not even great writers are great all the time...

Random Writing Thought:

Not even great writers are great all the time. Some days, they are great. Some days, they are mediocre. Some days, they are even less than that. If you want to create something great as a writer, you do not need to be great every day; rather, you need only enough great days in close proximity to one another. Then, once you throw out the bad stuff, you will be left with something great.




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thoughts on multitasking

Sometimes, I'll be telling my fiancé a story, and I'll look over and realize she is pounding away at that little keyboard on her phone. And I'll pause so she can finish. And she'll pause and look at me and repeat everything I just said.

6 simple questions: stewart o'nan

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Stewart O'Nan is…

The Velvet Underground of authors. I once read an interview in which a musician (I cannot recall who it was) said that not many people listened to The Velvet Underground in the 60s, but everyone who did listen to them wanted to become a musician. O'Nan is a lot like that; he is highly-regarded in literary circles, and is viewed as one of the top authors from whom aspiring authors can learn. He is an author at the top of his craft - an author from whom each aspiring author can learn a great deal.

mutter under your breath that i'm an idiot...

Last night, I sent an email to a brilliant Brooklyn businessman (hey, cool - alliteration!) whose clothes you have probably worn (I mean, you haven't worn his clothes - you've worn the clothes he sells). He has tossed questions my way before, asking about writing (and whatnot), and in an email he sent me a few days ago, he asked if I had any thoughts on 'how to get the wheels going' - that is, how to actually sit down and start something.

the great thing about books is...we never all agree

One thing that is great about being a reader is that each of us have our own opinions - about what we like, about what is good, about what was worth reading and what we want to recommend to others.

That's one of the great things about being an author, also. Even those who like the same types of books can have greatly disparate opinions on any particular book.

Today, I came across these two new review of The Great Lenore on Goodreads: