My coworkers hear it all the time and are profoundly uninterested me: Okay, this isn't going to work. I have these characters drinking tea again. They need to do something else immediately. These words are chopped. Two hundred gone. And let's see, the confrontation is coming up soon. Any suggestions? also me: Oh. My. God. Why bother? No one reads your books. No one thinks they're anything more than adequate. You can't seem to change your style to fit what people want. You're old news. OLD. NEWS. Stale old voice. There's no point in writing yet another book that no one will wants-- me: How about if they finally talk instead of just hinting around? Yeah, and maybe that guy will say what's been on his mind since chapter two. also me: Jesus. So boring. Talk, talk, talk. You know that your-- me: How about if they-- also me: --you know your books are worthless because people want conflict and angst. They don't want to read another book wit...
Congratulations! That is so great, it is so,so hard to lose weight After A Certain Age.
ReplyDeleteCongrats. That is so great. My fat is stagnated. Sounds gross, huh?
ReplyDeleteGreat! Only, forget about BMI. It's an imperfect measure which fails miserably for a number of body types. Ultimately, all that really matters is how you feel (and, to a lesser degree, how you look).
ReplyDeletemegan--Yeah, that certain age for me was once I started having kids and eating the peanut-butter and jelly crusts.
ReplyDeleteCD--your fat is ummmm, what? Can you like stir it up or something?
Doug--but bmi sounds so scientific. Acronyms! Measurements! Yay!
Congrats, Kate. Maybe that makes up for the historical you have to perform open book surgery on?
ReplyDeleteBTW, I set up a gmail account due to issues with my "real" email, and this conflicted with my blogger ID, so until I figure out how to merge them I show up as "Charlene" instead of "Charlene Teglia" so you know who the hell is commenting. Sorry about that.
ReplyDeleteI know who you are. There is only ONE Charlene after all.
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