Comments on: The Word: Andrew Tonkovich, Editor of Santa Monica Review

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By: Susan Cameron

Susan Cameron — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 02:51:26 +0000

Reading hundreds of submissions every month sounds like a daunting (though enjoyable) task — and writing work that grabs the attention of such an inundated editor seems pretty daunting as well! This interview reinforces for me how important it is to make the work interesting right out of the gate. Thanks!

By: Liz Zuercher

Liz Zuercher — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 18:27:55 +0000

I agree. There’s nothing quite like being engaged in a piece of writing. It’s transporting. As a writer, I only wish I knew better how to create that in my work.

By: Amy Wallen

Amy Wallen — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 18:23:54 +0000

Lately my ears have been ringing, and they say that’s a sign that someone’s talking about you. Well, I wish they’d quit talking and just do something. Everybody’s got a side, everybody’s got a reason, and everybody wants to argue about it. In the meantime, while everyone’s talking about the Navy and it’s big sonar testing and whether or not it’s hurting me, my mom and my baby’s ears, I’m wondering when are they going to just quit. Perhaps this is how evolution works–we whales just get so mad that we grow our own legs and tromp right on up the shore, across the fields of middle America where they are waving inane signs that read, “Jesus didn’t heal the sick for FREE, Obama”, then right on up the driveway at 1600 Pennsylvania, but not to the oval office, I go straight down stairs to that war room and yank out all the plugs. But then that’s just me getting on my kelpbox. Gotta go yank up a few sea anemone to stuff my ears.

Andrew’s my hero.

By: Nancy

Nancy — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 16:35:45 +0000

Great description of engagement – and intro to an author I’m not familiar with (Jim Krusoe), and a radio show I must now follow! Great read.

By: Kim Hooper

Kim Hooper — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 16:29:42 +0000

I agree with him about beginnings and engagement. I don’t “relate” to a lot of the stories I love, but I can’t put them down. I’m drawn in within the first few lines, usually, and there is something about the character’s voice that keeps me reading.