Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time is 2006 memoir and debut book written by David Goodwillie.
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."
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."
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."