Colum McCann's Blog, page 2
June 2, 2009
June ... and a new book
Hello to Readers ...
I'm gearing up for the launch of "Let the Great World Spin" (coming from Random House, June 23) and invite you all to visit my website colummccann.com where I'm going to be posting tour dates and so on.
Quite honestly, I'm nervous and charged at the same time.
I'll spend most of July in the U.S, then in France in August, Ireland and England in early September, France again and then in Germany in late September.
Perhaps I will see some of the GoodReads readers somewhere along the way.
Cheers for now --
Slainte --
Colum McCann
I'm gearing up for the launch of "Let the Great World Spin" (coming from Random House, June 23) and invite you all to visit my website colummccann.com where I'm going to be posting tour dates and so on.
Quite honestly, I'm nervous and charged at the same time.
I'll spend most of July in the U.S, then in France in August, Ireland and England in early September, France again and then in Germany in late September.
Perhaps I will see some of the GoodReads readers somewhere along the way.
Cheers for now --
Slainte --
Colum McCann
March 19, 2009
Hello to GoodReads Members
Dear Good Reads Members --
Truth be told, I'm a bit of a technophobe. Or perhaps it's fairer to say that I'm just a bit of a techno-idiot. I really am lost when it comes to computers. I don’t even own a cell phone. I have a website but my brother in Portland, Oregon maintains it. But I’m trying, trying desperately to get up to speed.
I have been made increasingly aware of the importance of the Internet in the book world and I suppose this letter is a way for me do to a small cyber-tour. So, greetings.
I was asked recently about my writing credo. Not sure I have one. I love Beckett's quote "No matter, try again, fail again, fail better." I quote it far too often in fact.
One of the other beauties of writing is that you (as a reader or a writer) can step into a body, or a geography, even a culture that is not your own. You can catch life for a moment and recreate new life out of it. This is the privilege of storytelling, the privilege of a writer and, one hopes, the privilege of being a reader. We become alive in a new space. Adventure in the skintrade.
I have been extraordinarily lucky to make my living as a writer. I am keenly aware of people like you who actually finish the books, or rather complete tham, by the act of reading them. I thank you most sincerely for this and look forward to doing an occasional blog here, once I get my cyber-jitters out of the way. My new novel Let the Great World Spin will be published in June. In the meantime, in between time, many thanks and all best wishes ...
Colum
Truth be told, I'm a bit of a technophobe. Or perhaps it's fairer to say that I'm just a bit of a techno-idiot. I really am lost when it comes to computers. I don’t even own a cell phone. I have a website but my brother in Portland, Oregon maintains it. But I’m trying, trying desperately to get up to speed.
I have been made increasingly aware of the importance of the Internet in the book world and I suppose this letter is a way for me do to a small cyber-tour. So, greetings.
I was asked recently about my writing credo. Not sure I have one. I love Beckett's quote "No matter, try again, fail again, fail better." I quote it far too often in fact.
One of the other beauties of writing is that you (as a reader or a writer) can step into a body, or a geography, even a culture that is not your own. You can catch life for a moment and recreate new life out of it. This is the privilege of storytelling, the privilege of a writer and, one hopes, the privilege of being a reader. We become alive in a new space. Adventure in the skintrade.
I have been extraordinarily lucky to make my living as a writer. I am keenly aware of people like you who actually finish the books, or rather complete tham, by the act of reading them. I thank you most sincerely for this and look forward to doing an occasional blog here, once I get my cyber-jitters out of the way. My new novel Let the Great World Spin will be published in June. In the meantime, in between time, many thanks and all best wishes ...
Colum
Hello to GoodReads Readers!
Dear GoodReads Members --
I should be honest from the get-go -- I’m one of the world’s last techo-idiots. I really am lost when it comes to computers. I don’t even own a cell phone. I have a website (colummccann.com) but my brother in Portland, Oregon maintains it. But I’m trying, trying desperately to get up to speed. Hence, this site. So hello to whoever's out there ...
I have been made increasingly aware of the importance of the Internet in the book world and I suppose this letter is a way for me do to a small cyber-tour. It’s a pleasure to meet you ... a handshake and a bow and a salute across the wires.
Someone asked me my writing credo the other day. Not sure if I have one. One of my favourite phrases is Beckett's "No matter, try again, fail again, fail better." I suppose all books fail in a way, and the higher the failure the better it will be.
Perhaps one of the other beauties of writing is that you can step into a body, or a geography, even a culture that is not your own. You can catch life for a moment and recreate new life out of it. This is the privilege of fiction, the privilege of a writer and, one hopes, the privilege of being a reader. We become alive in a new space. Adventure in the skintrade, a la Dylan Thomas.
I have been extraordinarily lucky to make my living as a writer. I am keenly aware that it is readers who keep books alive, so a deep thanks -- I know of no other way to say hello.
Best wishes --
Colum
I should be honest from the get-go -- I’m one of the world’s last techo-idiots. I really am lost when it comes to computers. I don’t even own a cell phone. I have a website (colummccann.com) but my brother in Portland, Oregon maintains it. But I’m trying, trying desperately to get up to speed. Hence, this site. So hello to whoever's out there ...
I have been made increasingly aware of the importance of the Internet in the book world and I suppose this letter is a way for me do to a small cyber-tour. It’s a pleasure to meet you ... a handshake and a bow and a salute across the wires.
Someone asked me my writing credo the other day. Not sure if I have one. One of my favourite phrases is Beckett's "No matter, try again, fail again, fail better." I suppose all books fail in a way, and the higher the failure the better it will be.
Perhaps one of the other beauties of writing is that you can step into a body, or a geography, even a culture that is not your own. You can catch life for a moment and recreate new life out of it. This is the privilege of fiction, the privilege of a writer and, one hopes, the privilege of being a reader. We become alive in a new space. Adventure in the skintrade, a la Dylan Thomas.
I have been extraordinarily lucky to make my living as a writer. I am keenly aware that it is readers who keep books alive, so a deep thanks -- I know of no other way to say hello.
Best wishes --
Colum
