tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5042013599366269107.post8263841199444140497..comments2023-06-13T05:31:49.959-07:00Comments on The Literary.: A Variation on the Writing Path: Part II: The MFARobert Detmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13451775891714123809noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5042013599366269107.post-29680049064791620922015-09-02T18:14:06.752-07:002015-09-02T18:14:06.752-07:00I guess, as I said in the opening paragraph, try t...I guess, as I said in the opening paragraph, try to live in the convincing bliss that there is something worthwhile in the act of writing. <br /><br />I don't mean to be glib.<br /><br />Another way of looking at it is that you have to start somewhere. I started a while ago and I'm still trying to get traction.<br /><br />I was reading this piece on Joy Williams (short story writer) in Robert Detmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13451775891714123809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5042013599366269107.post-10478211963909199542015-09-02T10:48:52.697-07:002015-09-02T10:48:52.697-07:00A cri de couer we hear all too often about this &q...A cri de couer we hear all too often about this "profession". I'm totally with you and encourage you to keep with it. But what does it mean for someone who isn't, as your bio has it, "[p]ublished in dozens of literary journals"?Jim H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/02088100982761595050noreply@blogger.com