I first emailed Tao Lin a story I wrote about the experience of losing my virginity sometime in April 2011. He didn't respond until it was later published on Thought Catalog, after which he sent me an email that said… — Marie Calloway Copy Share Image
I think I would have been a lot more miserable and discovered a lot less of things I liked if I hadn't had LiveJournal in high school. I think it's interesting how blogging seems to be shaping a new generation… — Marie Calloway Copy Share Image
The second guy I met on the Internet was Tom, who I dated for around 6 months, which is by far the longest relationship… — Marie Calloway Copy Share Image
What i'm trying to get at is that to me nothing felt glamorous or exciting or sexually liberating about it. I also think the… — Marie Calloway Copy Share Image
There's just something "off" about equating the act of spending three years writing a book with the act of someone exploiting themselves by drunkenly… — Marie Calloway Copy Share Image
I seem to have made my friends proud of me/proud to know me. I also feel I've learned and grown a lot even in… — Marie Calloway Copy Share Image
Obviously this all gets tricky/complicated when your writing reveals so much of your private/intimate life, and the nature of writing on the Internet comes… — Marie Calloway Copy Share Image
Basically, I feel inspired by any artist that seems to want to introduce the world to their likes and perspective rather than trying to… — Marie Calloway Copy Share Image
The pictures feel as essential to me as the text. I was always interested in including pictures with writing. — Marie Calloway Copy Share Image
One thing about having mostly absent parents that I think was perhaps "good" for the development of my intellect/writing is that I was given… — Marie Calloway Copy Share Image
I've gotten a lot of exposure for my writing. My writing blog has gotten over 1000 unique hits since the Observer piece (quite a… — Marie Calloway Copy Share Image
I want to say that of course I want my writing to be read and discussed by as many people as possible, but this… — Marie Calloway Copy Share Image
Besides the money aspect, I guess I was curious about sex work. In the way that most people are, but also because ever since… — Marie Calloway Copy Share Image
Towards the end of it [working as an escort girl] I could feel myself drifting towards a liquor habit and I had a few… — Marie Calloway Copy Share Image
![“Towards the end of it [working as an escort girl] I could feel myself drifting towards a liquor habit and I had a few minor mental breakdowns due to a what I felt like was a constant chipping away at my personhood (guys thinking I would have unprotected sex with them if they just paid me fifty…” quote by Marie Calloway](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/1e5/marie-calloway-17169_abusive_towards-the-end-of-it-working-as-an-esco_1227247.jpg)