tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5792662252069133648.post557227322477315078..comments2023-09-01T06:56:25.160-04:00Comments on i could go on and on: Life Has No PlotKarenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04610823643625979862noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5792662252069133648.post-7363876546979952522013-10-22T12:27:28.655-04:002013-10-22T12:27:28.655-04:00Jillian, Props to you for even thinking to wrote t...Jillian, Props to you for even thinking to wrote to EJ after reading FoF! <br /><br />Her letter is beyond fabulous and her statement, "If one creep doesn't get it, a wise man will come along who does" is the Cliffs Notes version of what every woman of a certain age could tell you. No matter how many marriages/relationships you need to have to warm up, when you meet the love of your life, you'll know it.<br /><br />Thanks many times over for sharing EJ's letter and for reading my blog!Karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04610823643625979862noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5792662252069133648.post-40509519513309248002013-10-22T12:20:01.687-04:002013-10-22T12:20:01.687-04:00cw, SO true!cw, SO true!Karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04610823643625979862noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5792662252069133648.post-22277257804712113752013-10-22T12:08:41.754-04:002013-10-22T12:08:41.754-04:00I read Fear of Flying after a devastating breakup ...I read Fear of Flying after a devastating breakup in 2008 and was COMPELLED to write to Erica Jong. I found her email address and sent a silly message to her. She wrote me back within 2 hours:<br /><br />Dear......<br /><br />I'm thrilled by your letter.<br /> <br />I wrote "that book" (as people call it) throughout my twenties--and when it was acquired by Holt in 1970, I was a baby (and a babe). I had no idea what I'd wrought.<br /> <br />The reactions were ecstatic, mean, unprintable, hateful, horrid and wonderful. The "official" lit'ry types called me "a mammoth pudenda" (Paul Theroux in the New Statesman), but Henry Miller of Tropic of Cancer fame loved it and so did John Updike in the New Yorker. Thus my first novel (third book) was SAVED!<br /> <br />And here we are in 2008 & you have just found it at a time in your life you need it. The wonder of books!<br /> <br />So--read it and remember that men are compelling but another one always comes along (like a bus).<br /> <br />Remember who you are! Fantastic, individual, beautiful inside and out. If one creep doesn't get it, a wise man<br />will come along who does.<br /> <br />I've had 4 marriages and my 4th husband is my soulmate. We are now married 19 years--a record for us both.<br /> <br />The others were just warm-ups.<br /> <br />BE WELL!<br /> <br />EJJillianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09947265376024789146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5792662252069133648.post-66563109437988864662013-10-22T11:36:18.085-04:002013-10-22T11:36:18.085-04:00I always thought a "zipless anything" w...I always thought a "zipless anything" was an interesting premise...however not to sound like a cliche' no matter how much things have changed..and they have greatly...many things just stay the same. <br /><br />cwAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com