10/27/2022 0 Comments Inkslinger 2017 playwriting![]() The people and places and plots you create as a writer have to live in your head for a long time before anybody else can encounter them, and before they do there are many long days and nights spent putting one word in front of another in what often feels like a futile attempt to translate these vivid but intimate imaginings into prose. Unlike music or dance or acting and other forms of art which necessitate collaboration, most writers work alone. Writing is, in many ways, a solitary activity. (I’m hoping to make more in the next few weeks so if you have any suggestions for lists you’d like to see, please send them my way.) Using Bookshop affiliate links also pays their author-owners an additional 10% with each sale, so by using an affiliate link, you’re not only supporting independent bookstores broadly, but supporting individual artists directly!įrom just one artist, thank you–and happy reading. ![]() If you’re not sure what you want to read next, you can find a few recommended reading lists on my Bookshop affiliate page. ![]() If you need something new to read during quarantine, I hope you’ll consider buying directly from your local bookstores or from Bookshop (which has made it possible for many local bookshops to stay in business by taking over distribution during social distancing). This is such an encouraging development for the publishing industry, and it’s so heartening to see the reading community embrace an alternative to Amazon which puts books and the people who love them first. You can find a more in-depth profile of the project here. If you spend any time on book Twitter, you may have noticed a recent upswing in chatter about, “an online bookstore with a mission to financially support local, independent bookstores.” Here’s just one of many recent articles on the Bookshop phenomenon, and how this scrappy little website found an unexpected toehold during coronavirus. ![]()
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