Yo, check it. I be layin back in my crib, chillin wif a 40 & some cool grooves Jus surfin along an BLAM there this blog be you cats is strait up old school Dog dag you all is crazy Word!
Hey, anyone around? Don't tell me people are actually working this afternoon.
I did a quick shoot this morning & delivered the proofs this afternoon. Then I did some dialin' & smilin', hoping to scare up some new work. Now I want to play.
I'd love to read your stuff. You know, I'm a pretty good editor. I'm not up on everything in the writing world these days but aren't there some workshops/groups available where you exchange & critique each other's work? In Minneapolis there's The Loft--is there something similar in your area? (Maybe your NC network & The Loft are similar.) I guess the price isn't too bad. Is Benz an agent, too?
Have you ever read any Natalie Goldberg? She has a good perspective on the writer's life--write every day, even if it's about nothing. She believes that the physical act of writing is a form of mental training. Her books on writing are "Writing Down the Bones," "Wild Mind," and "Long Quiet Highway." Her first novel is "Banana Rose." I was given Wild Mind as a textbook in one of my college writing classes. I like her work. You probably have already read similar things.
ok TC. Star has a good point. audience is full of strangers. might not be a bad idea (next step?) to get in a writing group and spread it around a group. they are simply readers, you know? just ask, before you sign up, how the agenda goes.... meaning.... what's the reading vibe.... like, is it pure critique or is it a "this part worked for me" thing (positive reinforcement ala collective) and measure it against your needs. it's sort of like having a disease and getting a second and third opinion. if two match, then you're good. if all three are different, then get a fourth. it's a good step to take because callouses are mandatory when it comes to making art public. it's all about standing up for your vision and it's an internal battleground worth the fight.
everytime i've released a recording, it's worse than having a baby because critics will be brutally honest about the outcome. it's happening right now for Redstart's "So Far from Over". 2/3's of the locals are weighing in next week.... my label has gotten press kits out to everyone now that we have a show booked on the 20th. the good news.... looks like we may have 3 radio interviews before the next show in june (the current, KQRS and Radio K) and all seem excited about the CD. the City Pages is reviewing the CD and the Onion is doing a feature. i'll send links when i get them. keep your fingers crossed that the baby isn't "ugly" to the press dogs.
Some people like feedback during the process, some prefer to finish their creations and throw them out into the world. You sound like you're in the latter camp. It's all good. My request to read some pages was to offer help if I could but also I just love to read & I'm always interested in what people's work is all about. You should do what suits you and your art best.
In my work, I have paid people to view my portfolio and offer their critique and comments/suggestions. It has been somewhat helpful but I usually end up doing what I want in the end anyways. Some of the suggestions were useful. But in my experience, the feedback I've gotten for free from friends & colleagues has been every bit, if not more, constructive.
yeah...it's always best to do what the guts agree to. and also, true, that in the end you have to be the one who believes in and fights for your "children". i've also come to understand (stubborn as i am) that sometimes a good editor or producer can make a decision i will never be able to see clear to make, because i'm unable to be objective. so, it's all true, i think.
mostly, export is the dealio whatever way it happens. and by the way LS, you never did send me any of your work. (...or.... did you?!? ... if you did it was very long ago) i really want to read more if the latter is the case ... and it seems you may trust me enough to send it on. thanks for your confidence.
all of you are showing your great writing here and I'm sure I can speak for both B & I when I say.... it's a pleasure beyond the words!!!
xo
anonymously signing in from work... can't remember password, as per usual
I once let you read my story of the 2 boys who found a dead girl while out hunting. I remember you liking how dark it was. Interestingly, though written in about 1993, it was set in Texas. Maybe I knew something. If I can find it, I'll post a free verse/mind-dump kind of thing that I used to like pretty well. It might be a nice juxtaposition to zmmrmn1's piece.
coconut jello it's yellow and mellow i'm a good fellow but sometimes i bellow i scream eat ice cream then i dream a moon beam an open seam a paper ream ruined by steam cross the stream by the lake let's have cake i can bake buy a rake fun we make a juicy steak give me a break not my arm i mean no harm down on the farm i saw a pig it liked to dig niagara's big george washington's wig an arab fig a price to rig a soviet mig in its flight about to fight around midnight i get a fright such delight i said bud light ask me i might does he bite paint it white like tom sawyer shister lawyer i'm a goyer not a jew how do you do stuck like glue organic stew stomach flu katmandu cows go moo over you honeydew a church's pew i o u i love you too think i'll sue that bugaboo i gotta poo phil meet lou doggie doo in the grass he's so crass make a pass what an ass broken glass catch a bass a fighting fish on the dish how i wish on a star going far take my car shooting par a jelly jar who you are terri garr movie star reached the top fizz fizz plop eggs to drop grab the mop seal the top this has to STOP
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Yo, check it. I be layin back in my crib, chillin wif a 40 & some cool grooves Jus surfin along an BLAM there this blog be you cats is strait up old school Dog dag you all is crazy Word!
Yo, that hot chick wif the pom poms what got my tenshun 4 sho
Peace out!
