Hope this finds you well. I don’t like the sound of that “Helps” in your comment.

So… BoB will soon be published. This is wonderful. This would constitute a big ray of sunshine for me. Helps.

Hurrah!

Need to know, need to know, need to know

But I still think the movie’s trying to have it both ways. In that final meeting, Summer tells him that she was wrong and he was right, that True Love is possible–just not for her with him. Therefore, the temptation, at least, is to infer that Autumn (or, perhaps, her eventual successor, Winter) will in fact be the Soulmate for our hero.

I liked the movie, too. I just hoped/expected to like it more. Great to hear from you here.

Siena

Glen, this is another brilliant piece, and I love it more than the previous excerpt, for reasons that are personal to me. I am in awe of your writing, but more than that right now, I am frustrated, confused, and a bit angry, just shaking my head and wondering why things rarely add up correctly for my internal calculator. Yesterday I reviewed a soon-to-be-released book from Simon & Schuster. (See my review of In This Way I Was Saved at Amazon.) In a word, the book was awful. Oh, the writing was good, but the plot development and (lack of) characterization were terrible. On the same day, I had a long talk with my daughter over dinner about Snowman’s Children because she’d just finished it. Excuse me for saying so, but my kid’s a sharp cookie, with degrees in both English and Psychology. Her take on SC? “I loved it,” she said. I told you she was smart…. And I agree. So the question that shouldn’t be on a continuous loop in my head but is remains: Why is Simon & Schuster spending money to publish this punk’s very disappointing novel, yet they are not lined up with hands out, begging Glen Hirshberg for his next five? OK, I know I sound a bit… fanatical here, but these things just don’t make sense to me.

Whatever. Glen, thanks for sharing this next bit. I’m not really versed in The Secret, but now that I’ve read this part, I’m going to start asking The Universe to bring you a publisher who will recognize your gift, publish you bigtime, and promote you in several countries. Seriously. And I can’t wait to read the Book of Bunk in its entirety.