July 29th, 2009 / 2:38 pm
Snippets
Snippets
Blake Butler—
I’m really agiggle about all this scrambling for new models of publishing. It’s like redecorating a boat halfway underwater. The thing about a sinking boat is that things left on the boat that float will float regardless. When the boat is gone there will be a slightly more calm ocean. And then there’s all that land.
Avast!
Avast!
rats flee. the rest floats
rats flee. the rest floats
the only rule :
Make (something that makes) you happy.
people wanna talk about stuff
the only rule :
Make (something that makes) you happy.
people wanna talk about stuff
I’m sure someone else said it before me, but I always tell J, don’t jump a sinking ship for another ship, only jump a sinking ship for land.
I’m sure someone else said it before me, but I always tell J, don’t jump a sinking ship for another ship, only jump a sinking ship for land.
Iceberg at night. Arrogance.
Iceberg at night. Arrogance.
When I am your manager at Wal*Mart, I will find a reason to fire you.
When I am your manager at Wal*Mart, I will find a reason to fire you.
Also, those things would have to be on the top deck of the boat or somehow thrust outside the hulk of the boat. A wine bottle in the galley kitchen will go down with the rest of the ship. A lifesaver on the top deck like Stephen King or Brett Easton Ellis will surely float. What object do you consider yourself to be? Because you’re not a lifesaver on the top deck like Stephen King or Brett Easton Ellis, and despite favorable reviews, you’re not David Foster Wallace, either. Wow I’m negative right now. But anyways. Publishing isn’t a sinking ship. It’s more like a floatilla (sp?) that is finding new ways to import things. Just because the major houses that few of the people reading this comment have really enjoyed in the past five or six years are no longer making their phenomenal 4% profit margin and advances are dropping, that doesn’t mean publishing is going anywhere. People worldwide are reading and writing more than ever. There’s only so much youtube before you get tired and decide to read something. Something.
Also, those things would have to be on the top deck of the boat or somehow thrust outside the hulk of the boat. A wine bottle in the galley kitchen will go down with the rest of the ship. A lifesaver on the top deck like Stephen King or Brett Easton Ellis will surely float. What object do you consider yourself to be? Because you’re not a lifesaver on the top deck like Stephen King or Brett Easton Ellis, and despite favorable reviews, you’re not David Foster Wallace, either. Wow I’m negative right now. But anyways. Publishing isn’t a sinking ship. It’s more like a floatilla (sp?) that is finding new ways to import things. Just because the major houses that few of the people reading this comment have really enjoyed in the past five or six years are no longer making their phenomenal 4% profit margin and advances are dropping, that doesn’t mean publishing is going anywhere. People worldwide are reading and writing more than ever. There’s only so much youtube before you get tired and decide to read something. Something.
This is a great post. I couldn’t agree more.
This is a great post. I couldn’t agree more.
but it is changing. warping. becoming in some new way. so many new ways, so many new venues. The internet; handmade chapbooks, kindle and the like; posting stories on fliers stapled to lampposts – it’s all changing and it’s all wonderful…
but it is changing. warping. becoming in some new way. so many new ways, so many new venues. The internet; handmade chapbooks, kindle and the like; posting stories on fliers stapled to lampposts – it’s all changing and it’s all wonderful…
i don’t think that metaphor really works, but to continue on those terms —
i know plenty of very talented people who feel like they’re sinking, with both big ships and tiny boats. some days i feel like one of them. so far, you’ve published with very smart people who worked hard to build good, new boats just before a storm, coincidentally or not. the storm is not as big as people might be saying, but any storm feels big when you’re on the boat. if you’re confident you’ll stay a float, consider yourself lucky. sailors are superstitious people.
i don’t think that metaphor really works, but to continue on those terms —
i know plenty of very talented people who feel like they’re sinking, with both big ships and tiny boats. some days i feel like one of them. so far, you’ve published with very smart people who worked hard to build good, new boats just before a storm, coincidentally or not. the storm is not as big as people might be saying, but any storm feels big when you’re on the boat. if you’re confident you’ll stay a float, consider yourself lucky. sailors are superstitious people.
Who said anything about a ship? Blake Butler can walk across the bottom of the ocean.
Who said anything about a ship? Blake Butler can walk across the bottom of the ocean.
still agiggle n shit
still agiggle n shit
only until i get the last of those aztec coins into the treasure chest.
only until i get the last of those aztec coins into the treasure chest.
you should get a load of these shorts i’ve been running in for about 6 months. man, they are just horrendous
you should get a load of these shorts i’ve been running in for about 6 months. man, they are just horrendous
Ten-second bukkake.
Ten-second bukkake.
Fukkin hate Brett Easton Ellis
Fukkin hate Brett Easton Ellis
And Handmade chaps have been around for ages. I’ve got a bunch from the sixties/seventies.
And Handmade chaps have been around for ages. I’ve got a bunch from the sixties/seventies.