Comments on: Kim Wright: Finding Closure In MID AIR

By: Shell Sherree

Shell Sherree — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 13:29:53 +0000

I’ve never read a book with an Elyse in it, either! And it’s such a pretty name.

Thanks for introducing me to Kim and her debut novel, PCN. And Otis. Now, he’d definitely be worth knocking back an attractive man on a plane for.

Congratulations, Kim!

By: Kim Wright

Kim Wright — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 22:04:26 +0000

Thanks for all your comments, everyone. I hope that you will check out the book – and that you enjoy it. And thanks to Elyse for being such a great hostess!

By: Brett Battles

Brett Battles — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 18:05:19 +0000

Congratulations on the publication of your debut, Kim! I totally get the “finishing a novel is closure” thing. So true.

By: Christine

Christine — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 18:04:50 +0000

I love the quote on Kim’s home page, it’s so true:

“You always forget this part, that life regenerates itself underground through the winter, that happiness comes back. You forget that your body has the capacity for joy, that it craves it like water. You forget that one thing can end and another can begin. There is always a way out through the broken places…”

Thanks for the introduction, PCN!

By: MelodyGirl

MelodyGirl — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 18:02:48 +0000

Now that you mention it, I don’t recall ever reading anything with a protagonist named Elyse, either!

I’ve never been married but like what Kim said about keeping Elyse realistic. I can’t stand it when I read books about women going through breakups and it’s all about empowerment so the woman makes all the right decisions and gets to tell off her jerk of an ex and walk away with a fabulous new hairdo and wardrobe because right at the time she left her ex, she landed an amazing new job that pays loads. I mean, doesn’t that happen to everyone? LOL.

By: EIREGO

EIREGO — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 17:57:35 +0000

It reminds me of Fear Of Flying by Erica Jong though without as much of the free love and sex angle. Or is there something you two aren’t revealing? LOL!

It’s not like nobody has ever gone through the situation you’re writing about. Sadly, it seems a recurring experience that happens in every marriage.

If Publisher’s Weekly gave it a star and PCN is behind it, then you can count on me to check it out on own.

By: Kim Wright

Kim Wright — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 17:40:28 +0000

You know, that is a good scam. Convince people you can’t read and suddenly you’ll see your name in the NY Times Book Review!

By: Pop Culture Nerd

Pop Culture Nerd — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 17:28:13 +0000

That is such a great story, Kim! I might need to get an extra copy so I can highlight and tear pages out and frame them like you did for little Elyse. Or maybe I should just tell a bunch of authors I can’t read so they’d name characters after me, too!

By: Kim Wright

Kim Wright — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 11:00:22 +0000

Thanks for hosting me, Elyse, and thanks for th great post. I have to tell you I love the name and chose it for my heroine after I tutored a child at the local elementary school named Elyse. She didn’t like reading – that’s why I was chosen as her buddy – and I promised her that if she finished all the books on her list I’d name a character in my book after her. Love in Mid Air isn’t exactly fifth grade reading material but she was still really tickled when I ripped out one (carefully chosen) page, highlighted the name, framed it, and presented it to her. Anything to get kids to read!!!