<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">
<HTML><HEAD>
<META content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" http-equiv=Content-Type>
<META name=GENERATOR content="MSHTML 8.00.6001.19046">
<STYLE></STYLE>
</HEAD>
<BODY bgColor=#ffffff>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>
<BLOCKQUOTE
style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px">
<DIV
style="FONT: 10pt arial; BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=brucehayles@gmail.com href="mailto:brucehayles@gmail.com">Bruce
Hayles</A> </DIV>
<P
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; FONT-SIZE: medium"><B>GW:</B> I've
read that book before; I've read it as realism many a time. It's a John Updike
kind of book. I've read that story so many times ... now I read a book until I
can recognize the story, and say, "This is what it is," and that's as far as
it goes, since I have no urge to finish it. I'm long past feeling so guilty
that I have to finish everything I start. I don't finish ninety percent of
what I start.</P></BLOCKQUOTE></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>I have to wonder whether it can be problematic for
a writer to feel like that - does it lead to an obsessive concern with
*concealing* the story, lest any reader recognise it before the last
page?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>- Gerry Quinn</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV></BODY></HTML>