Comments on: Put Your Novel in the Microwave

By: Steve Clackson

Steve Clackson — Thu, 18 Jan 2007 19:05:18 +0000

Ah if there were only an inner Vollman and no outer Vollman to contend with.

By: David Thayer

David Thayer — Thu, 18 Jan 2007 14:30:06 +0000

Steve, are you channeling your inner Vollman?

By: Steve Clackson

Steve Clackson — Thu, 18 Jan 2007 00:55:19 +0000

When you run does it make the sound of two boards being beaten together in an empty concert hall? et tu Brute:)

By: L.I.fan

L.I.fan — Wed, 17 Jan 2007 22:59:55 +0000

Damn!

By: David Thayer

David Thayer — Wed, 17 Jan 2007 21:04:44 +0000

David, my tunic went to the dry cleaners, but I do like the medieval dining experience even if it’s only Applebees.
Steve, I never minded gym class. Once while running laps I found a four leaf clover made of Astroturf.

By: david i

david i — Wed, 17 Jan 2007 20:52:44 +0000

Having “Flamingo Dawn” fly back to its nest is truly upsetting; I was confident your book was going to be published, and I became even more certain the longer the publisher sat on it (and the more levels of review it underwent).

Coming within a micrometer of publication is an awful experience, and while I’m not a professional mourner (though I am a highly regarded amateur), I’ll mourn for free. (But rending my garments will cost you).

On the admittedly limited upside, the publisher hung on to your manuscript for so long that the book ought to be quite cold by now. And there IS a certain morbid joy in tearing apart a cold manuscript (I’m just starting in on an old one of mine).

Revising when the book’s been sitting for a couple of years iss kind of like a medieval dining experience–you can rip off whole haunches and wave them about, and don’t even need to worry about the grease dribbling down your chin and on to your tunic.

(You do write in a tunic, don’t you?)

By: Steve Clackson

Steve Clackson — Wed, 17 Jan 2007 19:44:30 +0000

Why do we do this thing we do? I feel your pain or my pain through your pain. Struggle on!