Thomma Lyn Grindstaff's Blog

• Quote on Writing #2 and My Thoughts

  June 6, 2009

  • "Easy reading is damn hard writing." ~ Nathaniel HawthorneSo:  easy reading.  It isn't "See Jane Run" that comes to mind, nor am I thinking of mindlessness.  I'm talking, in this post, about easy reading in the sense that the words don't get in the way of experiencing -- feeling deeply -- the story that's being read.And I agree with Hawthorne:  it's a challenge. Easy ...
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• Quote on Writing: My Thoughts

  May 30, 2009

  • "What I like in a good author is not what he says, but what he whispers."  ~ Logan Pearsall Smith, "All Trivia," Afterthoughts, 1931For me, the best novels are those that are rich in subtlety and nuance.  I'm a re-reader, and it's a treat to gain new perspectives from subsequent rereadings of a novel.  Here are some of the books I like to re-read every few years:A Wrinkle ...
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• My First Blog at Red Room

  May 19, 2009

  • I received author copies of my debut novel, Mirror Blue, the other day, and what a wonderful feeling it was to hold my book in my hands for the first time!  It was a rush, seeing in print all those chapters I had edited, revised, and tweaked for so long, when for years I had seen them, in various forms, only on my computer screen.Mirror Blue was the second novel I wrote.  My first novel is a ...
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