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David Pratt Finish stuff. You have to have something finished before you can have something published, at least in the fiction/poetry worlds, if you're not famous…moreFinish stuff. You have to have something finished before you can have something published, at least in the fiction/poetry worlds, if you're not famous. Do whatever you have to. Just press on and press on and press on and finish. Somehow, some way. If it's not so good, fix it later. Just get done. And be very aware of those powerful excuses why not. (less)
David Pratt When I was in my teens and first got interested in the Broadway theater, Times Square was a wreck and so was the commercial theater industry. It was t…moreWhen I was in my teens and first got interested in the Broadway theater, Times Square was a wreck and so was the commercial theater industry. It was the early 1970s and no one knew what audiences wanted. Some very odd shows came and went almost literally overnight. Their titles, if they lingered in the collective memory at all, became punchlines. But real people wrote those shows -- and directed and designed and produced them. Who were those people whose shows -- sometimes their only shows -- disappeared without a trace?(less)
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Out of the Sublime, the Ridiculous

Writing a novel is a ridiculous undertaking. I spent two years writing Looking After Joey, the story of a gay porn character (not actor -- character) who steps out of the TV into the real life of a single accountant in New York City, and he gets stuck there. It's "The Purple Rose of Cairo" with lube and jockstraps. The accountant’s best friend decides to teach this boy, Joey, all he needs to know Read more of this blog post »
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“Fuck you, diet,” said Stuart. “The diet schmeer is the end of civilisation as we know it.”
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“What was it with gay men and art photos of nude male torsos?”
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“Joey broke the silence. “MS?” he asked.
“Microsoft,” said Calvin. “Or multiple sclerosis. Computer programs everyone has to use, or a debilitating disease. That’s life, in a nutshell.”
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“Fuck you, diet,” said Stuart. “The diet schmeer is the end of civilisation as we know it.”
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“Bunce films them. So Joey who came out of one porn film would go into another. It could fuck up the whole space-time continuum. They could prosecute us.”
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Colton Freelove David,

Thanks you for your friendship on GR!

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