All writers read poetry, stories, essays, and novels that make them say, "I wish I'd written that" or "I wish I could write like that." During 2011 I read many books. Some of the ones I thought rose well above the rest:
Ghost Light by Joseph O'Connor (I wish I could write like that!)
Twice Born by Margaret Mazzantini
Bent Road by Lori Roy
The Winters in Bloom by Lisa Tucker
The Woodcutter by Reginald Hill
I began the new year well with The Glass Room by Simon Mawer and anticipate more great reads in 2012.
There are many books I can't write, writers I can't match. But there's comfort in knowing what I do write, no one else can.
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Well... I don't know what to say. Sometimes I think I should give my idea to someone and say, "Write this. You can do it so much better than I can." But then I think they'll look at me and say, "What a lousy idea this is."
And then where would I be?
You'd be right back to writing it yourself!
No I wouldn't. Not if someone--anyone--told me it was a lousy idea. I. Know. Me.
I love the idea that what we write is unique to us. Like a fingerprint.
I think that is so, Angie.
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