Techno Shuffle

Are there any other writers out there flummoxed by all the techno-digital stuff that we're supposed to master? According to the New York Times, a week ago Amazon sold 143 Kindle book for every 100 hardcover books. Astonishing. So I guess in spite of the fact that I love to curl up in an armchair with a good suspense novel cradled in my hand, as a writer I need to ride the wave. How I would love to ignore the digital revelation and retire to a cabin on a lake to just write and forget about all this marketing mumbo-jumble. On the other hand, at a lit fest recently, the point was made that this is a new day for the writer when he may become more independent of publishers and get better royalties.

My son even called last night to urge me to get all my books digitized (right word?) so I can offer them as e-books through multiple portals. And, most wonderful, to nudge me into the 21st century he bought me a Kindle which should arrive any day now.

Sigh, I've so much new stuff to master, I may have to stop writing. Eric E. Wright