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"Today readers live in the midst of riches, which they neither value nor exploit, failing to realise that the application of attention is the magical act which transforms print and paper into bread and wine. And now, patient reader, read on!" ---Robert Cecil in his Introduction to The King's Son
These reviews were the very first ones I wrote. Back in 1987 I began doing free-writing exercises each day as Peter Elbow suggests in his book, "Writing Without Teachers." The exercise consists of writing without stopping for ten minutes on any subject. One day while beginning a writing exercise, I was searching around for something to write about, and I remembered that I had just finished reading a book. CONTENT! The word shouted itself in my mind! Simply write about my reactions to the book I'd just finished. I did. And soon I began to look forward to completing a book so that I would have content for my next free-writing exercise. Recently I located my 1987 free writing journal while painting the library, and there, to my utmost surprise, were 18 reviews from 1987 that had never made it into the original Volume I of "A Reader's Journal." In addition, "A Glastonbury Romance" review was buried the journal as well, and even thought I'd written a review which got incorporated into the bound version of ARJ, this review was worthy to be added to this list on-line.
I have prepared this special page for you, Dear Reader, so that you may sample what a beginning writer's voice sounds like. To the me-now writer, the me-then writer sounds abrupt, unconventional, and fresh. I kinda like that me, and these reviews help me to remember to not take my writing so serious that I lose the sense of fun that attracted me to writing in the first place. I hope you find something to enjoy also, In freedom and light, Bobby.
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