tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13978481.post1803451162593321014..comments2024-01-17T12:50:53.276-08:00Comments on Any Given Sundry: Artbucks - Friday 1/11/2008Sundryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11395065569691894697noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13978481.post-7927970704688597152008-01-12T19:00:00.000-08:002008-01-12T19:00:00.000-08:00I wandered over here from 43T and enjoyed reading ...I wandered over here from 43T and enjoyed reading your post. I'm mostly a poet & one reason I think I've been afraid to really start on a novel project (which I want to do) is this:<BR/><BR/>One of my greatest poetry teachers answered the question, "How do I really know if a poem is any good?" with the reply, "Well, Buddhists believe the corpse of a bodhisattva doesn't stink but smells like violets. Put the poem away, wait, then go back to it later & read it again. It will either stink or smell like violets."<BR/><BR/>By this measure, the goodness or badness of at least 74% of my work depends on my mood when I read it. (25% tends to get unequivocally trashed, 1% always smells like violets no matter what the day is, but the rest? who knows? Will it embarrass me later if published? Judging by experience, yes! Should I just throw away the 74% I'm not sure of? Good question! ...<BR/><BR/>(Familiar?) Anyway, good luck with Death Valley. (I must say, if I found myself in Death Valley, I'd probably be looking for a coffee house, too, if only to buy a bottle of Smart water.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13978481.post-38582093014763732302008-01-11T21:09:00.000-08:002008-01-11T21:09:00.000-08:00Ha! No, don't let it be distressing. I think it'...Ha! No, don't let it be distressing. I think it's bound to happen to most writers and knowing that it's something you just work through might help! <BR/><BR/>So not what I was going for. But hey....Sundryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11395065569691894697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13978481.post-20003970853272747322008-01-11T20:56:00.000-08:002008-01-11T20:56:00.000-08:00Uh-oh. I'm only on Chapter 2 of my first attempt. ...Uh-oh. I'm only on Chapter 2 of my first attempt. This news does not cheer me.<BR/><BR/>Although the concept (gigantic Death Valley coffeehouse) could be cool, even if it wasn't what you were going for.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com