March 24, 2013 Aunt Patrice to Job
Dear Job,
I’ve met a wonderful man, Dan R, around my age online. He appears to be living somewhere in California after a lifetime of writing and teaching writing. He has an incredible blog and he’s published a couple of novels and is writing another. I’ll try to send his novels to you as well as a book that inspires him called Love’s Body. The title alone—wow! I haven’t read it, but have ordered it from the library. I’ve posted all this stuff online and only Dan knows about it. He’s kindly offered to guide us and give feedback if he has the time. I warn you, he has a lot on his plate though.
As I mentioned I’m posting your stories as well as our letters on The Book of Job blog. I will probably strip the letters out at some future date, but they help me with the context and chronology. After typing and rereading all your stories and letters, I’ve changed my mind about the need for you to flesh out your Fat Angel story any more. It’s really not necessary to hold the reader’s hand if he’s committed to the reading, and that’s the only kind of reader I’m interested in reaching. Besides, you’re a better writer than I am. Other than a few minor tweaks I’m leaving your stories alone.
Do you remember when I was so mystified why you sent me those documents about your two prison fights that I had to ask Molly and Jack how to decode them? Well I think that might make a really good Chapter 1 setting up some context—that you’re in prison, that you’re a trained fighter, that you needed to “make an example” of someone (the alpha male thing), etc. Right off, the reader will get an idea this is no happy-go-lucky fairy tale. Catch my drift?
Love,
Aunt Patrice
I’ve met a wonderful man, Dan R, around my age online. He appears to be living somewhere in California after a lifetime of writing and teaching writing. He has an incredible blog and he’s published a couple of novels and is writing another. I’ll try to send his novels to you as well as a book that inspires him called Love’s Body. The title alone—wow! I haven’t read it, but have ordered it from the library. I’ve posted all this stuff online and only Dan knows about it. He’s kindly offered to guide us and give feedback if he has the time. I warn you, he has a lot on his plate though.
As I mentioned I’m posting your stories as well as our letters on The Book of Job blog. I will probably strip the letters out at some future date, but they help me with the context and chronology. After typing and rereading all your stories and letters, I’ve changed my mind about the need for you to flesh out your Fat Angel story any more. It’s really not necessary to hold the reader’s hand if he’s committed to the reading, and that’s the only kind of reader I’m interested in reaching. Besides, you’re a better writer than I am. Other than a few minor tweaks I’m leaving your stories alone.
Do you remember when I was so mystified why you sent me those documents about your two prison fights that I had to ask Molly and Jack how to decode them? Well I think that might make a really good Chapter 1 setting up some context—that you’re in prison, that you’re a trained fighter, that you needed to “make an example” of someone (the alpha male thing), etc. Right off, the reader will get an idea this is no happy-go-lucky fairy tale. Catch my drift?
Love,
Aunt Patrice
