tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post4018285654853483578..comments2023-10-25T05:30:54.507-04:00Comments on Oh Get A Grip!: Public Like a FrogAshe Barkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03390519279886657608noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-40260435438258300572016-07-30T09:05:51.642-04:002016-07-30T09:05:51.642-04:00I agree with Jean, the confounding thing about a b...I agree with Jean, the confounding thing about a book like "On the Road' is to keep believing in it when everyone else is rejecting it. Its so hard to measure success, its so hard to know when you're the lonely visionary waiting to be vindication, or whether maybe this book isn't that great. Writing is almost religion in that way, that it takes a lot of faith.<br /><br />GarceGarceushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11160407485298015371noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-73971927383452793382016-07-29T22:34:34.358-04:002016-07-29T22:34:34.358-04:00Yes, I've read A Canticle. A brilliant concept...Yes, I've read A Canticle. A brilliant concept. <br /><br />It may well be that writing itself will die out, and other forms of story-telling and communication in general will take its place. And even within the culture that still values books writers that once seemed immortal are fading. I had a hard time getting my kids interested in Mark Twain, and my granddaughter, who does read a great deal, has no interest in Louisa May Alcott. Jane Austen hangs on due to cults and movies. And I am sadly out of touch with current writers, although I've read all the Harry Potter books.Sacchi Greenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10801164916418570059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-8606656584860911332016-07-27T01:47:17.685-04:002016-07-27T01:47:17.685-04:00You never know whether your writing will be "...You never know whether your writing will be "discovered" in a future era. Emily Dickinson didn't seem to imagine that her poems would be taught in universities. Lesbian erotica might become fashionable, like the fragmented work of Sappho (circa 600 BC). Time will tell.Jean Robertahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08805088081675965859noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-82284041683746426162016-07-25T11:21:26.316-04:002016-07-25T11:21:26.316-04:00I don't mind the 'imposter' syndrome. ...I don't mind the 'imposter' syndrome. If I can fake a talent well enough to pull it off among my peers, I consider myself successful in that endeavor. Have done it in cooking, ancient coins and objects and tribal art, ...ahem...'gardening'... and now to some extent in writing. So what if I've never made it to the top echelons; I did get to play with the big boys (and girls.) Makes for a rich life, if not in monetary terms, at least in satisfaction.Daddy Xhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12927663248424944119noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-53853878186668555742016-07-25T09:39:41.984-04:002016-07-25T09:39:41.984-04:00Writing has become so ephemeral that I somehow dou...Writing has become so ephemeral that I somehow doubt <i>anyone</i> publishing now will be remembered, even within a decade, aside from cultural phenomena like J.K. Rowling and E.L. James. And they'll be remembered more for their societal impact than for their writing. <br /><br />Beginning with Emily Dickinson provides a brilliant, if ironic, twist on the topic, though. Whatever would she think if she knew that her house had become a place of pilgrimage?<br /><br />Sometimes I think everything is purely due to chance. As a scifi aficionado, did you ever read A Canticle for Leibowitz? After the Apocalypse, a grocery list becomes the new scripture...<br /><br />It's plausible.Lisabet Saraihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05162514190572269660noreply@blogger.com