Another blast from the past. Now I have to try to remember why I wrote this. (I think the posting delays were caused by my Yahoo account settings. I think they might be fixed. Then again, I could be wrong.)
I think there are a few ways to read what I was saying. One is that I was indulging in my usual insecure whining about how everybody else is so grown-up and successful and here am I working and living like a teenager. I'm sure you're all sick of it. I know I am.
Another thing is that I've always hero-worshipped authors. This makes it a bit confusing when people I know turn into authors. I don't know how to feel about that. Probably a sign of feeblemindedness on my part.
I think there might also be something deeper that could be said about the relationship between the Reader and the Author. (Probably it's already been said, and the English majors among you already know all this stuff.) It's sort of the flip side of what Joy wrote about not really believing that anybody reads what she writes. I guess I've never entirely believed in Authors--fantastic beings who are able to conjure words out of thin air, sort of like wizards.
Anyway, my apologies for bothering everybody. Time for me to get back to work.
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From: Joy McCann <joy.mccann_at_gmail.com>
To: OliveStarlightOrchestra_at_yahoogroups.com
Sent: Friday, May 8, 2009 12:17:30 AM
Subject: Re: [OliveStarlightOrchestra] Re: Olive authors
Oh. I thought "serious, respected" was a delicate way of saying
"remunerated, compensated. " And I hadn't the heart at the time to point out
that I wasn't there quite yet . . . I think once I assassinate a couple
dozen bloggers my site will be a bit better-capitalized. Wait: Did I type
that out loud?
--J
On Fri, May 8, 2009 at 1:58 AM, barkofdelight <barkofdelight_at_ yahoo.com>wrote:
>
>
> --- Alex Melnick wrote:
>
> > And it's not just this book--I've had similar reaction to David's,
> > Mike's, and Janine's books, Joy's blog, and Sandra Loh's radio
> > commentaries. I suspect that it says something about my refusal to
> > accept that I'm a grown-up. After all, if the rest of you are
> > serious, respected adults, surely I ought to be one, too?
>
> I don't know about the rest of your list, but I assure you
> that PL's book does nothing toward moving him into the category
> of "serious, respected adult."
>
> I don't know who would be more insulted by such an association:
> Paul or an actual SRA.
>
> (My gut says Paul.)
>
> Bark!
>
>
>
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