"It can't be that you're a writer because critiques are something most writers do well and love doing."
I am not sure what this means, but I coach writers who are working on a manuscript in storyline, symbolism, character development etc. My company also edits, formats and designs for publication. " I've seen your rankings on Amazon and I seriously doubt you're making a living from it. " I suppose it depends on what you call living, but will leave this and the other attacks to the admin. I do however, wish you the best that life has to offer, what ever you consider the best to be. The end. On May 4, 11:15 am, gruff <[email protected]> wrote: > " ... On May 3, 7:17 am, Molly Brogan <[email protected]> > wrote: ... " > > > I need to abstain here, gruff, as this is what I do for a living. > > Your statement leaves me puzzled and wondering. What is it you do for > a living that forces you to abstain from offering a critique. It > can't be that you're a writer because critiques are something most > writers do well and love doing. Mayhap it's because you're a vanity > press writer? I've seen your rankings on Amazon and I seriously doubt > you're making a living from it. > > > In the parameters of this forum, I would encourage you to keep working > > through story, and as you do, let go of the identity that you derive > > from it. We all have our stories to tell and there are so many > > wonderful stories. In the telling, at some point, we can let go of > > them and move into our potentiality. What a powerful ending to a good > > story. > > I'm sorry Molly but as usual your words are elegant but seem to lack > any real content. Just exactly what does it mean to let go and move > into potentiality? My first chapter may not have your elegance but > it certainly is real. It's flesh and blood, grit and struggle, not > flowery words that melt into vaporous mist at the first contact with > reality. > > > An embrace with a thousand arms of compassion straight from my > > heart is the best I can offer. Good luck to you in this endeavor. > > First you tell me to let it go and move on, then you wish me good luck > in my endeavor? I can't let it go and luck is the hobgoblin of people > who can't make their own way. That piece I wrote is part and parcel > of who and what I am. If you couldn't deal with this first chapter > than you certainly won't be able to deal with what follows because it > gets bloodier, grittier and more real than anything I think you could > imagine. The world is not as vaporous and ethereal as you like to > paint it. It's much harsher and dirtier. I also find it hard to let > your thousand arms embrace me. They are as as unreal as your > perceptions of life. > > But that aside, I wish you good luck with your own endeavors. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Minds-Eye?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
