tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8774625592830261479.post7172042739887220494..comments2024-03-27T13:22:37.478-07:00Comments on The Glass Character: The church at the corner of Gloria and LloydMargaret Gunninghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16281594044624096600noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8774625592830261479.post-59596434026723853722012-04-10T09:44:36.950-07:002012-04-10T09:44:36.950-07:00One wood hope!One wood hope!Mathew Pausthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06157135006791553019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8774625592830261479.post-34454946760227501132012-04-10T09:01:09.793-07:002012-04-10T09:01:09.793-07:00As in "wood"?As in "wood"?Margaret Gunninghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16281594044624096600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8774625592830261479.post-35696204404976529922012-04-08T16:28:22.622-07:002012-04-08T16:28:22.622-07:00He did...I mean, would.He did...I mean, <i>would.</i>Mathew Pausthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06157135006791553019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8774625592830261479.post-2753701368234221432012-04-08T16:19:13.906-07:002012-04-08T16:19:13.906-07:00You mean he'd salute me?You mean he'd salute me?Margaret Gunninghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16281594044624096600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8774625592830261479.post-26727607044561825402012-04-07T04:42:37.322-07:002012-04-07T04:42:37.322-07:00Well, then! Combining an outsized imagination wit...Well, then! Combining an outsized imagination with my heightened empathic sensitivity I can say most definitely Jake is...WOULD sit up and take notice...at least the most important part of him in the context...<i>would.</i>Mathew Pausthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06157135006791553019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8774625592830261479.post-57545373370965859902012-04-06T20:10:36.173-07:002012-04-06T20:10:36.173-07:00I don't care what he does exactly, he can just...I don't care what he does exactly, he can just lie there and look cute and let ME do all the work. I can think of a few things right off the top.Margaret Gunninghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16281594044624096600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8774625592830261479.post-36736917399143451632012-04-05T09:55:57.712-07:002012-04-05T09:55:57.712-07:00Perhaps you overrate?Perhaps you overrate?Mathew Pausthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06157135006791553019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8774625592830261479.post-4248910998772146942012-04-05T09:50:10.412-07:002012-04-05T09:50:10.412-07:00If he can play gay, he can play it straight.If he can play gay, he can play it straight.Margaret Gunninghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16281594044624096600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8774625592830261479.post-9388529106662145322012-04-05T04:59:33.443-07:002012-04-05T04:59:33.443-07:00Didn't you know he was perfectly cast for Brok...Didn't you know he was perfectly cast for <i>Brokeback Mountain?</i>Mathew Pausthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06157135006791553019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8774625592830261479.post-86597090147675998642012-04-04T22:37:06.734-07:002012-04-04T22:37:06.734-07:00I mean, I WANT him. In my bedroom. NOW.I mean, I WANT him. In my bedroom. NOW.Margaret Gunninghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16281594044624096600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8774625592830261479.post-3087761633948301752012-04-04T11:40:35.720-07:002012-04-04T11:40:35.720-07:00I don't see why not. Let's check with his...I don't see why not. Let's check with his agency...Mathew Pausthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06157135006791553019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8774625592830261479.post-54671608888397272702012-04-04T11:38:08.311-07:002012-04-04T11:38:08.311-07:00I want Jake Gyllenhaal.I want Jake Gyllenhaal.Margaret Gunninghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16281594044624096600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8774625592830261479.post-58342389469415148832012-04-04T10:15:27.727-07:002012-04-04T10:15:27.727-07:00You could never grrrrind anything out, Margaret. N...You could never <i>grrrrind</i> anything out, Margaret. Nor could I, unless I was on deadline with a contract guaranteeing me a six-figure advance - then I'd grrrrind with glee. The recognition and financial rewards from knocking just one out of the park (selling to the movies) would free you (or me) up to write to your (or my) heart's content without ever worrying about being published again. The end.Mathew Pausthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06157135006791553019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8774625592830261479.post-86829121503847292022012-04-04T09:01:43.668-07:002012-04-04T09:01:43.668-07:00This is partly a test comment becuzzadafact that m...This is partly a test comment becuzzadafact that my blog is doing weird things again. My little pencil-symbol came back again. It was supposed to be there all along, as it was ticked in the setup. Then it disappeared agan. Then I couldn't post a comment. Then photos stopped posting. I don't know. I'm too lazy at this point to change it radically. But I suppose I might. I would never stop writing, but I might stop slamming my head against the brick wall of "approval". Everyone said, "oh, now that you have two books out, you've got it made." But it's harder than ever cuz they didn't SELL, and that's what they never tell you. And even if they do sell. . . If I get to the point of grinding them out, I *will* quit, or commit suicide. I don't/can't make dog food.Margaret Gunninghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16281594044624096600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8774625592830261479.post-68228538330642186742012-04-04T06:22:22.671-07:002012-04-04T06:22:22.671-07:00The latter, Margaret. At least for you and me. W...The latter, Margaret. At least for you and me. Writers who write because it taps into something vital within them will write whether what they produce is received well or not. Stephen King has become stupidly wealthy writing but he still cranks it out every day, and says he'd consume himself with guilt if he didn't. I suspect Joyce Carol Oates is the same. I also suspect that "one-book wonders" keep writing, too, even tho they never get lucky again. David Baldacci was celebrated as an overnite wonder when he sold <i>Absolute Power</i> for a million bucks - his first acceptance. He told us at a local writers conference a couple of years later he'd had hundreds of rejections before he hit with that book. Since then he's cranked out as many two best-sellers a year. There's life and there's luck. You and I have no choice but to take the life we've been given. If luck comes, too, hey...we celebrate.Mathew Pausthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06157135006791553019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8774625592830261479.post-79039148661110544932012-04-03T22:35:58.352-07:002012-04-03T22:35:58.352-07:00No. But I watched a double-bill tonight of two PBS...No. But I watched a double-bill tonight of two PBS documentaries about Southern women who wrote iconic (hate the term, but accurate) novels that were made into iconic movies, then never wrote anything again. Margaret Mitchell and Harper Lee. I don't know what happened with them, but fame seemed to kill them. Likewise Truman Capote, whose death was a very public slow-motion suicide (and he was Harper Lee's best friend until she won the Pulitzer, at which moment he cut off all ties with her). Does it kill us to write? Does it kill us NOT to write?Margaret Gunninghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16281594044624096600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8774625592830261479.post-2423496021017881072012-04-03T13:22:58.530-07:002012-04-03T13:22:58.530-07:00Ever dream you're piloting a boat on the Missi...Ever dream you're piloting a boat on the Mississippi?Mathew Pausthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06157135006791553019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8774625592830261479.post-25298591952287820292012-04-02T22:57:21.071-07:002012-04-02T22:57:21.071-07:00This is a whole novel. Was he being serious? Must ...This is a whole novel. Was he being serious? Must be, or he wouldn't have written as himself (Clemens)rather than his alter ego.Margaret Gunninghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16281594044624096600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8774625592830261479.post-38046559489373640102012-04-02T11:22:56.980-07:002012-04-02T11:22:56.980-07:00Sloooooooowly.Sloooooooowly.Mathew Pausthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06157135006791553019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8774625592830261479.post-3017218716075370842012-04-02T11:01:26.981-07:002012-04-02T11:01:26.981-07:00Click on this, close your eyes and count to ten, t...Click on this, close your eyes and count to ten, then open them: <b><i><a href="http://classiclit.about.com/library/bl-etexts/mtwain/bl-mtwain-mental.htm" rel="nofollow">Mental Telegraphy Again</a></i></b>Mathew Pausthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06157135006791553019noreply@blogger.com