O is for ORIGINAL CLASSICS GONE PULP

     PULP FICTION

         late 1800’s – mid 1950’s

Pulp fiction novels were famous for their colorful book cover art that drew buyers attention. So success were Pulp covers, that even some non-pulp novels were given Pulp make-overs by publishers looking to sell to a wider audience. And as we writers know...after the writing, after the editing, after finding an agent and/or publisher...it's all about sales.  
                       

                                                      

             When I read 1984, I don't remember sexy blouses                                                          

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I actually like the original cover art but can see 
the mass appeal of the Pulp version.











            


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Look!  Even Papa got Pulped!

   Hmm? Which cover appeals more to you?

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I have no idea what this cover art means. Do you?






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FYI...this is the version I read in fifth grade when I was ten. 

         

             

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Obviously an eye-popping-appealing difference.










                                              


Always,
Em-Musing

PEDAL TO THE METTLE

Since moving here to Akumal…

I’ve been going to a gym to work out.

Yesterday…

I got on a stationary bike…

Thinking it would be fun to just pedal.

So I get on the bike…

And the readout on the screen said…

What is your goal?

Really?

This bike wants to know…

What my goal is?

For a moment I freaked thinking…

Is this bike questioning me on my submissions?

(I’m still sending them out, btw)

And then I realized, haha…

The goal was for the workout.

Goal? I had no goal…

Hell, I just wanted to pedal for fun…

But it didn’t matter. 
I still had to determine if my goal was:

Distance….

Time…

Or speed…

And then the bike would tell me…

How many calories I burned.

Well, that got me thinking…

Of writing goals. So if:

All my efforts (burning calories)= a finished manuscript…

Than I need to determine…

What method works best for me:

Time = how many hours a day I write

Speed = how fast I can write

Distance= my world count

After awhile I realized…

Because of all the calculations...

I wasn't enjoying my pedaling...

So I shut the damn screen off…

And just pedaled for the joy of it.

And that’s how I feel about my writing.

I write first the joy,..

Yet with a specific goal in mind.

So? What about you?

When you sit down to write...

What comes first?

The joy?

Or the goal?

Always, Em-Musing