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C.T. Madrigal

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https://www.CTMadrigal.com/

Genre

Gay and Lesbian, Horror, Memoir

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June 2019

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I should be read for not reading more. Some bitter queen who's just been kicked off Rupaul's Drag Race should sashay over to my bed, where I've succumbed to another marathon of HGTV's House Hunters, and read me for filth. "CLOSE that bag of chips and OPEN a damn book!"

She's right, that judgmental bitch, I need to read a book. I try...I really do. I buy books, I have thousands of them, and occasionally I'll take a dozen to my room. In bed, I caress them as I would a new lover, running eager fingers down their rigid spines.

Under their covers, I study a page from this one and a paragraph from that one. Inevitably, I find a line that's really smart, an epiphany for humanity tucked i Follow me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/c.t.madrigal

I should be read for not reading more. Some bitter queen who's just been kicked off Rupaul's Drag Race should sashay over to my bed, where I've succumbed to another marathon of HGTV's House Hunters, and read me for filth. "CLOSE that bag of chips and OPEN a damn book!"

She's right, that judgmental bitch, I need to read a book. I try...I really do. I buy books, I have thousands of them, and occasionally I'll take a dozen to my room. In bed, I caress them as I would a new lover, running eager fingers down their rigid spines.

Under their covers, I study a page from this one and a paragraph from that one. Inevitably, I find a line that's really smart, an epiphany for humanity tucked in a tiny sentence; it makes me jealous. A few more sentences, a lot more jealousy, I should be writing. I close my books, and the affair pauses there.

My chips (some in a bag, another on my shoulder) and I move to the computer where I pound on my keyboard, determined to type something that will enlighten mankind. A boyfriend who is tidier than me returns my jilted books to the dusty shelves where they'll rest for another season of House Hunters.

So there it is: writing is the enemy of reading, kids. Never write.

As an adult I’ve read one book in its entirety. I won't tell you the name of the book for fear of having plagiarized the story entirely. I’ve read large chunks of a few other books, and little nibbles of a few hundred more. If you talk to me about the classics I'll nod agreement, "Yes, Frankenstein certainly was a feminist fable about the need for women in procreation," knowing nothing about what you've just said.

I am embarrassed by these facts, as if they were a crotchward dribble on my pants front, and I hope that Goodreads is going to replace them with facts I can be proud of. Dangling prepositions aside, I am too good a writer to be such a bad reader.

THAT'S THE END of my blurb, but I've one more thing to add. I've seen that many of you have given my books 5 star reviews, and some others are reading them now, or have marked them to read. I've studied your cute little faces, hoping to telepathize my appreciation for the support. Like many writers—many people, I am no stranger to a bad day. Seeing the group of you always makes a crap day better; thank you.

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San Fransicko

A quick 2022 update: I just published the memoir SAN FRANSICKO, which is the sequel to OKLAHOMO.

The book picks up exactly where the other left off, with three sketchy young queens in the cab of a moving truck, headed to Fog City.

I hope you'll discover the city with me (well, my creepy corner of it), C.T. Madrigal

https://www.amazon.com/San-Fransicko-... Read more of this blog post »

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Published on January 31, 2022 08:47

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