On Writing: Kudos to Authors

The days are growing shorter. Sitting at the counter at Edgartown Books, behind Register 2, where I’m found most days, the crowds now thinned, I find myself staring at the books all around me. They are neatly packaged, with colorful covers and sharp typefaces, but I know the road to our shelves is packed with boulders, potholes, detours, and God knows what else. Since becoming the bookmonger of Edgartown, I have gotten to know writers better. I have become, thanks to my work with The MV Times, a writer myself. Our shelves are lined with thousands of titles, including hundreds by Vineyard or Vineyard-related authors. From best-selling authors to those who have self-published their work, the process is, well, a process — and not an easy one.

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