Interview with Jonathan Potter celebrating the release of Tulips for Elsie, new from Korrektiv Press

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The Murmur of Vulgarity, or, Self-Publishing for Bad Catholics

December 8, 2011 by at 7:07 am

In which Friend of Korrektiv Betty Duffy takes note of a new Catholic author (above)…

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  1. BettyDuffy says
    December 8, 2011 at 11:32 am

    Aw, thanks for the link! Hope it inspires someone to read her book.

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  2. Cubeland Mystic says
    December 8, 2011 at 11:43 am

    from her bio

    “she recently moved from a mountain town in Colorado to rural Massachusetts to live on a Catholic commune. More recently, she moved from rural Massachusetts to Atlanta to flee a Catholic commune.”

    Sounds like a kindred spirit. She’ll eventually wind up in the desert. You’ll see.

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  3. BettyDuffy says
    December 8, 2011 at 12:36 pm

    I should warn her not to start lurking around here, lest she squander her writing time trying to score funnies in the combox.

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  4. Churchill says
    December 8, 2011 at 1:47 pm

    Well, God help her if she ends up in a community of believers. Especially if they rate themselves.

    Can’t you be a little more bland?

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  5. Ellen says
    December 9, 2011 at 7:59 am

    What up, Korrektiv Press? Thanks for the link. I like you guys. Hey, I guess I was only one letter away from being categorized under “finnegan,” eh? If only my great great grandfather had not gotten pissed at his family back in Ireland, moved to America in a huff, and out of spite changed the “e” to an “i.” (“That’ll show ’em!”) The old Irish temper, you know. In any event, thanks for giving me a new goal in life: I now hope to appear again on your site, next time being categorized, hopefully, under “Creepy Catholics” and/or “Remember how we weren’t going to have a ton of categories?” and/or “insert trite but incisive overall point.” Something to strive for.

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    • Southern Expat says
      December 9, 2011 at 8:29 am

      Ellen! Hey! Hi! Hi, Ellen! Hey! It’s me, remember? I sent you the wacky email! Thanks for stopping by! Glad you like our categories and maybe I’ll tell you the story behind “trite but incisive.” Come by anytime.

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    • Jonathan Potter says
      December 9, 2011 at 2:27 pm

      Hi Ellen! Hey, speaking of Finnegan, Quin is the eligible (albeit aging) bachelor here at Korrektiv. Everyone’s working day and night on the project of getting him married off. If you two hit it off, you could reclaim the “e”. (Except for the minor detail that his real name is Jobe.) File Under: caution.

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      • Angelico Nguyen, Esq., OP says
        December 9, 2011 at 9:27 pm

        Konnektiv: Bad Catholics, marrying and giving in marriage at a time near the end of the world

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        • Ellen says
          December 10, 2011 at 8:32 am

          Sorry, Jonathan, but even Bad Catholics know that if you are still single after the age of 30, something must be wrong with you.

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          • Ellen says
            December 10, 2011 at 8:37 am

            That was a joke. Of course I just ruined it by saying it was a joke. But you all might not know me well enough to know that it was a joke. If it wasn’t against my online code, I would have added this: ; ). Great. Now I just ruined my joke and broke my code.

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            • Southern Expat says
              December 10, 2011 at 8:42 am

              This place disorients you, like a fever dream. It’s okay.

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              • Matthew Lickona says
                December 10, 2011 at 8:50 am

                30? 30! In my day, it was 25! Ellen, you have broken the seal of the combox. For your penance, you must buy the first round at Gerasene ’12.

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                • BettyDuffy says
                  December 10, 2011 at 9:57 am

                  Has Quin Jobe-Finnegan been near this thread yet? Someone should tell him we’ve seen his future.

                  Potter, why don’t you make sure he’s not dead.

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                  • BettyDuffy says
                    December 10, 2011 at 9:59 am

                    It’s sad to be a widow before one’s wed.