Hey, anyone around? Don't tell me people are actually working this afternoon.
I did a quick shoot this morning & delivered the proofs this afternoon. Then I did some dialin' & smilin', hoping to scare up some new work. Now I want to play.
Tell me about the manuscript. Fiction or non? Memoirs perhaps?
Last thing first... damn that man. Sorry Corona.
I'd love to read your stuff. You know, I'm a pretty good editor. I'm not up on everything in the writing world these days but aren't there some workshops/groups available where you exchange & critique each other's work? In Minneapolis there's The Loft--is there something similar in your area? (Maybe your NC network & The Loft are similar.) I guess the price isn't too bad. Is Benz an agent, too?
Good luck. Please share some pages.
No, not stupid. Shy maybe.
Have you ever read any Natalie Goldberg? She has a good perspective on the writer's life--write every day, even if it's about nothing. She believes that the physical act of writing is a form of mental training. Her books on writing are "Writing Down the Bones," "Wild Mind," and "Long Quiet Highway." Her first novel is "Banana Rose." I was given Wild Mind as a textbook in one of my college writing classes. I like her work. You probably have already read similar things.
Run to your side, maybe.
ok TC. Star has a good point. audience is full of strangers. might not be a bad idea (next step?) to get in a writing group and spread it around a group. they are simply readers, you know? just ask, before you sign up, how the agenda goes.... meaning.... what's the reading vibe.... like, is it pure critique or is it a "this part worked for me" thing (positive reinforcement ala collective) and measure it against your needs. it's sort of like having a disease and getting a second and third opinion. if two match, then you're good. if all three are different, then get a fourth. it's a good step to take because callouses are mandatory when it comes to making art public. it's all about standing up for your vision and it's an internal battleground worth the fight.
everytime i've released a recording, it's worse than having a baby because critics will be brutally honest about the outcome. it's happening right now for Redstart's "So Far from Over". 2/3's of the locals are weighing in next week.... my label has gotten press kits out to everyone now that we have a show booked on the 20th. the good news.... looks like we may have 3 radio interviews before the next show in june (the current, KQRS and Radio K) and all seem excited about the CD. the City Pages is reviewing the CD and the Onion is doing a feature. i'll send links when i get them. keep your fingers crossed that the baby isn't "ugly" to the press dogs.
Some people like feedback during the process, some prefer to finish their creations and throw them out into the world. You sound like you're in the latter camp. It's all good. My request to read some pages was to offer help if I could but also I just love to read & I'm always interested in what people's work is all about. You should do what suits you and your art best.
In my work, I have paid people to view my portfolio and offer their critique and comments/suggestions. It has been somewhat helpful but I usually end up doing what I want in the end anyways. Some of the suggestions were useful. But in my experience, the feedback I've gotten for free from friends & colleagues has been every bit, if not more, constructive.
yeah...it's always best to do what the guts agree to. and also, true, that in the end you have to be the one who believes in and fights for your "children". i've also come to understand (stubborn as i am) that sometimes a good editor or producer can make a decision i will never be able to see clear to make, because i'm unable to be objective. so, it's all true, i think.
mostly, export is the dealio whatever way it happens. and by the way LS, you never did send me any of your work. (...or.... did you?!? ... if you did it was very long ago) i really want to read more if the latter is the case ... and it seems you may trust me enough to send it on. thanks for your confidence.
all of you are showing your great writing here and I'm sure I can speak for both B & I when I say.... it's a pleasure beyond the words!!!
xo
anonymously signing in from work... can't remember password, as per usual
I once let you read my story of the 2 boys who found a dead girl while out hunting. I remember you liking how dark it was. Interestingly, though written in about 1993, it was set in Texas. Maybe I knew something. If I can find it, I'll post a free verse/mind-dump kind of thing that I used to like pretty well. It might be a nice juxtaposition to zmmrmn1's piece.
coconut jello
it's yellow
and mellow
i'm a good fellow
but sometimes i bellow
i scream
eat ice cream
then i dream
a moon beam
an open seam
a paper ream
ruined by steam
cross the stream
by the lake
let's have cake
i can bake
buy a rake
fun we make
a juicy steak
give me a break
not my arm
i mean no harm
down on the farm
i saw a pig
it liked to dig
niagara's big
george washington's wig
an arab fig
a price to rig
a soviet mig
in its flight
about to fight
around midnight
i get a fright
such delight
i said bud light
ask me i might
does he bite
paint it white
like tom sawyer
shister lawyer
i'm a goyer
not a jew
how do you do
stuck like glue
organic stew
stomach flu
katmandu
cows go moo
over you
honeydew
a church's pew
i o u
i love you too
think i'll sue
that bugaboo
i gotta poo
phil meet lou
doggie doo
in the grass
he's so crass
make a pass
what an ass
broken glass
catch a bass
a fighting fish
on the dish
how i wish
on a star
going far
take my car
shooting par
a jelly jar
who you are
terri garr
movie star
reached the top
fizz fizz plop
eggs to drop
grab the mop
seal the top
this has to STOP
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