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Shoot me -- PLEASE! -- if I ever do this for money:
Subject:Shoot me -- PLEASE! -- if I ever do this for money: From:Patrick O'Connell <titanide -at- MICRO -dot- ORG> Date:Thu, 8 Jun 1995 23:47:48 -0400
The latest in the awesome (yes, that's sarcasm, folks) Time-Life series
of multi-volume collections is The American Indian. I *just* saw the TV
ad for this and immediately felt my gorge rising.
I mean, aren't the T-L series repulsive enough by their very nature? And
what, the First Nation peoples of North America haven't been exploited
enough already? Must they suffer this further indignity?
Sorry -- this is pretty far off-topic, I know. Let me try to steer it
back towards something remotely topical: I know writers who have actually
had to WORK for Time-Life out of desperation. What's the worst kind of
writing you've ever had to do to put food on the table / pay the rent /
stay in electricity / whatever? For that matter, what's the worst JOB
you've ever *had* to do?
