| | Jeanine, I am willing to bet your Rolodex is far more impressive than mine. :) You are a courtesan in the truest, most ancient sense, and undoubtedly your clients are awed by such charms. Do you give lessons? ;)
Jennifer Iannolo-
Very serious, felt thanks for visibility- I think you do understand the values I aspire to, and that means much to me; thank you.
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In truth, I'm still pretty new to my profession, having only been working for 8 months, and at 25 I'm a late starter doing a great deal of playing catch up. In some ways I do know what I'm doing... (grin)... I was the kind of student who read the 3,000 page literature anthology for fun instead of listening to the boring English lecture. My last job was used book dealer! But the intellectual part is easy for me. It's learning how to live the Life that's a difficult affair. I confess, I don't have anything like the stature necceary to give lessons... I only very recently could honestly say that I knew what I was doing, and I'm engaged in so much learning right now! Part of wishes I had crossed the threshold to where I could fully accept your compliment... but not the part of me with any sense. I greatly, greatly appreciate your words... but not yet.
As for a 'Rolodex'... rhe industry term really is "little black book" just like in Hollywood... though it can refer to a laptop or a cellphone. I use a related term. Appropriately for a public woman, my own "little black book" is scattered over a cellphone, 3 email addresses, my online Salon, and online various discussion forums. Cheating in my favor? I plead more or less innocent in this forum so far, but elsewhere I quote Rand (in either Journals or The Art of Fiction): "writing is the art of doing what you think you're doing."
in Liberty,
Shiris
Jeanie {))(*)((} Ring
P.S. I actually did write out a brief nine-point "how to become a courtesan" piece dealing with aesthetics and the ars personae, but decided it would be bad professional ethics to put it up here. I'll be glad to send it to you if you like.
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