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Comment on Quick Update: Story Sale! by Matt

Matt — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 20:21:26 +0000

Congratulations!

I say if you’re proud of the writing, no need to be embarrassed at all. Don’t many of life’s most important events exist in the interstice between “sort of embarrassing” and “kind of cool” anyway? “Uncle John’s…” would be a conversation starter.

Comment on Quick Update: Story Sale! by Christy

Christy — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 15:40:43 +0000

Congratulations! I’m very happy for you. A professional sale is what we’re all working toward. A diverse readership is even better.

Comment on Quick Update: Story Sale! by Barbara Williams

Barbara Williams — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 14:18:49 +0000

I’m so proud! You should be too!

Comment on Happy New Year, Take 2 by Quick Update: Story Sale! « Off the Written Path

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Comment on Happy New Year. Fuck Cancer. by Erika Holt

Erika Holt — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 01:17:15 +0000

I’m so sorry you and your family have to go through this. Best wishes for as speedy a recovery as possible. ((hugs))

Comment on Happy New Year. Fuck Cancer. by Christy

Christy — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 01:08:06 +0000

You and your family are in my thoughts. Fuck cancer, indeed.

Comment on Of Stories and Beliefs by Andrew

Andrew — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 01:53:48 +0000

Thanks for the comment! I agree– I tend to take a dim view of pure faith (another reason for my non-religiosity), but as you mentioned, faith and rationalism are not a duality that stands alone. Even for someone like me, who tries to approach reality from a rational perspective, intuition and experience and imagination play huge roles, and are absolutely necessary for storytelling– not only do they help you access truth, but stories would be rather boring without them!

Comment on Of Stories and Beliefs by Elizabeth Twist

Elizabeth Twist — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 22:45:24 +0000

Is it wrong that my impulse was to type “Amen” in response to this post?

“this is my own exploration of reality, sort of a hybrid of imagination and rationalism”

I would posit that you can’t access truth without blending imagination, metaphor, intuition, experience, and rational thought. Pure rationalism is as mad as total reliance on faith.

Comment on How Chupacabras Saved My NaNoWriMo Novel by Andrew

Andrew — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 06:12:03 +0000

Thanks, Folly! Congrats to you as well. As for the chupacabras, I highly recommend them. In fact, I’m hard-pressed to think of a piece of literature that would NOT be improved by the addition of chupacabras.

Comment on How Chupacabras Saved My NaNoWriMo Novel by Andrew

Andrew — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 06:10:41 +0000

Thanks for the heads-up. I suspect you’re probably right, and that particularly the rise of e-publishing has made length less of a barrier than it used to be.