Another birthday and writing longhand

Since I mentioned Stephen King's birthday in my last entry, I would be remiss if I didn't add that today is William Faulkner's birthday since he is the favorite writer of one of my author friends in South Carolina. Faulkner was born 110 year ago. And no, I'm not going to start using this blog to keep track with every famous author's birthday.
I've been writing longhand several evenings lately and now am revising and typing one of the stories. It takes about the same length of time for me to type as it does to write longhand so I need to weigh my rationale. I might just jot notes longhand then flesh them out on the keyboard. In any event, I've been in more of a set pattern in writing over the last couple of weeks than I have been in a long time. I just need to keep it up.

A notable birthday

Stephen King turns 60 today. Like him or not, you can't ignore the fact that he has sold more novels over the last 30 years than anyone else on the planet. ( I didn't research this but feel it is a safe assumption.) J.K. Rowling has sold more copies of single titles with her Harry Potter series, but Mr. King has more total sales. That's quite an accomplishment for someone whose first eventually published novel (Carrie) had its beginnings rescued from the garbage can by his wife.

Happy Birthday sai King!
Long days and pleasant nights.