tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post2146049862927948011..comments2024-03-29T03:28:22.296-05:00Comments on Writing In The Crosshairs: IWSG_THE SILK ROAD of WILLIAM FAULKNER'S GHOSTRoland D. Yeomanshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00338410857990551352noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-13903277366257560522014-03-06T11:47:12.366-06:002014-03-06T11:47:12.366-06:00Great post. Definitely need to take more chances a...Great post. Definitely need to take more chances and let the chips fall where they may. Great advice all around! Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-17688453279959319472014-03-06T01:25:29.499-06:002014-03-06T01:25:29.499-06:00Good advice, as always Roland.
I hope you are men...Good advice, as always Roland.<br /><br />I hope you are mending well.<br /><br />.....dholedolorahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08715849844092553699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-80124223005739574532014-03-05T18:14:22.778-06:002014-03-05T18:14:22.778-06:00Truth, beauty, compassion, love...write from your ...Truth, beauty, compassion, love...write from your heart and leave your head in the clouds.<br /><br />I like the idea of competing only with myself and I always 'swim until I can't see land'.<br /><br />Thanks for some great inspiration, but then I expected nothing less.farawayeyeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17578277501054242356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-49561560187672669242014-03-05T16:16:30.692-06:002014-03-05T16:16:30.692-06:00Being better than ourselves is definitely somethin...Being better than ourselves is definitely something to strive for. I do that every time I start a new story. :)Chrys Feyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11955009490266358041noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-68640723223635238622014-03-05T13:25:52.572-06:002014-03-05T13:25:52.572-06:00Loved that last line.
We tend to judge ourselves f...Loved that last line.<br />We tend to judge ourselves from what others might say.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06208969934278199592noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-37225896630298383282014-03-05T13:23:23.357-06:002014-03-05T13:23:23.357-06:00Love the advice and words of wisdom from Faulkner....Love the advice and words of wisdom from Faulkner. It's awesome his ghost volunteered to write your post while you were busy at work. Hope you are mending well, and your energy is up. Take care. :)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02691497935668743387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-66506700605217622012014-03-05T13:22:57.974-06:002014-03-05T13:22:57.974-06:00Love the advice and words of wisdom from Faulkner....Love the advice and words of wisdom from Faulkner. It's awesome his ghost volunteered to write your post while you were busy at work. Hope you are mending well, and your energy is up. Take care. :)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02691497935668743387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-31831258364729955252014-03-05T13:16:01.433-06:002014-03-05T13:16:01.433-06:00Good post. Especially since I seem to feel a bit u...Good post. Especially since I seem to feel a bit unfocused as of late.shellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09596621767297173021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-25069717186396015982014-03-05T11:51:24.192-06:002014-03-05T11:51:24.192-06:00Reading this was was like traveling that Silk Road...Reading this was was like traveling that Silk Road--so much to see, absorb, and remember. <br /><br />Don't like the idea of swimming out of sight of the the shore though. I'm a lousy swimmer and kind of afraid of being out in the water. Maybe I need to think of a different analogy for myself.<br /><br />But, yeah, I get what you're saying. This all definitely applies to me.<br /><br />Lee<br /><a href="http://wrotebyrote.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">Wrote By Rote</a><br />An A to Z Co-host blogArlee Birdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11663942782929929334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-49860932425675590122014-03-05T11:26:00.811-06:002014-03-05T11:26:00.811-06:00Alex:
Perhaps you need to go not newer but deeper....Alex:<br />Perhaps you need to go not newer but deeper. I wish you the best of luck with this journey! :-)<br /><br />Jennifer:<br />Go where your instincts lead you. They will seldom lead you wrong. Great to see you here!!Roland D. Yeomanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00338410857990551352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-6534147823277036092014-03-05T11:08:58.917-06:002014-03-05T11:08:58.917-06:00"Writers supporting one another as do the sto..."Writers supporting one another as do the stones in an arch bridge"...<br /><br />An apt description of IWSG!<br /><br />I need to become less of a review whore. ;-)<br /><br />Great post, Roland!Jennifer Lanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13300124780126853962noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-62944265447760065552014-03-05T10:59:07.993-06:002014-03-05T10:59:07.993-06:00Trying to let this new manuscript take me to new p...Trying to let this new manuscript take me to new places. It seems to like the old path though.Alex J. Cavanaughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09770065693345181702noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-41672770940703950992014-03-05T10:45:00.379-06:002014-03-05T10:45:00.379-06:00D.G.:
He never made it that time to Paris but he m...D.G.:<br />He never made it that time to Paris but he met like-minded souls who gave him inspiration and affirmation. No wonder he stayed. And in RITES OF PASSAGE, you learn he met Samuel McCord! Who knew, right? I slept 10 hours last night -- now to meet the surgeon! Ouch!<br /><br />VR:<br />Indeed, a goal we never quite meet nor should we. :-) Thanks for visiting. I was beginning to feel unwanted!Roland D. Yeomanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00338410857990551352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-7690152285043227862014-03-05T10:37:04.385-06:002014-03-05T10:37:04.385-06:00I can think of no finer advice for a writer than s...I can think of no finer advice for a writer than strive to be better than oneself. Allow other writers inspire, certainly, but writing is not a contest, it is a goal.<br /><br />Be well, Roland.<br /><br /><a href="http://vrbarkowski.wordpress.com" rel="nofollow">VR Barkowski</a>VR Barkowskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04927993233682731113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-42575403133814098972014-03-05T09:51:33.196-06:002014-03-05T09:51:33.196-06:00Going to Paris by way of New Orleans sounds good t...Going to Paris by way of New Orleans sounds good to me. . . in those years I would have wanted to be in Europe as well, and in Paris in particular.<br /><br />"The artist doesn't have time to listen to the critics." <br /><br />Critics seem to think destruction or finding fault with another's creativity elevates their status. Analysis is not objective anymore.<br /><br />I never read the critics. Reviewing a book is telling readers about the story, not picking apart the author.<br /><br />Thanks, Faulkner, and give Roland my wishes for a healing sleep.D.G. Hudsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06213237734772028645noreply@blogger.com