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errr. uhhh.
November 03, 2005
ok, i seriously need someone to tell me what to do. in general, yes, but i mean, specifically with the writing.
let's be honest, here. when i started this blog thing, there were two purposes. first, it was a good way for me to get back into the practice of writing, to get past the years of blockage. i think i've done that.
the other intent was for everyone to go absolutely wild about my writing, and for it to spread like wildfire across the nation, until the new yorker, publishers, and sandra bullock came prostrating themselves before my superluminous brilliance.
i have fallen just slightly short of this second purpose. i believe that i have about 30-40 hits a day, most from myself, and some from spambots looking for opportunities to post ads for online poker and/or penile enlargement potions. in fact, simply mentioning those two things will doom me to an increase in those hits.
time is whooshing by. each day, there's more accelerant being thrown onto the continuing burnout with being an attorney.
i plan to pull out bits and pieces, and start trying to shop them around. i will have to buy a book to tell me how to do this, and to whom.
but i could use some input. what works? what doesn't? should i try to pitch it as a collection of essays, like a severely poor-man's david sedaris? or maybe try to use the blog format to tell one story? lots of people have suggested writing about dating/relationships/lack thereof. but this is all a bit vague.
or, do you think i should just get hypnosis that will make me forget how to write and be happy to be an attorney? i've had friends quit smoking, so i'm sure they could make me quit writing.
anyway. feedback is appreciated.
Posted by Rob at November 3, 2005 12:13 PM