tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post6408443680032671585..comments2024-03-20T16:46:13.343-04:00Comments on Marly Youmans / The Palace at 2:00 a.m. / poems, stories, novels: Questions from a young artist and writer (answers from a young crone!)Marly Youmanshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02377938366750387442noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-65811020642975852952014-11-08T20:13:18.713-05:002014-11-08T20:13:18.713-05:00MFO was no fan of creative writing programs; I won...MFO was no fan of creative writing programs; I wonder if she appreciated the irony (or is it hypocrisy) of her attitude given her experience at Iowa. Note that Beyond Eastrod is undergoing radical surgery. Stay tuned. But before I end this comment, I have a question: I am looking for reading recommendations from people I trust, so tell me . . . read anything good lately?R.T.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13220814349193561823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-1906273125962046442014-11-08T20:07:52.469-05:002014-11-08T20:07:52.469-05:00That's good advice, R. T. Your beloved Flanne...That's good advice, R. T. Your beloved Flannery thought that teachers ought to squelch more budding writers!Marly Youmanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02377938366750387442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-56303449370223035042014-11-08T20:03:31.055-05:002014-11-08T20:03:31.055-05:00If I were to consider being a writer, I would very...If I were to consider being a writer, I would very much appreciate your generous and thoughtful advice. <br /><br />If someone were to ask me -- a burned out old English teacher -- I would probably be less generous. My advice would be two sentences: Write, write some more, and then keep on writing without ever giving up. If you can do that, then you are a writer.R.T.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13220814349193561823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-58529257450563971482014-11-07T14:16:27.261-05:002014-11-07T14:16:27.261-05:00But I often think it would be fun to fiddle with s...But I often think it would be fun to fiddle with something else--I go to the tile works and want to fiddle with clay... Visit my mother and want to weave... Etcetera! I did buy a lot of tiles as gifts. Wish I'd bought for me! Greed! Chaucer! Exclamatory desires!<br />Marly Youmanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02377938366750387442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-34872624673443263172014-11-07T13:54:53.541-05:002014-11-07T13:54:53.541-05:00Oh, I wasn't suggesting you take up a new art!...Oh, I wasn't suggesting you take up a new art! Just pointing out that my recent forays into art have reminded me what it feels like to be full of "desire and plans and uncertainties."<br /><br />I love Fonthill and the Moravian Tileworks; a decade ago, I wrote about them for a National Geographic travel guidebook, I too find myself wishing I'd sprung for a set of the Chaucer Jeffhttp://www.quidplura.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-44982707327014150332014-11-07T00:33:57.547-05:002014-11-07T00:33:57.547-05:00I wish that I had indulged and bought the set of C...I wish that I had indulged and bought the set of Canterbury Tales tiles, though it gives me something for the next time I go, I suppose!Marly Youmanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02377938366750387442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-18789216403563682222014-11-07T00:32:50.394-05:002014-11-07T00:32:50.394-05:00Yes, well, I like a lot of visual arts, but I just...Yes, well, I like a lot of visual arts, but I just don't have any playtime. Maybe some day. Singing soprano with a choir is the only other arts enterprise I do regularly, and I know my limitations... Still, it's good to make things, whether they are songs or pictures or felt creatures!<br /><br />Jeff, have you seen or written about Henry Chapman Mercer's Fonthill Castle and the Marly Youmanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02377938366750387442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-27966925024378376772014-11-07T00:26:42.819-05:002014-11-07T00:26:42.819-05:00Good advice, Marly. As I get back into the visual ...Good advice, Marly. As I get back into the visual arts after a 20-year hiatus, I'm fiddling with needle felting, glass mosaics, polymer clay, and pencil and ink, and the results so far are humbling—but I now better understand the hunger of aspiring writers who just want to know: Where do I start? What should I say? Can I ever get good at this?Jeffhttp://www.quidplura.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-19344651772256323992014-11-06T23:52:59.104-05:002014-11-06T23:52:59.104-05:00Thanks, Marja-Leena--glad to be on one perch for a...Thanks, Marja-Leena--glad to be on one perch for a while, though I haven't unpacked yet. Came back with entirely too much! And I'm glad you liked it as well. <br /><br />It's easy to feel tender for people just starting out, so full of desire and plans and uncertainties... <br />Marly Youmanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02377938366750387442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-11623734965570661162014-11-06T22:40:01.202-05:002014-11-06T22:40:01.202-05:00This is very inspiring and beautiful, especially t...This is very inspiring and beautiful, especially the story of the orange - even for an old artist like me! Glad to have you home!marja-leenahttp://www.marja-leena-rathje.infonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-2277915376363916692014-11-06T21:35:09.554-05:002014-11-06T21:35:09.554-05:00I'm not that fond of advice and should probabl...I'm not that fond of advice and should probably stay out of the business... Eh. Oh, well.Marly Youmanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02377938366750387442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-2200212214836721852014-11-06T21:25:24.516-05:002014-11-06T21:25:24.516-05:00Good advice to a young writer or any writer.Good advice to a young writer or any writer.Robbi N.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04881145195435485238noreply@blogger.com