He said we were the two best writers here, and didn’t want
to get in between us, meaning he didn’t want to take a side.
I know he’s half right. I’m not as good as many people think
I am. I’m not a natural writer the way she is. I’m still knocking my head
against a wall.
That’s why I read what she does the way I used to read
masters in college or the work of other college writers I envied like Michael
Reardon. I’m always trying to do what they do. I did this when I first got to
the paper when we still had Andy Newman. I’m envious like that now.
It’s that competitive bit inside of me, and yet, I know I’ll
never really be as good as Reardon, Newman or her. I can only try.
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