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Got the word. Made the mistake of looking in at certain other discussions. Wondered why the general tone tends towards a foulness. Now I know why. An oft-overlooked ingredient that is entirely absent. None of them exemplify it. Neither do I, and have not in a long time. Maybe it's easy to let it slip away. But I'm aware of it now and will begin an immediate conscious consideration of it. Hopefully begin application asap.
 
One morn the tulips, some red and others yellow, were up and open, and bright, and pretty; two morns past, they were gone; cleanly clipped, simple skill akin to an accomplished landscape vet. Yet, the culprit tulip nipper’s identity is not hard to generalize, though to pin the rap upon one single perpetrator is unrealistic. A league, a gang, a concerted tulip thievery network, who sport antlers.
 
Stumbled onto this just a few minutes ago. Maybe it will encourage another out there as it encouraged me. In the same interview, the writer (Dean Koontz) claims he sold one short story and then was rejected 75 times. I think the wisdom would apply to all areas that one's passions drive them to pursue.

Most of the criticism you receive will be directed at your unique style. You will be pressured to modify your voice, to adopt the attitudes and prejudices of one herd or another... writers in every genre are expected to write like the successful models who have gone before them, with just enough exotic spice to intrigue without seeming dauntingly original. Even if you write experimental literary fiction, you will find that people who write and review experimental literary fiction have dogma that they want to enforce, and even out there on the imagined cutting edge, you will be shown the line that you must walk to be considered a serious writer.

Resist. If you conform, you might be granted admittance to the club, you might be "discovered" and acclaimed, but you will not then be the writer you could have been. If you repress your true voice -- and therefore your passion -- long enough, you will burn out. Walker Percy gave the best advice about writing advice that I know: "The best thing to do with advice, even good advice, is to listen as hard as you can, take it to heart, then forget it."
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I can tell you because you won't tell me to stop being silly but I'm barely holding it together here and when I let go and cry it's because I am so afraid I will never walk properly again
 
(((Annie)))
I wish you were feeling better!
:rose:

And, hmmnmmish... good stuff!
 
LadynStFreknBed said:
(((Annie)))
I wish you were feeling better!
:rose:
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Here here!

And, hmmnmmish... good stuff!
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It was medicine.
Also, I've refrained from some of the perpetual train wreck environs and there's definitely a correlation between getting that vibe on my hands and in my mind and an attitude that plummets southward. Wish I was of stronger stuff. But that's the way it is. Can't go there, can't read, can't look. Allergen or something. It's always so tempting to offer a word, but that means getting it on the shoes, feet... Anyway. That restriction coupled with that snippet... well, medicine. Gonna get it all together. Plus it looks like spring's finally here to stay for a little while.

How's things?
 
Got some ideas. Know what to do. Thanks to your encouragement, Shiela. The blend. A bendy blend. The prospects do excite. Tempting to reveal. But better not. Better stop. Heh.
 
I will admit that I learned a lot from those train wrecks. I wondered about if I was a publisher or an agent (if I had people/salesmanship skills, which I don't). I think I'd want it to be a pretty classy outfit. Relationship terms would be pretty stringent. It would entail some off-the-field public behaviors. I'd expect them to act like the pros they'd become if they signed on with me. But alas... I'm just a humble old crank. Alas.
 
hmmnmm said:
It was medicine.
Also, I've refrained from some of the perpetual train wreck environs and there's definitely a correlation between getting that vibe on my hands and in my mind and an attitude that plummets southward. Wish I was of stronger stuff. But that's the way it is. Can't go there, can't read, can't look. Allergen or something. It's always so tempting to offer a word, but that means getting it on the shoes, feet... Anyway. That restriction coupled with that snippet... well, medicine. Gonna get it all together. Plus it looks like spring's finally here to stay for a little while.

How's things?
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I know what you mean. I consider myself too easily influenced. I get caught up in the muck too easily. I admire people like SB who can speak her mind and stand strong. Me, I'm a wuss.


Where is SB anyway?
 
LadynStFreknBed said:
I know what you mean. I consider myself too easily influenced. I get caught up in the muck too easily. I admire people like SB who can speak her mind and stand strong. Me, I'm a wuss.


Where is SB anyway?
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She's fun for sure.
A picker-upper.
Too few of those sorts in this world.
 
Thing is Sheila, if I, being an amateur writer, since no one pays me for my work, would be in a room with someone who is a published author, well you know, that's something I'm going to somewhat admire. I may be tempted to seek inspiration from that person because I assume they entered into elite ranks. I will also hold them to a higher standard. Because the higher you go the more responsibility you inherit. Which makes sense, because I've generally tended to shirk responsible behavior, and work. So... I enjoy the freedom to choose whether I will strive for better behavior and work ethic, even if it never reaps anything in this life. But that published author... his or her work better exist on a higher plane than mine and my unpublished peers. If he or she is cool, I just might buy his or her books. If they ain't cool, if I see them wasting their time bickering or using their supposed elite status to browbeat those on the lesser levels... well, my respect for them is pretty much shot and I'll probably make a point not to buy their books, and I'll probably also take note of who published them and do without any of their publications, because I also have to lose respect for the publisher. So I learned I can try and just do the best I can with what I have to work with and anything beyond that is out of my hands, and I can choose to avoid train wrecks and those who gather and gawk and jeer. If that's what they want, that's their business, but I think I can find better ways to do and go.

