http://blog.booklistonline.com/2007/02/16/im-exhausted-just-thinking-about-it/ Behind the Book Reviews--The Official Blog of Booklist Online Sat, 22 Nov 2008 13:07:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 http://blog.booklistonline.com/2007/02/16/im-exhausted-just-thinking-about-it/#comment-29817 Likely Stories » Blog Archive » You could always take up philately Wed, 28 Feb 2007 16:43:57 +0000 http://blog.booklistonline.com/2007/02/16/im-exhausted-just-thinking-about-it/#comment-29817 [...] Cary Tennis’ answer to this self-described “young, talented writer” is far more thoughtful than mine, but given the number of books being published every year — and the number of authors desperate but unable to make their ways into print — I don’t really see the point of hand-holding someone who’s unable to get off his butt (or, rather, given the nature of writing, onto his butt) and do the job. [...] […] Cary Tennis’ answer to this self-described “young, talented writer” is far more thoughtful than mine, but given the number of books being published every year — and the number of authors desperate but unable to make their ways into print — I don’t really see the point of hand-holding someone who’s unable to get off his butt (or, rather, given the nature of writing, onto his butt) and do the job. […]

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