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Monthly Archives: March 2008

Or the patio in good weather

Friday, March 28, 2008

On one of my fascinations, Bob Hicok saying how it is for me.
I don’t think about “my” audience. It would be fun to have an audience. I’d keep it in the garage. I don’t know how anyone could write with a group of people in mind. It’s difficult enough to rummage around in my own [...]

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What we talk about when

Wednesday, March 26, 2008

Everybody and her brother has appropriated Raymond Carver’s words/title.[What We Talk About When We Talk About Love] But that is what happens after you write a book, a story, a poem, an anything — “once the writer offers the story or poem or essay or book to the world, his or her part of the [...]

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Write for no reason at all

Thursday, March 13, 2008

Salon advice columnist Cary Tennis gives a suffering post-master’s in writing (non-writing) writer advice on how to start writing.
The connection between writing … and writing for money or writing for success has to be broken. You need a good, strong, regular writing practice. The ego has to be broken for the voice to come through. [...]

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