Comfort yourself with Harriet Dorr, whose first novel, "Stones For Ibarra", was published when she was 74.
I do.
I know I'm a bad poet, but I'm a good man. All I ask is that... is that you try to see me—
William ,'Conversations with Dead People'
The Great Write Way
A place for Buffistas to discuss, beta and otherwise deal and dish on their non-fan fiction projects.
Betsy HP - Mar 09, 2003 12:08:49 pm PST #812 of 10001
If I only had a brain...
erikaj - Mar 09, 2003 12:12:16 pm PST #813 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!
Oh, ok. And Frank McCourt.
Consuela - Mar 09, 2003 12:32:35 pm PST #814 of 10001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
And Theodora Kroeber.
Betsy HP - Mar 09, 2003 12:35:19 pm PST #815 of 10001
If I only had a brain...
Is that Ursula K. LeGuin's mom? Did she start late as an anthropologist?
Consuela - Mar 09, 2003 12:39:20 pm PST #816 of 10001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
She started late as a writer. She wrote "Ishi in Two Worlds" when she was well into her fifties, and went on to write several other books.
LeGuin thinks it's a shame she waited so long to start writing, but she did write, and "Ishi" has been in print nonstop for what, 40 years? It's pretty much read by every kid to graduate from the California public school system.
Betsy HP - Mar 09, 2003 12:46:58 pm PST #817 of 10001
If I only had a brain...
The thing is, it's possible some people aren't ripe earlier. "She was always a great writer" is something you can't know. Maybe she was right in thinking she didn't have anything to say... yet.
Consuela - Mar 09, 2003 12:49:45 pm PST #818 of 10001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
I tend to agree with you, Betsy. OTOH we don't know if Kroeber wasn't ripe yet, or was held back from writing because it wasn't the sort of thing a mother in the early part of the century did.
Betsy HP - Mar 09, 2003 12:50:24 pm PST #819 of 10001
If I only had a brain...
I try to wall off regret over might-have-been, but sometimes it's appropriate.
erikaj - Mar 12, 2003 4:27:48 pm PST #820 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!
Hi. I thought I would post here about the fact that a magazine wants to publish something I've written, but it probably won't be out for some time. Their first issue of 2004, or something. (Not immediate enough for Beep Me imo.) But I did want to share.Excellent day to find out, as I've been feeling like a Total Loser all day.
Steph L. - Mar 12, 2003 4:33:30 pm PST #821 of 10001
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
erika, RIGHT ON!!!
What magazine?
Seriously, that is GREAT news!