The French call it "l'esprit d'escalier," stairway wit. The witty thing you should have said that occurs to you only as you descend the stairs at the end of the evening. As a novelist, I find that I have staircase thoughts about each of my books, starting with my first novel, published in 1995.
Monday, February 19, 2018
Still Life With Monkey with Monkey
Farah the helper monkey took her own red pencil to my manuscript pages. Who could possibly have more expertise?
In case you are wondering, Farah is a 35-year-old tufted capuchin monkey. Why is she named Farah? Think about it. She has a beautiful tuft (if you like that sort of thing), and 35 years ago a certain actress famous for her flowing and voluminous hair was very popular....yes, that's right.
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