Comments on: My Brilliant Literary Career http://www.citizenofthemonth.com/2006/01/19/my-brilliant-literary-career/ Neil Kramer is a writer in Los Angeles. Citizen of the Month is his blog. Make yourself at home. Fri, 10 Oct 2008 20:37:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Citizen of the Month » Fearless the Cat http://www.citizenofthemonth.com/2006/01/19/my-brilliant-literary-career/#comment-146233 Citizen of the Month » Fearless the Cat Sun, 21 Jan 2007 18:50:07 +0000 http://www.citizenofthemonth.com/?p=384#comment-146233 [...] A Year Ago on Citizen of the Month:  My Brilliant Literary Career     [...] [...] A Year Ago on Citizen of the Month:  My Brilliant Literary Career     [...]

]]> By: Citizen of the Month » Plagiarism, Lies, and Total BS in Writing http://www.citizenofthemonth.com/2006/01/19/my-brilliant-literary-career/#comment-53626 Citizen of the Month » Plagiarism, Lies, and Total BS in Writing Mon, 01 May 2006 13:41:17 +0000 http://www.citizenofthemonth.com/?p=384#comment-53626 [...] James Frey, who wholly fabricated details of his outlaw life in order to sell his book, "A Million Little Pieces." [...] [...] James Frey, who wholly fabricated details of his outlaw life in order to sell his book, "A Million Little Pieces." [...]

]]> By: a.maria http://www.citizenofthemonth.com/2006/01/19/my-brilliant-literary-career/#comment-32540 a.maria Thu, 02 Feb 2006 21:40:30 +0000 http://www.citizenofthemonth.com/?p=384#comment-32540 huh, i just started reading opinionista like 3 weeks ago. i'm so behind. anyway.. i'm with you on the aversion to spanking. can't really say i enjoy it... now then, having my hair pulled? whole 'nother story! ;) (and anonymous-turned-revealed is getting a little tired. i like to know, or at least PICTURE who i'm reading about. i dig your non-anonymity.. if... thats a word?!) huh, i just started reading opinionista like 3 weeks ago. i’m so behind.

anyway.. i’m with you on the aversion to spanking. can’t really say i enjoy it…

now then, having my hair pulled? whole ‘nother story! ;)

(and anonymous-turned-revealed is getting a little tired. i like to know, or at least PICTURE who i’m reading about. i dig your non-anonymity.. if… thats a word?!)

]]> By: cherchezlafemme http://www.citizenofthemonth.com/2006/01/19/my-brilliant-literary-career/#comment-31941 cherchezlafemme Thu, 26 Jan 2006 19:32:29 +0000 http://www.citizenofthemonth.com/?p=384#comment-31941 Your writing is clever and funny. You don't need a big reveal. Those pjs on the other hand ... just kidding. As for anonymity, don't sell it short. It can be a comforting cloak that simultaneously protects the wearer's identity while allowing him or her to reveal secrets he or she normally may not. This is probably less true of writers (I don't know. Totally random guess) than lawyers and others jogging along on the treadmill of corporate America for whom an untimely reveal (assuming they even want a reveal to being with) can bring untold repercussions. Just a thought. Of course, for some people it just may be a way to add a certain mystic... Your writing is clever and funny. You don’t need a big reveal. Those pjs on the other hand … just kidding.

As for anonymity, don’t sell it short. It can be a comforting cloak that simultaneously protects the wearer’s identity while allowing him or her to reveal secrets he or she normally may not. This is probably less true of writers (I don’t know. Totally random guess) than lawyers and others jogging along on the treadmill of corporate America for whom an untimely reveal (assuming they even want a reveal to being with) can bring untold repercussions. Just a thought. Of course, for some people it just may be a way to add a certain mystic…

]]> By: Nancy http://www.citizenofthemonth.com/2006/01/19/my-brilliant-literary-career/#comment-31545 Nancy Sun, 22 Jan 2006 18:35:22 +0000 http://www.citizenofthemonth.com/?p=384#comment-31545 I don't know Neil -- maybe you could reveal that you are actually someone else. Instead of Neil Kramer, maybe you could be a celebrity or something... I don’t know Neil — maybe you could reveal that you are actually someone else. Instead of Neil Kramer, maybe you could be a celebrity or something…

