tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3443694176230284387.post7188188322507386174..comments2024-01-07T00:48:50.622-08:00Comments on A Writing Life: Taos Day 5&6: Wine and Espresso Chocolate to End the WeekDurango Writerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14854000354374970070noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3443694176230284387.post-86480570842634497802010-07-28T11:20:01.549-07:002010-07-28T11:20:01.549-07:00@Wendy. I'm so sorry the week was disappointin...@Wendy. I'm so sorry the week was disappointing for you. It was definitely intense with so many different personalities. Not all workshops are this way. Hope you find something that is a good fit in the future! Good luck with your writing.Durango Writerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14854000354374970070noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3443694176230284387.post-27519220733390535042010-07-26T09:45:17.056-07:002010-07-26T09:45:17.056-07:00I was in your class, Mandy, and I thought your tal...I was in your class, Mandy, and I thought your tale about the Holiday Inn fit nicely between the two worlds, literary and mainstream. I loved it.<br />For me it was a ghastly week. I have never been in such an awful class, full of snobbish, unfriendly people in my life. An expensive disappointment so far away from my Midwest home. I received very little useful feedback, but I will implement what I got.<br />BTW I am the non-Canadian Wendy.I just don't know how to sign this comment.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3443694176230284387.post-60367499495298827482010-07-22T15:04:28.593-07:002010-07-22T15:04:28.593-07:00Once upon a time, I was a literary snob. I admit i...Once upon a time, I was a literary snob. I admit it. No longer. After teaching English comp for a couple of years and seeing what is competing with reading of any kind, I can no longer look down on anything. Literary. Commercial. Genre. Memoir. Heck, even those books with the bumpy covers that are in most airport bookstores. As long as people are reading, who cares?! <br /><br />I think literary fiction and popular (best-selling!) books may live together. Sort of like literary fiction being a meal with the popular stuff being the sweet bits that come after it. And sometimes, we even skip the meal and get right to the sugar. Hey, it happens! :)<br /><br />Being true to your voice, to the stories, to the characters: what else can any reasonable reader expect?<br /><br />Good luck and happy writing. RoyRoyhttp://carriagereturn.typepad.com/noreply@blogger.com