Randy
09-29-2009, 04:49 AM
My remarks were not, as you characterize them, attacks on our fellow members, of whom I know nothing beyond the tidbits of daily doings. As to the common bond we share, they may be innocently following their dreams, wherever those dreams lead, but as an adult, one who has formed opinions about what's worth reading and writing, I make personal judgments, for what their worth, as I'm sure you do, not with the expectation they will be admired or cheered, but that they will be noted. And if there is a glimmer of awareness, a spark of interest in what makes a writer a writer and not a hack of popularity, there may also be the willingness to change, to chart a new course toward a higher level of literacy, of lasting value, of doing what Faulkner called "putting a scratch on the wall" before crossing over.
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