Hi! I'm a Spanish reader. I enjoy your books and now I'm happy to read you here too. Your self-interview made me remind of Elena Ferrante. Right now I'm trying to publish my first novel; I'm a shy person and sometimes I've thought about using a pseudonym so that I could hide and avoid public appearances (but I won't). Thank you for your words and your advice, I'm the kind of researcher who would definitely over-research and get blocked. You're a really inspiring person, I hope to become as disciplined as you someday. Wish you all the best.
Ah, Gore Vidal put it this way: "I said recently to a passing interviewer, 'You know, I used to be a famous novelist.' And the interviewer said, 'Oh, well, you're still very well known. People read your books.' And so I said, 'I'm not talking about me. I'm talking about the category. 'Famous novelist'? The adjective is inappropriate to the noun. It's like being — 'I'm a famous ceramicist.' Well, you can be a good ceramicist. You can be a rich ceramicist. You can be much admired by other ceramicists. But you aren't famous. That's gone."
Hi! I'm a Spanish reader. I enjoy your books and now I'm happy to read you here too. Your self-interview made me remind of Elena Ferrante. Right now I'm trying to publish my first novel; I'm a shy person and sometimes I've thought about using a pseudonym so that I could hide and avoid public appearances (but I won't). Thank you for your words and your advice, I'm the kind of researcher who would definitely over-research and get blocked. You're a really inspiring person, I hope to become as disciplined as you someday. Wish you all the best.
Ah, Gore Vidal put it this way: "I said recently to a passing interviewer, 'You know, I used to be a famous novelist.' And the interviewer said, 'Oh, well, you're still very well known. People read your books.' And so I said, 'I'm not talking about me. I'm talking about the category. 'Famous novelist'? The adjective is inappropriate to the noun. It's like being — 'I'm a famous ceramicist.' Well, you can be a good ceramicist. You can be a rich ceramicist. You can be much admired by other ceramicists. But you aren't famous. That's gone."
Loving the self interviews!
Q: What’s in a name?
A: Nada, until it is earned.
Q: what if one doesn’t want to earn their own name? After all, can a singular label fit for the all of one’s Self?
Pause for think time.
A: how about a muse! Or is that merely amusing?
Q: Whose asking the questions here?!
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Thank you for inspiring. Much gratitude. :)