I just sat in bed all day reading 'The Bell Jar'. Quality book, if slightly similar to all the other 'Never Promised You A Rose Garden', 'Girl Interrupted', 'The Awakening' type things.
It's given me a new appreciation for 'Wide Sargasso Sea' though. I used to dislike that book because it fucked about with 'Jane Eyre', but now I really feel for Bertha and all...
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whatcha writin' about these days, eh? Keep ya head up on the writing scene- the first novels always suck terribly. but really, don't despair. just keep out of yer mind how goddamn impossible it is to get published (i have been, if you're wondering.). It simply takes naivete (well, that, and talent).
Anyhoo, was impressed that you spoke any russian at all, though you mixed up the verb in gender, number, and case. run something you've written by me sometime, if you're feeling ballsy (do brits say such things?)