Finally read Tuesdays With Morrie... A number of people had recommended it. Well ok, maybe two people. I had already read the other book by Mitch Albom, The Five People You Meet In Heaven. The good thing about these two books of his are that they are nice and short. You finish them pretty quickly. Which is good, because if they dragged on any longer, they'd get really old. These two books read kind of like greeting cards. You can only stand there in the supermarket and read greeting cards for so long before you get tired. And like most greeting cards, I can't even really remember much from Five People anymore... I thought the interesting part of Tuesdays was that Albom talks a little about his own life. How he became a sports writer, and how it's not REALLY what he wants to do, but he's pretty good at it... and how most people are like this... they don't really do what they really want to do... just do what they do because they're pretty good at it... I guess books like Tuesdays and Five People are what he really wants to write about.... but reading them makes me think, man, I think I could write this!
There was a time when I was little when I wanted to be a writer when I grew up. I wanted to write novels. It was when I was a little bit older than when I wanted to be a fireman, but younger than when I wanted to be a genetic engineer. (I read Jurassic Park in 6th grade.) Now I write short little emails to hardcore (and I mean Hard Core) computer nerds about enterprise data integration software all day long. This is just a guess, but I don't think you'll find any novels about that on Amazon.com. Is it something I'm good at? I suppose I'm not bad: I haven't been fired yet. Haha... So what happened to me? Somewhere along the way I found formal writing increasingly difficult, in terms of meeting the expecations of my critics (read: teachers) and that solving little math problems came with relative ease. I guess I just really like to please.
Well, I'll let you know when I get my novel published. Maybe I'll even sign it for you.
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Hi Ben! I had to swallow a warm lump coming up my throat while reading "Tuesdays with Morrie" several times. Yeah, you're right, the book does not mention much about Mitch Albom. He just comes off as a smart/ lucky guy who happens to be good at ... lots of things. I thought it's his brain that got the special attention of professor Morrie. I did like the book a lot, but it wasn't my favorite or anything like that. It was an easy read with tug at your emotions... the best kind people want to take up. Yeah, let me know about your novel (hahahaha) I'll be the first one to read it. I think about book writing topic all the time too... hahahaha =D
While you're on your book tour signing autographs, you can also debut your new body fragrance and announce your intent to record a pop album a la Paris Hilton! - ell
to me, it's not the fact that one can write a book, which anyone can do really. but can one write a GOOD book? i don't think we need another Tuesdays with Morrie. no offense but any sell-out can write a warm and fuzzy.
those that have a passion for writing do so, not to be famous or make lots of money. they write because it's so much a part of who they are, they can't help but do it. it's a meaningful process and they are in essence extending themselves to other people in what they are creating.
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