Origins: This was written nine months after the events described, and only because an editor said “But whatever happened to that girl?” (“Blonde”).
Number of drafts: 6, with each one shorter than the one before. As with “Blonde” there’s a different, unabridged version in I Would For You.
Published in: Cagibi
Number of rejections: 0. However, this didn’t go out on spec.
Length of time between submission and acceptance: 52 days.
Music: Pixies, “Subbacultcha”
Nirvana, “Come As You Are”
The Cure, “Sorry, Wrong Number”
“Cut”
Tom Waits/Cole Porter, “It’s Alright With Me”
Leonard Cohen, “You Want It Darker”
Death Cab For Cutie, “I Will Possess Your Heart”
Circulatory System, “Signal Morning”
New Model Army/Anacrusis, “I Love the World”
Dramarama, “Anything, Anything”
Type-O Negative, “I Don’t Wanna Be Me”
R. Renee Branca 