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Re: The Book Pirate’s Musings on… Literary Drinking

Becca Adler — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 23:55:11 -0000

I don't think it's just writers who surround themselves with people in the same field. I think it's what happens in any job. You can talk about things you have in common and you don't have to explain the intricacies of your trade. I always think it's weird too though when I'm drunk and hanging out with a bunch of my old friends from college journalism classes. "Isn't it so weird how we know so many journalists and writers?!" And they all look at me like, "Duh!"

P.S. Secret identity? I feel so, so LIED to! Actually, not really, but now I'm super curious...

Re: The Book Pirate’s Musings on… Literary Drinking

djtuffpuppy — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 23:38:38 -0000

If I get really, really drunk I write good poetry which I can never seem to remember the next morning.

Re: The Book Pirate’s Musings on… Literary Drinking

Jamie S. Rich — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 23:11:38 -0000

Dear Lord, did I ever drink! I remember all of your faces when I had my deja vu moment of thinking, "I have been hear before." I still have no idea what I might have been cross-referencing in my brain.

One thing I will note, I can't write while on the sauce, but when the last book I was writing was really kicking my ass, I did often imbibe in a single drink after I stopped working to switch my head off. I looked at it like my version of a commute home, something to clear the cobwebs away and provide the illusion of distance between my desk and the rest of the apartment. It was the first time I understood for real why maybe so many writers have had problems with the sauce.

By the way, I have you on a google reader feed, so that beat the alert, which has yet to arrive.