tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post6163716851190955854..comments2024-03-25T09:56:16.164+00:00Comments on An Awfully Big Blog Adventure: Did someone ask you to write books? by Cavan ScottUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-77120761731936827242015-03-26T16:15:57.232+00:002015-03-26T16:15:57.232+00:00I do love the way kids wonder about the world and ...I do love the way kids wonder about the world and try to work out how it works. Even their wildest misconceptions bring fascinating insights. I met some readers once, about 7 years old, who were precocious enough to read my first novel and yet naive enough to think I'd written every copy out in longhand. They asked, 'How did you make the letters so neat?'<br /><br />I kid you not. They must have grown up with computers and printers and all that around them, and yet still had no conception of how you'd make a physical book. In every other respect, they were searingly bright. We take so much for granted.Nick Greenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08191176209084540085noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-37735223788237388752015-03-26T13:02:18.379+00:002015-03-26T13:02:18.379+00:00Good point, Cavan - and I think I'll be adopti...Good point, Cavan - and I think I'll be adopting Joan's cry. (Although, all things equal, I'd prefer not to be a Klingon. My forehead is wrinkly enough already.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-15824249994324500952015-03-26T12:52:19.165+00:002015-03-26T12:52:19.165+00:00'Did someone ask you to be a writer?'
Yes....'Did someone ask you to be a writer?'<br />Yes. My first book was commissioned out of the blue. I had never thought about it before. Now I feel like I've just been all compliant and never really chose to do it. Damn.Stroppy Authorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16560035800075465845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-77525197002134663712015-03-26T11:19:14.261+00:002015-03-26T11:19:14.261+00:00I raise the Klingon author cry - "Today IS a ...I raise the Klingon author cry - "Today IS a good day to write!"Joan Lennonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15763862159032836768noreply@blogger.com