My book proposal for A Year of Writing Dangerously: Memoir, Autobiography & Personal Essays is out looking for a publisher, and meanwhile (as I chew my fingers to the bone) I thought I might post some excerpts from it. The idea for the book came in part from writing this blog and from your interest and comments. So the book is really like 365 blog posts, but edited better and with more of an arc: getting started, sticking with it, etc. When you write a blog you write fast – at least I do. If I reread some of my posts I keep thinking how I could make them better and wishing I’d done more editing. And blog posts are also in random order of whatever is on my mind at the time. So often the blog veers off into non-writing territory – like all those posts about my beloved dog Nelson or the road signs in Montana. (or like the photograph above that has nothing to do with the post - I took it in Century City last week with my IPhone.)
Tomorrow the first excerpt. And I’d love comments. Thanks, dear readers
Looking forward to the excerpts! Your blog is on my blogroll. I enjoy it immensely.
Posted by: Coming East | October 03, 2010 at 12:46 PM
Oh, boy, I can't wait!
Posted by: Elizabeth | October 03, 2010 at 06:06 PM
Hi, I really like your blog which inspires me a lot. Thank you. Lucie from France
Posted by: LucieMinet | October 04, 2010 at 12:41 AM
I love this idea of polishing blog posts into a coherent whole. I've thought of that myself and assembled a couple of e-volumes for use in classes I've taught. Lead the way!
Posted by: Sharon Lippincott | October 04, 2010 at 04:45 AM
I think you have a great idea and I can hardly wait!
Posted by: Barbara Force | October 04, 2010 at 08:25 AM
I can't wait to read excerpts from your book. I love the title!
Posted by: debra | October 04, 2010 at 08:34 AM
Oh boy. Can't wait to read these observations. Hope there is a section on rewriting which is where I am at in my novel. Just waiting for my first readers to give comments. Good way to postpone getting back into the material. Looking forward to the retreat. Regards, Loren
Posted by: Loren Stephens | October 04, 2010 at 10:04 AM
Fabulous...and I love the title!
Sharon
Posted by: Sharon Bray | October 04, 2010 at 01:47 PM
All of you - Thanks so much for this encouragement. It is so very much appreciated.
Posted by: Barbara | October 07, 2010 at 01:21 PM
In the literary community I know, Dangerous Writing is already a familiar term coined by Tom Spanbauer. Maybe you know that?
http://www.dangerouswriting.org/tom-spanbauer.html
Posted by: Jess | October 16, 2010 at 02:48 AM
Remembarance day is the day we commemarate the men and boys who fohugt for us. The 1st world war lasted from 1914 to 1918, so that war lasted 4 years.The year after they had been burid poppies, red poppies started to grow on thier graves. Thats why poppies are the symbol of remembarance day.If you were 10 to 60 then you had to fight in the first world war, if you were over 60 you would warn people about bombs. If you were younger than 10 you would be sent away from your parents. Thats the end goodbye.
Posted by: Timothy | June 22, 2012 at 04:44 PM