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19634, thanks!
Posted by guest, Wed Apr-11-01 09:34 AM
Okay, I know I said just one more post...forgive me. I am so *blessed* for all of the feedback and support. I won't respond anymore (uh, today) than to say "thank you" for all the reviews.

>1) The situations in the book
>are hilarious. REALLY funny. I
>was cracking up on the
>LIRR train back from Manhattan,
>and getting stared at. It's
>a solid B+ book. Funny.
>Escapism (not for me, though).

Thanks! A solid "B+"..., if the curve is right, I should get an A-, right?

>2) The writing style in the
>book seems to be better
>suited for the net. The
>speaking voice jumps from first
>person to second person to
>omniscient, and the tense jumps
>back and forth between present
>("this is what's happening right
>now!") to and past tense("you
>won't believe what happened today!")

Just wondering why that speaking voice is better suited for the net?

What is it about reading on the net that makes "tense" matter?

I'm honestly asking and there is no sarcasm in my voice right now. Just want some insight.

The reason some entries are written in different tenses is that sometimes, like in the check cashing joint or on the bus stop, the shit would be happening as I was writing. It's a diary, and I wanted to keep as much of the original feel as I could. When I started to mess with the tense (and I did, to try to keep the book consistent) it started feeling more like fiction because I was messing with it. It was too "clean".

It's just raw (but fine-tuned and edited for your laugh-out-loud pleasure) diary, so I felt it best to make the book as the diary was.

Let me know about the tense thing! E-mail me if you can!

Ang (thank you so much...everyone...I won't be the asshole who keep pushing this up)

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