tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5006451.post4484674926644018485..comments2023-07-07T03:36:22.062-04:00Comments on Microfamous: The best metaphor for being a writer...Kelly Lovehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04921786976286066911noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5006451.post-26363074485871461092007-02-28T13:47:00.000-05:002007-02-28T13:47:00.000-05:00Alison - I wondered that about the DeLillo quote t...Alison - I wondered that about the DeLillo quote too! Love Bradstreet.<BR/><BR/>Paul - I know; novelists suck.<BR/><BR/>So glad to have the half finished...I'm going to be wordless for about four days. Perhaps a little roller skating tomorrow will make by brain work again!Kelly Lovehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04921786976286066911noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5006451.post-29789757455522637242007-02-28T12:11:00.000-05:002007-02-28T12:11:00.000-05:00So true Kelly! Aren't you glad that you're half-w...So true Kelly! Aren't you glad that you're half-way finished!?Katiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10842204656109810101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5006451.post-89790923976138997232007-02-28T09:29:00.000-05:002007-02-28T09:29:00.000-05:00I am a poet and I prefer poetry, because I want to...I am a poet and I prefer poetry, because I want to say exactly what I want to say and not pad like a lot of novelists do.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5006451.post-69519521499713103842007-02-27T17:19:00.000-05:002007-02-27T17:19:00.000-05:00Ah, yes. This is great. I'll bet DeLillo got tha...Ah, yes. This is great. <BR/><BR/>I'll bet DeLillo got that metaphor from Anne Bradstreet, who has that poem from the 1600s about her books as little deformed children that she loves but is embarrassed to send out into the world.Alison Piepmeierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17972854288403934814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5006451.post-34332861522073492762007-02-27T16:06:00.000-05:002007-02-27T16:06:00.000-05:00I am excited for you and the book ... and envious...I am excited for you and the book ... and envious. I thought you might be working on one when you posted the Family Guy clip about Bryan’s novel last May.<BR/><BR/>“Writing the last page of the first draft is the most enjoyable moment in writing. It's one of the most enjoyable moments in life, period.” -Nicholas SparksAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com