Working With Words
A weblog devoted to spurring a conversation among those who use words to varying degrees in their daily work. Hosted by John Ettorre, a Cleveland-based writer and editor. Please email me at: john.ettorre@gmail.com. "There comes a time when you realize that everything is a dream, and only those things preserved in writing have any possibility of being real." --James Salter
Monday, October 27, 2008
About Me
- Name: John Ettorre
- Location: Cleveland, Ohio
I'm a Cleveland, Ohio-based writer, editor and writing coach, with more than 25 years of experience, including stints in Chicago and Washington, D.C. My work has appeared in more than 100 print and online publications, from the New York Times and the Christian Science Monitor to local and regional publications. My work has been recognized by awards (including an Emmy) from four journalism groups.
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8 Comments:
Thanks for the inspiration . I too am a late bloomer when it comes to writing.
You know what they say, Diane: there's no bloomer like a late bloomer. Good luck with everything. You'll enjoy your success all the more for having waited for it.
I guess there's still hope for me, then. Maybe I'm still too young.
There's much hope for you, Art. Especially you.
Thank you John. That article gave me hope too.
Although I am starting to shift my paradigm.... I am not a late bloomer, necessarily; I have blooming elswhere, and bloomin' real hard at that (if one can bloom hard....). Now though, as my kids get older, I can bloom more as a writer. I hope. ;-)
That's a crucial point, Pat. For many people, perhaps most, writing well involves what might be called "serial blooming," coming into one's own in a second, third, or even fourth phase of one's productive life, after other hurdles have been climbed, and there's more time and/or attention for one's writing. And often that means there's so much more life material to be processed. Which is a good problem to have, but still sometimes presents a problem.
Shalom John,
This couldn't have come at a better time.
I was sitting at Jimmy O'Neill's last evening, enjoying a pint, reading the75th Anniversary Issue of Esquire and wondering to myself: where the hell did 25 years ago?
I still have the copy of the 50th Anniversary issue I bought my senior year at Ohio University and I remember reading it (and a lot of other magazines) cover-to-cover and thinking: my name is going to be on that cover someday.
It's good to know that it's not yet too late.
B'shalom,
Jeff
Jeff, I think we all wonder where the years have gone, so in that (as in much else) we can all find solace collectively. We read and write to know we're not alone, and Lord knows no one could feel alone with a writerly comrade such as you. I feel blessed to count you as a friend, and know you're only just getting started in what you'll do as a writer. We're lucky in our choice of work in one special way: Unlike physicists and mathematicians, age and experience is a major plus in our field. Your next 25 years will surely be your best.
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