tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25612944.post114545681337496493..comments2014-08-30T09:20:21.686-04:00Comments on Back From Erstwhile: Back From... Easterwhile?Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02835818958230874412noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25612944.post-1145461768033119822006-04-19T11:49:00.000-04:002006-04-19T11:49:00.000-04:00I really really wish I could remember whose advice...I really really wish I could remember whose advice this is -- some professional writer giving advice to us plebes, in any case -- but in response to the question of whether one should start with short stories as a kind of warm-up, she (I think!) said: if you have it in you to write Moby Dick, write Moby Dick!<BR/><BR/>You have to love it or you won't do it. It sounds like you found that, and the dam has burst wide. I say, if the passion is there, let it carry you, and damn your modest intentions.<BR/><BR/>(And experience tells me: this project will become hard work soon enough. Having that kernel of passion there, however, will help make that bearable.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com