tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9089616.post5759146663816082443..comments2023-12-30T18:56:13.073-05:00Comments on Land Mammal: On self-confidence and suckageAnne Haineshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17038705452206752521noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9089616.post-1264162078862254932009-07-23T22:44:50.915-04:002009-07-23T22:44:50.915-04:00Peter: Thanks so much! I've got 3 readers line...Peter: Thanks so much! I've got 3 readers lined up right now, which seems like about as much feedback as I'm going to be able to do anything with. But then I'm sure I will be making revisions & looking for a fresh eye, so I may be in touch. :)<br /><br />Melissa - glad you liked! :) I still say it's fine to write stuff that sucks... but it's also important to have times when you sit back and say, hey, guess what, I got stuff to say and I can say it.Anne Haineshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17038705452206752521noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9089616.post-19479647140752826742009-07-22T15:52:06.703-04:002009-07-22T15:52:06.703-04:00thanks for posting this Anne, esp. this "I to...thanks for posting this Anne, esp. this "I told myself that no, what I was writing didn't suck, that I had the right to write what I was writing, that my voice deserved to be heard."Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04561786891662799199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9089616.post-42852131512932450222009-07-21T20:42:49.678-04:002009-07-21T20:42:49.678-04:00Hi, Anne,
Let me know if you'd like me to re...Hi, Anne, <br /><br />Let me know if you'd like me to read your ms; I'm glad to offer my two cents. PeterAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9089616.post-42798516971045534062009-07-20T22:56:48.717-04:002009-07-20T22:56:48.717-04:00Ha! Thanks, Collin... it's actually very diffe...Ha! Thanks, Collin... it's actually very different from the chapbook. Thus a lot of the uncertainty. This whole project has been different in every way for me. In good ways, I think, but it's been new ground.Anne Haineshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17038705452206752521noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9089616.post-75851827139147702312009-07-20T22:53:29.581-04:002009-07-20T22:53:29.581-04:00I have a feeling your manuscript is going to be br...I have a feeling your manuscript is going to be brilliant. If it's anything like the chapbook, then you are golden.Collin Kelleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03777180960376039699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9089616.post-34750152692339567022009-07-20T22:39:34.557-04:002009-07-20T22:39:34.557-04:00Thanks, y'all! I hope my ramblings are of some...Thanks, y'all! I hope my ramblings are of some use. And Leslie - a big "yes" to the notion of writing more. It's got to be a <i>practice</i>, in every sense of the word - hardly an original observation but one that still helps me to remember now & then!Anne Haineshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17038705452206752521noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9089616.post-67808954412763551122009-07-20T20:17:00.066-04:002009-07-20T20:17:00.066-04:00Yeah, that was Anne Lamott. The idea of the shitt...Yeah, that was Anne Lamott. The idea of the shitty first draft was a revelation to me. As is your wonderfully sane, "So?" Good on you!<br /><br /><br />(Word verification: pingslyz)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9089616.post-9417859353479559832009-07-20T15:26:46.417-04:002009-07-20T15:26:46.417-04:00I love this.
Tom Sleigh said once that no gestur...I love this. <br /><br />Tom Sleigh said once that no gesture is ever wasted and I think that would be my tattoo of choice--to remind myself that not all gestures as a writer succeed, but making them also teaches us something.<br /><br />And the more we write the less often we fail and less badly.Lesliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11163920808413285914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9089616.post-42755824450563383152009-07-20T14:03:08.303-04:002009-07-20T14:03:08.303-04:00100% totally true and accurate! thanks for posting...100% totally true and accurate! thanks for posting it :)<br /><br />and your manuscript probably doesn't suck but it may have moments of near suck :) hahaha cause don't all manuscripts? that is why we have other readers cause we can never be 100% objective about our own work!Jessie Cartyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13181286764480973423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9089616.post-71676025890424407842009-07-20T02:05:24.629-04:002009-07-20T02:05:24.629-04:00Thanks for this, Anne. I sent a link to this post ...Thanks for this, Anne. I sent a link to this post to my poetry class - I thought it was very inspiring and painted a good picture of the constant self-criticism/cheerleading inside a writer's head.<br />Great WV: Pomecrop!Supervillainesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03721829125190373978noreply@blogger.com