Avi's Blog, page 20

History as Story

I’m a believer in what the philosopher George Santayana once wrote: “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.”

“Less is more.”

Years ago—so many that I was typing on a portable typewriter—I had a deadline to meet. It involved finishing a book, and then typing it and delivering it by a certain day. Soon.   (I wish I could remember which book, but I can’t.)   I asked if I could use a friend’s out-of-town summer bungalow and ... Read more

Editor/Writer—Writer/Editor

For a variety of reasons these days, there is a bit of vogue for self-publishing. One can have no objections to that. That said, I think one can find fault with self-editing. Not so much because it is wrong to go without external editing, but because one’s work suffers.  

Learning to walk

As some of you may have read here, I sustained a hip injury a couple of months ago when I slipped on some ice. After my initial fall, there was no pain, no surgery, no medications, I’m doing just fine, thank you. But I had a need for physical therapy.  

Stepping back

One of the advantages of working on more than one project is when you get tired (“I just can’t look on this again”) of book 1, you can go to book 2, just for a change of pace and text. 

Evaluation

A recent online review of my latest book, Loyalty, read: “ ... since most of [Avi’s] books are short stories … I felt it was a little too long.” 

Upon seeing my newest book

Some twenty-three days after the presumptive official publication of my latest book, Loyalty, I received actual copies of the book.

Writing books for kids in a time of war

I can only speak for myself but these days as I sit at my desk and try (emphasis, try) to write while a wicked war rages is Europe, is not easy.

Writing Books for Kids in a Time of War

I can only speak for myself but these days as I sit at my desk and try (emphasis, try) to write while a wicked war rages is Europe, is not easy.

Submitting a manuscript

In all this, I am urging that there be nothing about your manuscript that inhibits the reader from reading it. That is, after all, the point.