tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3982837118358902227.post6390713431229763350..comments2023-07-14T06:17:49.677-04:00Comments on The Daring Novelist: The Poetess and the Zen ArtisanThe Daring Novelisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01676188266569869059noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3982837118358902227.post-89552457892158367412013-01-31T00:46:59.985-05:002013-01-31T00:46:59.985-05:00Thanks, Sarah and Lee!Thanks, Sarah and Lee!The Daring Novelisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01676188266569869059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3982837118358902227.post-9248356324664717692013-01-30T13:03:44.773-05:002013-01-30T13:03:44.773-05:00You said:
"I want to speak to the diligent a...You said:<br /><br />"I want to speak to the diligent amateur. To the story enthusiast - be they readers or writers or watchers."<br /><br />We're listening :-)Lee McAulayhttp://leemcaulay.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3982837118358902227.post-49451439805551604292013-01-30T11:06:48.482-05:002013-01-30T11:06:48.482-05:00It should be noted that J.R.R. Tolkien was a hobby...It should be noted that J.R.R. Tolkien was a hobby writer. His career was teaching and linguistics. And yet he took the art of fantasy to a higher level AND made it more popular than it had ever been before simply because he had a burning passion for sub-creation and diligently worked at it his whole life. <br /><br />I like your thoughts on the Zen Artisan. Writing is not my career, raising a family is my primary vocation, but it is something I have a strong passion for. I'm not doing it for fame or fortune. I am doing it because it's the only way to satisfy that part of myself that needs to create. Sarah McCabehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10985261436020635823noreply@blogger.com