A Guy in a Metal Suicide-Box
October 1, 2014Book Excerpt by William Least Heat-Moon
On Shakespeare’s birthday I received my first rejection: 'Perhaps your travels seem interesting to you, but to others...'
On Shakespeare’s birthday I received my first rejection: 'Perhaps your travels seem interesting to you, but to others...'
I began listening to these books as naively as I’d begun my campaign: Press the start button and go.
Christopher Hitchens: 'It would be useful to keep a diary, but I don’t like writing unpaid. I don’t like writing checks without getting paid.'
Money matters everywhere, but especially in New York.
I have no ethical problem with writing a bestseller. Like most mid-listers, I’ve certainly tried.
Writing succeeded where the best professional help had failed.
My paperback copy, first purchased in 2004, is tattered and coffee-stained with faded Post-it Notes.