Appendix A

Best Author Interviews of the Week

The UK’s Guardian is the best original source for literary news on the web. They have a series of author interviews under the rubric “Why I Write” that is worth investigating. Start with this one, then visit all the authors listed on the left column.

Will Self says:

“Never worry about people stealing your ideas. If you're any good you'll have plenty more - whereas if they have to nick yours they'll never have any of their own, so pity them.”

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Everything I learned about Verbs I learned from reading Edward Gibbon’s Fall and Decline of the Roman Empire. I would go so far as to claim he delivers most of the facts via his verbs instead of his nouns.

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Just Finished: The Final Solution – This is Pultizer-prize winner Michael Chabon’s mostly satisfying salute to Sherlock Holmes, an ancient man forced back into the game during WWII; The Dip: A Little Book That Teaches You When to Quit (And When to Stick) – Fascinating insight into becoming the best in the world at what you do or escaping the cul-de-sac of mediocrity.

Currently Reading: Nebuchadnezzar: Scourge of Zion

And I thank you for your kind attention.