Interstitial Moment:

Someone on one of my online lists just asked the authors to comment on the Solitary Genius theory of writing. This is what I said, and I thought it might be interesting enough for my journal readers to re-post it here, though I have tarted it up a bit more:

I know hardly any PUBLISHED (not self-published) author who subscribes to the Solitary Genius theory. It's a truly damaging myth. I place it alongside the Genuine Artist in the Garret

To begin with, no writer can be alone with all...