Some of the most encouraging comments from Day 2.
From yesterday’s Opening Session:
Steve Berry: “History matters…”
Tess Gerritsen: “Stephen King is an inspiration…”
Diana Gabaldon on giving away portions of your writing: “Taste the wares…the first one’s free.”
Steve: “We are at the moment when things (publishing) are getting bigger…books aren’t going away…”
Tess: “I knew I was a writer at the age of 7…”
From The PRO Retreat:
Cherry Adair (PRO Mentor of the year): “Eighty percent of the population wants to write a book. Five percent of that eighty percent actually start. Two percent of that five percent finish. You are part of that 2% of the 5% of the 80%.”
And Gabaldon also mentioned something about doing a reading of a passage in an historical novel – the passage was about the Earl of Rochester teaching Nell Gwynn how to give a blow job….I’m searching for the video for that one…the..uh…reading. A video of the reading…