Comments on: A decade of deadlines

By: Gary

Gary — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 19:53:48 +0000

Sorry Paul, didn’t spot your comment. Funny how things work out, isn’t it?

By: paul

paul — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 19:02:49 +0000

I’m well late to this – haven’t read any blogs for about a month due to being so busy, but congrats :)

When I was at university I used to read .net and thought “it would be amazing to work on that mag one day,” and the rest, as you know, is history :)

By: Gary

Gary — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 09:13:24 +0000

Thanks for the kind words, everyone. Sorry I’ve been a bit quiet.

By: Norman Lamont

Norman Lamont — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 07:37:53 +0000

Congrats Gary. I remember realising the guy that wrote the funny articles in .net was the same GM who wrote funny emails about his band and interesting stuff about online music when it was still new. Always a pleasure to read your blog and I didn’t realise you were on Fred McAuley – what a dizzying height of stardom! Now I can say ‘I used to know him (kind of)’

By: Stephen

Stephen — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 21:20:55 +0000

Congrats buddy! That’s pretty cool, really. Next time I’m in Glasgow (one of the ten top cities per Lonely Planet!) I’ll buy you a beer!

(Can’t believe it’s been several years since my first trip…)

By: Lis

Lis — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 04:51:00 +0000

btw, I take exception to the getting drunk and fighting with people online thing. that was SO much fun! ;-) Btw, you forgot to credit me for being your first copy editor. I deserve the recognition. After all I read it so much I have it memorized verbatim to this day. And after all that work and reading, you’d get drunk and pick a fight online. Very distressing and I think I’m owed royalties for pain and suffering.

Sorry, this is the sort of parasitic leeching one must bear when they are a literary celebrity :-)

Ach, forget it. Congratulations – well deserved and there’s few things one can be more grateful for than doing something you love. You know, like how I love getting surgeries et al. :-)

By: Lis

Lis — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 04:43:05 +0000

Well if I didn’t feel old enough already, this has done me in. Ten years?! I remember you worked really hard for that first article and look at what a lot of work and rewrites after rewrites got you. Hopefully when things get a bit shit with the business side of things, you can think back on where you were ten years and a day ago and see how much better it is now. Wish I could do the same :-P

By: mupwangle

mupwangle — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 19:09:46 +0000

>>7.45pm is awfully early to be drunk, tm ;-)

Not if you really try. ;-)

>>t’s not feeling trapped, not feeling that every day is going to be the same old shit until you’re hit by a bus or space aliens invade.

You can use alcohol to make that go away. See top of this comment.

(There is possibly something poignant about ikea being the spam word….)

By: Gary

Gary — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 08:12:11 +0000

7.45pm is awfully early to be drunk, tm ;-)

> You certainly seem to be a generally cheerier chap since you made the big leap

Regular readers of this blog are going “What? He was even grumpier before?”

You’re right, though. It’s not so much the job, although I do love what I do. It’s not feeling trapped, not feeling that every day is going to be the same old shit until you’re hit by a bus or space aliens invade.

> the one time I did, it was quite literally the best move I have ever made in my life.

That’s brilliant.

By: tm

tm — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 19:45:56 +0000

Well congratulations. You certainly seem to be a generally cheerier chap since you made the big leap, and personally I did and still do find what you did very inspiring (not that I actually want to be a writer, just in a general taking control of your life and getting a job you actually *wanted* kind of way).

Of course I have generally been rubbish at actually putting that inspiration to use, but years later the one time I did, it was quite literally the best move I have ever made in my life. So thanks as well.

You may write for a living, but occasionally it’s your actions that rub off on the rest of us.

Gee, I’m welling up – I need to go… ;-)

By: Squander Two

Squander Two — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 11:42:27 +0000

Think so. I remember I’d read your piece in Making Music about supporting Mansun before I met you, but not long before.

By: Gary

Gary — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 11:34:54 +0000

Thanks, chaps.

I think you’re right about the timeline. 99, wasn’t it?