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Last Stands ‘R Us
By Nick | August 28, 2009
It’s a perfectly natural thing for one’s head to explode upon receiving certain types of information.
“So apparently this travel-in-Cuba piece I’m writing, they’re dropping it into the feature well beside the 5,000-word excerpt from the never-before-published novel by likely the greatest prose stylist of the 20th century.”
“That’s a good thing, no?”
“It’s sort of like being a scrappy garage band, and suddenly being told with zero notice that you’re the opener for the Stones at Giants Stadium circa 1968. Nobody’ll remember your name after it’s over, but in the meantime, you’re onstage right before Keith. No pressure.”
“So what’re you doing?”
“You mean before I lock down to finish the first draft? Running circles around Prospect Park, screaming. All afternoon. No, seriously, it’s okay. I’m partly of Eastern European stock; we’re genetically designed to make suicidal last stands against Russians.”
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