Comments on: Book Review: On Writing

By: pjnoir

pjnoir — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 22:16:34 +0000

Im in a very lucky position to get copies of books from the newspaper i work for. We only review the final hard cover edition- not preview gallery editions and of course publishers send multi copies hoping for a review. I can’t imagine how anyone without a ‘name’ gets a review published as their are several hundred books sent a week to us. Anywauy- Dome lies in front of me, waiting but not until i finish a few more GM Ford books found on the ‘free table.’

By: Tatiana Lensky

Tatiana Lensky — Fri, 25 Dec 2009 08:14:23 +0000

Beth, thanks sooo much. My thoughts exactly. I am following your blog and may I say: excellent job there. ; )

By: Beth L. Gainer

Beth L. Gainer — Fri, 25 Dec 2009 05:14:50 +0000

Tatiana, this is an excellent review!! I LOVED this book. I don’t generally like books on how to write because they are usually all about BS as King states, but his book is spot on, right on the mark and terrifically wonderful.

By: Rocky | R O C K O N O V A.COM

Rocky | R O C K O N O V A.COM — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 04:54:20 +0000

This was the book that taught me that in order to be a better writer, i just gotta keep writing. Best advice ever !

By: Tatiana Lensky

Tatiana Lensky — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 21:16:42 +0000

Heather – thanks so much. Lemme know what you think of the book : )

By: Tatiana Lensky

Tatiana Lensky — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 19:54:25 +0000

your welcome! Thanks for reading it. And you summed up perfectly why I loved it..well, love it still. No bs. No easy ride. For the love of the words…..

By: Professor Beej

Professor Beej — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 17:46:29 +0000

I’m reading it right now, and I’m roughly halfway through it. I love it, but the overall length is daunting and puts me off from sitting down to read because if I have limited time, I feel as though I’m making no progress.

By: Professor Beej

Professor Beej — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 17:45:37 +0000

No, I haven’t. I actually didn’t know Ray Bradbury had written a book on writing, but I’ll definitely have to check it out.

“On Writing” is one of my favorite books. I read it on a whim after I dropped an English course in college that used it as a text. I had already bought the books before I realized my schedule was unsalvageable, so I dug into “On Writing” anyway.

I was hooked immediately, and I have to say that it’s one of the prominent reasons I still aspire to write fiction. It was simply inspirational because it wasn’t full of BS and filler. It was just one man’s idea on what good writing is. And I appreciated that.

Thanks for the review. It brought back good memories. And the realization that I need to reread “On Writing” again.

By: Josh Hanagarne

Josh Hanagarne — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 14:32:07 +0000

I read it Under The Dome over the Thanksgiving holiday. You’ve got that right. What a monster.