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August 18, 2006
Queen Amidala’s Diary, The Prequel, Part 4
Long Time Ago
Coruscant
calories: 1046, alcohol units: 2, cans hair spray: 1, winning lotto numbers: 3 (two on one ticket, one on the other, but still)
That slave kid? Not so bad. Totally got us out of a bind.
And I’m feeling way better since we got here. It’s amazing what a couple drinks and a little conditioner can do.
Saw Mace Windu on the way in. He was telling us this crazy story about how he just got back from saving all these people who were stuck with a bunch of kouhuns on a cruiser. Such a stitch! I’ve always wondered about that purple lightsaber, though. Red’s bad and blue’s good, right? It’s like he’s a little bit good guy and a little bit rock-and-roll or something. Who knows with the Jedi? They’re all nuts. Just look at Obi-Wan’s hair.
Freaking Palpatine’s here, of course, staring at my boobs, as per usual. It’s like, “HELLO! I’m not wearing this padded bra for your benefit, old man.” He’s just like a used speeder salesman, I swear. I can’t believe that the same population that elected me elected HIM.
Oh, gotta go. That kid dropped by again. You know, he's kind of annoying, but he’s also kind of cute.
[Queen Amidala's Diary, The Prequel, Part 5]
Posted by adrienne at August 18, 2006 01:09 AM
Comments
Are you sure you do not want to write any fiction? This is brilliant, but I'm sure you knew that already.
Posted by: tonderdo at August 18, 2006 10:59 PM
Tammy,you are so right!It's simply that Adrienne still doesn't fully understand that fiction IS nonfiction in disguise.I'm convinced of this.I'm also quite sure that between blogging,real-life events,journaling and such,all she needs is an angle and a box to put all of it in so she can write the books.And the fun thing is she can exagerate,rearrange,add magical elements and such..she can do whatever she darn well feels like writing fiction.She has the Leaf&Bean like Rawling had her coffee shop.But,if she prefers non fiction--that's ok.She is also a really good poet.No one can blame her for not going there.Her imagination is wonderful.She's got it all.And I admire you Tammy for being the teacher you are in a tough city school.I mean that.It is a great calling to be a good teacher in such a hellish place where you may well be the only adult many of your students trust.
Posted by: momster at August 21, 2006 10:25 AM
I have a friend who teaches a "Creative Nonfiction" course at MCC, and I keep telling her that "creative nonfiction" is really just another way of saying "fiction," but you know those professors, they think they know everything.
Posted by: chuck at August 21, 2006 12:26 PM
Yeah, and I bet he knows what they call a quarter-pounder on Alderaan, too...
Posted by: jp at August 23, 2006 03:42 PM
Well Chuck,I attended a reading&reception at Brockport years ago.And in my ignorance,I said to a well known local writer that I really enjoyed non fiction,because I liked to read true things.Honest to God,she told me quite seriously that what I need to read is fiction if I want the truth.That lable protects you from lawsuits and allows plausible deniability.I read all her books,which I got at the Old Brockport Library(of the sloping floors,musty odor and general air of mystery)with Adrienne happily in tow finding her own little favored corners.By that time,I no longer checked what she chose.She was quite advanced.But I never forgot what that author told me...and her books!Totally autobiographical--yet fiction.So,I don't think "creative nonfiction"(prime example "In Cold Blood")is quite the same as what she was telling me.She was clearly saying,use "fiction"when you want to tell the truth.Then no one can sue.
Posted by: momster at August 24, 2006 11:34 AM