7 Reminders About Writing A Book
[I dug this out of the cobwebs on an archived blog of mine because I am about to launch a new book project and I wanted to remind myself of its contents. It still rings true so I am sharing it here with minor changes.]
The challenge of writing a book is as much about the process as it is about the content: maybe more. I’m a process kind of person, so I pay a lot of attention to it.
52 Years To Write A Book (And Notes Of Thanks)
The two questions I am most often asked as a book author are:
1- How long does it take to write a book?
2- Where do you get your ideas?
52 Years?
My answer to the first question depends on what I have in mind as my starting point. The questioner is usually thinking of the moment that I wrote the first paragraph. But there is a difference between writing a book and working on a book. I worked on each of my books, without being aware that I was doing so, for years before I plunked my butt in a chair to lay down the first words.
Crossing Paths With Dale Chihuly
I now understand, after several years of wondering, why the work of master glass artist Dale Chihuly keeps showing up in my life.
