Chip Walter's Blog: Childhood Is Why We Are the Last Ape Standing - Posts Tagged "art"

It's an irony that after a book you write actually finds its way to bookstores little time remains to write because you are too busy working to let everyone know the book exists! This is, of course, crucial to writers, but frustrating.

The result, I'm afraid, is that I have fallen behind in my blog posts here. On the other hand, people are learning more about the book. Readers here at Goodreads, the most sensible and insightful I have ever run across anywhere, have been very kind to Last Ape Standing: The Seven-Million-Year Story of How and Why We Survived and written several positive reviews in just a few weeks. I am very grateful. Kirkus, Booklist and the New Yorker have also had very nice words. And the last time I checked nearly 1000 Goodreaders had Last Ape Standing on the their "to read," list.

I am going to have to get back to writing however, and hope here in the coming weeks to scribble a bit about the process of writing. If this is something you would like me to explore on this blog, please let me know. Drop me an email through Goodreads.

I will also soon begin travel and research for an amazing assignment at National Geographic magazine, a extended piece about the emergence of human creativity (which is touched upon in Last Ape Standing). Research for this will take me to South Africa, Germany, France, Spain, Italy and Britain. Possibly Algeria as well. I plan to share dispatches from all of these far flung locations where scientists are exploring the roots of our creativity and self expression. If you'd like me to write about this here, please let me know.

And, of course, please share your thoughts with the Goodreads community about Last Ape Standing: The Seven-Million-Year Story of How and Why We Survived, or any other books you enjoy. I'd love to hear what you think.

For more information about my writing and background, I hope you'll also visit www.chipwalter.com where I have stories about how I met some very interesting people over the years including William Shatner, Michael Keaton, Ray Kurzweil and Donald Johanson.

Thanks!