I am back from the blogging-dead to inform everyone about a brand new blog. You should all check out Mullow's new blog,
BookSay , a funny, informative and intelligent blog that will chronicle Matthew Ulmer's voyage to getting published.
While yes, I am his girlfriend of quite a few years now, and I, therefore, have loyalties to him and whatever his life goals are, I am not imploring you to visit this blog and read it
because of these loyalties. I am asking you to check out BookSay, because I have read Matt's work. From the simple, beautiful ten-lined poems he has written to his 400-page books, Matthew Ulmer is an amazing writer. He pulls you in and doesn't let you go until the last sentence. And even after you have finished reading his books, you are left with questions about life, which you ponder for hours and hours.
I believe one day Matt will be published. I believe he will see his picture on the jacket of one of his books. I believe he will go into Borders (or Barnes 'n Noble, since I think it's a better store, ;-) ) and see his books sitting there among other great writers, such as Stephen King or Ernest Hemingway (Yes, I understand that's a funny combination of writers, however, what makes one any greater than the other because one is considered "classic?"). I believe all of these things, because I believe in his writing.
I'm an English teacher. I know good writing when I see it. And I see it in Matthew Ulmer.
Go to
BookSay and check it out for yourself, but you will see that I'm right. After all, everyone knows the teacher is always right. :-)
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