Nope, Still Not a Lesbian

If any of you read Elena over at Stay at Home Mom Going Quickly Insane, then you already know that she and I met for the first time on Sunday. We both attended Hollis Gillespie's Shocking Real Life Writing Seminar in Atlanta. I suggested it to Elena because her style of writing reminded me a lot of Hollis' -- no-holds barred and brutally honest. And also very funny.

Hollis is the author of three books (the third launches tomorrow) -- Bleachy Haired Honkey Bitch (which for me is one of the hands down best titles ever), Confessions of a Recovering Slut, and her latest, Trailer Trashed.

I arrived at the seminar before Elena and was chatting with a girl who had come all the way from Philadelphia. "Oh, wow," I said. "I thought my friend from Alabama would be the person who came from farthest away."

"You have a friend coming to the class from Alabama?" Hollis asked.

"Well, we've never actually met in real life. Only online. But I consider her my friend."

"Ooh, are you lesbians?" asked Hollis, slightly gleefully.

"No. Um, bloggers, actually."

I swear I think she was disappointed.

More about the writing class tomorrow. It was a great class, though I do have some reservations about my "assignment."