I really appreciated this piece, Joy. I've been writing and publishing for over 40 years, both periodicals and books (traditionally published and self-published as it became available). It slightly coincides with my thinking about how letter-writing is a diminishing if not a moribund skill/art, and how much so many researchers have depended on letters to offer all kinds of insights and understanding to lives now gone. (I wrote A Love Like No Other: Abigail and John Adams, A Modern Love Story with enormous help from Belknap Press's collected Adams papers. I wonder what the next generations will use (in addition to YOUR archive!) I also love the bit in your piece about your 9th grade journalism teacher. She must have been a gem! All the best,
Hi Nancy! Thank you for the amazing comment. I'm relatively familiar with your work and I would bet a library/archive would be thrilled to have your collection. Unless you have already done this? She has passed into the great theatre in the sky, but Mrs. McK was a wonderful human being, a great teacher, and she took dance lessons from my Mom! Let me know if you ever want to brainstorm the donation process.
Thanks, Joy. I've got loose-leaf binders of the work I've had copies of, and my books (both the ones traditionally published and those I've self-published) are on our office/library shelves. I'll give it a little thought.
I really appreciated this piece, Joy. I've been writing and publishing for over 40 years, both periodicals and books (traditionally published and self-published as it became available). It slightly coincides with my thinking about how letter-writing is a diminishing if not a moribund skill/art, and how much so many researchers have depended on letters to offer all kinds of insights and understanding to lives now gone. (I wrote A Love Like No Other: Abigail and John Adams, A Modern Love Story with enormous help from Belknap Press's collected Adams papers. I wonder what the next generations will use (in addition to YOUR archive!) I also love the bit in your piece about your 9th grade journalism teacher. She must have been a gem! All the best,
Nancy Taylor Robson
Hi Nancy! Thank you for the amazing comment. I'm relatively familiar with your work and I would bet a library/archive would be thrilled to have your collection. Unless you have already done this? She has passed into the great theatre in the sky, but Mrs. McK was a wonderful human being, a great teacher, and she took dance lessons from my Mom! Let me know if you ever want to brainstorm the donation process.
Thanks, Joy. I've got loose-leaf binders of the work I've had copies of, and my books (both the ones traditionally published and those I've self-published) are on our office/library shelves. I'll give it a little thought.