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October 18, 2005
My Bookjacket Photo
After leaving La Onda last evening, I went home and pondered the wisdom of Agent 007's advice.
I have come to the conclusion that, as a young, unknown with neither book deal nor agent, the only reasonable thing for me to do was to take a sample head-shot. That way, anyone who is interested can know, right off the bat, whether my face is pretty enough to be published.
I took this photo first. As you can see, I have my glasses on in this photo. My glasses not only enable me to see but also, I like to think, lend me a certain air of intellectual gravitas, bestow upon my visage a certain boyish, bookish charm a la Ira Glass, Jonathon Lethem or any of the number of other admired, bookish and bespectacled men.
Then I remembered the Agent's warning that "the standard is higher if you're a woman," and that no one likes a "bespectacled" and "tweedy" girl scribe. I decided to take another photograph, this time removing my glasses first. Here, you can see how I Iook without my glasses on.
As the great Ms. Parker once noted, literary agents don't make passes at girls who wear glasses. Or something like that.
Posted by hissycat at October 18, 2005 01:30 PM
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Comments
Well, you look topless (except for one black strap and the scarf) in your author photographs. Maybe you should put on an Oxford shirt?
If you're going for the anonymous pixelated look, maybe you should put on a cheap blonde wig, black hat and sunglasses?
Posted by: mlle M at October 18, 2005 04:06 PM
Isn't that my scarf?
Posted by: onion slayer at October 18, 2005 05:14 PM
Of course, don't forget to wear your penis bone necklace.
Posted by: mlle M at October 18, 2005 05:37 PM
No man loves his fetters, be they made of gold... Garnett
Posted by: Garnett at November 22, 2006 02:02 AM
No man loves his fetters, be they made of gold... Garnett
Posted by: Garnett at November 22, 2006 02:02 AM