{"id":2405,"date":"2014-12-23T08:00:28","date_gmt":"2014-12-23T15:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thewritespot.us\/marlenecullenblog\/?p=2405"},"modified":"2014-12-23T09:40:18","modified_gmt":"2014-12-23T16:40:18","slug":"an-author-is-an-amateur-who-never-quits-richard-bach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thewritespot.us\/marlenecullenblog\/an-author-is-an-amateur-who-never-quits-richard-bach\/","title":{"rendered":"An author is an amateur who never quits. \u2014 Richard Bach"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I love discovering new things about writers.\u00a0 You might remember <a title=\"Richard Bach\" href=\"http:\/\/richardbach.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Richard Bach<\/a> as the author of <a title=\"Jonathan Livingston Seagull\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Jonathan-Livingston-Seagull-Richard-Bach\/dp\/147679331X\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1418587862&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=jonathan+livingston+seagull\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Jonathan Livingston Seagull<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>I enjoy Richard&#8217;s Bach&#8217;s musings. . . here&#8217;s the beginning of his <a title=\"Richard Bach\" href=\"http:\/\/richardbach.com\/a-new-family\/\" target=\"_blank\">September 7, 2014 blog post:<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I AM SO SLOW!<\/p>\n<p>All my life there have been bright and clear events, all of them happening in plain sight, but I haven\u2019t noticed them, till all of a sudden now.\u00a0 They\u2019ve never been secrets, they\u2019re like friendly dogs, going for walks with me year after year, and I never noticed.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>You might enjoy <a title=\"Richard Brach\" href=\"http:\/\/richardbach.com\/about\/\" target=\"_blank\">posts by Richard Bach<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/thewritespot.us\/marlenecullenblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Jonathan-Livingston-Seagull.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-2408 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/thewritespot.us\/marlenecullenblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Jonathan-Livingston-Seagull-150x150.png\" alt=\"Jonathan Livingston Seagull\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>October 25, 2014 was the publication date of the <a title=\"new edition JLS\" href=\"http:\/\/richardbach.com\/autographs\/\" target=\"_blank\">New Edition of <em>Jonathan Livingston Seagull<\/em><\/a>.\u00a0 It\u2019s the complete edition, with Part 4, written immediately after Part 3, \u00a0years ago, but never published with the first parts.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I love discovering new things about writers.\u00a0 You might remember Richard Bach as the author of Jonathan Livingston Seagull. 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