Faithful readers of this blog will remember Rundy’s struggles with the brush mower, his love of fruit trees, and his fist-shaking frustration with animal pests. Those of you who are relatively new to this blog can read all his entries here. I am happy to tell you that Rundy’s first work of fiction, The Stuttering Bard of York, has recently been published. It is a spoof of the fantasy literature genre, and not at all like the writing on his own blog.
After contacting several publishers without positive results, Rundy decided to publish the book himself. You can read more about the process here. As his mother, I got to be one of the proofreaders. Yes, Rundy got a lot of input from all of his family as he worked on this book . . . the life of a writer can be difficult. And lonely. If you have enjoyed any of his writings, please email and let him know. His address is on both of his websites, here and here.
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There is something about a garden that brings out a fiercely possessive streak in the best of us. All our triumphs, to be really satisfying, must stem from our own individual efforts; and we look with a cold eye upon innovations for which we are not personally responsible. Even a suggestion, however tactfully introduced, is not always taken in good part. . . . We gardeners should not be blamed for this defensive attitude, which is based on the intense interest we take in our work. Without it, gardening would become an undertaking so laborious, so frustrating, so maddening, that there would soon be no gardens at all. As with all truly creative pursuits, the appeal is to the mind and to the heart, rather than to the pocket; and unless we can convince ourselves, beyond any doubt, that the credit is ours, and ours alone, we are like a singer listening to the applause for a song that someone else has sung.
Reginald Arkell
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Very, cool! You must be thrilled. I know I’d be.
Wonderful news Kathy! I will happily send an email…I have enjoyed his writings in the past and wish him “rave reviews” of this recent work!
(…. personally, I am a big fan of the brush mower, fruit tree growing, fist shaking, backyard chickens genre…)