And . . . scene!
If you were writing a story with a character named Hoffmann who was always late to important social events, you could have another character joke, "Oh yeah—E.T.A. Hoffmann."
"As in the story writer?" another character could respond, incredulous.
"Nah—as in 'Estimated Time of Arrival'!"
"As in the story writer?" another character could respond, incredulous.
"Nah—as in 'Estimated Time of Arrival'!"
posted by The Editors at 7:54 PM
18 Comments:
exc, edlz!
a writer whose initials indicate his degree of risque-ness in art and in life:
P. G. WODEHOUSE
Very nice!
A writer whose initials correlate with general speediness. (I have no idea—did he deliver MSS on time?)
D.H. Lawrence
i wonder... did J. D. Salinger have a juvie criminal record?
Heh!
D.M. Thomas used to play Dungeons & Dragons.
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v. good!
i hear A. M. Homes likes to arise early.
Is it true that fantasy author George R.R. Martin used to work as a conductor?
about as true as it is that P. D. James was, at one time, an officer of the law.
Or that H.P. Lovecraft liked to "hit the sauce"!
I DON'T GET THAT ONE
You know, "HP Sauce"! That brown sauce that you can put on meats!
Anyway...
A.A. Brill became a teetotaller!
Was that before or after he met A. A. MILNE?
Ha! I hope it's not true that S.S. Van Dine was a Nazi.
That would be disappointing!
A. L. Kennedy roots for the Mets, I am told. (A NATIONAL LEAGUE team?!)
H.H. Munro, aka Saki, was top of his class ("highest honors") — ?!
Well... high honors or not, Thomas Stearns Eliot, admittedly a bit nervous, may simply have been reacting to his nomenclatorial connection to TENSILE STRENGTH.
H.L. Mencken certainly did love the high life!
I know that doesn't count...ummm. A.J.A. Symonds was a big Steely Dan fan?
No...
X.J. Kennedy is...extra jealous?!
Edlz! You're back!
I hope X. J. isn't extra jealous.
While writing ELEMENTS OF STYLE, E. B. White was often found on the Eastbound train, writing furiously, going... east?
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