Quotes on Writing and Life: Celeste's reflections

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Tuesday, September 21, 2004

The paradox of poetry

is that so many more people write it that read it these days. Has it always been that way? I haven't made a study of the history of poetry, but have the sense that in days that were less high tech, reading and reciting it was a form of entertainment for more of the population.... "Thirty percent of... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, September 18, 2004

I think you can use this site in different ways....

At least one author here has reported putting a book together gleaning the best from a year or so of posts. I think the potential for blogit to be a legitimate way to 'publish' legitimate works of writing (albeit raw in form) will grow and develop in response to how we writers use this site. Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, September 16, 2004

Wake up!

Do you think of writing as a way to stir readers up to consider that the world is more than it appears? And so are they for that matter. Even the bedtime stories I choose to read my children are becoming more 'wake up stories' now that they are no longer little tinies. The stories don't seem to keep... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, September 15, 2004

My children are still young enough

that there are times when in unison they beg, "Tell us a story mommy, please tell us one of your stories!" "Draw your chair up close to the edge of the precipice, and I'll tell you a story."-F. Scott Fitzgerald Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, September 14, 2004

Found a new blogger(new to me anyway) whose writing

I really enjoy. I tend to look for writers who don't focus on the internal competition between bloggers, although on a slow day I might peruse all the recent 'infighting' blogs to kind of keep up with things a bit. But what makes me hopeful as a writer here, is that when I steal a few moments out of... Sign in to see full entry.

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