those electronic things we used to call books
I was thinking about this today. What will become of the "reader" of old? Our lives are split into so many fragments, we don't have that slice of time to read novels.
I don't, anyway... and none of my friends seem to be able to read "traditionally" anymore. We read on our phones in the check-out line. We listen to audio books as we drive. We click on our Kindles in bed before we doze. we grab a page or two on our i-pad as we stir the soup on the stove... we read a lot of different things, because it's all oh, so accessible.
I recently posted some short stories on Smashwords, after seeing the ease with which my first novel, a legal thriller (not a genre I chose to pursue in my writing career) was received.
I loved the instant feedback from readers, the way we could talk about the characters, about the feelings that were stirred. It was like a "fiction" conversation. It was/is lovely.
Maybe that's the "new thing" with readers and writers-- a connection that is honest and real-time. I could wrap my brain around that.
Linda Sands
I don't, anyway... and none of my friends seem to be able to read "traditionally" anymore. We read on our phones in the check-out line. We listen to audio books as we drive. We click on our Kindles in bed before we doze. we grab a page or two on our i-pad as we stir the soup on the stove... we read a lot of different things, because it's all oh, so accessible.
I recently posted some short stories on Smashwords, after seeing the ease with which my first novel, a legal thriller (not a genre I chose to pursue in my writing career) was received.
I loved the instant feedback from readers, the way we could talk about the characters, about the feelings that were stirred. It was like a "fiction" conversation. It was/is lovely.
Maybe that's the "new thing" with readers and writers-- a connection that is honest and real-time. I could wrap my brain around that.
Linda Sands
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Jun 01, 2011 09:28AM
We've come a long way from the engaging story-telling of the shanachie; that's for sure. I guess it can be considered "progress." But how much have we lost? It's kind of like driving. Yes, we can go 70 or more on Interstates, and thus get to our destination sooner. But look at all the beautiful scenery we miss.
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but... imagine how many more places we will see.
Take heart, Fine Authoress!! Reading is not dead, is not passe(accent), is not only out of books. Spend an hour in my waiting room where the magazines are admittedly old, ragged and what the pilferers leave. See most of the loyal patients whiling away the time (hours) reading books, nooks and kindles. Keep writing, we are waiting.
