Comments on: Defining my writing life http://www.lifeonavenuez.com/2007/12/defining-my-writing-life/ The adventures of a new freelance copywriter Sat, 04 Feb 2012 18:09:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Roy Moses http://www.lifeonavenuez.com/2007/12/defining-my-writing-life/comment-page-1/#comment-23137 Roy Moses Wed, 17 Dec 2008 05:01:59 +0000 http://www.lifeonavenuez.com/index.php/2007/12/10/defining-my-writing-life/#comment-23137 Beth -- I really enjoy your stuff -- your energy, enthusiasm, array of interests, etc. Plus marathons!!! (Yeah, I know, only two exclamation marks per lifetime.) You make me tired just reading your stuff -- but in a good and envious sort of way. Of course at my age, it doesn't take much to make me tired. I've never had the nerve, or confidence or whatever it takes to identify myself as a writer -- altho I'd like to. After all, I have the obligatory unpublished novel manuscript in my closet; an agent still has a copy, but I don't think she's done anything with it in a few years. So, it's about time I started on my second. I've been working on memoirs off and on for several years, but still pretty much unorganized, with no inkling on where to go with it, although I have Natalie Goldberg's CD (now out in book form) on writing memoirs. I think it is titled Old Friends from Far Away, or something like that. Mostly I'm doing this for my granddaughters -- thinking and hoping, I guess, they might tdake an interest on how things were when Mo (I wanted them to call me Old Mo, but they shortened it) was young. Some day I plan to put together a short piece on a baker's dozen, or perhaps two dozen, maddening mistakes I see in publications almost every day. It won't change anybody's thinking, I don't think, but I'll know I tried. Anyway, (I am beginning to note a disturbing pattern of starting too many sentences with that word), 'tis getting late here in the central time zone, so I won't bore you any more tonight. Keep up the good work. Bruce Roche would be as proud as I. Roy Beth — I really enjoy your stuff — your energy, enthusiasm, array of interests, etc. Plus marathons!!! (Yeah, I know, only two exclamation marks per lifetime.) You make me tired just reading your stuff — but in a good and envious sort of way. Of course at my age, it doesn’t take much to make me tired.

I’ve never had the nerve, or confidence or whatever it takes to identify myself as a writer — altho I’d like to. After all, I have the obligatory unpublished novel manuscript in my closet; an agent still has a copy, but I don’t think she’s done anything with it in a few years. So, it’s about time I started on my second. I’ve been working on memoirs off and on for several years, but still pretty much unorganized, with no inkling on where to go with it, although I have Natalie Goldberg’s CD (now out in book form) on writing memoirs. I think it is titled Old Friends from Far Away, or something like that. Mostly I’m doing this for my granddaughters — thinking and hoping, I guess, they might tdake an interest on how things were when Mo (I wanted them to call me Old Mo, but they shortened it) was young.

Some day I plan to put together a short piece on a baker’s dozen, or perhaps two dozen, maddening mistakes I see in publications almost every day. It won’t change anybody’s thinking, I don’t think, but I’ll know I tried.

Anyway, (I am beginning to note a disturbing pattern of starting too many sentences with that word), ’tis getting late here in the central time zone, so I won’t bore you any more tonight. Keep up the good work. Bruce Roche would be as proud as I.

Roy

]]> By: Sarah http://www.lifeonavenuez.com/2007/12/defining-my-writing-life/comment-page-1/#comment-152 Sarah Mon, 10 Dec 2007 21:48:04 +0000 http://www.lifeonavenuez.com/index.php/2007/12/10/defining-my-writing-life/#comment-152 You ARE a writer, and someday you will get your books published! You have already published short stories (and poems?). Love you You ARE a writer, and someday you will get your books published!

You have already published short stories (and poems?).

Love you

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