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Originally Posted by Steve Jordan
Dear Dr. Bad Advice:
I recently tried to suggest that the members of an online books discussion forum should consider reading e-books. Now, whenever I go to that site, my login spontaneously logs back out, and I keep hearing crickets. What's going on?
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Dear Steve Jordan (if that is your real name):
Crickets are often confused with the sound of one hand clapping, a trait that many professional writers suffer as they seek feedback for their arduous efforts, sitting alone as they do on their buttocks, drinking tepid coffee and eating cold beans. The sound, however, is in the head and nowhere else.
The fact is, we all seek approbation, even haha,
Dr. Bad Advice; (but that remains a different story…). I think you’ve reached that tentative stage where the onset of tinnitus makes its presence known.
There remains one other possibility to the sound you are hearing, obviating everything I’ve already told you. It’s possible that a cricket has indeed invaded your computer. Again, however, (and with much misgiving) I must state that this condition happens only to professional writers, particularly those writers whom the status of Celebrity has become more important than the act of Writing.
Witness the sad condition of
Truman Capote and
J.D. Salinger. (Salinger, of course, is dead; whereas Capote continues to amuse us on the Tonight Show with his antics and his high-pitched voice.)
Are you a writer, by any chance?
Signed,
Dr. Bad Advice