Monday, November 17, 2008

Dick Cavett in The New York Times

I did not know that Dick Cavett was writing for the New York Times, but he is. Mary Lou forwarded this to me today and it's brilliant writing. It's called, "The Wild Wordsmith of Wasilla" and well worth your time to click on the link and give it a read.

One Excerpt:
Could the willingness to crown one who seems to have no first language have anything to do with the oft-lamented fact that we seem to be alone among nations in having made the word “intellectual” an insult? (And yet…and yet…we did elect Obama. Surely not despite his brains.)
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A Day of Writing

I have spent the entire day working on the novel. I'm at the point where I'm finishing up details, rewriting and editing.

Of course, I've done this multiple times and today I printed out a fresh copy and on page one I found a huge error. Yes, page one.

I'm guessing at least a dozen people have read or heard this chapter and missed the error. Just goes to show you that you can never edit and proof read enough.

I'm excited to be nearing the end of this project.

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