                    (a poem!)

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                  • Southern Expat says
                    December 10, 2011 at 10:05 am

                    50% of the Kollektiv have not checked in for a couple of days. Where’s Webb? Where’s JOB? I’m concerned.

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                    • Angelico Nguyen, Esq., OP says
                      December 10, 2011 at 11:56 am

                      Webb has probably fallen and can’t get up.

                    • Jonathan Potter says
                      December 13, 2011 at 9:14 pm

                      And then I fell off the merry-go-round, too. Cain’t keep up with you young folks.

                      I can’t vouch for Webb, either, but Angelico’s theory might not be too far off. His wife and children will be bringing him cigars and snacks and whiskey, though, so eventually he’ll revive.

                      Today is Quin Finnegan’s day off, so I would think he’d be checking in, unless he is helping Brian Jobe work through the galley proofs of Bird’s Nest in Your Hair.

                  • Jonathan Potter says
                    December 13, 2011 at 9:17 pm

                    Brian/Quin/Jeb probably instinctively/mystically knew he should stay far away from this thread.

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  6. Churchill says
    December 9, 2011 at 8:02 am

    Nothing to do with me.

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  7. Ellen says
    December 9, 2011 at 8:05 am

    P.S.! Soren Kierkegaard and I share a birthday.

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  8. Matthew Lickona says
    December 9, 2011 at 9:36 am

    Welcome, Ellen, and congrats. The real goal, as I’m sure you can see, is to get your name and/or the title of your book listed in the category bar. Looking forward to reading.

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  9. Cubeland Mystic says
    December 9, 2011 at 10:11 am

    Hi Ellen

    I am really digging your scientific Target Audience matrix. I fall into the “Desert Fathers” category so I missed the sweet spot, but my kids will be ready to read it in about 8 years. So I am a potential customer. Everyone should go check out the matrix to see where they fall.

    http://ellenfinnigan.com/the-me-years/residually-religious/

    If it is what I think, I will want my kids (both genders) to read it when they start college. Have you ever read Kristin Lavransdatter? It too will be required reading for the little people before they can leave the Monastery. It is a great story, and a Great Book. I’d recommend for parents to encourage their kids to read it especially their daughters. It could be a good companion to Ellen’s book.

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    • Southern Expat says
      December 9, 2011 at 10:19 am

      I, too, dig the Target Audience matrix, but it looks as though Ellen has left off “Raised Catholics” and “Devout Catholics,” two groups who, more than any other Catholicish bloc, dominate political discourse. They tend to be authorities on the intersection of personal morality and public policy, by which I mean that they are personally opposed to all manner of things but have no wish to impose their morality on others.

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      • Matthew Lickona says
        December 9, 2011 at 10:31 am

        Holy crap, that’s awesome. Regarding the illustration on the side – is that Jesus on the cross actually bleeding? Is that Catholic manga?

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    • Ellen says
      December 12, 2011 at 4:39 am

      Thank you, Cubeland Mystic. I’m glad you enjoyed the chart. Thanks for the recommendation! Kristen Lavransdatter has been added to me “to read” list.

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  10. Cubeland Mystic says
    December 9, 2011 at 10:40 am

    Expat

    Ellen took those two blocks off the matrix when she left the commune.

    🙂

    The Desert Fathers look really good after partying with “Devout Catholics”. If one is inclined here is a great Saint

    http://www.stmaryofegypt.org/life.aspx

    required reading here at the monastery.

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  11. Angelico Nguyen, Esq., OP says
    December 9, 2011 at 10:32 pm

    Ms Finnigan:

    Your prose style is so sharp, I’d want to read it even if the ideas you expressed with it were repugnant. The fact that your ideas are so largely well reasoned, well founded, and/or otherwise congenial is icing on the cake. I look forward to reading more, in the book and online.

    Thanks to Ms Duffy and Mr Lickona for the news.

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