Write What You DON'T Know . . .

. . . Steven Galloway, on the Giller longlist for The Cellist of Sarajevo, told The Globe and Mail recently that he elected to go against the grain because, as he put it concerning the advice often proffered to newbies, "Write what you know," amounts to a box of crocks:

"I believe that to be the biggest crock of garbage about writing I've ever heard . . . I write what I want to know."

For more on the author who writes what he doesn't know, drop by the CBC's spangly new show, Words at Large, hosted by air-chair vet of the literary set, Shelagh Rogers (which also includes a clip for your added enjoyment).