Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time (book)

Author David Goodwillie's trials and tribulations of the late 1990s in the Big Apple as he fights to become a professional writer.

Kirkus Reviews called it "A memoir of bilious excess, related with humor and just the right amount of acidic sadness."^[1]

The Courier Journal said it was a "mesmerizing memoir and searing sketch of a decade in decline," and "[Goodwillie] conveys his wisdom via syntax that is simultaneously sobering insightful and amusing."^[2]

Converesly, Toby Young, from The Wall Street Journal wrote "There were moments in this book when I wished [Goodwillie] hadn't given up his day job."^[3]