tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7916332485223671615.post4285180773296532872..comments2008-02-27T10:09:11.169-08:00Shelly Lowenkopfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05198658136254028258noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7916332485223671615.post-55983377877446067512008-02-27T10:09:00.000-08:002008-02-27T10:09:00.000-08:00I long ago decided that writing for the love of doing so mattered more to me than the eventual goal of publication. I am one of those writers that has several half finished ideas in the works. Books that are 1/4 to half written are scattered about my hard drive and on-line file storage spaces. Time to finish is in short supply, and so I despair that anything will ever make it to the desk to be rejected or accepted. Yet I carry on, spinning out more and more ideas, and giving them their beginnings.Square1http://www.blogger.com/profile/13559171378908608414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7916332485223671615.post-46449463712835922952008-02-26T10:35:00.000-08:002008-02-26T10:35:00.000-08:00I've found that the best way to unblock writers is to suggest to them that publication won't make them into writers, nor will it validate them, nor will it do anything except put their words in print to be read or not read by God knows who. <BR/><BR/>Writing is such a thankless task that nobody should do it unless driven by insatiable compulsion.<BR/><BR/>And if that compulsion exists, publication is almost irrelevant. Measuring the self against the achievements of the self is a lot more likely to result in better writing than chasing publication will do. <BR/><BR/>My viewpoint isn't a popular one, I notice.David Rochesterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07084315223515340046noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7916332485223671615.post-37983253815963211902008-02-25T21:14:00.000-08:002008-02-25T21:14:00.000-08:00re your title: fyi trusty wikipedia does a rather nice comparative table of the "four humours"<BR/>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_Temperaments<BR/>10. Ah, Il Postino with Philippe Noiret (but the book must be even better still)<BR/>14. My favorite Amy Lowell is probably The Red Shoes<BR/>15-16. Best argument I've ever encountered against submitting one's work for publication. Thank you for that.<BR/>19. I reversed the odds and had one story published with my name on it. Didn't stab anyone, (it was a very short story, couldn't find a penknife small enough to match).<BR/>20. This is impressive. Should figure prominently in every bio. <BR/>21. Yes, for sure.<BR/>22. Yes, definitely.Lee's River/Zlatovyekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02850533057828782722noreply@blogger.com