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Writers Revealed » Blog Archive » Feedback Winners! — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 10:24:05 +0000

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By: New York Web Designer

New York Web Designer — Sat, 21 Jul 2007 20:01:01 +0000

More interviews would be great.

By: Loretta Ellsworth

Loretta Ellsworth — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 19:01:43 +0000

Writers Revealed sounds wonderful! I’m new to your site but I always enjoy hearing about the process of writing and how writers deal with success and failure and the struggle of publication. I’d also enjoy YA and children’s authors and I prefer fiction and poetry over non-fiction. Great idea - hope it catches on.

By: Lisa Kenney

Lisa Kenney — Sat, 07 Jul 2007 21:12:14 +0000

I have to agree with Doug Seibold 100%. I’ve been in almost the reverse position to yours with regard to my knowledge of great fiction. I’ve been fairly diligent in keeping up with newer fiction, but my exposure to and understanding of some of the older works falls short. To Doug’s point, if you stick with your pediatrician as your target audience, you can’t go wrong. Aspiring novelists (myself included) have plenty of places to look to for publishing business insight, but to my knowledge, the only place to go for a deeper understanding of, exposure to and appreciation of fiction is the Lit Blogs. As great a source of information as they are, and as much as many of them bemoan the fate of literary fiction, not a few are written in a way that feels pretty exclusionary to the non-critic. Creating a forum to demystify and expose readers to great fiction and fiction writers and make it as accessible to everyone as it really should be is the best idea for a blog I’ve seen — ever. The only additional suggestion I have is with regard to fiction that’s not new. Interviewing a reviewer/essayist like Scott Esposito from Conversational Reading (or any of them) would be a great way to introduce contemporary fiction readers to writers like Virginia Woolf, William Gaddis, John Gardner, William Faulkner and others. This is a wonderful idea and I’m glad I found you.

By: Karama

Karama — Sat, 07 Jul 2007 14:42:22 +0000

I’d like to see interviews and feature that challenge the way books are typically categorized: chick lit, African-American fiction, sci-fi, etc. There are so many authosrs who routinely cross these “bounderies” but marketing often doesn’t acknowledge this and readers miss out on titles they might really enjoy.

By: admin

admin — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 23:51:12 +0000

Tara,
Great point!
Cheers, f.

By: admin

admin — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 22:16:14 +0000

Jasmin,
Don’t you dare think that the thought of little Sophie as a co-host hasn’t crossed my mind!
Cheers, f.

By: Tara

Tara — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 19:54:31 +0000

Well, I also love hearing how/why/when/where authors write…I think this also appeals to the non-writers, as it takes some of the mystery or the feeling of something being “too literary” out of the equation. I love bio info on the authors, how their life has influenced their work, etc.
Thanks for the great show!

By: Jasmin

Jasmin — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 17:51:02 +0000

Sophie should guest interview! (Kidding. Maybe)

By: laura

laura — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 22:51:52 +0000

yeah, just one author would be less confusing.