28 Comments

1. April 30th, 2010 / 3:09 pm shaun—

   i will never know
   i have no hands ;___;

2. April 30th, 2010 / 3:54 pm Nathan Tyree—

   I bit like sad sex. Sex is always sad, but more so in that case. Or less so, depending.

3. April 30th, 2010 / 4:32 pm anon—

   my paper thick

4. April 30th, 2010 / 5:40 pm dan—

   weird. it’s like, “well, i’ve done that now…” then you immediately have a celebratory drink.

5. April 30th, 2010 / 5:54 pm Sean—

   ditto to weird

6. April 30th, 2010 / 6:05 pm mykle—

   awesome, awesome, awesome. always. especially if you have been involved in the design process. the first box of new books from the printer has an aura of newborn perfection to it. picking one out and bending back the spine is like slapping a slimy pink baby.

   but then you read, and the awesomeness is marred by the spotting of a really obvious typo.
   (especially marred if you have been involved in the proofreading process.)

   i have been inquiring whether the printers are able to distill and bottle a “new book smell” that i can spray on my in-process manuscript, to keep my nose on the prose. no leads so far.

7. April 30th, 2010 / 6:11 pm anon—

   I’ve never written a book. Once, I recorded some mp3s and burnt them onto a CD-R. I printed out a picture that I scanned from a newspaper and put it in the jewel case. I held it in my hand and it felt like a plastic piece of shit.

8. April 30th, 2010 / 6:24 pm Matthew Simmons—

   Like I had a lot more work to do to have another one.

9. April 30th, 2010 / 7:09 pm efferny jomes—

   i will never know
   i have no hands ;___;

10. April 30th, 2010 / 7:54 pm Nathan Tyree—

    I bit like sad sex. Sex is always sad, but more so in that case. Or less so, depending.

11. April 30th, 2010 / 8:32 pm anon—

    my paper thick

12. April 30th, 2010 / 9:40 pm dan—

    weird. it’s like, “well, i’ve done that now…” then you immediately have a celebratory drink.

13. April 30th, 2010 / 9:54 pm Sean—

    ditto to weird

14. April 30th, 2010 / 10:05 pm mykle—

    awesome, awesome, awesome. always. especially if you have been involved in the design process. the first box of new books from the printer has an aura of newborn perfection to it. picking one out and bending back the spine is like slapping a slimy pink baby.

    but then you read, and the awesomeness is marred by the spotting of a really obvious typo.
    (especially marred if you have been involved in the proofreading process.)

    i have been inquiring whether the printers are able to distill and bottle a “new book smell” that i can spray on my in-process manuscript, to keep my nose on the prose. no leads so far.

15. April 30th, 2010 / 10:11 pm anon—

    I’ve never written a book. Once, I recorded some mp3s and burnt them onto a CD-R. I printed out a picture that I scanned from a newspaper and put it in the jewel case. I held it in my hand and it felt like a plastic piece of shit.

16. April 30th, 2010 / 10:24 pm Matthew Simmons—

    Like I had a lot more work to do to have another one.

17. April 30th, 2010 / 11:35 pm EC—

    It’s exactly like having sex with Bjork and Matthew Barney — great in my imagination and not likely to happen anywhere else.

18. May 1st, 2010 / 3:35 am EC—

    It’s exactly like having sex with Bjork and Matthew Barney — great in my imagination and not likely to happen anywhere else.

19. May 1st, 2010 / 1:16 pm Bart King—

    The moment of elation is quickly tinctured with the question: “Now what?”

20. May 1st, 2010 / 5:16 pm Bart King—

    The moment of elation is quickly tinctured with the question: “Now what?”

21. May 1st, 2010 / 6:54 pm Sean—

    Good call, Bart

22. May 1st, 2010 / 10:03 pm HaydenDerk—

    I fear that I will never know.

23. May 1st, 2010 / 10:54 pm Sean—

    Good call, Bart

24. May 2nd, 2010 / 2:03 am HaydenDerk—

    I fear that I will never know.

25. May 3rd, 2010 / 12:29 am Richard—

    I’ll let you know in a month or so.

26. May 3rd, 2010 / 3:58 am isaac estep—

    i totally got an essay published in my last college’s lit magazine and it felt super neat. But yeah a little sad. Someone walked up to me and told me how much they liked my shit which was a great ego booster.

27. May 3rd, 2010 / 4:29 am Richard—

    I’ll let you know in a month or so.

28. May 3rd, 2010 / 7:58 am isaac estep—

    i totally got an essay published in my last college’s lit magazine and it felt super neat. But yeah a little sad. Someone walked up to me and told me how much they liked my shit which was a great ego booster.