tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14665637.post113441366585482132..comments2023-10-31T13:15:14.564-02:30Comments on An Ontarian in Newfoundland: End of term (almost)Chris in NFhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06064023598020493124noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14665637.post-1134422898510627892005-12-12T17:58:00.000-03:302005-12-12T17:58:00.000-03:30throw in some baudrillard and 9-11 and i'm in for ...throw in some baudrillard and 9-11 and i'm in for "lock's final shocks: the american apocalypse". this is a distance course yes?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14665637.post-1134420235662308092005-12-12T17:13:00.000-03:302005-12-12T17:13:00.000-03:30There are times in my life when I worry that I mig...There are times in my life when I worry that I might love books more than people. I was at a party this weekend and I spent the first hour cruising the host's bookshelves and making a list of everything that I wanted to read. Most of the staff at my local library knows me by name, and they put aside books they think I'd enjoy. One time at IKEA, I looked at those famous shelves and started singing, "Will you marry me. Billy?!" I have a problem.<BR/><BR/>I love books. It's authors that have me down today. It's that time of the year where everyone's making the rounds of holiday parties. And when people find out what I do for a living, it seems that they want to talk about the book they're writing or the book they're going to write or the book a relative of theirs has written. I've heard about the book of cat poetry. The children's book that has "a real message". Umpteen memoirs by people of various ethnicites. The How-I-Fought-(insert disease here)-and-Won book. And every single person adds "Everyone has a book inside of them".<BR/><BR/>Nope. Everyone probably has a STORY--and some of them are best told at a dinner party.<BR/><BR/>I've been trying to whittle down the slush pile today. When I first began reading stuff from the pile I started each manuscript with a certain amount of hopefulness. I would have a large stack in the "maybe" pile. Lately, I've been rejecting tons, and I can't help but wonder where some people get the confidence to submit this stuff. <BR/><BR/>I'm petrified someone will read one of my stories and tell me "You're right--this DOES suck". Meanwhile, today I've read at least 6 books in which there's a crazy lighthouse keeper. I'm not kidding.<BR/><BR/>And the New Year is only going to bring more submissions--the product of last year's resolutions, no doubt.queen Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08585421065875161639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14665637.post-1134417968229016432005-12-12T16:36:00.000-03:302005-12-12T16:36:00.000-03:30Am I a big geek for thinking that all that stuff s...Am I a big geek for thinking that all that stuff sounds really cool? I'm thinking that the professors were not at all that cool when I went to Western. Or clearly I was taking all the wrong courses. I think at some point, you should do a post about books you recommend for people like me. Namely, people who don't read much, are only looking to be entertained but still need that little bit of "enlightenment" by reading something that is actually 'worthy'. Or maybe you've done that I'm so stupid that I missed it.Lesleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12891041230874404452noreply@blogger.com