Ann's Afterthoughts

Beginning a new series of writing and marketing tips. I hope you will tune in. I will be asking for guest authors to share their expertise. Comment if you'd like to be included.

I'll start:

Rule #1 WRITE

So in that vein I give you Rule #2

 And yes, I stole both quotes from Stephen King because if you're going to steal, make sure it's from someone who knows what they are about.

Whaaaat?

Okay, so I borrowed this quote from Goodreads. I love their quotes about writers. But is this for real? Read it and then think about the implications:

We'd get sick on too many cookies, but ever so much sicker on no cookies at all. 

Sinclair Lewis

Nobel Prize winner Sinclair Lewis' (born February 7, 1885) most popular novels, Main Street and Babbitt, were satires of American life. As a Yale student, Lewis met Jack London and sold him plots for 14 short stories, earning $70.

Am I reading that right? He sold Jack London plots for 14 short stories? That is so cool and so . . . weird. I mean, I love Jack London's stories, and I've never been able to read Main Street. (I know, I know, lowbrow, can't help it.)

Nope, I didn't know about this. Never heard it before in my life. However, it reminds me of the question of who really wrote all of Shakespeare's plays or who really posed for the Mona Lisa (do you think it was the woman whose bones were found beneath the convent, or was it, as one of the older theories said, really a self-portrait of da Vinci himself?)

Talk about weird.

Anyhow, I wanted to wrap this all up with a recent quote from J.K. Rowling. She admitted in an interview that she probably made a mistake by not having Harry and Hermione wind up together at the end of the Harry Potter series. Whaaat? Now that's something to consider, isn't it? Of course I have to agree with her, they really should have gotten together. After all the author put them through, it was the least she could do.

Afterthought:

Now, about that Sinclair Lewis quote. . . 

"We'd get sick on too many cookies, but ever so much sicker on no cookies at all." 

I would have to agree, especially around Valentines's day. *Hint* 

New Beginnings

Eventually, all things merge into one, and a river runs through it. 

Norman Maclean

December 23, 1902: Norman Maclean did not begin writing fiction until he retired from his work as a professor at the University of Chicago—he published his first novel, A River Runs Through It, at age 73.

Hope everyone is having a glorious holiday season.  My Christmas has been wonderful, filled with grandchildren! 

To start the new year off right, I chose the above quote regarding one of my favorite movies of all time -- 

A River Runs Through It.  I only wish I'd read the book -- a novella actually -- before seeing the movie.  Not that it really matters, I'm just partial to print.

But the reason I'm posting it now is because the details in the quote seem very appropriate for beginning a new year.  Beginning a publishing career at the age of 73 is quite something if you ask me.  It gives me hope that it's never too late to start something new.

Now, about those resolutions...

Afterthought:  I think I'll save those for next time!  

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