[quote]A-rod wrote:
Are you speaking of Roguevampire. He was an aspiring writer among many other things. I miss that fellow. I really enjoyed his no nonsense strictly business persona.[/quote]
No, not rogue (did he ever actually post any excerpts from his alleged story about his dead 500 year old love affair? Did I get that right?)
I was thinking about this guy:
[quote]Cortes wrote:
Dead tree is dead anyway. If poetry ever sees any sort of revival in popularity (I don’t think it will), it will be via an online avenue. I had a few things published (not in Southern Review or Poetry or anything so big). I consider myself a pretty talented writer of poetry, fiction and prose (I know, so does everyone, right?), but I would not bother trying to get published in the big dead tree pubs. I mean, seriously, the biggest poets today aren’t even well known by other authors. [/quote]
I thought it was scientifically proven that everyone is at least a little bit full of themselves? Something about an experiment where they digitally altered a photograph of your face several times to make you more or less attractive and people consistently chose an option that was altered favourably as a representation of their true self. I imagine it extends to perceptions of literary abilities as well.
In any case, getting something published must be a cool feeling. I’ve never put together anything I felt was substantial (or good) enough to warrant an effort to get published, and don’t really consider myself a writer, just someone who writes as a hobby and dabbles just enough to keep their feet wet. Joined a forum elsewhere for that.