Everyone knows there are few things that are actually truer or more revealing than fiction. My characters do a lot of editorializing on my part, I think.
I thought it would be interesting to pick a line from my books and say, this is actually ME talking here.
Today, I'm taking lines from my first four books. Maybe tomorrow, I'll pick lines (very different ones) from my next four.
Here goes:
Troy Stotts, in Ghost Medicine (2008), talking about his best friend Tom Buller:
He knew I didn’t really like getting gifts.
Jonah Vickers, in In the Path of Falling Objects (2009), talking about leaving home with his younger brother, Simon:
I believe we knew all along what we were trying to find wasn’t there.
Jack Whitmore, from The Marbury Lens (2010), ranting about how awkward it was to be a teen:
Being sixteen was never comfortable, cool, or even remotely humorous for me.
Stark McClellan, from Stick (October, 2011), talking about hiding in his work:
I tried to stay busy, to make myself invisible if I could.
...Maybe tomorrow I'll post four lines from my next four novels.
5 comments:
When I read STICK, I reread that line about ten times and it was a very poignant moment for me.
Whoa! That line from Jonah really resonated with me and I had wondered whether it was a personal reflection as well as a character observation.
Has everyone here, other than me, read STICK? (Psst! Cuz I'd love to.)
A couple things:
First, I believe that everything I write is true, and is certainly of reflection of myself, even the darkest parts. After all, when you stare into the abyss ...
Second, with Andrew's permission, if you send me your address, Adam, I will loan you my ARC of Stick. The reason that one is hard to come by is that it doesn't come out until November. All you have to do is promise to pay the postage to send it back to me, and spread the word about this great book. I believe strongly in sharing the knowledge of great stories, and even though we obviously don't want to cut into Andrew's sales, I'm betting you'll convince at least three others that he's a writer worth getting into.
Matthew I would love to be part of the Stick ARC club if you will let a chick in.
Matt,
I've spread more word about Marbury Lens in the past 2 weeks since I've read it than I have any other book in my life. I. Love. Andrew Smith. Books!!
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