Adrie, On Thu, Jul 21, 2016 at 1:36 PM, Adrie Kintziger <parser...@gmail.com> wrote: > As Dan wrote;, > > "I am a writer. Not that you would know that, and not a good one, > apparently. A writer. Me. Not a writer that enough people read to > enable me to write full time. Nope. Instead, I have to work a job to > keep the lights turned on and so forth and so on. Nevertheless, I > can't help but think I have it in me to write something good. Not > withstanding the fact I have yet to do so. Write anything good." > > ---------------------------- > This piece and the above that i left out of the snip was so nice to read and > enjoy the words that it deserves to be spoken of. > You have a very good handling of words and the syntaxis to connect them,.. > if i'm allowed to use a metaphore here,you have the ability to make the > chords sing and sound.It is not about knowing the chords,or about the > setting of your fingers on the guitar's neck,but about how to make them > sound. > You'r a very capable writer, Dan,and the story's are simply there to > harvest. > Look around you,they are everywhere.Searching for the narrator to tell them. > Simply look around in your national parks, your country's history, The > records on Ellis island,....etc ,etc....,there are no limitations other > than one's imagination or skills to record it and to reshape it into a book. > It always starts with page one.
Dan: Thank you so much, Adrie. And yes, stories are everywhere. I've actually written a number of books. I think around 23 and counting though I could be wrong about that. About the 23. Could be more or less. I rarely get hung up on such trivialities. And so then I've also had numerous arguments with other authors who's books are not selling either. To me, if a book isn't selling, there is only one reason. It isn't good enough. Period. That doesn't mean the book can never be good enough, however. It means revision is in order. > Gaugin moved to Tahiti to get inspired, Van Gogh went to Arles, Jaques Brel > moved to Hiva Oa ,...but the works they made in France, Belgium or > Netherland were not of any lesser importance.Not a bit.Proving the point > that it is possible to remain in 'situ',and recreate the universe in one's > own way. Dan: Yes. An artist creates a unique world all their own. Edgar Rice Burroughs who wrote the Tarzan books never once set foot on the African continent. Emily Dickinson rarely left her own bedroom. So yeah... > > I'm learning Diets, Plaudiets, and Plattduuts for the moment,(but only to > read.) > An enormous historic record becomes availiable these days for common > people, after and during the google bookscan project.They are scanning book > that are more than 300 years old.Keeps me occupied. > I'm learnig about the rootlanguage that made up my Flemish. Dan: Highly interesting, yes. > > Thinking of what you said about pronunciations of French and Spanish and so > on,just try them on native speakers, sure they will try to help you. > Some creativity is allowed here. Of course. Thanks again! Dan http://www.danglover.com Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org/md/archives.html