Charlotte Gill | author site & blog

June 26, 2007

Woe is me

Sorry, people, the posts have been thin--I'm on a deadline this week. Here's an article that's been in my bookmark folder, "Day Olds," for some time now, with the intriguing title: "My Book Deal Ruined My Life." I found myself nodding in agreement through much of the piece (which could be more accurately called "How Writing Ruined My Life" ), as I tend to think of writing as an uncomfortable, tedious, all-enveloping process. Kind of like having a toothache--the intensity is localized, but damn, does it ever take over your whole life when you're in the thick of it. After I finished reading, I found myself changing my mind. Now I'm in agreement with most of the posts in the comments section, which could be summarized as follows: "Please, cry me a fucking river." A book deal is a book deal--headaches, marriage ruination or no--and I doubt anyone would return theirs to Customer Service when the odds are one to 20,000 against.

June 1, 2007

Go, Laish, go!

Up north in the hamlet of PeeGee, Laisha awaits the arrival of her imminent bebe. I'm not a mom, but it seems like this would be a profoundly heavy thing, waiting around for your wee one to make the move. Good luck, Laish! Maybe as a supplement to those other methods you could try visiting the funniest mama in Utah?