tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7911995834831777898.post1751266278542128442..comments2023-10-20T07:30:57.164-06:00Comments on The Writer's Corner (and Also What I Ate Today): What I remembered yesterday at the bookstoreAnnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03435959688644291813noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7911995834831777898.post-50685113674935506242013-01-03T10:08:48.387-07:002013-01-03T10:08:48.387-07:00I wanted one of my books to be called AN UNLIKELY ...I wanted one of my books to be called AN UNLIKELY CHRISTMAS ROMANCE, but my editor said no, because all the Christmas books are sent back after Christmas.<br /><br />I've always been a little sorry, because my idea was to become one of the Christmas classics that reappears every Christmas. Now no one knows it's a Christmas read until they've read it.<br /><br />I agree completely that writing has to be its own reward.Louise Plummerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09305804499876081623noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7911995834831777898.post-14516112367627602262013-01-03T10:02:57.113-07:002013-01-03T10:02:57.113-07:00What is is real. I think almost every writer comes...What is is real. I think almost every writer comes to a point where s/he realizes that if s/he's not in it for the writing itself, it's a very iffy proposition. (I had a similar realization once when standing in front of a very well-stocked poetry section in a San Francisco bookstore, and I realized that the books of my old teacher, who was revered and celebrated, etc., where nowhere to be found. What's that about immortality? (poets aren't in it for the market--their market is the immortals, apparently.) Anyway. I'm in it for the writing, at least mostly.) <br /><br />(p.s., I meant this to sound realistic, but I think maybe it sounds bitter. Sorry about that!)Lisa B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10646181766775405935noreply@blogger.com