Stray thoughts

[novapsyche]

The folks at Poetry-Free-For-All don't pull any punches when it comes to criticism. Man. But submitting there is helping me progress in my writing. That I can say without a doubt.

The Superbowl! Yes! And then... how many months until football season?

I pick Tampa Bay, mainly because I've been impressed with their defense all season; and because I like picking underdogs. I like Oakland, and of course the stadium will be packed with their fans, because it's geographically closer. Tampa might suffer from lack of vocal support. But I'll be connected to them through the ether of the television.

I have to say. When you're trying to lose weight, the munchies really suck. Really, really suck.

I've been thinking. Even though I think my talents most strongly support me seriously concentrating on poetry writing, I feel that I need to express myself in something more than just one form. Not everything can fit in the small space of the poem.

I visited the church I used to attend when I was a teenager. (This was some weeks back.) It was a great visit; I saw a lot of people I hadn't seen in a decade. One of my closest friends there inquired about my degree, and then proclaimed, "You should write a book! About your assessment of American culture." She went on. I actually kind of backed out of the conversation (as much as I've been wanting to write a book these last couple of years!). I've been analyzing the structure of nonfiction books, and it doesn't look that difficult, but it's a structure I've never tried my hand at. I don't know if I'm competent enough to write a book.

I haven't written fiction in years--since I had fiction writing courses in college. It took me a while to realize I'm not good at it.

Comments

[lovjad.livejournal.com]

yes, yes the munchies do suck!!!!

[netmouse.livejournal.com]

You could help me write my American History textbook. It's going to be really radical and mention people by name in the same proportion to which they were part of the population at the time. So for the 20th century we would name women just over 50 percent of the time we name a person in that section of the book.

there are other targets, but that one I think is going to be hardest to make look seamless. I am dertermined to highligh successful people as representative of their class or gender, not so much as exceptional the way standard history texts do.

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