Comments on: The things on which we writers stand http://www.kristinnoelle.com/2006/09/25/the-things-on-which-we-writers-stand/ uncovering life's layers, exploring truth's terrain... Wed, 07 Jan 2009 00:29:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 by: Sage http://www.kristinnoelle.com/2006/09/25/the-things-on-which-we-writers-stand/#comment-1405 Sat, 07 Oct 2006 02:01:21 +0000 http://www.kristinnoelle.com/2006/09/25/the-things-on-which-we-writers-stand/#comment-1405 How lovable that inner Rocky is in you! I think creating an author's web site is a very powerful act of self-love: a way to claim your space for yourself in the literary world, and give that delicious, womb-entombed genius the space and nutrients it needs to flourish. And let's not forget that you have a significant body of published work right here that commends your talent as a writer! I open my laptop, hold it in my hands, log on to your blog, and say to my captive audience of two sleeping dogs: "This, now THIS is the work of a writer!!" How lovable that inner Rocky is in you! I think creating an author’s web site is a very powerful act of self-love: a way to claim your space for yourself in the literary world, and give that delicious, womb-entombed genius the space and nutrients it needs to flourish.

And let’s not forget that you have a significant body of published work right here that commends your talent as a writer!

I open my laptop, hold it in my hands, log on to your blog, and say to my captive audience of two sleeping dogs: “This, now THIS is the work of a writer!!”

]]> by: Kristin http://www.kristinnoelle.com/2006/09/25/the-things-on-which-we-writers-stand/#comment-1404 Thu, 05 Oct 2006 01:19:03 +0000 http://www.kristinnoelle.com/2006/09/25/the-things-on-which-we-writers-stand/#comment-1404 Michael, yeah, I can see how academic writing is different. I wish it didn't have to be, but...such is the academy. You got a good smile from me with the "real" writing comment. My inner Rocky thinks you rock. Michael, yeah, I can see how academic writing is different. I wish it didn’t have to be, but…such is the academy. You got a good smile from me with the “real” writing comment. My inner Rocky thinks you rock.

]]> by: michael funk deckard http://www.kristinnoelle.com/2006/09/25/the-things-on-which-we-writers-stand/#comment-1403 Wed, 04 Oct 2006 23:18:06 +0000 http://www.kristinnoelle.com/2006/09/25/the-things-on-which-we-writers-stand/#comment-1403 i write everyday. but i'm an academic, so it's different. but nowadays as you know: publish or perish. all of my 'real' writing has been done for myself or for julianne. academic writing is different. i write everyday. but i’m an academic, so it’s different. but nowadays as you know: publish or perish. all of my ‘real’ writing has been done for myself or for julianne. academic writing is different.

]]> by: Kristin http://www.kristinnoelle.com/2006/09/25/the-things-on-which-we-writers-stand/#comment-1402 Sat, 30 Sep 2006 19:56:52 +0000 http://www.kristinnoelle.com/2006/09/25/the-things-on-which-we-writers-stand/#comment-1402 Thank you, Bobbie. And Michael, that IS a source of solace! I love hearing stories about people really flying in their vocations who didn't get an inch off the ground before mid-life. Very inspiring. Are you a writer too? Thank you, Bobbie. And Michael, that IS a source of solace! I love hearing stories about people really flying in their vocations who didn’t get an inch off the ground before mid-life. Very inspiring. Are you a writer too?

]]> by: michael funk deckard http://www.kristinnoelle.com/2006/09/25/the-things-on-which-we-writers-stand/#comment-1401 Sat, 30 Sep 2006 18:08:59 +0000 http://www.kristinnoelle.com/2006/09/25/the-things-on-which-we-writers-stand/#comment-1401 I'm sure you've probably read it, but Madeleine L'Engle's _A Circle of Quiet_ speaks to this same issue. She was turned down hundreds of times and she was in her 40's-50's before she started getting recognition. I find solace in that. I’m sure you’ve probably read it, but Madeleine L’Engle’s _A Circle of Quiet_ speaks to this same issue. She was turned down hundreds of times and she was in her 40’s-50’s before she started getting recognition. I find solace in that.

