Than being said… i have not read a big piece of your writing yet, so there is not much i could say about your style, nevertheless i really enjoyed – as i said on my last comment – the beginning of your book.

Let me tell you how re reading my material works for me.
Every time i write i fell like my words are fantastic, beautiful and poetic. in the other hand, when i re read it is: “Ho! my effing god, plis stick a needle in my arm full of this ink and kill me.” And i am not kidding even a bit. I hate revising my work, i could read someone else’s manuscript millions of time, but, when it comes to my writing, i hate it.

And loads of writing awards, friends, writing courses and my mother – which is not the best criteria out of the cited – tell me my writing is great and full of style… one of my Portuguese teachers told me i make her remember Faulkner’s work, which made me want to cry and become sadistic… but…

I am not saying this to say how good i am – even though i am! not. I want you to know that is totally fine to fell frustrated about your work, but, remember, always keep on writing.

i think it was Jonathan Safran Foer who ones said: “writing is like pulling a teeth… out of your penis”.

Hope it helps.

Ps. since i think i will be commenting much often… I am Alberto Lung i live in Brazil (main language Portuguese – that is why you`ll find loads of grammatical errors on my comments).

Ps. 2. Great interview with Foer: http://www.powells.com/authors/foer.html loads of stuff about writing.