When I asked about it-this was not her usual sort of book purchase-she defensively replied, "Well, everyone is talking about it, and I just wanted to see what the fuss was!" I didn't quite realize the reach of its appeal, though, until I discovered my teenaged daughter had bought it on her e-reader. The book, of course, was 50 Shades of Grey. Saturday Night Live aired sketches highlighting its naughtiness. I saw ten different people reading it during my vacation at the beach. What makes authors different is our willingness to pluck one of those seeds out of the air, turn it around and admire it, and then set about making it grow.įor instance, a couple of years ago a particular book started popping up on the bestseller lists. The truth, though, is that ideas are all around us, like dandelion seeds on the breeze. I think there's a feeling that authors must be different, more creative (or strangely imaginative) than other people for us to conjure up vampires and boy wizards and time-traveling nurses. It's a popular question to ask authors, especially authors who write books about things they couldn't possibly have experienced in real life, such as long-ago eras or magical fantasies. An original essay, first published in A Taste of Scandal, a series sampler
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