Comments on: Outliers http://blog.wendykinney.com/index.php/2008/11/outliers/ Wendy's Blog Mon, 07 Jun 2010 14:25:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: Wendy's Desk » Blog Archive » SWAY: The Irresistible Pull of Irrational Behavior http://blog.wendykinney.com/index.php/2008/11/outliers/comment-page-1/#comment-1277 Wendy's Desk » Blog Archive » SWAY: The Irresistible Pull of Irrational Behavior Sun, 17 Jan 2010 17:49:21 +0000 http://blog.powercore.net/?p=78#comment-1277 [...] [...] [...] [...]

]]> By: Wendy Kinney http://blog.wendykinney.com/index.php/2008/11/outliers/comment-page-1/#comment-13 Wendy Kinney Fri, 12 Dec 2008 15:49:11 +0000 http://blog.powercore.net/?p=78#comment-13 Hum. Why is it that non-fiction writers don't inspire loyalty as commonly as fiction writers? Hypothesis #1: More people read fiction. Hypothesis #2: More non-fiction writers write only one book. (Jonathan Kellerman published book 4 before he could quite his day job.) Hypothesis #3: Non-fiction writers get published for the "content" without regard to writing style - therefore, there are more poorly written non-fiction books published. (ouch. this is my fear.) # Posted By Wendy Kinney | 12/2/08 4:00 PM Hum. Why is it that non-fiction writers don’t inspire loyalty as commonly as fiction writers?

Hypothesis #1: More people read fiction.
Hypothesis #2: More non-fiction writers write only one book. (Jonathan Kellerman published book 4 before he could quite his day job.)
Hypothesis #3: Non-fiction writers get published for the “content” without regard to writing style – therefore, there are more poorly written non-fiction books published. (ouch. this is my fear.)
# Posted By Wendy Kinney | 12/2/08 4:00 PM

]]> By: Sandy Weaver Carman http://blog.wendykinney.com/index.php/2008/11/outliers/comment-page-1/#comment-12 Sandy Weaver Carman Fri, 12 Dec 2008 15:48:24 +0000 http://blog.powercore.net/?p=78#comment-12 Ok...add something to my list for Santa! Wendy, thank you not only for the heads-up, but also for spotlighting a great thinker's work. Like you, I devoured Gladwell's first two books, and look forward to reading this one. Not a lot of non-fiction authors inspire that sort of loyalty, and you might not be surprised to learn that James Michener was one of my favorite fiction authors, because he told not only wove a good fiction story, he set it solidly in a non-fiction frame of reference, adding hope, knowledge and direction to my view of the world. Happy December...hope your holidays are wonderful! # Posted By Sandy Weaver Carman | 12/1/08 4:25 PM Ok…add something to my list for Santa! Wendy, thank you not only for the heads-up, but also for spotlighting a great thinker’s work. Like you, I devoured Gladwell’s first two books, and look forward to reading this one.

Not a lot of non-fiction authors inspire that sort of loyalty, and you might not be surprised to learn that James Michener was one of my favorite fiction authors, because he told not only wove a good fiction story, he set it solidly in a non-fiction frame of reference, adding hope, knowledge and direction to my view of the world.

Happy December…hope your holidays are wonderful!
# Posted By Sandy Weaver Carman | 12/1/08 4:25 PM

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