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[blue_lotus13]

I recently read The Forest for the trees (An editor's advice to writers) by Betsy Lerner. This book details the constitutions of writers, and the editing and publishing process. It's a must for anyone who is in anyway interested in the world of book publishing. I found it to be quite an eye opening book. This passage in particular resonated with me.

Chances are you want to write because you are a haunted individual, or a bothered individual, because the world does not sit right with you, or you in it. Chances are you have a deep connection to books because at some point you discovered that they were the one truly safe place to discover and explore feelings that are banished from the dinner table, the cocktail party, the golf foursome, the bridge game. Because the writers who mattered to you have dared to say "I am a sick man." And because within the world of books there is no censure. In discovering books, you became free to explore the full range of human motives, desires, secrets and lies.

This basically sums up both my passion for books and movies. I am fascinated by story, and by all the things that we don't talk about.

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[beezus.livejournal.com]

i love that freakin' book! it was published by a penguin company when i worked there and i got two copies. it completely resonated with me, too.

[pescana.livejournal.com]

Wow, that's awesome! Hadn't heard of it, but that does sum things up really well. Must find and read. Thanks!

[mirabillia.livejournal.com]

that quote is perfection.

[mirabillia.livejournal.com]

oh, and i got your so-gorgeous christmas card yesterday - a welcome beacon of light in the foggy mess that was my hangover. thank you.