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    whynotshesaid: Um, I have four friends, and I'm not lonely. I'm just way selective about who I spend my time with. And yes, I am a writer. But I don't think the t... more »
    voteforme: My mom read the Twilight series and she thought it needed more sex. I stopped playing my music for her because she wanted me to push myself in ways I... more »
    rixatrix: My dad once went through my room when I was 13 and found a notebook I'd been writing a story in. It was all drivel - parallel universes where girls me... more »
    lilyblaze: Writing has always been acts of rebellion and vengeance to me, and I've been writing things that my parents should never see since I was 11. My dad ... more »
    jigglyball: If a book's flap copy contaings the words,"uplifting," "enlightening," and to some degree, anything along the lines of "fortifying," I put that shit b... more »
    wtfox?!: I'm not a fiction writer, but I do publish stuff (academic essays wooo), and while I have no problem sending articles for review and having various pe... more »
    LaComtesse: Ugh. MS. Moore, You have not described "writers." You have described Gregory House, MD. Writers run the gamut from convivial to agoraphobic. This co... more »
    samethingwedoeverynightpinky: I wonder if forwarding this to my mother would make it better or worse that after insisting upon reading the work I had published most recently, she h... more »
    Ratinski: I don't remember the last time I wrote something I'd be willing to show my parents. I love them, and I'm close enough that I call every single day, bu... more »
    TheFormerJuneBronson: Hah. That sounds familiar. I've been accused of being too dark, negative, and death-obsessed in my writing, and honestly, it confuses the hell out of ... more »
    Casquivana: She's commenting on the close relationship young people today often have with their parents, but this closeness can breathe an eagerness to please not... more »
    evilqueenmagda: Oh, I very much agree with her sentiments on the writing life. So often my friends lecture me for being too distant, too willing to devote time to wr... more »
    wundersmack: Yeah, writers SO get the shaft. Smithsonian magazine has created a "Media Advisory Panel" to which opinionated writer folk can contribute. The compens... more »
    LAmonkeygirl: Lorrie Moore is one of my favorite contemporary writers. Back in my MFA workshop days, I longed to be the next Lorrie Moore. Whether or not that wil... more »
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