but I’m afraid that digging might exacerbate my lumbago.

Frank

By: David Niall Wilson

David Niall Wilson — Thu, 16 Nov 2006 13:21:00 +0000

“…but just to say that I have lived.”

I have no idea who that is from, or where, but when it popped into my head, it didn’t seem to be mine…though it DID seem appropriate. Feel better Sully, and maybe now is the time to renew contacts with the Greeks…irons have cooled in the fire…who knows what waits?

I loved Greece…

Dave