I just emailed my contribution for the July ish of Mezzo. I'm not sure if my ed will like it 'coz honestly, I think it sucks. Have I lost my writing prowess? Nah! 'Coz I have no writing prowess in the first place. lol! But I'm pretty sure I followed her instructions - no names and not more than 800 words. I kinda failed on the latter though 'coz all in all my article is made up of 830 words but I am confident that it will be less than 800 soon when my editor cuts all the crappy things I wrote. It'll probably end up with 300 words or less. Oh no! But it was the best that I can squeeze out from my almost atrophied brain. I haven't been writing for months..uhhh...make that years and coming up with a 3-page article on a glossy paper and perhaps on the centerfold is just too much for a wanna-be writer whose works are not worthy to be reckoned. I have to say that once again I'm exposing my meager reputation to the public to be whacked (again) by some critics. Criticism is good right? But the thought of being a subject of public scrutiny is technically debilitating. Believe me you don't want to go out on the streets again after being whacked it's as if you're walking naked with grade 4 decubitus ulcer on almost every bony prominences. It's painful. It stinks and most of all it makes you invisible in a not-so-good way.
But hey! too late for all those egocentric concerns. I'll just have to wait for an email from my ed which says: Rewrite everything or change this one or find a better title...or worst - YOU'RE FIRED!
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