June, 2010 | Warren Adler

Month: June, 2010

The Joy of Reading

Posted on: June 23rd, 2010 by Warren Adler 4 Comments

It has become the prevailing opinion that people are not reading books with the same zeal, energy and enthusiasm as in bygone years. They could be right, although I cannot understand how people can live a rich, wise and fruitful life without reading works of the imagination. My own life would be bereft without my dedication to reading.

Books have been my life, both as a writer and a reader. I am well aware that younger generations seemed to have eschewed reading, surrendering instead to the lure of other distractions, of which there are many. I’m not sure this is true and I do not explore statistical analysis to prove the point.

Authors Guild Publishes Article by Warren Adler

Posted on: June 15th, 2010 by Warren Adler 1 Comment

Warren Adler’s article, What’s Next For Authors was printed in the Authors Guild Sprint 2010 Bulletin. To read the article please click on the link below.

Authors Guild Article…

Helen Thomas and the Jews

Posted on: June 13th, 2010 by Warren Adler 1 Comment

If a world-wide survey were taken as to the accuracy and relevance of Helen Thomas’s remarks about sending the Jews of Israel back to Poland and Germany “where they came from”, my guess is that there would be a lot more people who agree with her than disagree.

Warren Adler will teach a 14 week Seminar at NYU to incoming Freshman on “How to Write a Novel”

Posted on: June 3rd, 2010 by Warren Adler 4 Comments

How to Write a Novel

(V50.0428; call #776554)

Date: Tuesday, Sept. 14

Time: 2:00-4:30pm

Description: This seminar will explore the ways in which Mr. Adler conceives, creates, and executes his novel writing. Students will read a number of novels with a view to learning how a novelist confronts the challenge of creating an authentic parallel world that springs out of his or her imagination. Among those novels assigned will be Francoise Sagan’s Bonjour Tristesse, Philip Roth’s The Human Stain, George Orwell’s Coming Up for Air and Doris Lessing’s The Fifth Child. These novels have been carefully chosen to provide students with some insight as to how various authors chose to present their stories and used different narrative techniques and points of view to project their themes and interests. Students will be asked to try their hand at an opening chapter of a novel of their own conception.…

Anti-Semitism Erupts

Posted on: June 2nd, 2010 by Warren Adler 9 Comments

For the eight odd million Jews scattered over the planet and not living in Israel, events concerning Israel cannot be dismissed as if they were occurring in someone else’s back yard.