Author Archive
Quotation of the Week: Gish Jen, on Apple Computers & Writing
As for whether the Apple computers changed not only who wrote, but what they wrote, I can’t speak for others. I can only say that these computers coaxed out of me an expansiveness the typewriter never did. For every writer, the leap from short story to novel is, well, a leap. It involves faith, and resources, and a conception, finally, of how much room is yours in the world. I was not a person who would have looked at a ream of paper and thought, “Sure, that is mine to fill up.” But I turned out to be a person who could keep moving a cursor until I’d filled one ream, then another. It is a truly minuscule reason, in the scheme of things, for which to celebrate and mourn Steve Jobs. Still, I add my small reason to the infinity of others.
–Gish Jen
Source: Jen’s lovely op-ed in last Sunday’s New York Times, “My Muse Was an Apple Computer”
Monday Morning Markets/Jobs/Opportunities for Writers
Friday Find: “Get Writing”
Follow this blog long enough, and you learn that I’m a fan of writing exercises. And during September’s focus on the teaching of writing, the folks at Fiction Writers Review added a slew of “Get Writing” posts to their archive. Go take a look and get writing!
Have a great weekend, and see you back here on Monday.
Jewish Literary Links for Shabbat
Shabbat shalom, and an easy fast to you all as well.