Monday, January 12, 2009

Back to school

Since my last post in late December, three people have read Any Color You Want and have provided excellent feedback. While I wait to hear from more readers to get a more well-rounded and consistent view of the book, a couple booboos in particular have become apparent. I have decided not to start editing again until February 1st (to give other readers time to respond), but I am going to pick up a couple classics to see how the pros addressed the mistakes I'm making. In particular, I'm going to read Vladimir Nabokov's Pnin and bits of Miguel de Cervantes' Don Quixote (Edith Grossman's translation).