Reflections of a working writer and reader
To publish a work of novel length, one must find...some means of satisfying the ordinary reader's first requirement for any piece of writing longer than fifteen pages, the sense that things are moving, getting somewhere, flowing forward. The common reader demands some reason to keep turning the pages. Two things can keep the . . . reader going: argument or story. John Gardner, On Becoming A Novelist
“This morning I had a visit with Gabo, who showed up here.”
Fidel Castro and Gabriel Garcia Marquez took a walk together on Marquez’s eightieth birthday.
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I’ve stumbled upon your blog.. captivated my interest . Just wanted to say Hi.
jb says: Hi Nish. Nice of you to say so. I hope we see more of you.
Fidel Castro would always be an icon of history evethough he is against the U.S.`;.
Fidel Castro still have some good legacies despite his not so good repuation.;;”