Go to Sex, Drugs, Rock and Roll, and Internet Lovers...
- Add a comment
- Go to Is It 'Exit Boyfriend #1' and 'Hello Old Friend, I'll Make You #4'?
Back in the Day, thats what I'd Say
You know, the clubbin days. Thats all it was for anyway, just a meat market. You found someone, you danced with them, then you humped.
posted by
Hammock_Noweilz
on June 8, 2005 at 5:53 AM
| link to this | reply
JJ, That is what my friend suggested! True, great minds DO think alike! I have thought about the Oprah people at O magazine. It is not purely a woman's issue, but I can only speak as a woman. Although I always felt something was amiss in our relationship, it was not until we went online that my suspicions were comfirmed. Cybersex addiction (his) and internet porn have nearly killed me, and in some states they are grounds for divorce. Unfortunately, not here. It certainly killed any hope of he and I ever getting back to where (I thought) we were.
~Mama.Dragonfly487
posted by
Mama.Dragonfly
on June 8, 2005 at 5:48 AM
| link to this | reply
M Dragon,
Sounds like you have a good contact for your work. I wasn't thinking of a really long book. It depends a lot on how much of that kind of thing you could write about. Actually, even in a magazine article, which I assume would be in a womens' oriented magazine (some of the best paying), you might be able to pull off a two or three parter, which might be much easier to sell than a small book, and as well paying. Looking through the
Writer's Market book and big bookstores with good magazine racks, can give you a lot to consider.
JJ
posted by
Jack_Flash
on June 7, 2005 at 10:39 PM
| link to this | reply
JJ...A BOOK?! Like I could stay focused that long! LOL!
I often say I am a simple person trapped in a complicated life.
Thank you for your comments.
~Mama.Dragonfly
BTW, BF #4, my old friend, is an editor/publisher. He is reviewing some of my work as we speak and has offered me his expertise in the field, only made more delicious when it's pillowtalk! 
Mama, you so bad!
posted by
Mama.Dragonfly
on June 7, 2005 at 9:12 PM
| link to this | reply
M Dragonfly,
Wanted to tell you I found you post of interest. I was going to comment, but in seeing the complexities of your situation in both the post and the comments, I'll wait until I know you better. I've been through the same kinds of things, and they are always confusing. Yet, somehow, in spite of the pain, you somehow learn very much. Turn your back on the pain, and savor the gain. It doesn't cure, but it helps you get by.
The magazine article sounds like a very salable one. Finish it when you can, and market it well. Don't get shortchanged for the work. Think about a book. 
JJ
posted by
Jack_Flash
on June 7, 2005 at 9:02 PM
| link to this | reply
No, Ms. A, not yet.....the issues are still far too tangled up inside. I am working on a magazine article about living all these years married to a gay man, but it is much too personal just yet.
~Mama.Dragonfly487
posted by
Mama.Dragonfly
on June 7, 2005 at 8:43 PM
| link to this | reply
I'm sorry to hear that about him...have you written a post about it? If
so, I missed it...I cannot imagine the devastation that might cause.
posted by
Ariala
on June 7, 2005 at 8:39 PM
| link to this | reply
Ms. A, the Divine, flattered you stopped by...
I used to believe in monogamy, until I found out my husband is gay, and I cannot divorce him in this state without absolute, irrefutable proof. We stopped being "married" many years ago. And he won't divorce me. I left him and moved an hour away last winter. He paid my bills for me. So this is our compromise, to make life livable for both us, for now, while I live daily suffering the consequences of his unwillingness to really be what he is.
I do love him very much, and I would pray for him that he find some measure of peace with himself in the future, but I do not intend to be a part of this charade for the rest of my life.
~Mama.Dragonfly
posted by
Mama.Dragonfly
on June 7, 2005 at 8:38 PM
| link to this | reply
Passionflower,
Do tell, child!
~Mama.Dragonfly
posted by
Mama.Dragonfly
on June 7, 2005 at 8:29 PM
| link to this | reply
OBP, I think the 'him' I'm looking for is really me in disguise.
~Mama.Dragonfly487
posted by
Mama.Dragonfly
on June 7, 2005 at 8:27 PM
| link to this | reply
I talk about having a harem, but you really have one...dang!
posted by
Ariala
on June 7, 2005 at 8:26 PM
| link to this | reply
I've been having epiphanies lately...
About life and love and the future.
posted by
Passionflower
on June 7, 2005 at 8:21 PM
| link to this | reply
Mama
Sometimes it's hard to make choices..if you don't have to...all the better I guess!
posted by
Offy
on June 7, 2005 at 8:18 PM
| link to this | reply