Chapter 23 - Notes from the Trenches — Unfriendified Flying Pig Poo
The writer I wrote this about denied it ever happened but it did
A successful published writer, whose work I adore, made an off-handed remark about nanowrimo on a social media site.
Out of respect for the writer, let’s refer to them as ‘a writer’, and in deference to the IT Crowd, let’s call the social media site FriendFace.
And in the interest of upsetting lawyers by avoiding lawsuits, lets say that this incident was ‘inspired by real events’ and therefore never happened.
I was delighted to have been mutually friendified by the writer on FriendFace as they are witty and intelligent, and as I’ve already said, I like their work.
So when I saw their comment, I decided to josh with them about it, only to get myself unfriendified on FriendFace as a result.
Sad face!
To paraphrase, they said that if it was possible to write a novel in a month, then they’d have done it by now themselves, thank you very much, and that pigs might fly.
As they’re a keen gardener, as well as a writer, I playfully suggested that although they might not …
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