I am giving up writing because … #24

Writ­ing online is dead. Dead, I tell you. Daily updates through the medium of express­ive mime are where it’s at. And I am trapped in a box. It is made of glass. It is a meta­phor, prob­ably. Now, please give me your money.

Comments: 4

    Will you take three pretty but­tons and some pocket lint that I’ve thought­fully shaped into a glob­u­lous mon­ster? I also have a gum wrap­per, a few expired bus trans­fers and a single sil­ver paper­clip if the afore­men­tioned pay­ment isn’t quite enough.

    Jess | 11.27.08, 18:51

    Yes, I agree. Stop giv­ing away your spe­cial and unique tal­ent for free. From now on, you should only sub­mit your best writ­ing to com­mer­cial pub­lic­a­tions and use your blog to altern­ately pro­mote those who pub­lish you and whine (in your most irrit­at­ingly nasal voice) about those who don’t.

    Ani | 11.28.08, 00:02

    If you reach, let’s say, # 250, the book is done. Believe it or not, it would be easy to find an editor (i.e., money). I see it already: “250 reas­ons to quit writ­ing”. With a pre­face by Sla­voj Zizek (google him, in case:) who will explain why com­mu­nic­a­tion *and* vir­tual com­mu­nic­a­tion are dead.

    Lore | 11.28.08, 15:34

    Jess — That’ll do nicely. So much more of an indi­vidual pay­ment than Amer­ican Express.

    Ani — I have already been sub­mit­ting my writ­ing to com­mer­cial pub­lic­a­tions. But You and Your Garden magazine sent my mas­ter­piece back with a curt ‘No’.

    Lore — Com­mu­nic­a­tion is dead. For­tu­nately respond­ing to com­ments is still alive and kick­ing. God, I love the internet.

    An Unreliable Witness | 11.28.08, 15:44

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