Behind every writer stands a very large bookshelf.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I think, to give our bookshelf a little credit, our area of the library and the bookstore has attracted stronger writers as it's started to thrive.
Everybody writes a book too many.
Granted, a long book can be as daunting as a hard one. I nearly reached for 'Game of Thrones' until I saw the bookshelf sagging under the burden of those other volumes.
In this time of the Internet and nonfiction, to be on an actual bookshelf in an actual bookstore is exciting in itself.
On the whole, books are indeed less finite than ourselves. Even the worst among them outlast their authors - mainly because they occupy a smaller amount of physical space than those who penned them. Often they sit on the shelves absorbing dust long after the writer himself has turned into a handful of dust.
I'm a big believer in big books, and that doesn't necessarily mean long books.
Also, if nothing else, writing this book has really changed the way I experience bookstores. I have a whole different appreciation for the amount of work packed into even the slimmest volume on the shelves.
As a writer, I'm always aware of the fact that there are so many books out there.
The thing with bookshelves, no matter how many you have, you always fill them.
Size has nothing to do with literature. All legs are long enough to touch the ground, and all books are big enough to fill their covers.