Writers’ Spouses
I am fortunate. My wife is tolerant, supportive, and a damn good editor of my work. The last mentioned requires a lot of the first mentioned. I can’t believe any writer likes criticism, even if they very much appreciate it. I know I can get quite prickly about her comments and suggestions.
A
lot of wives of male writers are really collaborators who don’t get as much
credit as they should, even for their own independent accomplishments.
http://jezebel.com/5477259/the-wives-of-great-male-writers-chapter-5000
Here
is some light-hearted, but good, advice to those who foolishly marry a writer.
http://www.writingiscake.com/2009/12/14/being-a-writers-spouse/
On
a more serious note, Tolstoy’s wife put up with a lot more than any spouse
should ever have to. Tolstoy was a brilliant writer, of course, but like a lot
of creative people he was a screwed-up jerk in many ways.
http://www.nytimes.com/1981/04/19/books/the-wife-of-the-genius.html
