The sexy image of disability?
Hmm. That's...no offense, Erika...but that I don't see.
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Strix - Nov 24, 2003 9:39:55 am PST #2906 of 10001
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
Astarte - Nov 24, 2003 9:43:34 am PST #2907 of 10001
Not having has never been the thing I've regretted most in my life. Not trying is.
it's just that I used to always feel that somebody else would say it better anyway so why should I try to do it? Just my own neurotic stuff.
Even if it were the exact same subject, no one else will be writing with your voice.
In case you haven't noticed, that voice is bittersweet and lovely like dark chocolate with a hint of raspberry eroticism. (eta: and I'm not talking about "sexy disability" either.)
Nobody else I've ever read has it. Not even close.
erikaj - Nov 24, 2003 9:45:17 am PST #2908 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!
Well, in some very underground places, but everybody doesn't read those...I'd love there to be a Crip Fear Of Flying, or hey, I'm not picky, Rubyfruit Jungle was great too. You know, something that makes a big splash(so to speak...um. Oh, for a different phrasing...)
Astarte - Nov 24, 2003 9:47:11 am PST #2909 of 10001
Not having has never been the thing I've regretted most in my life. Not trying is.
Someone has to write it. Why shouldn't it be you?
Strix - Nov 24, 2003 9:47:40 am PST #2910 of 10001
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
Heh. I LIKED that phrasing!
deborah grabien - Nov 24, 2003 9:49:09 am PST #2911 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
I am completely in Astarte's camp here. Your voice is completely unique, erika; so is your perspective. Why not go for it?
erikaj - Nov 24, 2003 10:00:12 am PST #2912 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!
Well, I'm gonna try. OK, so "sexy image" is probably overstating, but his book is called "Movie Stars and Sensuous Scars" Here's a link,in case you're curious. [link]
deborah grabien - Nov 24, 2003 10:03:24 am PST #2913 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
erika, I'd say, write a proposal for an agent - list out what the basic theme of the book is likely to be, how you want to pursue it, your cred (which is formidable) for writing it, etc.
I'll check the proposal over when you have a draft, and I'm betting half the editors - who may well be better at the nonfiction than I am - will, as well.
erikaj - Nov 24, 2003 10:17:49 am PST #2914 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!
I think it's gonna be stories, probably. Although they are kind of(or very) close to life. The disability community doesn't know what to do with me any more than anyone else does. IJS.
deborah grabien - Nov 24, 2003 10:24:05 am PST #2915 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
erika, I suspect there may be a fucking boatload of people in the disability community who would kill for that kind of book.
Because I don't remember being any less twisted when I was in a wheelchair than I am now.