You Look Like a Monkey, and You Smell Like One, Too

THE FOREST FOR THE TREES is about writing, publishing and what makes writers tick. This blog is dedicated to the self loathing that afflicts most writers. A community of like-minded malcontents gather here. I post less frequently now, but hopefully with as much vitriol. Please join in! Gluttons for punishment can scroll through the archives.

If I’ve learned one thing about writers, it’s this: we really are all alone. Thanks for reading. Love, Betsy

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You Look Like a Monkey, and You Smell Like One, Too

Posted on June 17, 2009 by betsylerner

Dearest Darling Readers of this Blog:

I have some fantastic news. The Forest for the Trees (that old thing) will be ten next year, and my publisher (oh, with just a smidge of encouragement) has decided to publish a revised edition. A lot has happened in ten years, and yet I’m still the same old fuckwad I ever was so the book will remain essentially the same — full of gimlet eyed observations about writers and keen discouragement. My first editor actually tried me to get me to tone that down. Hello?!