tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6525161379578984040.post6151510718057131605..comments2023-12-15T00:45:21.381-05:00Comments on Unmapped Country: SuccessHope Perlmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10599511890390199730noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6525161379578984040.post-68332737595060475332011-05-20T06:43:54.983-04:002011-05-20T06:43:54.983-04:00Anne,
What a grand and poetic gesture - burning ...Anne, <br /><br />What a grand and poetic gesture - burning the rejections! I look forward to it. Although I do have a librarian streak in me that would balk at the actual destruction of them. I haven't amassed a grocery bag's worth of rejections yet, but I'm applying myself to that now.<br /><br />Also lovely that your boys carry on their grandmother's words and interests. There is more than one path to recognition, I guess. <br /><br />Thanks for commenting, Anne.Hope Perlmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10599511890390199730noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6525161379578984040.post-27094271876253990622011-05-19T22:23:44.086-04:002011-05-19T22:23:44.086-04:00So, I'm catching up a bit late here, but wante...So, I'm catching up a bit late here, but wanted to share.<br /><br />I remember vaguely my mother saying that she was writing poetry again, and that she was hoping to be published.<br /><br /> I remember, vividly, her bringing a grocery bag of rejection letters to the dining room table and saying that she could burn them now that she had an acceptance. <br /><br />I wish she were here to see that Jeremy has read poems of hers in his class this year, and that Harry has discovered writing poetry himself.Anne Sauerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10845677263277228156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6525161379578984040.post-48404226634664080162011-05-10T17:07:38.060-04:002011-05-10T17:07:38.060-04:00Your letter on failure failed? I think that means ...Your letter on failure failed? I think that means you are a success! Or at least not a failure ... As I told you, your last message came though at exactly the same time as the latest forwarded message from my agent containing another response from an editor rejecting my manuscript. Four down, six to go. So does that mean I'm failing? Well, I succeeded in interesting an agent and some other people in my novel, but so far I have failed to interest an editor. Which is not easy to swallow. But I'm still glad I wrote it. So maybe that means I successfully wrote a novel. I think the issue of success versus failure is fraught with contradictions and complexity, and therefore worthy of your focus ...Benjamin Weilnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6525161379578984040.post-46331599460369977122011-05-02T11:26:50.211-04:002011-05-02T11:26:50.211-04:00well, Susan, I'd love to hear your thoughts! S...well, Susan, I'd love to hear your thoughts! So if you don't want to commit them to writing, maybe we can meet when you get back from your trip!Hope Perlmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10599511890390199730noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6525161379578984040.post-35305449256481775472011-05-02T10:06:06.546-04:002011-05-02T10:06:06.546-04:00Whoa, tough question, Hope. I will take the easy ...Whoa, tough question, Hope. I will take the easy way out and sidestep it by saying I will have to think about it. I have a long train trip facing me this week, and now you've given me something important if somewhat uncomfortable to muse about. <br /><br />I haven't read the articles on failure in the alumnae magazine yet, but I'm sure yours is better!Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08629099562256154869noreply@blogger.com