Judging from the letters I've received from obviously feeble-minded persons who wish I would write another These Old Shades, it ought to sell like hot cakes.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
In almost all my work, I try to re-invent Christian images and stories and themes. You'd be amazed by the letters I get from young Christians who recognise this and enjoy it.
I just wrote what I felt like writing since they seemed to sell.
I do still get the odd fan letter about The Good Life, clearly written by somebody aged 18, who says: Will you send a photograph? And I think: Maybe it's kinder not to. I'm deeply into my 50s now.
Other writers tell me about these bushel baskets delivered at the front door. If I've gotten 50 letters over the last 18 years, I'd be surprised.
Lives of great men oft remind us as we o'er their pages turn, That we too may leave behind us - Letters that we ought to burn.
Color-blocking two bold shades feels so modern.
I find old copies of National Gallery catalogues, which are written in the dryest possible prose, infinitely soothing.
If I didn't write, I'd be like a duvet cover; I have no other marketable skills.
I wrote for free for, like, fifteen years; I could redo my parlor in rejection slips. It would be surprisingly tasteful - they use nice paper.
Don't fear anything for your letters, they are burnt one by one and I hope you do the same with mine.