Your thoughts re: writing for the 60's and changing
times erases my feelings over OUC's thinking of her
as somewhat less human than others, with a "cold and hard personality". Your comments have educated me!! and I cannot thank you enough!

Big time congratulations!

MeToo...can't believe I didn't start sooner in life.

She was a very cold and hard personality. We can all understand why, but just the same, that is the way she comes off.
Blair also understands and expresses that Life, especially human life did not just happen randomly...something Rand prefers not to address.

One of the critiques many gave of Rand is that she was dry and academic. Some enjoy that kind of writing while others don't. To each their own. Rand's style was Rand's style - a kind of authorship fingerprint which reflected the way she thought. Every author I've read has had their own particular style.

Much of an author's appeal is their ability to convey a message according to the times. Try reading Shakespeare now - iambic pentameter isn't that popular in most English classes! Back in his time, however, Shakespeare was commonly read and his performances even drew the attention of nobility.

I think that Rand wrote for the 1960's and that times have changed. It's like MacGuyver in the third season right after the Berlin Wall came down - suddenly the show had to do a major pivot and become a lot less about spying and the Cold War and more about just a resourceful guy out helping people.

Awesome! Let us know when its complete!

More human than Rand?? How much more human are you to be?? She is one of the strongest females
I have read about, but I don't think that makes her
less human....

Thanks for writing this; I now have it on my Kindle and will starting reading right away. Good for you.
As it turns out, I'm about to publish via Amazon "My Journey Toward Peace" which has some overlapping themes. Congratulations! Writing my work has been the most challenging and satisfying work of my life - so far.

Just bought the Kindle edition. Congratulations.

OK, got mine, and even convinced my android kindle to download it....review when done...

I know how excited you must be! Just about to go purchase my copy. Wishing you much success!

Yes we are.

Thanks for the acknowledgement and Good luck, It's an exciting time when you publish your first book.
I'll be getting the paper back version later this week.

Liked the style and thought it was much more Human than Rand.

PS, one complaint I had with Amazon is that they make a large portion of our books readable before purchase. No rhyme or reason to what pages they make available.
Wish we had some say in that process.

Best Wishes! I have promised myself I will not read any new books until I finish the three I am working on and send them to the publisher. But, that doesn't stop me from buying one! Congratulations. Only another writer knows how much work goes into writing.

That is fantastic Blair, how exciting for you and your family. They are very proud of you! So are your gulch friends.

Just got my Kindle copy! Congratulations!

Very cool!

Sure enough.

However, I found that there are people you can't learn anything from because you went through those periods they are in a long time ago.

But everyone learns differently.

Debate always goes both ways. If you haven't taken a good look at both sides, you're potentially missing out on tremendous opportunities for learning.

👍 Congratulations!

Congratulations, Blair!

Now I know your last name is Christensen.

I would never have guessed that ewv was instrumental in your developing your thought process but the mind works in curious ways.