tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37180398.post8800777931162512882..comments2024-02-12T02:28:12.317-05:00Comments on The Writers' Group: Making A Literary Life Friday: Waxing PhilosophicLynne Griffin and Amy MacKinnonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11107479565926998943noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37180398.post-4341871620543755422007-06-04T21:22:00.000-04:002007-06-04T21:22:00.000-04:00Several of you have written about my upcoming book...Several of you have written about my upcoming book, Look Me in the Eye. Crown is setting up readings at bookstores in the Boston area, and my brother and I will be reading at the festival in Lowell November 2nd.<BR/><BR/>Would you be interested in doing a writing-oriented appearance at your club in July or August, before it gets really busy for me?<BR/><BR/>I'd love to come out if you can put something together.John Robisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07407165016025447113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37180398.post-52697578649022576812007-06-02T00:58:00.000-04:002007-06-02T00:58:00.000-04:00Lynne,I wrote my first poem at the age of nine. I ...Lynne,<BR/>I wrote my first poem at the age of nine. I guess I had the need to write. Why I do not know.<BR/><BR/>Amy,<BR/>I remember the Chinese curse " May you live in interesting times."<BR/>My characters seem to be cursed also, as they should.If they aren't I am doing something wrong.<BR/><BR/>Fresh air never hurt a writer. Go, get some. Might even breathe some more life into the corpses. :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37180398.post-47476639194705765622007-06-01T18:32:00.000-04:002007-06-01T18:32:00.000-04:00Amy,One of them is Scott so his work is already he...Amy,<BR/><BR/>One of them is Scott so his work is already here and the other two will very likely bring their latest work. I love the dinners with painters because usually the first hour or so is a show and tell and I just listen to what they all say and see how they critique each other. It's always very positive and they support each other in much the same way the writers "out here" do. I feel really lucky that Scott has painter friends over often. I learn a lot.Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00665632105920753931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37180398.post-9829110645679338762007-06-01T15:00:00.000-04:002007-06-01T15:00:00.000-04:00Judy, I'm so jealous you got to meet him. What's ...Judy, I'm so jealous you got to meet him. What's he like?<BR/><BR/>GG, the end of school year schedule is about to do me in, plus new puppy, work! Soldier on, I guess.<BR/><BR/>Trish, I hope you can stop by the Grub event. Maybe sometime you'd be willing to do a workshop at Grub Street South? Let me know.<BR/><BR/>Larramie, we will definitely take more pictures. I'm really looking forward to the coming week.<BR/><BR/>Lisa, I hear you. I would LOVE to have dinner with three painters. Will they bring along some of their work?<BR/><BR/>AmyLynne Griffin and Amy MacKinnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11107479565926998943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37180398.post-18551633930632855292007-06-01T14:21:00.000-04:002007-06-01T14:21:00.000-04:00Which came first, the writing or the need...I'll b...Which came first, the writing or the need...I'll be thinking about that all weekend Lisa. <BR/><BR/>And Amy, as for my social life -- I'll bet your corpses have one up on me too. Between working from home, writing at night, online grocery shopping and Amazon, my friends worry I'm turning into a suburban version of Ted Kaczynski -- not the Unabomber part, probably more likely the fashion sense :) It will be three painters and me for dinner tomorrow night and maybe out for live music tonight, so there's hope!Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00665632105920753931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37180398.post-32706590849119190272007-06-01T13:27:00.000-04:002007-06-01T13:27:00.000-04:00Please take pictures of the upcoming events and th...<I>Please</I> take pictures of the upcoming events and then share. Thank you.Larramiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14788910637361812265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37180398.post-26909533366396818912007-06-01T11:44:00.000-04:002007-06-01T11:44:00.000-04:00Great philosophy and new book events...what more c...Great philosophy and new book events...what more could a girl ask for in a post?<BR/><BR/>Nice to know I'm not the only writer who gets lost in the world of edits :)Trish Ryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18038324441006141430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37180398.post-9479446394540219462007-06-01T11:39:00.000-04:002007-06-01T11:39:00.000-04:00For me, I think it's safe to say even the corpses ...<B><I>For me, I think it's safe to say even the corpses in my novel don't have quite the stunted social life I've had lately.</B></I><BR/><BR/>I love this, Amy! My world has been swamped with details lately, the kind of details that keep me from my revisions and feed my guilt over it. <BR/><BR/>Lynne, I am teaching a freshman writing course this year, and we are using The Things They Carried as a reader. Can't wait!Ghost Girl (aka, Mary Ann)https://www.blogger.com/profile/10104992485564788542noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37180398.post-21595995597648013652007-06-01T11:21:00.000-04:002007-06-01T11:21:00.000-04:00Lynne, I hope you and your daughter enjoy The Thin...Lynne, I hope you and your daughter enjoy The Things They Carried--it's one of my all-time favorites (I'd nominate it for something that should be required reading for everyone!). I was lucky enough to meet Tim O'Brien a few years ago at a reading--what a kind man!Judy Merrill Larsenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06675069484490433295noreply@blogger.com