No, no, no. I totally get that it's a business, and these posts are invaluable (as well as funny as all get out).

I'm just feelin' like my friends must have felt when they went to NYC in their twenties in order to become stars on Broadway (and their stories are the ones that kept me firmly in the facilities management job market).

I'm also feeling very "Wow. Real people who are real writers don't get published. Just go sit in a corner."

I guess I just identify myself as an Aeryn at the moment (pre-Kara Thrace, of course). A clever dilettante who amuses his friends, but had better stick to Lulu or other such PODs. It's all very intimidating.