is stop wasting time with message boards. Lord knows I've spent too much time on this when I should have been writing.

To really make it, you need to immerse yourself in your dream for a few years and give it a go. The tough part, of course, is trying to immerse yourself and feed yourself at the same time. I'm planning on taking a few months off after this last gig and really giving it a go. I've wasted too much time on silly stuff or jobs that I'm not really all that committed to (i.e, reality tv)