Peter Derk
Oh, geez. Let me give you some Saige-like advice here. By which I mean advice that's good to hear but riddled with spelling errores.
Listen. Sage is a thing. It's a noun. It's a plant. We all know what Sage is. It's a nice name.
Saige is not a thing. Not a noun. It's a misspelling of a plant used to make your kid seem like an individual. It will serve only to confuse substitute teachers and anger your kid.
Paige is fine. That's a name. We're used to that. Sage is fine. That's a name. AND a thing. Page would also be acceptable. That's a thing, and it's cool. We all get it. It's four letters, it has the exact same sound, and it's a thing we know. Your kid will grow up saying, "Page. Spelled just like a the page in a book."
Saige is not fine. "It's Saige. But not like the plant. Like the plant, but with an I in it. Not an 'eye' but just the one letter, the personal pronoun...nevermind."
Okay? Let's not mess up lives here.
Listen. Sage is a thing. It's a noun. It's a plant. We all know what Sage is. It's a nice name.
Saige is not a thing. Not a noun. It's a misspelling of a plant used to make your kid seem like an individual. It will serve only to confuse substitute teachers and anger your kid.
Paige is fine. That's a name. We're used to that. Sage is fine. That's a name. AND a thing. Page would also be acceptable. That's a thing, and it's cool. We all get it. It's four letters, it has the exact same sound, and it's a thing we know. Your kid will grow up saying, "Page. Spelled just like a the page in a book."
Saige is not fine. "It's Saige. But not like the plant. Like the plant, but with an I in it. Not an 'eye' but just the one letter, the personal pronoun...nevermind."
Okay? Let's not mess up lives here.
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Steve Bal4
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Peter Derk:
I just read your books, Ghost Dick, and The Heist-iest Heist Ever Heisted, and they where absolutely hilarious; I have never laughed that hard reading books in my life. Sublime dumb-funny at its best. I'm curious about your process: how much of what you write just spews fully-formed onto the page vs. what you may have to massage into shape via editing afterwards?
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