That's an insight my friend. You are sincerely very kind for finding the time to listen to these emails of wonderful fans and respond ... even to the bitchy and sometimes tough sounding ones. God bless you Ray for depression isn't just a bitch, it can be the devil incarnate. See you in May with the squad.
Oh! If it isn't too busy, I'd like to bring my 1st edition Magician hardback I bought when 11 in '82 for you to sign. It's a bit abused but that's not what I care about and will fit nicely into my office with other 1st editions and items of inspirational individuals. As for the kids, well, me first then I'm off for a bit while you deal with the whirlwind. Randy ________________________________ From: Raymond Feist <[email protected]> To: feistfans-l <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, March 24, 2013 7:16 AM Subject: Re: That's interesting ... On Mar 24, 2013, at 12:31 AM, Randy Goodman <[email protected]> wrote: That's interesting Ray. I'm completely different and thought your were as well about your writing. But again, mine has been a pure therapeutic and amateurish hobby for 25 years and not a profession. I actually enjoy creating, detailing and living through the characters. The love, joy, action and tragedy ... all of it. > > >As for pride, who wouldn't be proud of what you've accomplished. > > >Reality never really is what you imagine though .. is it? I find it kind of >sad. > > It's different for every writer. Each brigs his/her own particular gifts as well as personal baggage to the process. Gore Vidal once opined, "Writing a novel is like walking from Vladivostok to Paris, on your knees. When you finally reach Paris, you're back in Vladivostok." I find it nowhere near as tedious as he did. I get where he came from, but that was his experience, not mine. Similarly, the process of writing over the years has been therapeutic, but not because I was living vicariously through characters, rather while I was fighting depression the demands of my craft and the need to support my family did't permit me from crawling any deeper into that dark place than I did. I've known writers who seem to breeze through the process, and I know writers who "open a vein and bleed onto the page," so to speak. It's different for each of us. No one size fits all here. As a result, we also each take away something different from the process. Best, R.E.F. ---- www.crydee.com Never attribute to malice what can satisfactorily be explained away by stupidity.
