Here’s how I sound, I think
When I listen to myself I don’t sound like me. Do you sound like you? The voice I hear has a cold and is resolutely adolescent, suggesting to me that at age 74 I’m losing my battle to grow up before I die. The fact that I have company in this failed endeavor is not particularly comforting. My head case is not exactly a Stradivarius, more like a busted duct. The voice I hear inside my head, the one I try to let out in my writing, doesn’t sound like this guy. This guy is a little snarky, don’t you think? Or maybe it’s late in the day and I’m being a bit hard on myself. Who would I want to sound like? Who would you like to sound like? Our job is to be us, right? And sometimes that takes some doing. I’ve arranged for you to hear this problematic voice, mercifully for only a minute or two, on the New Book page. Just click the Listen button for The Price of Crude.—DM
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