Gack.

[shoebox_dw]

I just bundled one of my essays (the one on Holiday, which I've always particularly liked) with a prototype column idea and sent the whole off to my former editor.

Now I am terrified that I just did something really, really gauche and stupid, and need to go hide under the covers. G'nite.

Comments

[rj-anderson.livejournal.com]

Yay! Go you!

And why would it be gauche or stupid? He asked for columns, you're responding with the best you've got. It's no more gauche or stupid than applying for a job for which the interviewer may or may not decide you are suitably qualified...

Breathe. In, out. :)

[shoebox2.livejournal.com]

*breathes obediently*

I know, I know. It's not even like this is the formal column proposal - just a request for feedback.

It's just that I'm by no means convinced the column idea is the best I've got. I was rereading old posts and pondering a sort of 'innocent abroad in pop-culture' idea - you know, snarky comments on whatever strikes me as off about the hype. It seemed cute, and fun, and certainly I was able to hold my own with it on TWoP. So I polished up a relevant post and sent it off...

...that's when the whole gauche thing hit. :)