Oh, That’s Right

22Apr2003 Filed under: Word Mercenary

Reading this book (recommended by the girls at EastWest.nu and gifted to me by the girl at MinJungKim.com), I am yet again struck by the thought, “Oh right. I could do this.”

I really need to be feeding all my essays into that document I have on my hard drive labeled “book.doc” I keep getting discouraged by the fact that the only tie that holds the essays together is “I WROTE THAT!” Books like What’s Not to Love?: The Adventures of a Mildly Perverted Young Writer remind me that in some instances (strength of the writer, weakness of the editor, pursuasiveness of the literary agent?), that’s the only tie needed.

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5 Responses to “Oh, That’s Right”

tlc
April 23rd, 2003 at 6:13 am

But Jonathan Ames had already become “Jonathan Ames” by the time of this book’s publication. Not to discourage.
Ariel
April 23rd, 2003 at 6:23 am

Yes, but I’ve already become “Ariel Meadow Stallings.”

That said, I’m discouraged.
Min Jung
April 23rd, 2003 at 10:25 am

I feel your pain, girly. I totally do. And we both need to get off our tuckusses and get our writing even * more* out there.

Btw,
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
leblanc
April 23rd, 2003 at 12:29 pm

it’s your birthday? how did i miss that?

when i recently read “Bridget Jones’ Diary” on the plane from LA to Japan, that’s how i felt - “(if i tried hard enough) I could write this”. and i was encouraged. and so should you be.

and if writers like Kerouac and Burroughs such could get away with having a. no form and b. sometimes no content, so can you. it’s called “prose”.

plus, i really want to read whatever you write, so DO IT!
Ariel
April 23rd, 2003 at 1:23 pm

Not my birthday yet: May 16th. MJ is just on the early train.

And thank you, Leblanc.

Hey there. I'm Ariel Meadow Stallings, a native Seattleite who's written my way up and down the Left Coast. Electrolicious is where I post daily randomata, but I also write for a living. My first book, Offbeat Bride, was published last year.

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