tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post113669355252278673..comments2024-03-20T16:46:13.343-04:00Comments on Marly Youmans / The Palace at 2:00 a.m. / poems, stories, novels: 2006 Post-Epiphany Bookish Resolutions from the Queen of Procrastination & assorted newsMarly Youmanshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02377938366750387442noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-1137028351779428002006-01-11T20:12:00.000-05:002006-01-11T20:12:00.000-05:00Jeff,I wrote something about that book earlier (Ch...Jeff,<BR/><BR/>I wrote something about that book earlier (Christmas Eve post, I think) because I've been really interested in the very large number of writers who had that one or the companion book as children. I just ordered the other one and wish I could send it to myself as a child. It's curious how many writers have talked about those two books... There could be an anthology of writers who Marly Youmanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02377938366750387442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-1137026208338075042006-01-11T19:36:00.000-05:002006-01-11T19:36:00.000-05:00Quick note, Marly (I am envious, althoughI have be...Quick note, Marly (I am envious, althoughI have been fairly widely published in the obscure little mags, it is very rare for people to request my work--and, worse, sometimes those poor little sases come wandering back without their poems, causing gnashing of teeth. Rejection letters, fine. No poems--bad.)<BR/>Ingledove. It is a mark of the power of the book (plus my ability to choose distractionsjarvenpahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04709417058741577802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-1137017924961719622006-01-11T17:18:00.000-05:002006-01-11T17:18:00.000-05:00marly: I have that same exact book of fairy tales...marly: I have that same exact book of fairy tales that you got the illustration from the nutcracker for the top of this post. If I'm right and it's the one i'm thinking of the illustrations on some pages are very surreal.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-1136995357818321442006-01-11T11:02:00.000-05:002006-01-11T11:02:00.000-05:00That's a good mix! I have other goals for the year...That's a good mix! I have other goals for the year--mostly to do with my children--but they're a little less organized.<BR/><BR/>I suppose you will shrink down to be the Epigram Queen instead of the Blog Queen if you succeed in #4.Marly Youmanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02377938366750387442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-1136992568470974402006-01-11T10:16:00.000-05:002006-01-11T10:16:00.000-05:00Hi Marly,I have a list of resolutions too.1. Work ...Hi Marly,<BR/><BR/>I have a list of resolutions too.<BR/><BR/>1. Work on Novel, perhaps even finish the thing.<BR/><BR/>2. Do a sketch every day. (I've already broken that one, but hope to start again).<BR/><BR/>3. Work on getting an art/writing business set up so that one day when I retire, and don't have to worry about the health benefits, I can have something creative to do.<BR/><BR/>4. Lose Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com