seanessay.com I hate to burst the bubble of any romantic would-be writers of stories, but… your main character? Make him a plumber, private eye or professional accountant. A pimp, pirate or professor of English. Anything but a writer. According to a panelist at a prose convention, “People don’t give a (blank) about writers.” Trust me, […]
Free Fall Party
essaysbysean.blogspot.com Preface Up high. The RGO Treehouse. Plate glass walls on three sides. We of the Alexandra Writers’ Centre Society are having our Christmas party. I am one of four asked to read aloud for five minutes. Folks know me. Not from any blog, but from attending the drop-in “Free Fall Friday.” (Now held on […]
People Don’t Read
seanessay.com Hello Reader, Got Reading? I wrote to Derek Sivers, commenting on his 80 hours of being podcast interviewed. (link) Dear Derek, Greetings from Western Canada. You have noted something queer: For your company mass mail-outs, many people don’t read past (under ten sentences) Then they waste your time, writing back to ask you about […]