tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7916332485223671615.post2830235916738107000..comments2023-09-30T08:53:15.486-07:00Comments on Shelly Lowenkopf's Blog: No! in Thunderlowenkopfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05198658136254028258noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7916332485223671615.post-36201841256795363032008-06-30T15:15:00.000-07:002008-06-30T15:15:00.000-07:00Nicely put, Shelly. Reading it, I feel I seem to ...Nicely put, Shelly. Reading it, I feel I seem to be some combination of the three, someone with all the verve of a beginner but all the passion-to-trump-form of an Ender (and definitely well aware of the 98/02 rule, which is why I published my collection myself), but then again, I wonder how objective one can be with one's self? I relied on fellas like you to catch me when I had my fictional pants down--so to speak--so why should I rely on myself to say where I am?<BR/><BR/>Ah, conundra, I know them well.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7916332485223671615.post-503803921105671882008-06-30T12:48:00.000-07:002008-06-30T12:48:00.000-07:00A beautiful reflexion, Shelly on both the 'beginni...A beautiful reflexion, Shelly on both the 'beginning, middle, ender' arc of writing and the 'beginning, middle ender' arc of life. I am hoping that my own late-middle (soon-approaching-ender's) life experience will cast<BR/>Arc-light illumination on(late)beginning writing efforts.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7916332485223671615.post-80140370367223699992008-06-29T11:25:00.000-07:002008-06-29T11:25:00.000-07:00This is why I love Kafka: he knew the joke of life...This is why I love Kafka: he knew the joke of life and he wrote exclusively for himself (and a friend or two.) I want to be an Ender now. I muddled through beginner and middle with some very bad experienced, I've published very little, but my memoir that I'm starting is just for me (and one or two children).zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09122657170192207225noreply@blogger.com