Brad Nelson was 17 when this happened.

I could live off a mention in the New Yorker for weeks, if only The New Yorker and, for that matter, New York City, existed. Thank God they don't becasue then this little bitch fest would be real and I would lose just a little more respect for humanity. But hypothetically, bloggers have just as much chance as anyone else to get a book published;, i.e., almost ZERO. So more power to them and anyone else who can scare up interest from an agent. Nothing wrong with a little, or in the case of some, a lot, of self-promotion and networking. My daddy told me when I was 18 that was the best way to score a job. Hey, he was right!

Will you two just DO IT and get it over with?

You keep thinking people want to know about your pschyo-sexual issues. Doubt it- but go get to work on your scripts.

holy crapology. someone is taking themselves WAY too seriously. that's funny. Lil's craw is literally bursting at the seams. i do believe we are witnessing a breakdown. loser? bitch? hmm, let's throw in miserable-crazy-mother-fucker too. you hit the trifecta!

btw, for the third time i don't even read books much less have any aspirations of writing one. can you get that through your poor, tortured skull, sweetums? i want a three picture deal. porn. i would invite you to cum on my face but i think you already have! thanks!!

Genius script-writer/ blogger:

Yeah, of course, I'm the idiotic bitch here. Your jokes aren't that clever, so if I don't find them funny- well, don't blame for that while you also blame me for your inflated ego. Pick a whiny bitch schpiel and stick to it.

I actually do value decent literature, whether coked-up, gossip-obsessed, Graydon-Carter wannabes such as yourself do or do not.

You and your witless "jokes"- and they aren't jokes; they're cheesy cop-outs.

Hopefully, you're book will sell a shitload of copies, so you can justify your existence for 30 seconds of your life. But, if you took a mention in the Talk of the Town blurb, in post-Tina Brown New-Yorker at all seriously- I'm most defintely not the idiot here.

And I'm definitely not the bitch here- you can't take back words like loser. You're either the kind of pathetic, perma- high-schooler who thinks that way or you aren't.

And , yes, it makes for seriously crap writing. But you knew that- or you wouldn't have attacked someone stating the obvious in such a lame-brained, personal way.

Anyway, go sniff something, and see if you can delude yourself into thinking you're hot shit- until it wears off anyway. The come-down is a bitch, huh?

Agents are attracted to bloggers for the same reason they are attracted to celebrities: they have an audience (albeit on a much smaller scale). Two talented young wrtiers: one lives in Cleveland and works for a local paper, the other lives in New York and has a well-know blog. Who's going to attract more readers? Who's going to sell more books? Deep breathes everyone. It's not rocket science.

Lil, you just don't get it do you? It's amazing that you, or anyone, takes one iota of this seriously. Forget I said "loser", you're simply an idiot. I shan't explain a joke that's clearly wasted on you. Be off and don't stare at the crap on bookstore tables when there's plenty of actual dog shit you can gaze at on the streets. Either way I'm still gonna make my porn flick, bitch.

Monosyllabically,

Chief Blog'em

Um, see the 5 windows open comment. You make many assumptions- I have zero interest in writing an novel myself, but I'm pretty tired of seeing crap on the tables at the bookstore.

And who hasn't wondered how the Graydon Carters, et al. go from Spy mag to $100,000 whores? So it's illuminating, in that respect.

I'm guessing the loser is probably the person that goes around using words like loser- always sign of a sensitive literary mind, no?

And- wow- if you have to resort to cheap, grating gimmicks like one-word sentences- it's pretty safe to say your "novel" will find a cosy home on the remainder table

Lil Streak of Jealousy, you are so so so so SO wrong. I have the Great American Porno Movie in me. I can't wait until Hollywood starts offering us bloggers some serious screenplay deals!! Suck up now all you lil monsters and maybe we'll let you work the craft services table!!!

And don't hate us if we're full of ourselves. It's only because. People. Like. You. Can't. Stop. Commenting. About. Us.

Now really, who's the loser around here?

oh, for god's sakes- get a mention in a god damn talk of the town piece, and you blogger/authors get so full of yourselves.

Do you not get what seems fairly obvious to blog-readers, ie. what serves as entertaining writing while flipping through 5 windows on your computer screen- well, that doesn't mean you have what it takes to write a book that people will read, regardless of the subject matter?

Maybe you've got what it takes to write the great american novel, but the blogging isn't proof. You could still really suck.

No, the blogging doesn't prove you don't either- but,wow, have you guys gotten full of yourselves.

krucoff, where you been all my life, man? you and I are like this (making the 'you and I are like this' gesture.)

and claire, you're an "online diarist" not a blogger, right?? as an "online columnist" i often think, "when are WE gonna get our day in the fun?"!!

I don't think I'm really allowed to comment here because a.) I don't live in New York and b.) I already published a book. I think I was mentioned in that article by accident. Oh well. Keep up the fun discussion!

the point wasn't that lindsay was going to write a novel about lobsters... it was that lindsay isn't funny and it doesn't seem like she has much to say either.

Agents looking online for writers should be looking on sites like PindeldyBoz, storySouth, Eclectica, Eyeshot, etc., where writers are ACTUALLY WRITING.

I'll second that. Could Ron Mwangaguhunga be a bigger ass kisser?

Ron, are you getting a cut of the advance, too?

How could anyone not appreciate the lobster incident?

Damn. Now I have to abandon the roman a clef I was writing based on the Lobster Incident.