I was reading an interview with Douglas Copeland yesterday, and he was explaining how he got into writing... He'd been out in Japan being an illustrator for a magazine but got ill and had to return home to his bedsit in Vancouver. Whilst he was in Tokyo, he'd written his mate a postcard which she'd then stuck on her fridge - this happened to be read by a "magazine editor friend" of hers who immediately called him and asked him to write for his rag.
No disputing the guy's a talented writer, but really - how jammy is that? And what the hell did that postcard say?
"Hi Mavis, saw this postcard of a Japanese man in a giant nappy and thought of you. Hope the kids are well. Wish you were here."
Not exactly the voice of Generation X, is it?
Expect a flurry of postcards from London to arrive in the post over the next few weeks. Obviously only those of you with contacts in the industry need check your letter box.
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