Comments on: Writers’ Conference http://www.queervoice.net/kmcmullen/2007/03/10/writers-conference/ Suburban Mom-Employed-Outside-the-Home Gone Bad Mon, 15 Mar 2010 04:57:27 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Tim Baer http://www.queervoice.net/kmcmullen/2007/03/10/writers-conference/comment-page-1/#comment-92838 Tim Baer Sun, 18 Mar 2007 11:45:25 +0000 http://www.queervoice.net/kmcmullen/2007/03/10/writers-conference/#comment-92838 Oh, quit bitching. If you want to be taken seriously as a blogger go to a blogger's conference, not a writer's conference. Most of what I see is selfish, self-indulgent, petty, and only takes on any meaning because the sound of the keyboard and the appearance of the text "in print" creates an importance that does not occur when the same material is transmitted over a cell phone from the Ford Expedition while waiting in line to pick up the kids from the over the mountain Junior High. Oh, quit bitching. If you want to be taken seriously as a blogger go to a blogger’s conference, not a writer’s conference.

Most of what I see is selfish, self-indulgent, petty, and only takes on any meaning because the sound of the keyboard and the appearance of the text “in print” creates an importance that does not occur when the same material is transmitted over a cell phone from the Ford Expedition while waiting in line to pick up the kids from the over the mountain Junior High.

]]> By: Del http://www.queervoice.net/kmcmullen/2007/03/10/writers-conference/comment-page-1/#comment-90687 Del Tue, 13 Mar 2007 12:50:55 +0000 http://www.queervoice.net/kmcmullen/2007/03/10/writers-conference/#comment-90687 Lisa: Seneca Review, WOW! I know grownups who would not hesitate to brag on that. (Although they would never say "I have to brag"--they would manage to just work it into the conversation, in an oh-so-casual way.) Congratulations to both your girls! Lisa: Seneca Review, WOW! I know grownups who would not hesitate to brag on that. (Although they would never say “I have to brag”–they would manage to just work it into the conversation, in an oh-so-casual way.)

Congratulations to both your girls!

]]> By: My Tiny Kingdom » Schickel Insults Blogs; Melee Ensues http://www.queervoice.net/kmcmullen/2007/03/10/writers-conference/comment-page-1/#comment-90639 My Tiny Kingdom » Schickel Insults Blogs; Melee Ensues Tue, 13 Mar 2007 02:43:08 +0000 http://www.queervoice.net/kmcmullen/2007/03/10/writers-conference/#comment-90639 [...] ***************************************** (Here’s one account of the story, and evidence that the story is making its way around the blogosphere. Mr. Schickel was NOT wearing the unusual hat depicted in the second link, by the way.) Posted by Anne Glamore @ 9:42 pm • Glamorous Escapades, Deep Thoughts    [...] [...] ***************************************** (Here’s one account of the story, and evidence that the story is making its way around the blogosphere. Mr. Schickel was NOT wearing the unusual hat depicted in the second link, by the way.) Posted by Anne Glamore @ 9:42 pm • Glamorous Escapades, Deep Thoughts    [...]

]]> By: Anne Glamore http://www.queervoice.net/kmcmullen/2007/03/10/writers-conference/comment-page-1/#comment-90625 Anne Glamore Mon, 12 Mar 2007 23:07:36 +0000 http://www.queervoice.net/kmcmullen/2007/03/10/writers-conference/#comment-90625 I don't think they had any idea there was a need for more than one session, and I think I was overly ambitious in trying to be all things to all people in my allotted time. I certainly don't think the organizers were being snobby or were ill-prepared. The registration was slow until the last minute, and there was no way to know how many people attending were experienced bloggers or not. Again, I'm happy to try and answer any Q's anyone has, although y'all have the blogging part down! anneglamore@gmail.com I don’t think they had any idea there was a need for more than one session, and I think I was overly ambitious in trying to be all things to all people in my allotted time. I certainly don’t think the organizers were being snobby or were ill-prepared. The registration was slow until the last minute, and there was no way to know how many people attending were experienced bloggers or not.

Again, I’m happy to try and answer any Q’s anyone has, although y’all have the blogging part down!

anneglamore@gmail.com

]]> By: Birmingham Blues » Blog Archive » Blogroll Addition http://www.queervoice.net/kmcmullen/2007/03/10/writers-conference/comment-page-1/#comment-90497 Birmingham Blues » Blog Archive » Blogroll Addition Sun, 11 Mar 2007 22:44:12 +0000 http://www.queervoice.net/kmcmullen/2007/03/10/writers-conference/#comment-90497 [...] I’ve added Tales From My Tiny Kingdom to the blogroll.  Anne Glamore, the blogmistress there, was the instructor for the blogging session at Writing Today.  She courageously and gracefully challenged Richard Schickel after his offhand dismissal of bloggers.  I’d like to think she embarrassed him, but I’m not sure he’s capable of experiencing that particular feeling. [...] [...] I’ve added Tales From My Tiny Kingdom to the blogroll.  Anne Glamore, the blogmistress there, was the instructor for the blogging session at Writing Today.  She courageously and gracefully challenged Richard Schickel after his offhand dismissal of bloggers.  I’d like to think she embarrassed him, but I’m not sure he’s capable of experiencing that particular feeling. [...]

