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BDM's avatar

feeling kind of called out by Darren tbh

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Naomi Kanakia's avatar

LOL. Nobody should feel insecure about acting like a big shot writer while living w their parents. Literally the story of many, many well-known writers

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BDM's avatar

to be fair I think I only act like a medium shot writer!! but yeah

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T. Benjamin White's avatar

I remain steadfast in my initial evaluation, that Darren needs a real job. In fact, I would add to what I said earlier: not only would his writing improve, he would enjoy it more too.

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Naomi Kanakia's avatar

Now you're trying to tell me that being married to a doctor isn't a real job?

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Chandler Klang Smith's avatar

Love this, and relate to Darren more than I'd like to admit... plus, thanks for the shout-out <3

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Naomi Kanakia's avatar

Darren is all of us!

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Isaiah Antares's avatar

Retconning is ok. I changed the title of my novel over a year after I published it. I felt like it was okay, in this case -- it's only been self-published on a website (no physical copies), and only three people in the world have read it. Seemed more like changing "Revenge of the Jedi" to "Return" before the movie came out than retconning Star Wars to make Han shoot second. ^_^

(Three people that I know of, at least; I have a handful of subscribers and followers, but have no idea why. I rarely post anything but comments on substack.)

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David Roberts's avatar

Enjoyed this Naomi, but once they had a child with all its attendant pressures and parenting competition ...I'm thinking no way the relationship doesn't fail in some way.

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Naomi Kanakia's avatar

Women will put up with a lot if they think they're married to a genius.

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BDM's avatar

^--one sentence summary of middlemarch

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Ben Sims's avatar

Do you know the Fitzgerald essay, How to live on $35,000 a year?

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Naomi Kanakia's avatar

No! Have never read that one, but seems up my alley.

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