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Was Emily Dickinson a success?
Success is counted sweetest
By those who ne'er succeed.
To comprehend a nectar
Requires sorest need.
Not one of all the purple Host
Who took the Flag today
Can tell the definition
So clear of victory
As he defeated – dying –
On whose forbidden ear
The distant strains of triumph
Burst agonized and clear!When Emily Dickinson died in 1884, she was unknown as a poet outside of a small circle of family and friends.
Dickinson’s poetic legacy consisted of almost 1800 poems, and no instructions about what to do with them.
The story of how those close to her battled obscurity and each other to publish her poems
could be a riveting novel all by itself!
If you died without knowing whether your novels meant anything to anyone,
would it matter if in the future they did?
Success
Is success in your writing always upping the game to your tales, always improving in your craft,
or is it merely revealed in your sales figures?
Writers struggle to define success,
for it is like the horizon, forever out of reach no matter how far you travel in your writing journey.
Tell me what you think, will you?
THE TWO WINNERS OF THE MYSTERY PRIZES FOR COMMENTS
ON
MY GUEST POST ON ALEX'S BLOG
THE CYNICAL SAILOR
who wins the audio book
and
ROBYN ALANA ENGEL
who wins the audio book
Thank You To All Who Commented
I will draw two more prizes
from those who comment tomorrow!