]]> by: bobbie http://www.kristinnoelle.com/2006/09/25/the-things-on-which-we-writers-stand/#comment-1400 Thu, 28 Sep 2006 17:02:48 +0000 http://www.kristinnoelle.com/2006/09/25/the-things-on-which-we-writers-stand/#comment-1400 oh you have blogged my deepest thoughts and secrets here kristin! i am so excited to see what you and adam put together! you ARE a writer - you pour yourself into your words. whether anyone else ever sees or validates that isn't the question. i know when i had an article published for youthworker journal i expected that it would be everything i had ever dreamed it would be. quite disappointing that it didn't fill the voids deep within or that other people in my life weren't impressed or celebrating with me like i had hoped they would. i learned (and need to be reminded of still) that i must write because i love it, because i have something to say, whether anyone ever reads it, i must write. so please don't stop - keep writing, you are a writer! oh you have blogged my deepest thoughts and secrets here kristin!

i am so excited to see what you and adam put together! you ARE a writer - you pour yourself into your words. whether anyone else ever sees or validates that isn’t the question.

i know when i had an article published for youthworker journal i expected that it would be everything i had ever dreamed it would be. quite disappointing that it didn’t fill the voids deep within or that other people in my life weren’t impressed or celebrating with me like i had hoped they would.

i learned (and need to be reminded of still) that i must write because i love it, because i have something to say, whether anyone ever reads it, i must write.

so please don’t stop - keep writing, you are a writer!

]]> by: Kristin http://www.kristinnoelle.com/2006/09/25/the-things-on-which-we-writers-stand/#comment-1399 Wed, 27 Sep 2006 03:31:05 +0000 http://www.kristinnoelle.com/2006/09/25/the-things-on-which-we-writers-stand/#comment-1399 Christine, yes! The way you describe your writing vocation is exactly how I could describe mine. I'm just home from a reading given by local (well-published) writers, and feel my insides still resonating with the experience--still saying, yeah, this writing thing is definitely what I want to be doing. So I'm encouraged. Thank you for your words. Christine, yes! The way you describe your writing vocation is exactly how I could describe mine. I’m just home from a reading given by local (well-published) writers, and feel my insides still resonating with the experience–still saying, yeah, this writing thing is definitely what I want to be doing. So I’m encouraged. Thank you for your words.

]]> by: Sacred Art of Living http://www.kristinnoelle.com/2006/09/25/the-things-on-which-we-writers-stand/#comment-1398 Tue, 26 Sep 2006 18:16:44 +0000 http://www.kristinnoelle.com/2006/09/25/the-things-on-which-we-writers-stand/#comment-1398 Hi Kristin, Reflecting on writing must be in the air because just over the weekend I journaled a whole long post on what being a writer means for me. I probably won't post it for couple of days as I am doing some posts on lectio divina. I appreciate your struggle to name yourself as a "writer" especially in a culture that wants its artists and writers to be producing publishable/marketable work to be legitimate. I have wrestled with that too, and even now that I have published several articles and a book on the way, I still wonder at being able to call myself a writer. Yet I think this claiming of a vocation before having "a resume to stand on" as you said is a deep recognition that you are called to this life of a writer, even if you haven't fit into the current system and "done" enough. For me, being a writer or artist is about seeing the world more deeply, it is about witnessing to the profound depths that await us in every moment and giving expression and form to that. It seems to me that you already do this in abundance on your blog. Blessings, Christine Hi Kristin, Reflecting on writing must be in the air because just over the weekend I journaled a whole long post on what being a writer means for me. I probably won’t post it for couple of days as I am doing some posts on lectio divina. I appreciate your struggle to name yourself as a “writer” especially in a culture that wants its artists and writers to be producing publishable/marketable work to be legitimate. I have wrestled with that too, and even now that I have published several articles and a book on the way, I still wonder at being able to call myself a writer. Yet I think this claiming of a vocation before having “a resume to stand on” as you said is a deep recognition that you are called to this life of a writer, even if you haven’t fit into the current system and “done” enough. For me, being a writer or artist is about seeing the world more deeply, it is about witnessing to the profound depths that await us in every moment and giving expression and form to that. It seems to me that you already do this in abundance on your blog. Blessings, Christine

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