It's amazing how immortalized an author can become in a great pieace of writing. When I read a book from 100 or 200 years ago and can still connect with what is written I feel the hope for myself, that now or in some distant time some person can read my writing and feel what I feel. Of course this is usually only accomplished like the best of writers, the top of their decade or even century, which I can only dream to be.
I'm heading down to Cape Cod tomorrow and I always find that my writing comes more easily in such a place. The refreshing, quiet of a beach side home in the winter makes it easier for me to think about what I'm writing. I'm no novelist, don't get me wrong, but I do enjoy my stories, and I wish other people would enjoy them as well.
So when I read a book like Pride and Prejudice and when I watch the movies that just keep appearing based on it I can't help but be inspired. It believe it was Harper Lee who said that she wished to be the Jane Austen from Alabama, and she reached that goal on her very first book. If only I could reach that same goal, except be the Jane Austen from New England.
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