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MEMBER BLOG TAG: elizabeth gilbert

Tuesday, February 10, 2009 1:53PM
 
Even a heretic...
Tags: heresy, emotional honesty, Elizabeth Gilbert
 
Last night I found myself in a committee meeting. I don't really know why I was there, and possibly the other committee members were wondering the same thing. I'm not good in committees. I keep having opinions. Sitting on an organizing committee is sort of like working in an office, something else I'm not very good at. Maybe lots of writers are like this -- we don't really play well with others, and thus, are suited to the long, long hours of solitude it takes to be a writer. I am, on the other hand, a really great interview. Oh, you want to hire me, you long to hire me, you are convinced that hiring me will make your daily life so much better, and...
 
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