Roslyn Fuller

Happy Valentine's Day!

Roslyn,

I see you joined Ask XXXX. Interested in doing an "Ask the Model" or "Ask the Law Student" or "Ask [Fill in what you want here]" article? You're so interesting!

I write about the times of my young adulthood. the late 60's etc. One of my friends at the time was an EOKA terrorist...but it wasn't her terrorism I identified with. my point in exchanging books with fellow writers was for the diversity and the enjoyment of undiscovered talent. I am very far behind in my reading by now, but I'm happy to say the writers I've come to know at amazon are very talented and from a wide range of political views. tripe is tripe...whether from the right or left....while good writing is good writing. I don't read about politics per se. there's enough of that elsewhere...tho very often books i enjoy have a political dimension because it fits the story in an unassuming way. next time I go to amazon i will look you up and read about what you have written.

sounds like you had an enjoyable summer. thanks for writing back. JWC

I'm glad to see you are in contact with Jack and Danny. It adds to my estimation that you are an interesting young lady with much to share.

Hi Roz...

Hope you are doing okay. Anytime you'd like I will send one of my books...or maybe we can swap. CROSSROADS: 1969 describes my adventures in Dublin [among other places] that year. If you send me your address to my email at cassell.john@gmail.com I'll try to set it up. I'll be happy to even send it to you with nothing in return. you are a writer...I am a writer. It is what we are.

Take care. John

Hi, Roslyn -- I really liked your comments on my piece about unpublishable books, and thought you really nailed it with this quote -- "A book should polarize people." Wonderfully said, and speaking of polarizing people, well, you may want to check out johnw.cassell here in Gather as to my latest (The Bathsheba Deadline.) This novel has only been out for a while and it sure has them polarized -- which is as it should be. As for Indecent Proposal, glad to liked the movie, but I wrote the novel, someone else wrote the screenplay. I'm happy with the job Hollywood did with Indecent Proposal; Paramount kept the central elements of my novel -- temptation, sin, regret, forgiveness, but left out the cultural and political references of the novel that would have polarized people too much and harmed box office. There are many things that can be said in a novel, as I have in both Indecent and Bathsheba, which cannot be said in a movie. Thank goodness we still have literature and people like you, with your open mind and wisdom. Jack

Happy New Year!!