Looking foolish does the spirit good. The need not to look foolish is one of youth's many burdens; as we get older we are exempted from it more and more, and float upward in our heedlessness, singing Gratia Dei sum quod sum.
(John Updike, Self-Consciousness: Memoirs, 1989, Ch. 6)
Saturday, December 8, 2007
A Further Thought
A further thought: I'd be most obliged if anyone who reads my book would take a moment and post a review on the Amazon.com web site. All help gratefully received!
2 comments:
Anonymous
said...
So I tried -- and then Amazon required that I leave my "true name".... What am I supposed to do, write that "he is my brother, and he writes a good story despite the fact that my mother wiped his face with a spittled handkercheif?"
Oh, sure. This isn't the Pulitzer Prize we're talking about. Anyone who reads your comments and notes the family connection will just say, "Oh, isn't he a fine, loyal brother?" Or (I hope not), "Isn't he a hatchet-wielding little prick?" P.S. I think the spittled handkerchief is why I'm having all these skin problems today... By the way, I've always thought The Spraysaver Almanac is one of the finest pieces of literature to have come down the literary trail since Ernest Thompson Seton. Just thought you should know that.
2 comments:
So I tried -- and then Amazon required that I leave my "true name".... What am I supposed to do, write that "he is my brother, and he writes a good story despite the fact that my mother wiped his face with a spittled handkercheif?"
Oh, sure. This isn't the Pulitzer Prize we're talking about. Anyone who reads your comments and notes the family connection will just say, "Oh, isn't he a fine, loyal brother?" Or (I hope not), "Isn't he a hatchet-wielding little prick?"
P.S. I think the spittled handkerchief is why I'm having all these skin problems today...
By the way, I've always thought The Spraysaver Almanac is one of the finest pieces of literature to have come down the literary trail since Ernest Thompson Seton. Just thought you should know that.
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