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...
Oh, YUM!!
ReplyDeleteyeah, CJ, it's like the first time you eat an olive and like it. Or maybe cilantro or some other difficult food. The new appreciation is A Revelation.
ReplyDeleteOf course now that all the visitors have gone away, I no longer have the craving for spicy stinky food. Correlation? Unconscious, really.
We used to have a vegetable stand nearby which sold a lot of locally pickled produce. They had these wonderful stuffed eggplants. The eggplants were tiny, maybe two inches long, and I have no idea what they stuffed them with, but they were wonderfully vinegary, with a strong oregano flavor. Greek idea, I think. Yours sounds delish too.
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