Comments on: Meet the Author

By: Elaine Soloway

Elaine Soloway — Fri, 19 Jan 2007 00:48:19 +0000

What a wonderful surprise to read your post and these comments. Soooo happy you enjoyed the reading. That chapter was difficult to read. I’m glad you weren’t put off by it. I’d be happy to send you a complimentary and signed copy of my book — after all, you’ve done me a super nice favor. You can get my e-mail address on my own blog, http://thedivisionstreetprincess.blogspot.com. Just give me your mailing address.

Re: my amazing daughters. Join the fan club — I’m the unofficial president. If you go to my blog, you’ll see many photos of them and contributions to various posts.

About my early morning rising. I manage that by going to bed quite early. You see I love the early morning hours before my husband and dog arise as it’s perfectly quiet and I can use the time to journal, read, and write. I know people think I’m nuts, but it works for me.

Thanks again for your review!

Best,
Elaine

By: Caro

Caro — Thu, 18 Jan 2007 00:05:22 +0000

Jill Soloway wrote my two favorite episodes of ‘Six Feet Under’ — and her sister, Faith, penned the smashing Boston stage production of ‘Jesus Has Two Mommies,’ starring Catie Curtis. The family is talented, I tell you.

By: lmb

lmb — Wed, 17 Jan 2007 21:56:10 +0000

Except that I turn 30 next year, and I still sleep like a teenager. Perhaps I need to find an insomniac man to shack up with in order to jumpstart my writing career… Hmmm….

By: carolstreet

carolstreet — Wed, 17 Jan 2007 21:46:53 +0000

i have begun to theorize that getting up early is a facet of aging. long gone are my days of sleeping in till noon and i imagine most writers in their early 20s are not writing at 4:30am to write (well, unless they stayed up all night).

lately the body clock has me getting up at 6am and this gives me some time for yoga and playing with the cats. it’s not a reality i ever imagined for myself; it’s either an age thing or living with a man who never sleeps.

By: jaq

jaq — Wed, 17 Jan 2007 15:55:30 +0000

i imagine
they came about
early-morning writing
alsmost on accident,
rather than being crazed-early people,
in general.
what time does a teacher have to be at work?
add into that
helping kids get up & ready
for thier day
& generally how drained one is
at the end of the day,
plus how full the mind is
with all the stuff from the day…
traffic, frustrations, funny stories…
if a person is compelled to be creative
in a way that they cannot live without doing it,
early rising would be the answer.

but, yeah, that is painful
to even consider…

thanks, again, for the billy lombardo book
i haven’t started it yet,
but this post has given me a good push.

By: heg

heg — Wed, 17 Jan 2007 13:14:51 +0000

If early rising is part of the writer’s life, maybe there’s hope for me yet! By the time I get home from work, writing is the last thing on my mind. Maybe setting my alarm for 4:30am is the key. . . . I’ve been meaning to read more Chicago lit, and those authors and their works sound great.

By: booksden

booksden — Wed, 17 Jan 2007 12:25:31 +0000

Interesting post, I love how you explained in detail how each author presented its work. The tidbit of information you offered at the end is very valuable for every author out there promoting their book:

“More interesting would have been the promised discussion of bringing vanished childhoods to the page. That’s why I’d gone to the panel in the first place, although listening to Soloway and Lombardo read aloud more than made up for it.”

We can’t lose sight of what draws the audience to us to beging with, I’m sure that there were people asking the questions that were answered at this presentation but perhaps a handout with the initial intended theme would have helped in this situation, in that way you will lead them towards the theme and then at the end you could open up the floor for other questions.

Clary Lopez