At the ripe old age of 29, I've finally figured out what I want to be when I grow up.
See, while I'm not really that good a writer in the grand scheme of things, I'm not really that bad either, and it's something I can't really stop myself from doing, as this blog attests. So, I've always sort of thought that I wanted to be a writer when I grew up. Write SOMETHING: books, essays, articles, recipes, tech manuals, whatever.
But, see, now I know that what I REALLY want to be is a Crazy Goddamn Texan.
I love Crazy Goddamn Texan writers. Notably Joe R. Lansdale and Robert E. Howard, but there are others... basically, they take a relatively normal genre and Texas it over with this wonderful "aw shucks ma'am" style. It's amazing how many genres can be improved with a little slow-talkin' cowboy in it... hell, it even works for ANIME. And CGT writers write the craziest stuff, and somehow it WORKS... Joe R. Lansdale has a truly deft touch with dialogue and description. If you haven't read any of his stuff, you should start.
And then, of course, there's Joe Bob Briggs... heh, heh, heh.
And I am, technically and in spirit, a Texan, despite my lengthy sojourn in the Midwest, so I'm halfway there. Hell, I named myself after cattle. Of course, it seems to help to be named 'Joe'. Maybe I need to change my name: Jo Mooncalf, Crazy Goddamn Texan Broad.
Put some Texas twang into my smut for y'all to chew on.
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"Put some Texas twang into my smut for y'all to chew on. "
It sound like you're going to write cowboy yaoi. There's a mental image I didn't need.
Posted by Lesath @ 09/04/2001 06:48 PM EST
*dies laughing*
Cowboy yaoi?? That IS freaky.
Although I have noticed-- through my brief stint as a book company rep-- that about half of the ladies' romance novels out there contain cowboys in some way or another. So, I guess it would surely have an audience...
Posted by Andrya @ 09/04/2001 07:11 PM EST
