Friday, April 29, 2016

Don't You Know it's Different for... Writers


Now and then I like to read fashion magazines. I mean, it can't be world news every minute, and I like to keep up with developments in skin care and um...stuff. Obviously I understand that the models are all airbrushed and twenty-four years old (which is kind of the same thing). And most of the pages are filled with clothes I couldn't afford even if they were designed for real life. I'm bemused that there are people out there who will pay $500. for a swimsuit (you know you'll be dunking it into chlorine and saltwater, right?) but I like nice things. I'm not going to judge. And I've certainly made my share of dumb investments--and not even got a swim date out of them, so...

These magazines usually have interviews with cover models or celebrities wherein the interviewee shares her beauty secrets and "fashion philosophy". I realize that these interviews are primarily about product placement, but I admit I find them interesting--kind of in the same way I can watch Animal Planet for hours on end. I like learning about other species.

But holy moly the life of a writer is different from the life of a fashion model/actress/Adele. So I thought for today's blog (which is actually last week's missed blog) I would grant a fashion magazine interview and Reveal What Really Goes on in Her--er MY--Daily Life.

The Josh Lanyon New York Fashion Magazine Interview

What is your morning beauty routine?

Coffee.

Wait. I see I already got the first question wrong. So the previous interviewee tells about rubbing organic rosehip oil all over her body and taking a freezing shower. WTH? I can't compete with that. Soap and toothpaste and deodorant when I'm not writing. When I'm writing...well, fortunately I don't see many people when I'm working. I did read in one magazine where the interviewee talked about using coffee grounds as a facial scrub, so maybe my first answer was correct. Let's go with that.


Do you have an exercise regimen?

Oh no. I'm failing my first NY fashion magazine interview!!! Okay, I do try. In the summer I swim. In the winter... I think about resuming yoga. I think about the summer when I can swim again. I think a lot about finding something to do that I like as much as swimming. I think about the fact that blood is congealing in my extremities--and my contemporaries--as we sit typing all day.

Writers should make time for exercise. I do sincerely believe that. So that's a start.


Physically speaking, how do you feel about aging?


I'm puzzling over this question. Physically speaking...like, am I aging spiritually as well? Hm. Well, I am all in favor of aging, given the alternative. Which, by the way, is even harder on one's looks.


Favorite designer?

I know this one! Levi Strauss. Dahling, you should see his summer line! What that man doesn't understand about bleached denim isn't worth knowing! Also Woolrich does a faboo line of plaid bathrobes that NO serious writer should be without.


You seem very comfortable with nudity. Has that always been the case?

Whaaa--??!! Well, I mean it's hard to shower without... Oh, you must mean in my BOOKS. Yes, this has always been the case. My characters have no qualms about taking their clothes off for the reader. And I understand that many readers also take their clothes off. But really that's between the characters and the readers.


What is the best fashion advice you've received?

Squinting makes wrinkles. Quit pretending you don't need glasses.












31 comments:

  1. Your fashion interview made me realize that I, too, am a writer, although I have never written anything or even plan to write anything. Must be the lifestyle.

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    1. I should have talked more about the diet! And the alcohol intake. THEN we would know for sure.

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  2. I have to admit, I'm woefully under read in the fashion magazine department. If this is a typical (HA! There is nothing typical about you) I think I'm okay with that. Though, that is good fashion advice about the wrinkles. My own beauty advice would be to avoid stress...it gives you wrinkles AND makes you cranky. Oh, and sun. Avoid sun. This beauty business takes work.

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    1. Yes to the stress and sun. But sunlight and splashing in water just naturally go together. Like fashion accessories!!! ;-D

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    2. The way I sees it ... (yes, that plural was a conscious decision) ... the only way for me to avoid stress is to die -- and what a way to ruin a good mani-pedi!

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    3. So true -- and at the same time one doesn't wish to be caught dead WITHOUT a decent mani/pedi!

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  3. *chuckling* Mahvelous, dahling. Your beauty shines through. I sincerely think about exercising, too. The thought exhausts me.

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    1. Is there ANYTHING more wearying? I mean, apart from actually exercising? :-D

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  4. Love that interview! It is way more believable, as all the things I read in the glossy magazines, when I have a date with my hairdresser.

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    1. Yes, if it wasn't for the occasional mowing of the mop on my head, I would be completely out of touch with the important things in life! ;-D

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  5. What type of shoe goes with a plaid bathrobe? I'm thinking an adorable and whimsical peep toe bunny slipper. :)

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  6. Oh yes -- thinking about exercising is almost as exhausting as thinking about starting a diet. That immediately leads to ordering a pizza... or two.

    Also, I hear it's important to drink at least 2-3 litres a day. *making my second pitcher of margarita*

    Thank you for your exellent beauty tips, dear Josh! I think I'll try the Josh Lanyon nudity thing today. Let's see, who will it be? Jason and Sam? Swift and Max? Kit and Jake? Adrien and J.X.? Wait? What?!

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    1. Ha! Keeping that fluid intake up is SO important. I'm glad I have been a positive influence on you. :-D

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    2. Your positive influence on this is undeniable. Also, I'm a quick learner when it's the matter of life or death. No! Beauty and health, I mean! :-D

      Aaaaand after the third pitcher of margarita it's time to polish my nails. No, no, no. I don't need those reading glasses...!

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  7. Jeans and t-shirts, or shrubs, as long as they are comfortable. I don't know anything about make-up or "beauty treatments" except that I am Norwegian, which is really all anyone needs.
    I do own a curling iron but I use it to cauterize wounds....

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    1. I think you are right about the Norwegian thing. It is a fact that the Scandinavian peoples are naturally gorgeous when they fall out of bed in the morning.

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  8. This was definitely the best 'fashion' interview I've ever read, and pretty easily attainable too... except for the swimming. I always sank like a rock when I tried learning. I do like walking though, so there's that.

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    1. Walking is great! I love walking. Why oh why don't we make ourselves do more of it?!

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  9. I don't even have a bathrobe ... well I kinda do ... my mother-in-law stole it from a casino ... but that's a whole other story.

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    2. I do hope a mob boss is involved somewhere in this story! :-D

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  10. LOL for real.

    I needed that laugh. Thanks! ;D

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  11. My fashion advice is wear what makes you happy and don't worry about what others think about it. And color! Wearing a color that makes you happy makes you feel good, even when it's with sweatpants.

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    1. You know that's really the BEST fashion advice. ;-)

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  12. No Scandinavian genes here, so I try and make up for it by extra margaritas. What do you mean it doesn't work that way?

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    1. Just because something might not work doesn't mean you shouldn't keep experimenting. Maybe those margaritas just need more ice!

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  13. I love your favorite fashion designer response! I laughed so hard. My only beauty advice is sprinkling eucalyptus oil in my shower and letting it steam for a while...oh, wait, I guess that's to open up my sinuses...not really anything for my beauty standpoint.

    Anyhoo, you should actually try to exercise more instead of just thinking about it. After all, exercise is what allows us to eat those delicious Dorito tacos on Cinco de Mayo. Mmmmm. What? Is that not the right mindset?

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    1. Hey, I do the eucalyptus thing too! We're sisters in high fashion! :-D It actually is really soothing, isn't it? I learned that trick in a spa, so there!

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