Every week I transfer posts here from the Virtual Pint Archives.
You’re getting Friday pints on a Saturday because yesterday I announced the launch of Humans At Work. And you’re only getting two pints because they are long. Ah, we live in a world where constant flexibility is required.
- That individual thing (December 2003) — Genre, the marketing of books, and (I now see) the first explorations of writing and relationship that found their way into the 2005 essay As We Mean To Go On.
- Seeing differently (December 2003) — How the survival strategies of the Other affect writing, and a link to one of my favorite essays about writing (and a Big Clue about where the title of A Leader’s Manifesto comes from).
It’s sunny (yay!) in Seattle, and I hope it’s nice where you are too. Enjoy your weekend.
In “acknowledgments” at the end of every book, both fiction and non-fiction, all writers thank their first reader, someone with whom they have a deep emotional connection as well as whose critical ability they respect. I think this is a neat custom, as well as a welcome admission that while we make our journies by ourselves, we never really accomplish much without the loving attention of(at least a few) special others. Otherwise, what’s writing for?