tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2703861414547309188.post8723925489906085698..comments2024-03-25T20:40:44.806-04:00Comments on Literary Rejections on Display Now Has Long COVID: Can't Use TheseWriter, Rejectedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17241982229214057815noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2703861414547309188.post-70691695211051416012010-06-06T03:23:34.489-04:002010-06-06T03:23:34.489-04:00For most poets, because money is never an option, ...For most poets, because money is never an option, it's about a lifestyle, a mode of existence, a form of looking at life. <br /><br />So because they have such low monetary expectations about their product, they don't have the same kind of angst as fiction writers, who are actually trying to "make it."Lit Jnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2703861414547309188.post-76393690204619834472010-06-05T01:40:05.420-04:002010-06-05T01:40:05.420-04:00ha same thing with artists! We all kvetch over nev...ha same thing with artists! We all kvetch over never selling our art or winning contests and then when someone is actually able to make a living as an artist..well it is such a blessing! BlechKayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14819844673551315071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2703861414547309188.post-81548816717362168242010-06-04T13:39:44.491-04:002010-06-04T13:39:44.491-04:00well, two famous poets would act like the craft is...well, two <i>famous</i> poets would act like the craft is its own reward. make the same comment in front of a some poets who only get published in hand-made chapbooks and online magazines; i'm sure you'll get a more sympathetic, and more real response. <br /><br />i had a few semi-famous poetry professors like that in college and grad school. their non-famous counterparts confided in me that once they became "names," their attitude changed like that. fame must be some kind of transfigurative force for poets. <br /><br />so trust me, they had the same tortured writing years as anyone, and the weren't born farting rainbows.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com