Litterary Figure

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Heather just published her very first book, Things I Learned About My Dad (in therapy). It’s a collection of essays about fatherhood, and if you ever wondered how I feel about my dad, mine’s in there too. As is Alice’s. In fact, her essay about fatherhood and Star Wars also appeared in this month’s Wondertime magazine. (That’s why I have an 8.5″ x 11″ photo of Alice dressed as Princess Leia stuck to the side of our fridge. Also, one in my night stand drawer, but I digress.)

I’m excited for Heather right now, because I know something very big is about to happen. Sometime soon, a stranger will ask what she does. Instead of saying, “Well… do you read… like… how do I put this. Uh, I’m a blogger?” she can look them straight in the eye and say, “I’m a writer.”

And a damn good one too.

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20 thoughts on “Litterary Figure”

  2. Oh, the term blogger. It BURNS.

    Remind me to tell you about the time I had dinner with Dan Kennedy from McSweeney’s and I had to tell him I was a blogger and he whipped out his iPhone and READ MY BLOG AT ME.

    Ok, I guess I just told you.

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  5. Been writing my blog and reading Heather’s for the same length of time. I will take the fact that I write a blog to my grave! Oh, the horror of thinking I might have something INTERESTING to write!

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  6. So exciting for all of you!! I can’t wait to pick up the book today & take it on my trip next week (if I’ll be able to save it for that long.)

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  7. Been reading her (and through her, your) blog since the baby rolled around and I don’t know – I’m so happy for her (and all these bloggers I’ve come to love like the total loser I am) I could cry. Yay for y’all.

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  10. Ah, you got me beaming with your genuine pride for Heather. Congratulations to you as well. I bet it’s a fantastic read. I’ll soon know for sure.

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  11. more to the point, she’s making it easier for all of us to look the “straight” world in the eye and say, “I’m a blogger.”

    Say it loud, say it proud.

    congratulations to all the contributors.

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  15. “she can look them straight in the eye and say, ‘I’m a writer.'”

    And then she can beat them with a shovel!

    I’m a blogger, and if someone doesn’t like/understand/approve/appreciate blogs, they can SUCK IT.

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