readers
November 22, 2009
- To my great relief, it was still here. Nestled among trees, on the corner of 10th Street in Greenwich Village. Still filled with burnished lamps, and a panoply of books that chattered to themselves. I'd been here many times, but this time it was in the middle of an exhausting tour, where it's easy to forget that most books involve an invisible meeting between a writer and a reader. Three Lives is ...
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November 2, 2009
- One of the guest stops on my Daughter Am I blog tour is the Second Wind Publishing Blog. I talk about a fan letter (well, fan email) I received, and cite a quote by John Cheever, “I can’t write without a reader. It’s precisely like a kiss — you can’t do it alone.”Many writers don’t consider readers — they write solely for themselves, or at least they say they do — but often ...
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October 27, 2009
- I did not write the following post, though I wish I had. But since I read the original-- almost a year ago--I have never forgotten it.Now, as some of us are counting down the days until November and some of us are in the middle of rewrites and deadlines, I'd like to take a moment. A short space in time. A deep breath. And remind us all why we write. COMFORT READINGby Toni McGee ...
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September 15, 2009
- Recently, a friend sent me a copy of an article from the Cleveland Plain Dealer. A well-established author had just signed a "17-book deal" with his publisher. This will go along with the "more than 40 best sellers" he already has. "Ultraprolific" is one of the words that was used.
The article didn't really surprise me. I had heard an NPR interview with the writer who stated ...
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September 15, 2009
- "Let's say you believe in the highest principles of art, and that you want your story to express some lofty idea--or even ideal. This is all well and good. You don't have to sacrifice high principles to be a good writer. You do, however, have to get off your high horse and walk the ground."Remember that a soapbox is not a narrative. A ramble through the woods is."You want ...
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August 30, 2009
- August 30 THE CALL Within the sound of your voice I singIn the beat of your heartI healI feel in your touchAnd dance when your toe starts to tapI see myself in your beautyI warm inside your embraceYour thoughts are my inspirationYour lungs breathe me in and blow me outI soar in your flightAnd dream in your wakingI ring in your earsFall with your tearsI’m lost in youFound in you Travel and ...
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August 28, 2009
- To my readers so far: Well, according to my stats there have been quite a large number of 'clicks' on the various things that can be found on my site, and many people have looked also at my other websites, www.sardiniansilver.com, www.acolinwright.ca and www.authorsden.com/acolinwright. It is certainly gratifying to know that people have been reading what I've written. But so far it has been ...
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August 27, 2009
- During the mid to late 1990s, virtually all of my reading was done on the New York City subway as I commuted daily from Queens into Manhattan. As anyone who’s ridden the subway during rush hour knows, there is no such thing as personal space on a train. My fellow straphangers, bold as they were, would not only read over my shoulder but actually lean into me to better see what I was reading, and ...
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August 25, 2009
- In nearly every class or seminar I’ve ever taught, and with many of my clients as well, the question of copyright comes up, mostly in the context of How can I be sure no one steals my work? Despite one obscure author’s recent claims that Stephenie Meyer plagiarized her novel, this does not happen very often — and when plagiarism does happen, it usually involves the lifting of entire ...
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August 25, 2009
- Sometimes, one gets the weirdest feedback. This one does not deserve to be reproduced, but I feel like a bit of pop psychology."Sheesh! Just three words can describe you completely---'obsessed with sex'." I was also called a pseudo intellectual, and I don't know whether it is due to my obsession with sex. I don't know when it started, but the term pseudo intellectual has gained more ...
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