IF YOU ARE READING THIS--YOU ALREADY KNOW THIS GUY CAN WRITE. IT IS MY BELIEF THAT GREAT WRITERS ARE , ALSO, OBSERVERS. THE REALLY GOOD ONES , LIKE ALAN PIERCY, ARE GREAT LISTENERS, ALSO.. WHEN HAVING A CONVERSATION WITH ALAN--HE'S NOT LOOKING PAST YOU, NOR NODDING, OPAQUELY. HIS HEAD ---WHEN YOU SPEAK-- HIS 'EYES'--- ARE TRAINED STRAIGHT AT YOURS--AND RARELY BLINK. GREAT WRITERS GET IT--THEY KNOW THAT IN ORDER TO WRITE ABOUT THE WORLD, WRITE ABOUT THE BROAD PASTICHE OF VARYING GIFTS AND INTERESTS----YOU MUST REALLY CARE, YOU MUST INTENTLY LISTEN----TO MENTALLY, DOCUMENT- BOTH THE HUMANITY AND THE UNIVERSALITY OF OUR FELLOW HUMANS. ALAN, WHOM I HAVE BEEN INTENTLY READING FOR A FEW YEARS---HAS ALL THESE QUALITIES---AND HIS ABILITY TO MAKE THE PAST 'WALK' ALONG SIDE THE PRESENT--TO ENGAGE US AND TO INFORM US-----IS AS GOOD AS I HAVE SEEN FOR QUITE SOME TIME. HE IS ONE OF THE BEST YOUMG WRITERS IN THE U.S. RIGHT NOW.
Jack, thank you. People are going to suspect that I have opened a secondary account under the name of "Jack Thompson" :) You are most kind. Perhaps your greatest compliment was to call me "young"! Most humbling, coming from the greatest passer in the history of Gamecock basketball, and a very gifted writer in his own right. Cheers!
IF YOU ARE READING THIS--YOU ALREADY KNOW THIS GUY CAN WRITE. IT IS MY BELIEF THAT GREAT WRITERS ARE , ALSO, OBSERVERS. THE REALLY GOOD ONES , LIKE ALAN PIERCY, ARE GREAT LISTENERS, ALSO.. WHEN HAVING A CONVERSATION WITH ALAN--HE'S NOT LOOKING PAST YOU, NOR NODDING, OPAQUELY. HIS HEAD ---WHEN YOU SPEAK-- HIS 'EYES'--- ARE TRAINED STRAIGHT AT YOURS--AND RARELY BLINK. GREAT WRITERS GET IT--THEY KNOW THAT IN ORDER TO WRITE ABOUT THE WORLD, WRITE ABOUT THE BROAD PASTICHE OF VARYING GIFTS AND INTERESTS----YOU MUST REALLY CARE, YOU MUST INTENTLY LISTEN----TO MENTALLY, DOCUMENT- BOTH THE HUMANITY AND THE UNIVERSALITY OF OUR FELLOW HUMANS. ALAN, WHOM I HAVE BEEN INTENTLY READING FOR A FEW YEARS---HAS ALL THESE QUALITIES---AND HIS ABILITY TO MAKE THE PAST 'WALK' ALONG SIDE THE PRESENT--TO ENGAGE US AND TO INFORM US-----IS AS GOOD AS I HAVE SEEN FOR QUITE SOME TIME. HE IS ONE OF THE BEST YOUMG WRITERS IN THE U.S. RIGHT NOW.
Jack, thank you. People are going to suspect that I have opened a secondary account under the name of "Jack Thompson" :) You are most kind. Perhaps your greatest compliment was to call me "young"! Most humbling, coming from the greatest passer in the history of Gamecock basketball, and a very gifted writer in his own right. Cheers!