Eat Pray OH SHIT

[incuidicetutto]

So.

Everyone I know who has read Eat Pray Love has written or called me to say that it reminded them so much of me, and that I have to read it.

I understood it was a woman's journey through Italy, India and Indonesia, and blah blah blah.

I've been looking to read a new travel book, to get me inspired to do the final edit on my own book. Bart bought

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[chipboy]

I found it amusing that the first commenter's username is "rip_her_off."

BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY! Now, I have read neither book, but I have read many of your entries over the years, and you can't discount the validity of all of your crazy romps, quoibles with work, impromptu excursions, and adorable pseudonyms.

That shit's NICE. If the writing styles really are that eerily similar, then yes, sit down, adjust some wording, try to maybe approach each narrative from a different outlook (all of that being much easier said than done), and see what you have.

OH! But above all else, I'd say seek this woman out. It's crazy that you have both gone through almost the exact same things, and you may become great friends. OR EVEN BETTER, you become arch-nemeses. I've had one once. It is incredibly exhilarating.

Whatever happens, you deserve the best possible outcome.

[incuidicetutto]

Oh, I am definitely becoming this woman's friend. I have to.

I would read it

[irishgalinabq]

Hey chicka,

I haven't read "eat, pray, love" although it is on my reading list. However, I think there will still be a strong readership for your book. People are always yakking on about the chick lit bubble and how it is going to burst any day now, and yet I still devour with great glee the brain candy style chick lit that is still being published at an amazing rate. Not at all comparing your writing to chick lit here but just pointing out that when people find a genre they like, they will want more books in that genre. Therefore, people who read "eat pray love" will want to read your book too. Good luck and keep writing.

Re: I would read it

[incuidicetutto]

I don't think it will burst either - but right now I am trying to decide if I want to make it chick lit-y or less so - right now it's straddling the fence and needs a stronger focus.

Senti!

[jpiacentino]

darling, you are an original and should shout your story out from the rooftops. just because someone had a similar experience, does not mean that you cannot share yours. have you any idea how many travelogue type books are out on the market...i can name at least 5 that i have sitting in my bookshelf specifically about Italy. look Frances Hayes had her success w/ Under the Tuscan Sun, Elizabeth Gilbert has her Eat Pray Love and you will have yours. there is no shortage in demand for a great read pertaining to travel experience and self enlightenment. but the point is that you have written it for yourself and that is all that matters. your audience will follow. that, i am sure of!

Re: Senti!

[incuidicetutto]

you just want to be famous dude. LOL

no, seriously, i know that there will always be a market for stories like Miss Expatria - but i just can't believe how effing similar the italian part of her story is. i just wanted to be totally original, and now i feel like i'll be seen as wanting to copy her.

oh and then this other girl wrote to me who saw my M.E. blog, and she linked back to a post that is SO EFFING similar to my first post it's scary.

[sweeeet_pea]

Look at it this way: EPL was a success, so we are dealing with a known entity. If it worked once, it will work again. If I loved a book, I'd love another one like it. Find a different publisher. One that will put: if you loved "EAT PRAY LOVE", you'll freak out over this - on the cover.

I know it's simplistic, but...it's TRUE!!!

[incuidicetutto]

yeah, that is what bart is saying as well. i think i am just gobsmacked that someone else has lived my life, you know?

[cortocorto]

I say fuck yeah and go for it.

There's always room for one more at that kind of table. And I'm sure there's enough uniqueness in your story to make it stand on it's own and not be branded as a rip off.

[incuidicetutto]

i think it's definitely unique, and actually a lot of the work i am doing on my "final" draft will be to bring forth a focus on the more unique aspects of it. not that i think it will be a rip-off - i mean, i fucking lived it, i should know if it's true or not - but that, like, it will seem that i am writing my own story SOLELY BECAUSE SHE HAD SO MUCH SUCCESS at it.