The Secret Miracle

A couple weeks ago I was killing time at the library until I could pick up my son from a nearby birthday party being held in one of those hellishly loud inflatable nightmares when one book's spine caught my eye. I pulled it from the shelf and saw it was The Secret Miracle: The Novelist's Handbook. A quick flip to the back cover was all it took before I was running to check it out and I immediately began reading it. It's a unique book in that it has over fifty novelists featured answering questions about reading and writing. The range of writers is vast--writers from all over the world, some literary novelists, others known for their genre fiction. It's fun to see them answer questions side by side by side and it becomes apparent how different each writer's process is and what works for one novelist, might not for another. I found the book more entertaining than helpful, but I did pick up some useful advice as well as a list of more books I want to read... (sigh)