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    Word Alchemy

    Thanks so much to the folks who visited at the Romance Junkies blog the other day.  We had fun talking about books we love…it got me thinking about so many things.  Watch out when I start thinking too much — it’s dangerous! LOL

    Here is a great quote from one of my favorite authors, Madeleine L’Engle, about how important readers are to the creative process:  “The reader, viewer, listener, usually grossly underestimates his importance.  If a reader cannot create a book along with the writer, the book will never come to life.”  I always say that a book isn’t finished until someone reads it, completes that connection. 

    Thank you for reading…I always thought a writer’s job was isolated and lonely, but in reality it is anything but.  Even when I’m curled up on my favorite old sofa, reading a big fat fantasy or a frothy romantic comedy, I am in the company of other readers and the writer.  We meet in the rich, alternate world we create together with the power of our imaginations.  Don’t you love that magic, that word alchemy?  I”m addicted to it.

    What are you all reading these days?  I’m reading Truman, a presidential biography by David McCullough.  He’s the guy who wrote John Adams — HBO’s new miniseries is based on it.  

    Hope you all had a wonderful weekend.  If you haven’t yet signed up for my Sightings contest, please enter now!  I’ll be picking a winner by the end of the week.

     Michele

    Posted on Monday, March 31st, 2008 at 4:46 pm and is filed under Uncategorized. Follow: RSS 2.0 feed. Trackback from your own site.

    15 Responses to “Word Alchemy”

    1. Melissa K. Says:
      April 1st, 2008 at 9:00 am

      Hi Michele,
      I just finished “The Seduction Of An Unknown Lady” by Samantha James and “What Looks Like Trouble” by Charlotte Hughes. Both books are excellent and I highly recommend them. I bought “The Devil’s Footprints” by Amanda Stevens yesterday and read 108 pages in a sitting! It grabs you tight! It’s so good I’m off to read it now. Have a great day. :-)

    2. wendy Says:
      April 1st, 2008 at 10:58 am

      Hi, Michele!

      I just started reading Hot by Julia Harper, and I haven’t finish Through The Veil by Walker, I have to print the last 70 or so pages (it’s an e-ARC) because I haven’t had time to read it on my laptop lately.

      BTW, thanks for adding the link to your newsletter, I’m gonna sign up for it. :)

    3. admin Says:
      April 1st, 2008 at 12:03 pm

      Hi Melissa –

      I love these titles; very evocative. They sound like books off the beaten track of what I usually read — I need to get them! My TBR pile is out of control, but every time I ask people what they’re reading it gets bigger :)

      thanks for sharing,
      Michele

    4. admin Says:
      April 1st, 2008 at 12:04 pm

      Hey Wendy–

      You are the second or third person to mention The Veil to me!

      And welcome to my newsletter list! I’m going to run a special contest on there to welcome all the new folks.

      Have a lovely Tuesday!

      Michele

    5. wendy Says:
      April 1st, 2008 at 3:58 pm

      Michele, I mentioned it on the Romance Junkies post as well! :D

    6. admin Says:
      April 1st, 2008 at 4:10 pm

      Heh…you are a one woman Veil juggernaut!!!

      :)

      Michele

    7. Melissa K. Says:
      April 2nd, 2008 at 7:23 am

      Who wrote VEIL?

      Michele, my TBR pile is as tall as the Prudential building in Boston. *g* My Mom says I have enough for a library or a bookstore(Heaven forbid!) *g*

    8. Mel K. Says:
      April 4th, 2008 at 9:08 am

      Hmmm…I posted a comment the other day but it’s not here. Who wrote VEIL? Thanks.

    9. admin Says:
      April 4th, 2008 at 9:21 am

      Hi Mel!

      So sorry I missed your first comment…it got caught in my spam filter!

      Shiloh Walker wrote Veil — and my TBR pile frightens me at this point :)

      HTH and have a great weekend!

      Michele

    10. Mel K. Says:
      April 5th, 2008 at 5:58 am

      No problem! :-) Thanks for the author’s name. You have a great weekend too! I’m heading out to run errands. I see a bookstore in my travels. lol!

    11. Mel K. Says:
      April 6th, 2008 at 7:53 am

      I’ve got another comment waiting to be posted. lol! Is there something I said wrong that would send my comment to your spam filter? Have a relaxing Sunday everybody!

    12. admin Says:
      April 6th, 2008 at 7:11 pm

      Hi again Mel–

      No, it’s not you, it’s me. All comments go into the moderation queue, and I try to keep up with them…but this weekend was I-Con and I was slow to go through the spam to find the comments. Sorry!

      Thanks for the good wishes — I had a great weekend and will update you tomorrow!

      Michele

      Michele

    13. Sarai Says:
      April 7th, 2008 at 8:51 am

      Hey how did the conference go? Did it totally rock? I was so jealous thinking of you at the conference without me… *sigh*

    14. Sarai Says:
      April 7th, 2008 at 8:52 am

      Oh I am currently reading Resenting the hero by someone… I’ll get ya the name later ;0) Very Funny

    15. admin Says:
      April 8th, 2008 at 3:14 pm

      Hey Sarai –

      The conference did indeed totally rock :) I will make a full report in a day or two. Your time will come!

      Michele

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