tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2276911630325008276.post7121458506035317422..comments2024-03-23T08:42:52.963-05:00Comments on Wait! I Have a Blog?!: Bird on Glass, 3.Kathleenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06559881249054540947noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2276911630325008276.post-60628150471125923202012-04-01T09:06:14.829-05:002012-04-01T09:06:14.829-05:00And thanks, Holly! I love The Bloggess!And thanks, Holly! I love The Bloggess!Kathleenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06559881249054540947noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2276911630325008276.post-9023440083746795012012-04-01T08:12:45.745-05:002012-04-01T08:12:45.745-05:00Thanks, Sandy and Ruth! It's good to feel conn...Thanks, Sandy and Ruth! It's good to feel connected to others by writing about feeling apart!<br /><br />Oh, dear, the lack of reading is sad, indeed, so I keep encouraging reading every time I teach. I found myself wanting to say, "You don't <i>deserve</i> to be published if you are not reading the journals to which you send work, but that sounds so moralistic. So I hope I didn't say it, out loud...but I just said it here. Sigh...<br /><br />A gentler way of getting at it is to say that great writers generally have been great readers since childhood.Kathleenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06559881249054540947noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2276911630325008276.post-86364178971439653002012-04-01T05:40:35.588-05:002012-04-01T05:40:35.588-05:00I've been surprised and encouraged by stories ...I've been surprised and encouraged by stories of "household name" poets and authors being rejected. I tell my advisees often how working on the publishing side helps to understand the process. Many of the creative writers in my English department go into publishing. I read a great article in The Writer's Chronicle by Steve Healey (who came to teach for us right after I read it) about how there are far more creative writers than there are readers. :| It's a sobering reality, but as you say, it is not reason enough to stop writing. Besides, the creative juices overflow to other aspects of life, and help us solve problems and be better thinkers.<br /><br />Do I sound like I'm full of sound bites? :-)<br /><br />Great posts on the birds on glass!Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14204074161539605133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2276911630325008276.post-18852785698937963562012-03-31T17:43:56.497-05:002012-03-31T17:43:56.497-05:00Lovely post, Kathleen. Lots here to feed on and m...Lovely post, Kathleen. Lots here to feed on and mull over. I especially like the part about not being a part of the establishment. I teach but am sooooooo very far outside that establishment. It's lovely to have finally found my connections here in the blogosphere. :)Sandy Longhornhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04735445958970512617noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2276911630325008276.post-61376065786566287912012-03-31T14:54:31.859-05:002012-03-31T14:54:31.859-05:00I stumbled upon your blog via blogess. I love it!...I stumbled upon your blog via blogess. I love it! I love poetry and you're right the process of rejection poets and writers must go through is daunting. But regardless it takes nothing away from the poetry itself. Keep writing!Holly from 300 Pounds Downhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13281919665062150209noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2276911630325008276.post-51450196375560478062012-03-31T14:09:23.483-05:002012-03-31T14:09:23.483-05:00Thank you, Carol, for reading, commenting, and hel...Thank you, Carol, for reading, commenting, and helping me learning. I agree! We are all learning.Kathleenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06559881249054540947noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2276911630325008276.post-40377052071303646732012-03-31T12:55:48.423-05:002012-03-31T12:55:48.423-05:00Hey Kathleen,
I very much enjoyed this post and yo...Hey Kathleen,<br />I very much enjoyed this post and your thinking about where you fit in, or don't, in this community. All of this is a learning process--and I'm learning it's a constant learning process for ALL of us, no matter where we are on the spectrum of writers.<br />Thanks again for your thoughtfulness.Carol Berghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15020790732611928633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2276911630325008276.post-5508944572269581542012-03-31T10:43:27.742-05:002012-03-31T10:43:27.742-05:00Thanks, Molly. I am glad of all this connection! ...Thanks, Molly. I am glad of all this connection! That is what I truly value, too, along with the poetry itself!Kathleenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06559881249054540947noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2276911630325008276.post-49546346182216398992012-03-31T10:00:24.930-05:002012-03-31T10:00:24.930-05:00Oh, I just love that Emily D. quote. Might have to...Oh, I just love that Emily D. quote. Might have to borrow it..... . Thanks for your lovely thoughts in all 3 bird on glass posts. I've thoroughly enjoyed them, and feel a kinship to you and other writers through them.Mollyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03597990526818589453noreply@blogger.com