What do I tell you? What’s my mantra?
YOU ARE ALLOWED TO SUCK. Ira Glass says so:
Course, he says it in a more eloquent way. Cause I still suck in some ways. But that’s OK. I’m working through it.
The podcast for wanna-be fiction writers by a writer who’s still learning. Writer Mur Lafferty discusses rejection, cover letters and getting the oomph to keep going.
YOU ARE ALLOWED TO SUCK. Ira Glass says so:
Course, he says it in a more eloquent way. Cause I still suck in some ways. But that’s OK. I’m working through it.
Filed Under: Musings • Non-ISBW
About the Author: I am a writer and podcast producer. I write for Knights of the Dinner Table, Suicide Girls, and my first novel, Playing For Keeps, was released in '08.
Jim | Jul 8, 2008 | Reply
I have always wondered why a tongue-tied inability to pronounce the letter “L” seems to have become a prerequisite to success in the broadcasting industry. Tom Brokaw and Ira Glass are “quassico” examples.
Baxt | Jul 9, 2008 | Reply
That’s amazing! As I’m a journalist, this video means even more to me. My only question is: how do you convince people to hire you and pay you a salary if even after 8 years, you still suck? (yhat’s kind of what I’m trying to figure out now)
Mat | Jul 9, 2008 | Reply
Very cool. Thanks for potsing this, Mur.