Best Served at Room Temperature
I’m down with this:Sometimes revenge is the best revenge.
-- Clea Simon
Simon is the author of the Theda Krakow mysteries as well as several award-winning works of non-fiction. And she’s a cat person, so she knows about revenge.
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Thanks for posting on my blog, as well. Don't know if I ever told you this story, which I swear is true.
When I was first setting out to "be a writer," that is, to try for freelance assignments, submit stories, whatever, I wanted to be professional, so I made up two file folders. One said, "Rejections." The other: "Exceptions."
No, it wasn't conscious. The subconscious has more of a sense of irony than know.
Sometimes I'll read my stuff and I'll come across a pair of ironic lines -- one supporting the other -- that I have absolutely no recollection of forming. And I'll laugh, but I almost don't want to take credit for it, you know? It's like someone else writes my very best, most subtle stuff. Some gremlin -- or perhaps it's an elf -- that slips into my office and mucks about with my prose.
But I like "exceptions," Clea. You should let that one be known. It could catch on.