Re: book burning
Paul Kennedy (kennedyp@toronto.cbc.ca)
Fri, 26 Mar 1999 06:15:37 -0500 (EST)
OK, Scottie.... It's YOUR prerogative, as a published author, to despise the
immature drivel that the London critics praised without remorse.
But it's utterly unfair for you to tantalize the list without offering
titles, publishers, and any notable noms-de-plume we ought to know about, in
order to judge the worth of your pre-pubescent prose for ourselves.
Beyond that, to agree at least with the gist of what you wrote (and also
with Will, whose poems apparently grow up and leave home without their
American Express Cards...): There's no fun fawning over work once it's
done. There's a tiny little part of me that sometimes lays some claim to
being a "writer". When I'm wearing that particular hat, I'm all-consumed by
whatever I'm writing. For the first few months after I've finished any
project, I feel that I know it well enough to repeat it completely in my
head. After that, *poof*, I never want to hear anything about it, ever
again! I'm on to other projects. I'm working on the best thing that I've
ever done.
But I DO want to read your juvenalia, Scottie (OR, if you've anything more
mature--and less embarassing--you'd like to recommend).... Please tell me
where I can find something you've written!
....ditto Camille, Will (just send me the address of the place they're now
living), Tim (as we've already discussed....), and Rick (lanky, blonde,
left-footed soccer players....... Ingrid Bergman..... hmmmmm.....)
Cheers,
Paul