I recently reviewed "The Diary of Petr Ginz" (Atlantic Monthly Press) for The Jewish Journal. Ginz wrote diary entries, novels, poetry and essays and also created evocative art (linocuts, sketches and paintings). He did this while in a Prague ghetto and then later in a concentration camp before being murdered at the age of sixteen in a Nazi gas chamber. Writers write because they are driven to do so. Period. If it's too difficult, then do something else. I have little patience for writers who complain about their lives particularly those who land hefty book deals.
I recently reviewed "The Diary of Petr Ginz" (Atlantic Monthly Press) for The Jewish Journal. Ginz wrote diary entries, novels, poetry and essays and also created evocative art (linocuts, sketches and paintings). He did this while in a Prague ghetto and then later in a concentration camp before being murdered at the age of sixteen in a Nazi gas chamber. Writers write because they are driven to do so. Period. If it's too difficult, then do something else. I have little patience for writers who complain about their lives particularly those who land hefty book deals.