Advice from the Booker Prize Winner

Speaking last night at the Guildhall, Banville said winning was "a great surprise, a great pleasure". He said his advice to other authors was "just hang around and it will come. I hung around for many years and it did come." He thanked his editor, agent and publisher for sticking with him when he wrote what he described as "many unsaleable books over the years".

Read the whole post: http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/front/2005/1011/849553040HM1BOOKERPRIZE.html

I had wanted Zadie Smith to win, but she's hardly been hanging around any time at all.

Think I'll go hang around for a while. Hmmm. Wonder if hanging around is the same as sucking it up? Do you suppose? Guess that's what I'll do.

For another view on the subject of blogging and writing and googling yourself, that vainest of pasttimes, take a look at :http://bookangst.blogspot.com/