The magazine didn’t have a very clear idea on what they wanted when they contacted me. Hot stories? Hot pics? Or a wile of the pretty faced reporter to maneuver himself into the lair of his online cougar LSHarteveld? The latter was unlikely. He was known to flirt strategically, just to keep the lines of communication lubricated. He didn’t do it to have sex, didn’t need to either. [...]
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“Writing a book is like seeing a lover.” from the movie (about Françoise) Sagan From the countless quotes, metaphors and comparisons I find this one most striking. Because writing is like a lover to me. The status of our relationship qualifies as “complicated”, “under construction” or “temporarily celibate”. And it is a lover I was never prepared for. But let me start at the beginning of our affair. [...] Not so long ago an ex emailed me. If I had a list of People To Least Likely Hear From Ever Again, he would have been number one. Just seeing his name brought me to the brink of a panic attach. I vividly remembered the cold words of his last correspondence. The years apart, had made him milder. He confessed he had Googled me. “I see you have not published that novel about you and me. How are you doing?” [...] |
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