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Getting back to real life
is difficult. The house (*coughs*), let's say, was not exactly in spit-shine condition when I got back, which has added to the post-vacation let-down.
Am starting The Private World of Georgette Heyer, which![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
kijjohnson is lending to me. What's interesting is that she never granted an interview her entire life; she apparently guarded her privacy fiercely. I can't help but think that I'm lucky that not all authors feel that way. In the course of learning how to write, I buttonholed and informally interviewed many authors about the process of writing, and I am always interested in reading printed interviews, too. I found that learning about other authors' experiences was helpful, mostly in showing me that there are as many different ways to write as there are authors. I suppose that besides having a desire for privacy, she must have possessed a great degree of self-confidence that I lack. It just didn't occur to her to ask others "how do you do this writing thing?" She just went out and did it.
Peg
Am starting The Private World of Georgette Heyer, which
kijjohnson is lending to me. What's interesting is that she never granted an interview her entire life; she apparently guarded her privacy fiercely. I can't help but think that I'm lucky that not all authors feel that way. In the course of learning how to write, I buttonholed and informally interviewed many authors about the process of writing, and I am always interested in reading printed interviews, too. I found that learning about other authors' experiences was helpful, mostly in showing me that there are as many different ways to write as there are authors. I suppose that besides having a desire for privacy, she must have possessed a great degree of self-confidence that I lack. It just didn't occur to her to ask others "how do you do this writing thing?" She just went out and did it.Peg
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I don't think her first novels would have been published today, and I don't think My Lord John would have been published if she didn't have the fan following.