I have felt like a dinosaur for much of my later adult life. The speed of everything today is leaving me lumbering behind. Oh, I try to keep up but the pesky mammals and their inventions are too fast. I remember when twitter was was dino-birds did. Sigh. Still, I refuse to become a fossil - yet. Here, at this spot, I am taking another dinosaur step to avoid extinction. To all of my students, please join me. My mailing list will soon, for all practical purposes, be extinct.
If you are looking for love in the arts here in Indiana, sign up at this link. http://www.in.gov/arts/
Heck, they're even looking for poets!
Let me thank Fred for sending in this link. Fred says that it is a "Terrific video interview with John Irving in this week's on-line NYTimes Book Review."
http://video.nytimes.com/video/2009/06/05/books/1194840682758/a-conversation-with-john-irving.html?8bu&emc=bub1
Though my herd (aka followers of this blog) are few in numbers, one did leave an amusing review of the entire presentation to date. First though, I have to let readers who are not former students know that exclamation points are anathema in our writing. (Hmm. Explaining the punch line before telling the joke is kind of awkward.) Jeanne said: "Read every word of the blog and I really think that deserves one of my exclamation points. So: Read every word of the blog! Entertaining and informative." Creative, eh?
One of my favorite local writing venues is the Midwest Writers Workshop. An annual event in Muncie. It is entertaining. You learn things. You schmooze with agents and or publishers. You hang with other writers. Listen folks, writing is a long trip. Take part of that journey by migrating to the MWW at least once. Not one person who has attended has ever said anything negative about the experience. Yes, some like it more than others but at least the comments are positive. http://www.midwestwriters.org/
If you enjoy the blog, click on the FOLLOW button. Leave a comment on any of the stories. Send questions. Hell, send money. Do something.
Though my herd (aka followers of this blog) are few in numbers, one did leave an amusing review of the entire presentation to date. First though, I have to let readers who are not former students know that exclamation points are anathema in our writing. (Hmm. Explaining the punch line before telling the joke is kind of awkward.) Jeanne said: "Read every word of the blog and I really think that deserves one of my exclamation points. So: Read every word of the blog! Entertaining and informative." Creative, eh?
One of my favorite local writing venues is the Midwest Writers Workshop. An annual event in Muncie. It is entertaining. You learn things. You schmooze with agents and or publishers. You hang with other writers. Listen folks, writing is a long trip. Take part of that journey by migrating to the MWW at least once. Not one person who has attended has ever said anything negative about the experience. Yes, some like it more than others but at least the comments are positive. http://www.midwestwriters.org/
If you enjoy the blog, click on the FOLLOW button. Leave a comment on any of the stories. Send questions. Hell, send money. Do something.
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