: Re: What did Norman Mailer mean? I read this quote recently, attributed to Norman Mailer, that has had my brain itching: Alimony is the curse of the writing class. What did he mean by it?

That if you take a writing class you'll want to become a writer, and your wife will leave you. Worse still, as a writer you won't make enough money to afford the alimony. [That last part is subtle, if money were not scarce than paying it wouldn't be so much a problem]

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: Re: What did Norman Mailer mean? I read this quote recently, attributed to Norman Mailer, that has had my brain itching: Alimony is the curse of the writing class. What did he mean by it?

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: Fiction writing book recommendation for a 10-year old My 10 year old niece enjoys writing fiction and writes very well for her age. I would love to encourage her love of writing. Can anyone

: Format + Editor for book writing A friend of mine is going to write a book. Therefore he is looking for an easy WYSIWYG solution. First I recommended latex, but this would be a bit to hard

: How can I describe the effect of building up a mental exposures? The idea that I wanted to convey is that a certain constant exposure to an object would build up a mental library of experiences

: A friendlier way to write charges or fees to clients? What is a better way to write in an email to tell my client that I will charge him a fee of say 0? Often, I feel very reluctant

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