tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4130421352415377273.post1905708750483383211..comments2024-03-26T03:46:04.937-07:00Comments on Books in Northport: Guest Blogger: A Writing Challenge in Six Weeks--with Cherries!P. J. Grathhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12693462910472164289noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4130421352415377273.post-60945220772462852082012-08-20T08:22:34.215-07:002012-08-20T08:22:34.215-07:00Well, this guest post has been a resounding succes...Well, this guest post has been a resounding success! Inspiration, encouragement, appreciation--it's good to recognize and share with others. Thank you all!P. J. Grathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12693462910472164289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4130421352415377273.post-43379043090242593592012-08-20T06:31:27.192-07:002012-08-20T06:31:27.192-07:00I have enjoyed the comments
on my guest blog. Tha...I have enjoyed the comments<br />on my guest blog. Thank<br />you all very much. I needed<br />to dispel for myself the<br />idea that the creative muse<br />shows up when you need her <br />and that if the completed<br />work wasn't perfect the<br />first time, I was not a<br />good enough writer. Now<br />I understand it can be and<br />should be fixed. I love <br />Bonnie Jo Campbell's idea<br />that it is important to be<br />a good rewriter. I have<br />learned so much from my<br />writing challenge and these<br />comments.<br /><br />MarjorieMarjoriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09096443733231928225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4130421352415377273.post-89832007200752694082012-08-20T04:41:46.078-07:002012-08-20T04:41:46.078-07:00Dawn and dmarks, good to see you here. Dawn, GREAT...Dawn and dmarks, good to see you here. Dawn, GREAT to have you IN PERSON yesterday at the bookstore--though we agree we need more visiting time the next time!P. J. Grathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12693462910472164289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4130421352415377273.post-193778407572471572012-08-19T19:21:20.883-07:002012-08-19T19:21:20.883-07:00Good ideas in this post.Good ideas in this post.dmarkshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07269773990064736457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4130421352415377273.post-43522809827785457922012-08-19T18:35:12.905-07:002012-08-19T18:35:12.905-07:00I thought that was another enlightening moment and...I thought that was another enlightening moment and good insight into the mind of a writer...who is...actually....a very GOOD writer. Regardless of how she feels about it.Dawnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00824027366993286152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4130421352415377273.post-4492602337452653562012-08-19T15:22:41.201-07:002012-08-19T15:22:41.201-07:00After Bonnie Jo Campbell's reading this aftern...After Bonnie Jo Campbell's reading this afternoon, one audience member asked her if she ever came back to her work-in-progress surprised by what her characters had been up to in her absence, and she said she wished that would happen for her but that it never did. She even said (to my utter amazement), "I'm not that good a writer. I'm just a good rewriter." She said that the minute she walked away from her desk, her characters went on break and didn't get back on the job until she did. Well, I can think of many writers who would be much better writers if they would work at rewriting!P. J. Grathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12693462910472164289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4130421352415377273.post-9928226042360058762012-08-19T11:51:08.079-07:002012-08-19T11:51:08.079-07:00I can't really quote this accurately enough to...I can't really quote this accurately enough to do it justice, and I can't even tell you the artist's name. (I really must get back to the Dennos so I can write it down). But they have a small exhibit in the hallway outside Milliken auditorium of some etchings (I think), and an artist's statement.<br /><br />The artist says, very approximately, that she's tired of people praising her "God-given talent" as though she herself has nothing to do with the quality of her work, and that no one seems to realize how many terrible drawings she has had to produce over the years in order to produce the relatively few she considers worthwhile.<br /><br />I want to be able to quote that accurately to send to my drawing instructor, who I know would appreciate it and may not have seen it yet.<br /><br />-- <br />WaltWalthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14394486669148208613noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4130421352415377273.post-63483633588896776192012-08-18T18:46:17.666-07:002012-08-18T18:46:17.666-07:00The old saw about creativity (who usually gets cre...The old saw about creativity (who usually gets credit for this? does anyone remember?) is that it's 90% perspiration and 10% inspiration. Another truism often quoted is that 90% of success is showing up for work. P. J. Grathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12693462910472164289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4130421352415377273.post-39294575874707629662012-08-18T18:40:30.151-07:002012-08-18T18:40:30.151-07:00This is interesting. I think some of us (me) have...This is interesting. I think some of us (me) have a rosy view of writing, in fact, of doing anything artistic..that it's all inspiration just flowing, when obviously that's not reality at all. And I admire her for slogging through the difficult times rather than waiting for inspiration to strike. Dawnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00824027366993286152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4130421352415377273.post-87822987049549944622012-08-17T03:32:36.831-07:002012-08-17T03:32:36.831-07:00Marjorie, I'm the one to be thanking you! When...Marjorie, I'm the one to be thanking you! When you told me about the challenge, and I asked if you would write something about it for my blog, I had not imagined the wonderfully detailed and self-revealing story you gave me. Maybe you would be a guest blogger again sometime? Keep that possibility tucked away in a corner of your mind, please. And, again, thank you!P. J. Grathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12693462910472164289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4130421352415377273.post-30094035311397449392012-08-16T18:05:14.692-07:002012-08-16T18:05:14.692-07:00Thanks for this writing
opportunity, Pamela. It
h...Thanks for this writing<br />opportunity, Pamela. It<br />helped me to pull together<br />my own thoughts and feelings<br />about writing after this<br />experience.<br /><br />Thanks also to your friend<br />for her comments.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4130421352415377273.post-65061517840593402652012-08-16T16:37:25.895-07:002012-08-16T16:37:25.895-07:00A friend’s e-mail today read in part “This a wonde...A friend’s e-mail today read in part “This a wonderful and inspiring blog. Just what I needed today as I am pressing the refresh button on my own writing.... (I tried to comment on the blog page but I could not read the first group of letters needed to prove I’m not a robot...)” Sorry you couldn’t leave your comment, Marilyn, but I’m putting the relevant part of your e-mail here for Marjorie to see.<br /><br />Marilyn also asks if she and Marjorie have met, and I couldn’t remember. Here’s a reminder about Marjorie, though: she’s the one who did the demonstration at Dog Ears Books in November 2010 of furoshiki cloth wrappings. Here’s where to find that post: <br /><br />http://booksinnorthport.blogspot.com/2010/11/wrap-and-give-unwrap-and-give-again.html<br />P. J. Grathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12693462910472164289noreply@blogger.com