Oh And

(Weekend progress.)

I have two main thoughts going right now.

One is the idea that to be a good writer you have to be a painstaking lover and chooser of words - I REJECT THIS.  The painstaking part.  As the only way, at least.  I'm glad I figured that out, but man, did my methods and interests plague me as bad for such a long time.  I bought Francine Prose's Reading Like a Writer and I just sold it.  It's not bad, I just don't want it on my bookshelf.  There are other ways to encounter and use words.  The main thing, I feel, is that a writer must WORK HARD and LOVE WORDS.

The other is that the concept of women "having it all" is total BS and is as bad a notion (with possibly shady provenance) as "women's sphere".  More on this later, and I'm sure I'll say some things that will not earn me points with some people. ;)  (Don't care.)

Comments

[The Lazy Fair]

Agreed! On both counts!