If I wrote a book.
I was asked recently, “Why haven’t you written a book yet?” This was from a person who has NO clue about this side of me. She probably doesn’t even know that sites like AdultFriendFinder exist. She’s a parent of a friend.
I’ve found that a lot of people who know me are surprised that I’m not a writer. I think it’s because I read so much. I’m never without a book. (Those of you who have met me IRL know this! Yes, I bring a book even when meeting someone from Adult FriendFinder.)
I’ve thought about writing books, both fiction and non-fiction, often, but I think the problem is that I’m *really* not a disciplined person.
Anyway, the reason I brought this up is because I was just reading some of the emails I got on AFF and wishing I could just directly tell some of the guys what they did wrong. I know that wouldn’t be taken well, so I don’t. It really comes from my librarian side. I want to HELP people get what they want! I mean, I stop and give directions to people I overhear on the street talking about how they’re lost. I’ve interrupted in bookstores when a clerk is helping a patron find a book, but neither of them can find it and I happen to remember seeing it on a display. I can’t help myself.
Once I heard a woman telling another woman at an airport McDonald’s that she was upset because the $20 bill she got from the ATM was ripped and that a quarter of the bill was gone. I went over and let her know that if she took it to a bank they’d replace it for her if less than some percentage was missing. (I knew what that number was at the time.)
But, no one wants to hear from a girl who’s basically rejecting them *why* they’re being rejected. Not really.
They might, though, be interested in a book that was all advice about how to get laid (or whatever they’re looking for) on AFF.
Of course, then I realized that there’s a lot of women there that are nothing like me at all and so the advice I’d give wouldn’t be applicable in all cases.
Oh well. I’m not disciplined enough to actually do more than think about what I’d write in it anyway.
April 22nd, 2009 at 9:40 pm
If you aren’t disciplined enough to write a book, just do blog posts about it. Slap some ads up on here and see what happens. Try to get your AFF readers to come here.
July 5th, 2009 at 3:55 pm
I was thinking about doing this for a while as well… I went so far as to start a blog for that purpose, from the perspective of a guy who actually gets laid via sites like AFF and so forth. Of course, I have blogging ADD and abandoned it after one post (hell, I can’t keep my real, music-’n-art blog updated regularly!). Plus, I think it’s a little problematic for a guy to be the conduit for this type of info; the last thing I want is to write a “pick-up artist”-style website, and I could see it devolving into that.
But you should definitely (re)consider doing it, and some blog posts on the matter might be a good place to start!
September 15th, 2009 at 4:13 pm
Obtain a Dictaphone, speak when motivated and then transcribe it later. You’d be surprised what you can accomplish. You will also be surprised by how your voice sounds. haha
December 2nd, 2009 at 2:05 am
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