Well that felt good.

Nite-nite.
 
LadynStFreknBed said:
I know what you mean. I consider myself too easily influenced. I get caught up in the muck too easily. I admire people like SB who can speak her mind and stand strong. Me, I'm a wuss.


Where is SB anyway?
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Folks disappear never to return (or not for long anyway) I tried Pmming SB but got no reply not quite sure what I did wrong.
This is like a stage where we air our bits and bobs but what goes on behind the curtains is like 'A Who Dunnit' so much to unravel and so many different agendas. Perhaps I wasn't attentative enough which is my guess but my life has taken a fair amount of my own attention just lately and other folks stories slipped away from me a bit. I know I can't expect you to all be where I left you like statues awaiting your curtain call but I just hope you realise this isn't abandonment it's the unfortunate selfishness that we all are guilty of going under the working title of 'Getting on with what life chucks your way'.
I'm not much good at the stately swan thing .... paddling like mad under the surface while all above looks serene ...... I tend to splash a lot.
 
Well Annie, even real world, face-to-face interaction can pose potential complications, skewed interpretations... and if internet forum interactions are even less reliable than real world... maybe the fact that the venomous exchanges in this one remain the exception rather than the rule is probably an easily overlooked positive.
 
A bunch of humans, all with imperfections, each working from a different historical perspective, each with their own bundle of experiences, coming into an internet forum environment that immediately handicaps authentic interaction, and I would find it very hard to believe that any among them would really wish to be perceived in an unflattering light, which is really unavoidable when so many disparate souls hope their voices can be heard and accurately interpreted. When it happens it is hard not to wonder if it would be different if there could be a real world meeting, especially if you're normally the sort who can find a way to make a friend with many varied types, and it can cause a definite mystified condition when it appears almost opposite within an internet forum situation.
 
When the arena cushions aren't as comfy as they used to be folks wander off and although they often think they are not going far and will be back in just a bit, they get talking to new acqaintances along the way and like small children (and husbands) forget the time, They miss supper too many times and the cook stops including them or laying a place. We need more competitions not necessarily poem ones somewhere to write all sorts of rediculous and outlandish statements that will get the blood rising and the laughter ringing again
 
Or like radio stations have their giveaways, like the tenth caller gets a pair of concert tickets. Don't know how to give something away on a forum thread... oughta be something
 
[hmmnmmish.. do not read this post-- it is ranting that may pull u into the muck that gets on your shoes...]

Is anyone else disturbed by the impending results of the Readers' Choice Awards? [See, i told you, hmmnmmish.. get back! LOL]

I mean, geez, it is so obviously a popularity contest instead of being based on the stories' and poems' merit. And no, I'm not saying I should win any of the categories that I have entries in. BUT, I would like to see the POETRY categories won by poets. LOL Is that wrong? I'm not saying that anyone who submits to Lit has less of a right to be in any of the categories. I'm just feeling like I am in a group of friends.. my dear poets.. and obviously some of my friends are letting other friends down by not voting or not voting based on the quality of the poems. I just see poets here who work diligently on trying to better their craft and it's heartbreaking to see when it isn't recognized. And again, I'm not talking about me. I have a few favorites in those categories who blow my poetry skills away.

It's a damn shame that the poets here don't support each other.. and I'm not talking about everyone! And maybe those who post here have already done what I suggested. If so, that's cool. I'm probably preaching to the choir. I just think the regular survivor contest is a poison that is killing any integrity and morale that this site may have had at one time. It's done nothing but cause bickering and encourage a lot of pushing and shoving among those who strive to be king of the Lit mountain.

Okay, back to the regularly scheduled programming..
(hmmnmmish, you can stop pretending not to read what I just wrote. lol)
 
LadynStFreknBed said:
It's done nothing but cause bickering and encourage a lot of pushing and shoving among those who strive to be king of the Lit mountain.
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oops.. i lied. that's not all it has done, but the other thing isn't a positive and everyone has heard it before, so i'll keep it to myself
 
Although I did just finish watching something about these independent filmmakers. How they just do what they want and they remain beyond the reaches of the mainstream movie world. All these little encouraging signs coming along lately. Comes down to the same answer: do it the way you want to do it and take it as a compliment if it eludes the popularity crowds. Even coming up with something that couldn't find much publication outlet is actually rather cool too. Just do your thing. Just do. Sounds familiar.
 
Main thing that stuck with me was that what made them more cool was that if they would be accepted by the mainstream they would have to be altered which would ruin them. Feeling some fresh empowerment here. Recommend every get a daily dose or at least weekly. It's good. Starting to get excited again.
 
So really, if you basically have no real chance of being conventionally published, but you are driven by desires and ideas and whatnot, Lit's probably about the best showcase venue; so here we go again.

I think there should be some sort of replication of a lit underground festival. That would counter the prevailing mayhem that sounds to be so focused on equating numbers with quality.
 
All fired up now.
Gonna go grab a scant-clad stanza and tie it up and take my sweet time doing whatever I feel like doing to it.

But yeah... The Lit Underground Bash.

Think about it.
 
hmmnmm said:
All fired up now.
Gonna go grab a scant-clad stanza and tie it up and take my sweet time doing whatever I feel like doing to it.

But yeah... The Lit Underground Bash.

Think about it.
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I warned you!!!
:kiss:

Good to see it somehow fired you up in a positive way..
 
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