Sloganeering has a three-step program for how to seduce whiny mid-list women writers:

1. Be a good listener: Seriously. She's going to complain a lot. Expect to be inundated with lyrical pronouncements about the unfairness of it all as soon as you walk in the door. Don't try to solve her problems, just be a shoulder for her to cry on (because if you fuck it up, you'll no doubt inspire her to create a new "character" who doesn't listen to his wife/girlfriend and ends up under the wheels of a train).

Okay, I now promise to shut up about this topic. Really, if we've learned anything, it's that no one cares about semi-successful mid-list women writers. And I think we already knew that.
Tuesday Runs Dry [Sloganeering]