]]> By: akaky http://www.citizenofthemonth.com/2006/01/19/my-brilliant-literary-career/#comment-31356 akaky Sat, 21 Jan 2006 20:33:07 +0000 http://www.citizenofthemonth.com/?p=384#comment-31356 I dont know, that whole reveal thing could backfire, Neal. For example, no knows who I am, and frankly, no one cares; even I have a hard time caring one way or the other and I already know who I am. So drop the whole gay thing. You need shock value, you need something so incredibly compelling that people who couldnt care less one way or the other will stop and take note. So gayness is out; I mean, really, who cares nowadays except for Pat Robertson and Fidel Castro? Spanking? Yesterday's news. Pedophilia? Bestiality? Becoming a Mormon? They've all been done more than once and the shock value is long gone. Here's the thing: you are one of Sophia's breasts, the intelligent one, the one that would give Mariska Hargitay a run for her money questioning pervs on Law and Order: SVU. This way you and Sophia could play good cop, bad cop at the same time, and the other breast could occasionally throw in a comment every now and then on how the borscht in America is not as good as it is in Russia, you know, just as comic relief. Maybe you could get your own branch of the Law & Order franchise. You never know until you try, guy. I dont know, that whole reveal thing could backfire, Neal. For example, no knows who I am, and frankly, no one cares; even I have a hard time caring one way or the other and I already know who I am. So drop the whole gay thing. You need shock value, you need something so incredibly compelling that people who couldnt care less one way or the other will stop and take note. So gayness is out; I mean, really, who cares nowadays except for Pat Robertson and Fidel Castro? Spanking? Yesterday’s news. Pedophilia? Bestiality? Becoming a Mormon? They’ve all been done more than once and the shock value is long gone. Here’s the thing: you are one of Sophia’s breasts, the intelligent one, the one that would give Mariska Hargitay a run for her money questioning pervs on Law and Order: SVU. This way you and Sophia could play good cop, bad cop at the same time, and the other breast could occasionally throw in a comment every now and then on how the borscht in America is not as good as it is in Russia, you know, just as comic relief. Maybe you could get your own branch of the Law & Order franchise. You never know until you try, guy.

]]> By: Neil http://www.citizenofthemonth.com/2006/01/19/my-brilliant-literary-career/#comment-30956 Neil Fri, 20 Jan 2006 22:38:07 +0000 http://www.citizenofthemonth.com/?p=384#comment-30956 A good post on Opinionistas backlash by <a href="http://industrywhore.blogspot.com/2006/01/angry-jealous-lawyers-are-my-most.html" rel="nofollow">Industry Whore</a>. A good post on Opinionistas backlash by Industry Whore.

]]> By: Neil http://www.citizenofthemonth.com/2006/01/19/my-brilliant-literary-career/#comment-30955 Neil Fri, 20 Jan 2006 22:08:09 +0000 http://www.citizenofthemonth.com/?p=384#comment-30955 But no one sleeps with the screenwriter. But no one sleeps with the screenwriter.

]]> By: industrywhore http://www.citizenofthemonth.com/2006/01/19/my-brilliant-literary-career/#comment-30954 industrywhore Fri, 20 Jan 2006 21:52:28 +0000 http://www.citizenofthemonth.com/?p=384#comment-30954 book deal -- eh. you don't get that much money to write a book. and they have lots of words. write a screenplay -- you'll make three times as much money. book deal — eh. you don’t get that much money to write a book. and they have lots of words. write a screenplay — you’ll make three times as much money.

]]> By: The Rich Gypsy http://www.citizenofthemonth.com/2006/01/19/my-brilliant-literary-career/#comment-30898 The Rich Gypsy Fri, 20 Jan 2006 13:56:19 +0000 http://www.citizenofthemonth.com/?p=384#comment-30898 Something charming about a bloke who tells it like it is. No fear Neil ... look at all the people (ahem ... mainly women I notice) who'll be lining up to buy your book ... all 40 of us so far! Scoff not ... it's an excellent start. (My first visit to your blog ~ very much enjoyed it). Something charming about a bloke who tells it like it is. No fear Neil … look at all the people (ahem … mainly women I notice) who’ll be lining up to buy your book … all 40 of us so far! Scoff not … it’s an excellent start.

(My first visit to your blog ~ very much enjoyed it).

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