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50,000 Monkeys at 50,000 Typewriters Can't Be Wrong

Alright Brain, you don’t like me, and I don’t like you. But let’s just do this, and I can get back to killing you with beer.

Posted on 4 March, 2010 By Wil

I've put myself pretty much on lockdown until I finish writing my PAX East keynote, because my brain really isn't making it easy to convert my concepts and ideas into a proper presentation that is both thoughtful and entertaining.

I've given myself next Wednesday as the ultimate deadline, because I need to hang a Sword of Damocles over my head if I'm going to get anything done. This provides great motivation and helps with the fucos, but with that helpful pressure I also get some stressful pressure that occasionally leads to things like this coming out of my head:

Gaming played a fundamental role in making me the person I am today, privately and professionately

I meant to write professionally, but obviously my brain thought it would be hilarious to make me feel stupid by making up a word. I also thought this was hilarious (after I corrected it) so I sent it to my editor with the following note: Someday, we're going to laugh about this. For you, that day is probably now. For me, it's next Wednesday.

Andrew replied: Wil, I would never laugh at you. It would be unprofessionate.

I've said this before, but it bears repeating: Andrew and I have worked together on everything I've written in the last ten years that hasn't sucked. I wouldn't be nearly as successful as I am without his Red Pen of Doom, and after all this time together, I understand why authors will go through the fires of Hell to stay with an editor.

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Comments (5)

  1. Steven Cole says:
    4 March, 2010 at 11:33 am

    Well, “professionately” is pretty dull for a made up word, I’m afraid. “Fucos,” however, is golden.

  2. Rainne says:
    4 March, 2010 at 11:33 am

    Yeah, I like “fucos…”

  3. Stephen Bates says:
    4 March, 2010 at 11:34 am

    I nearly felt the need to correct you in the second paragraph, but I felt compelled to google it and now I get the reference http://www.flickr.com/photos/montine/2503395480/
    I’m sure it will turn out awesome

  4. Alicia says:
    4 March, 2010 at 11:34 am

    I like it – I think it describes doing what you’re passionate about for a living (professionally, ya dig?)
    -Alicia (@AliciaWag)

  5. Danyiel says:
    4 March, 2010 at 11:34 am

    It happens. I made one up just yesterday. Disconfusion. I was rather sleep deprived when I made it up, though, so stress and sleep deprivation basically brings out the George W. Bush in all of us, I think.

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