]]> By: Anna http://www.queervoice.net/kmcmullen/2007/03/10/writers-conference/comment-page-1/#comment-90467 Anna Sun, 11 Mar 2007 18:45:43 +0000 http://www.queervoice.net/kmcmullen/2007/03/10/writers-conference/#comment-90467 He sounds like a judgemental snob. And like most judgemental snobs, he sounds as if he doesn't have the first clue about what's he's judging. He sounds like a judgemental snob. And like most judgemental snobs, he sounds as if he doesn’t have the first clue about what’s he’s judging.

]]> By: Kathy http://www.queervoice.net/kmcmullen/2007/03/10/writers-conference/comment-page-1/#comment-90463 Kathy Sun, 11 Mar 2007 17:41:52 +0000 http://www.queervoice.net/kmcmullen/2007/03/10/writers-conference/#comment-90463 Lisa, brag at will. I know you are proud of your daughters, and now I am too. I agree with your definition of a writer. We write because we couldn't imagine not writing. Lisa, brag at will. I know you are proud of your daughters, and now I am too. I agree with your definition of a writer. We write because we couldn’t imagine not writing.

]]> By: Kathy http://www.queervoice.net/kmcmullen/2007/03/10/writers-conference/comment-page-1/#comment-90462 Kathy Sun, 11 Mar 2007 17:37:23 +0000 http://www.queervoice.net/kmcmullen/2007/03/10/writers-conference/#comment-90462 Thanks, Don! Thanks, Don!

]]> By: Kathy http://www.queervoice.net/kmcmullen/2007/03/10/writers-conference/comment-page-1/#comment-90461 Kathy Sun, 11 Mar 2007 17:36:53 +0000 http://www.queervoice.net/kmcmullen/2007/03/10/writers-conference/#comment-90461 <i>"As long as the time you spend blogging doesn’t prevent you from devoting time to your other projects (a-hem!)...</i>" Yes, mom. * hangs head in dismay * And I promise to get that manuscript to you -- soon. I hadn't thought consciously of blogging as an up-to-date form of the written correspondence that was once so prevalent, but it certainly does serve that purpose -- and the responses come without that long wait for the post. Anne, I would love to hear more about your experience, and I will email you this week. I do wish you'd been given more time, and I'm not sure if it was the organizers' collective ignorance of blogging or the faint whiff of snobbery that prevented you from having more than one session. Dan, you know we could never do this for pay -- who wants to give up editorial control? And MWT, you know you are a southern girl at heart, and we love to have you here. “As long as the time you spend blogging doesn’t prevent you from devoting time to your other projects (a-hem!)…”

Yes, mom. * hangs head in dismay * And I promise to get that manuscript to you — soon.

I hadn’t thought consciously of blogging as an up-to-date form of the written correspondence that was once so prevalent, but it certainly does serve that purpose — and the responses come without that long wait for the post.

Anne, I would love to hear more about your experience, and I will email you this week. I do wish you’d been given more time, and I’m not sure if it was the organizers’ collective ignorance of blogging or the faint whiff of snobbery that prevented you from having more than one session.

Dan, you know we could never do this for pay — who wants to give up editorial control?

And MWT, you know you are a southern girl at heart, and we love to have you here.

]]> By: Lisa in Hoover http://www.queervoice.net/kmcmullen/2007/03/10/writers-conference/comment-page-1/#comment-90460 Lisa in Hoover Sun, 11 Mar 2007 17:33:14 +0000 http://www.queervoice.net/kmcmullen/2007/03/10/writers-conference/#comment-90460 are we sure Mr. S. is a writer? I'm a writer, my daughters are writers* and the only thing that makes one a writer is that you write. Publication and payment are not part of what makes you a writer. If you want to make a living at writing then obviously you need to get paid for some of it, which I supposed makes you an author. But a writer is someone who HAS to write - like my oldest daughter, who told me "I can't not write." Thanks to the power of the internet, we can share our writing and our thoughts with an audience beyond a classroom or monthly writer's group. *I have to brag: my 15-year-old had a poem published in "Teen Ink," a national literary magazine. And my college sophomore had a piece accepted to the Seneca Review, which is very prestigious and has published, among others, Rita Dove and Maya Angelou. are we sure Mr. S. is a writer? I’m a writer, my daughters are writers* and the only thing that makes one a writer is that you write. Publication and payment are not part of what makes you a writer. If you want to make a living at writing then obviously you need to get paid for some of it, which I supposed makes you an author. But a writer is someone who HAS to write – like my oldest daughter, who told me “I can’t not write.” Thanks to the power of the internet, we can share our writing and our thoughts with an audience beyond a classroom or monthly writer’s group.

*I have to brag: my 15-year-old had a poem published in “Teen Ink,” a national literary magazine. And my college sophomore had a piece accepted to the Seneca Review, which is very prestigious and has published, among others, Rita Dove and Maya Angelou.

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