Can I be a nasty little bitch and note that I, being a nasty little bitch, was bitterly amused by the number of posters who would champion the glory of writing and the holiness of reading and the written word despite having not bothered to actually read and understand your original post.

“ I simply wanted to confront people's fantasies about writing books for a living with a few of the actual facts of the field.”

If we’re working with the idea that civilization is a dialogue, and writing is part of that dialogue, we might want to focus a little on the "listening to others" aspect of the enterprise. That’s all I’m saying. People who fail to do that, I think, are covered in your original bullet points:
* Some have a dream about being an author, or taking part in "literature"
*Some are obsessed lunatics – i.e., they feel they just gotta

…Or, the bullet point you were too polite to include: delusional and egocentric brats.

Posted by: j.c. on June 23, 2003 12:30 PM

Hi Z, Many thanks for the link. I wish I could read POrtuguese!

Hey J.C. -- Oooh, you are a nasty little bitch. And dead accurate too, as far as I'm concerned. Thanks.

Posted by: Michael Blowhard on June 24, 2003 1:42 AM






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