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Monday 5 September 2011

"Any, like, crime?"

Today is Rachael Harrie's First Campaigner Challenge (do pop over to the link to check out the list of posts!). I really wanted to join in but my mind has gone totally blank and I literally cannot - cannot - think of a single thing to write for it! Sigh.

In fact, I am so brain-dead today, all I can think of is a new installment in the saga of The Things People Say When Sangu Tells Them She's a Writer. You know, like this one.

So this happened at the airport a couple of weeks ago, when I came back to the UK after my trip to Bangalore.

OFFICIAL [looks at Sangu's passport]: So what do you do, miss?

SANGU: I'm a writer.

OFFICIAL [perks up no end]: Really? A writer! What kind of stuff do you write?

SANGU: Books. Novels, I mean. Fiction. Books. Fiction books. [VOICE INSIDE MY HEAD: smooth. Very smooth.]

OFFICIAL: Wow! Any, like, crime?

SANGU: Erm, no. I write teen fiction. Young adult.

OFFICIAL [totally crestfallen]: Damn. I'd have asked for your autograph if you wrote crime.

SANGU [laughs the whole way home]

18 comments:

  1. Ha ha! Didn't he know your autograph is worth a million dollars? Well, it will be someday. Thanks for the funny post.

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  2. Well, shoot. Hahahaha. People and their preferences ;)

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  3. LOL. Though he should definitely have gotten your autograph. :)

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  4. That's hilarious! :) If it was me, I would've asked for an autograph.

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  5. Ha! Why is it that people are impressed when you tell them you're a writer, but suddenly full of attitude when you mention teen fiction? Don't they know that YA is the BEST?!

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  6. Nice. Well, a man's got to have standards you know! You'll just have to make him regret not getting your autograph by being a big freaking success, that's all. And I don't doubt that you will be.

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  7. I like that he would have wanted your autograph if you wrote crime fiction - even though he still would not have known your work!

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  8. That's kind of hilarious. I, on the other hand, would be slightly creeped out by crime writers (j/k?) lol. YA writers are the best by far anywho. It's a proven truth.

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  9. Lol! This cracked me up! Next time someone gives you a hard time tell them, "#YASaves, dude!"

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  10. That's awesome. Hopefully one day I'll get to have that same conversation :) You should've offered your autograph anyway. I wonder what he would've done.

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  11. Hi Sangu! I love this! So funny! I'm so glad you told us about it. It's so much fun to hear about people's crazy experiences.

    I'm a fellow campaigner in the MG/YA category. I'm not in your group, but I wanted the fun of getting to know more writers. It's so great to meet you!

    Congratulations on your debut book coming out next year - that's fantastic! And congratulations on having Bambi eyes! - it's so great that's in your profile, made me laugh. And you're very lucky to have Bambi eyes!

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  12. Oh my goodness. That is a great little exchange. You should include that in one of your stories!

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  13. Love it!
    Airport workers are a little odd though.

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  14. Hi, Sangu :) I just tagged you in my latest post. You're it!
    http://writtled.blogspot.com/2011/09/tag.html

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  15. Har har! I love people's responses. Loads of people ask me: So have you sold many copies? Um... really? That's the first thing you want to ask me?

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  16. Ha ha! You should have said, "You'll be sorry..."

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