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As some of you know, I decided, for no good reason, to write my first novel. I’ve finished three chapters, and I’ve made what I think might be a horrible discovery: specifically, that editing hardcopy pages is much more effective than doing so on the screen.
This is truly fascinating stuff:
I am continuing to plow my way through The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich on a nightly basis (it’s a very long book). It’s probably the highlight of my day. I’m up to the summer of 1939 at this point, just before the invasion of Poland, and I wanted to share a few things that I’ve learned, or impressions that I’ve had. I’d like to preface this by saying I’m a fairly serious student of history – – probably in the 95th percentile (OK, probably more like 99th percentile) of U.S. citizens, and I am stunned at the level of my own ignorance as I work my way through this piece.
I found this pretty interesting (although I’m kind of a graphomaniac):
In case anyone’s interested – – and maybe if no one is – – I wanted to give you an update on my first novel.
