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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.
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.
erikaj - Nov 24, 2003 10:42:21 am PST #2916 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!
Well, I've got nothing to compare it to, and a mom who thinks an old lady yelling at her husband "Die, you bastard, die!" is just as hilarious as I do...if not more. There was honestly no chance for anything else...tried everything, too.
Astarte - Nov 24, 2003 10:58:51 am PST #2917 of 10001
Not having has never been the thing I've regretted most in my life. Not trying is.
Well, then there's us clamoring for more Erikavoice.
IJS.
I don't mean to make light, because I have the same writing demon. However, you do have a unique voice that I promise you will be speaking for many others besides yourself. Funny and dark and uncompromising and if Oliver Sacks can make a writing career out of men who think their wives are hats? There's room.
sfmarty - Nov 24, 2003 11:05:28 am PST #2918 of 10001
Who? moi??
There is a column that appears in the Chronicle (sfgate.com) from time to time called "Failing at Life". They are true stories of a woman who has neurological problems. She now has a large following.
Another series in the same paper was about a woman whose husband was hit by a car and was now a quadraplegic. Again, she had a large following.
People are interested in how other people cope. You are a good writer. Flog some columns to the newspapers. Try the Chronicle. Doesn't matter where you live. You do a book later, if you wish.
(sorry about the spelling)