tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7465386.post6922106080896171355..comments2023-05-03T11:54:07.518-04:00Comments on Pugnacious Pinoy: Strays and StrayingOliver de la Pazhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14708989542004589056noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7465386.post-57619604523989067112008-12-04T12:42:00.000-05:002008-12-04T12:42:00.000-05:00Wazzap, Beasley?!You know, I was planning on blogg...Wazzap, Beasley?!<BR/><BR/><BR/>You know, I was planning on blogging about placing a long poem to anchor the collection. Ha! Great minds, girl. Great minds.<BR/><BR/>Concerning XBox 360 titles, will definitely toss you some suggestions. As I stated, I'm currently into Fallout 3, which is engrossing, cinematic, and *gasp* well-written! Your gamer sounds like he has the same tastes as me in Oliver de la Pazhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14708989542004589056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7465386.post-243647796764434152008-12-04T12:33:00.000-05:002008-12-04T12:33:00.000-05:00Always fun to visit your blog, Oliver! I wonder if...Always fun to visit your blog, Oliver! <BR/><BR/>I wonder if the book could be waiting for the anchor of a longer poem/sequence? Maybe some of the "minor" poems actually share thematic elements that want to be poached, conflated, or otherwise combined into something Major. Which would then be complemented by the already-written work. <BR/><BR/>And now, for something completely different: could Sandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02108785153248826337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7465386.post-52818779395527589772008-12-03T22:15:00.000-05:002008-12-03T22:15:00.000-05:00This was so interesting for me to read--as a ficti...This was so interesting for me to read--as a fiction writer, I can't even fathom how difficult it would be to place/organize poems into a manuscript. And I love that your little guy was sleeping under your sweatshirt the whole time you typed that. My entire short story collection was written with my infant son strapped to my body--when I look at the book, I still think of his little baby head Elissa Minor Rusthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13688992354658242055noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7465386.post-4149775450265458192008-12-03T21:09:00.000-05:002008-12-03T21:09:00.000-05:00Howdy, Luke! The bit about the "one note," I can'...Howdy, Luke!<BR/><BR/> The bit about the "one note," I can't claim as my own discovery. When I was submitting book #2 around, that was the criticism I kept getting when it was catching "finalist disease." One particular editor quite accurately pointed out that I had several poems that were duplicating points in the narrative. I couldn't see it myself at the time and she helped me realize thisOliver de la Pazhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14708989542004589056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7465386.post-26186588087259807342008-12-03T20:19:00.000-05:002008-12-03T20:19:00.000-05:00Really interesting stuff about the manuscript maki...Really interesting stuff about the manuscript making. Especially the bit about striking the same note. Seems like you've established a healthy distance between the making of individual poems and the process of putting them together. I have a hard time recognizing when different poems are doing the same work which has, needless to say, become a problem.<BR/><BR/>Happy to find this blog, though!Luke Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01485195273934420368noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7465386.post-50427937088063259582008-12-03T13:00:00.000-05:002008-12-03T13:00:00.000-05:00:D YAY YAY YAY!I wrote that entire passage with L...:D YAY YAY YAY!<BR/><BR/>I wrote that entire passage with L. under my hoodie sweatshirt sleeping. My back hurts from trying to stay semi-level for him.Oliver de la Pazhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14708989542004589056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7465386.post-86313799151063127382008-12-03T12:45:00.000-05:002008-12-03T12:45:00.000-05:00Yeay for the grandparents!!Yeay for the grandparents!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com