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May.22.2011 Taking the plunge! I’ve been a member of the Red Room for nearly two years and this is my first blog entry. When I was an adolescent and teenager I wrote with abandon. I expressed, in my poems, songs and stories, what I felt – unafraid to share honestly. I was not frightened to be open and write candidly. ...	Jan.24.2011 A True Critic Po Bronson co-wrote the book Nurture Shock, and after reading his Red Room blog of Jan 19, 2011, I’ve concluded that I can’t critique what he’s written. Why? Because I haven’t raised kids myself, where it worked out great, and then endeavored to write about it. Doing things the wrong way and...
Aug.18.2010 I'M TREPIDATIOUS THAT CRITICS LIKE FRANK KERMODE ARE NOT BEING REPLACED Celebrated critic Frank Kermode dies aged 90 Prominent for more than half-a-century, he combined an eminent scholarly career with popular success Alison Flood guardian.co.uk, Wednesday 18 August 2010 12.22 BST Frank Kermode in 2009. Photograph: Eamonn McCabe for the Guardian Widely acclaimed...	Feb.25.2009 Leaping from the Trapeze Without Seeing the Net: Something of a Manifesto The title of this post is a quote from a conversation with a wonderful coach named Sharon Sayler (check out her radio show), and I think it’s the perfect description of what writing demands of us. Someone was saying to me this week that it’s not the writing she minds, but the voice in her head that...
Oct.22.2008 Critic What is a critic? The Webster English dictionary defines critic as 1) one who judges books, music, plays etc. for a newspaper; 2) to find fault. Interesting definition. But what is the general guideline or criterion that critics usually follow or adhere to? In my experience, there is no...	Aug.30.2008 The Creative Spark Where does it come from, and how do we call upon it, nurture it and sustain it? Having taught art and writing for many years, I've come to the conclusion that once we call it forth, it feeds on itself, like a hurricane over open water. The trick is coaxing it our of hiding in the first place, and...
Jul.31.2008 Critically Acclaimed Doesn't that mean acclaimed in a critical way, and not acclaimed by critics? Just wondering...