http://bellascribe.com/blog/2008/03/26/what-we-talk-about-when/ Something about beauty, truth, and writing Tue, 19 Aug 2008 21:21:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 http://bellascribe.com/blog/2008/03/26/what-we-talk-about-when/#comment-34968 bscribe Mon, 07 Apr 2008 19:10:52 +0000 http://bellascribe.com/blog/2008/03/26/what-we-talk-about-when/#comment-34968 I don't know what to say to this, really! Thank you; I think you're way too nice to me. I hope you enjoy your catching up. I'm happy to know that you finally have some time for it. I don’t know what to say to this, really! Thank you; I think you’re way too nice to me. I hope you enjoy your catching up. I’m happy to know that you finally have some time for it.

]]> http://bellascribe.com/blog/2008/03/26/what-we-talk-about-when/#comment-34966 Aaron Sun, 06 Apr 2008 00:12:18 +0000 http://bellascribe.com/blog/2008/03/26/what-we-talk-about-when/#comment-34966 This really is an extraordinary post! I am so far behind in my reading, but you always reward me when I finally return to my blog reader and absorb the shock of the number of posts that have been made. I always go to you first, and am never disappointed. This really is an extraordinary post! I am so far behind in my reading, but you always reward me when I finally return to my blog reader and absorb the shock of the number of posts that have been made. I always go to you first, and am never disappointed.

]]> http://bellascribe.com/blog/2008/03/26/what-we-talk-about-when/#comment-34961 Gloria,WriterReading Sat, 29 Mar 2008 23:38:56 +0000 http://bellascribe.com/blog/2008/03/26/what-we-talk-about-when/#comment-34961 Peg: I love this post. You don't get to choose your material, it chooses you is very wise. I was working on a story series that probably needs to be a novel that was nearly killing me to write but would have killed me more not to when I started MFA graduate school. I couldn't write in that context. I couldn't stand exposing the work that got me into the program to the people who taught there. So I wrote other things that were meaningless. And then I left. And so now, I am back to working on my major meaningful project and in between doing short Lydia Davis like pieces like you. I like the rhythm of the two, and the break from one kind of writing to another. This is my second blog. I deleted my first because I felt it disclosed too much and had too much of my fiction included. I was also putting too much energy into it: 6 months of 500 posts, 450 hits a day, 35,000 visits: I just got overwhelmed that so many strangers were reading my personal writing. I needed more boundaries. I also hated being anonymous and wanted a blog where I could move towards using my real name and practice more contained, less personal writing specifically about the craft of writing. I don't include anything about my blog about my profession, where I live, or family. It's hard to negotiate in the blog world where to set the boundaries and as a result, what type of readers you end up attracting. Peg: I love this post. You don’t get to choose your material, it chooses you is very wise. I was working on a story series that probably needs to be a novel that was nearly killing me to write but would have killed me more not to when I started MFA graduate school. I couldn’t write in that context. I couldn’t stand exposing the work that got me into the program to the people who taught there. So I wrote other things that were meaningless. And then I left. And so now, I am back to working on my major meaningful project and in between doing short Lydia Davis like pieces like you. I like the rhythm of the two, and the break from one kind of writing to another. This is my second blog. I deleted my first because I felt it disclosed too much and had too much of my fiction included. I was also putting too much energy into it: 6 months of 500 posts, 450 hits a day, 35,000 visits: I just got overwhelmed that so many strangers were reading my personal writing. I needed more boundaries. I also hated being anonymous and wanted a blog where I could move towards using my real name and practice more contained, less personal writing specifically about the craft of writing. I don’t include anything about my blog about my profession, where I live, or family. It’s hard to negotiate in the blog world where to set the boundaries and as a result, what type of readers you end up attracting.

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