tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20796627.post1117073143038960199..comments2024-03-17T02:12:53.713-05:00Comments on POD People: Thoughts on The Craft -- c.anne.gardnerveingloryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03709708573358649383noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20796627.post-25182227974065236232009-09-03T11:42:54.598-05:002009-09-03T11:42:54.598-05:00That is so true Kristine. I also think the pain ke...That is so true Kristine. I also think the pain keeps us humble so that the praise doesn't go to our heads, lest we forget, in our arrogance, that there is always room for improvement.<br /><br />As in all things, there has to be a balance, I suppose.Cheryl Anne Gardnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12564041914501542048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20796627.post-88914522891933403752009-09-03T10:56:52.289-05:002009-09-03T10:56:52.289-05:00As much as the harsh words from critics and reader...As much as the harsh words from critics and readers who don't enjoy or appreciate our storytelling wound us - the joy we feel from reader/critic praise is euphoric and addictive.<br /><br />Although without the pain, we probably wouldn't recognize the pleasure.Kristinehttp://www.midnightreading.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20796627.post-49723711259689616672009-09-03T08:39:50.174-05:002009-09-03T08:39:50.174-05:00I am kind of in the middle Jim. I do so love the p...I am kind of in the middle Jim. I do so love the purge, but I am also the sort of person (freak) that likes to play around in their own blood. <br /><br />Brent, that's Burton's "Meeting on the Stairs" but yes, it always reminds me of Tristan and Isolde too. I am glad you like that quote of mine. It's from one of my books. Sometimes I feel that writing is all about interpretting illusions. And I have found that things often get lost in the translation from one reader to the next. At some point, we are all bound to be misunderstood. <br /><br />I'll check out that link.Cheryl Anne Gardnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12564041914501542048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20796627.post-89894480162386009792009-09-03T07:20:01.360-05:002009-09-03T07:20:01.360-05:00Is that Tristan and Isolde in the pic? -- Ouch!
I...Is that Tristan and Isolde in the pic? -- Ouch!<br /><br />I appreciate your comments here on several different levels. First, as a man on a willy-nilly venture into nonduality, I'm buzzing with this sentence: "Delivery from the illusion of one's self is not a painless process." So true... and so necessary.<br /><br />Second, your 3 universal truths about writing should be posted on every writer's wall. My love of the work must sustain me despite the old Animals song in my head: "I'm just a soul whose intentions are good... Oh Lord, please don't let me be misunderstood!"<br /><br />And regarding our readers, you may be interested in my friend Randy Burgess's video clips about writing with "reader sensitivity": http://raburgess.com/whole-words-whole-sight/<br /><br />Thanks once again, Cheryl Anne.Brent Robisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06882060411376854563noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20796627.post-500202436690244342009-09-03T07:18:09.181-05:002009-09-03T07:18:09.181-05:00I'm not so sure I have a love affair with writ...I'm not so sure I have a love affair with writing. Maybe I did at the start. I'm not one for romanticising things I have to say. I treat my writing like a bodily function. It feels good to pee and I feel better afterwards. Well, it's much the same with writing for me, the poems especially. These are things I discard. Once I've worked out whatever is niggling at me and got it onto the page then I'm done with it and I feel better being rid of it. That other people can make use of it then fine. I've shed it; it's no use to me any more.<br /><br />Some people will know exactly what to do with it though. They are my perfect readers. And his is where your third point comes in. It is not up to you to make sense out of what you write; it is the reader's responsibility: one girl couldn't finish my first novel whereas a second ended up in tears at the end <i>both</i> times she read it. The trick is to get your books and your poems into the hands of the right people. That's called marketing.<br /><br>Jim Murdochhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12786388638146471193noreply@blogger.com