tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5722735165669239585.post5038733938467263372..comments2023-05-24T23:33:57.516+10:00Comments on My Unwelcome Stranger: About writing and writersDenis Wrighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12786035137418348609noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5722735165669239585.post-25730688601833794432012-08-17T22:15:14.981+10:002012-08-17T22:15:14.981+10:00I'm not sure how I've only just found this...I'm not sure how I've only just found this and the timing could not have berm better. It's been a tough year healthwise for me Denis and i'm just getting back on top of things. This is a wonderful honour. Thank youLJnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5722735165669239585.post-47100689801000234232011-06-07T21:20:15.625+10:002011-06-07T21:20:15.625+10:00Gavin - your comment here is much appreciated. I&#...Gavin - your comment here is much appreciated. I've found so often in my (now past) academic career that modesty is the common element amongst writers and artists whose company I enjoy - which isn't to say that it's good if it inhibits talent, and it sometimes does. Several students of mine were so fearful and so unwilling to accept that they really had talent that the disbelief got in their way. The things that work best come straight from the heart, so don't feel too humble (just the right amount.) <br /><br />My illness forced me into a world I always had some confidence I could explore, but never quite got round to. No regrets for leaving it till now - the time may well be just right for me - and so it may be for you, but for other reasons. Just do it! Even a 'loss' is sometimes a gain. Experience has its own way of teaching us, even when it hurts. Very best to you! <br /><br />DenisDenis Wrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12786035137418348609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5722735165669239585.post-63955456717375807102011-06-07T20:32:24.659+10:002011-06-07T20:32:24.659+10:00Dear Denis,
I know I thanked you on Twitter perso...Dear Denis,<br /><br />I know I thanked you on Twitter personally at the time, but I wanted to put it "on the record" as it were. This is perhaps the best reward I've had all year - and it's already been a big year for me. So I thank you from the bottom of my heart.<br /><br />I started to write again with no expectation that it would continue, but unlike in my teenage years (yes more than 20 years ago now), I'm pretty confident that I'm getting somewhere and neither work nor "socialising" is going to get in the way. It's a long journey, and I'm some way away I feel sure from being worthy of the company you associate me with.<br /><br />So forgive me for my slackjawed prose, and wow, a veritable list to be among. I am beyond humble. Reward like this brings me back to the focus; to learn about writing and become better each time.<br /><br />Gavin (or franksting) coming out of the woodworkAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5722735165669239585.post-16021447998801194392011-05-16T17:27:04.411+10:002011-05-16T17:27:04.411+10:00I feel like a fraud, assuming the right to comment...I feel like a fraud, assuming the right to comment on the talents of all of you, but hey, it’s my blog, so who’s going to stop me telling it like I think it is about some great writers and 140-character repartee freaks!<br />What I like best about Mr D(enmore) is that he tackles the journalistic castle (estate!) for all the right reasons. The profession is under sustained attack, from within and without, and someone needs to bite the heels of the guilty parties besides Jonathan Holmes (Media Watch). Let’s hope the analogy shouldn’t be ‘tilting at windmills’! As well, I think he’s old and crusty. <br />It’s about honesty and integrity, and people like him and Peter Martin never sacrifice it for anything.<br />If ZMKC hasn’t noticed sloppiness, that because she decided not to look too hard, so I think I know where the generosity lies! If you want style and classy writing, there’s your model.<br />To AgnessMack, Alexandra, Joanne, KellyAnne, Sheshtyn, and Louise, it is always wonderful to see how modest the best writers usually are. I have to say, though, one or two can be modest almost to a fault! <br />Jane-Anne – ah I love this woman’s wicked comments and collection of great articles and I have absolutely NO idea how she manages to get them together daily and stick a reference to them under our noses in Twitter.<br />Jim Belshaw and I were on staff together at UNE 30? years ago and we haven’t met for at least 20, so it was a delight to meet again through Twitter and to find what a great blog he has been curating. Style’s an instinct with the historian’s skill and experience Jim has, and I think he’s got it right.<br />Julie, I think your thank yous were for providing clues to where or who to start with on Twitter. I am sure you haven’t taken the plunge yet, but these are great people to start with. For a while, you can just read and watch and enjoy, and you don’t even have to tweet a beet! :)Denis Wrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12786035137418348609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5722735165669239585.post-44157990283078766172011-05-12T13:12:18.031+10:002011-05-12T13:12:18.031+10:00Hi Denis,
I blog and I am sure that sub-editors (...Hi Denis,<br /><br />I blog and I am sure that sub-editors (and my uni professors) would balk at my sentence fragments and adverbs. The beauty of blogging is that we can use our writing as an expression of us, to create and shape our own voices. <br /><br />Thank you for such a wonderful blog.<br /><br />Laura xxLaura Valeriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17631340335024407931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5722735165669239585.post-53700766329326137232011-05-12T08:34:59.498+10:002011-05-12T08:34:59.498+10:00It is great to get such warm and caring responses ...It is great to get such warm and caring responses from so many people, most of whom I've never met in the flesh. There are individual ones I want to respond to, and I will later. Other bloggers know well how good it is to find responses; that someone is actually looking in from time to time. <br /><br />Right now if I don't start writing the piece from my childhood I have in mind the time will be dissipated in email, FaceBook, and Twitter articles. I AM coming back (and not out of a sense of obligation but because I want to!)<br /><br />Thank you all.Denis Wrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12786035137418348609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5722735165669239585.post-85591491019897977412011-05-12T05:31:27.627+10:002011-05-12T05:31:27.627+10:00Thanks for the shout-out, Denis! :D
You do much ...Thanks for the shout-out, Denis! :D <br /><br />You do much better with the blogging than I. When I started, there wasn't even a term for it. I was writing essays for my original site, whenever the whim struck me.<br /><br />However, because I considered them essays, I felt I needed to follow all the rules of style & grammar, which put a crimp in those impulses - trying to properly word, puncuate & flow was too much a bother.<br /><br />You understand the concept, which is write about what interests you, put it in a coherent form, & do it as the fancy strikes. Good show!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5722735165669239585.post-78302321259380000362011-05-12T01:33:42.788+10:002011-05-12T01:33:42.788+10:00Thank you and all the best. LouiseThank you and all the best. LouiseLouise Yaxleynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5722735165669239585.post-51386123682786870272011-05-11T20:04:52.967+10:002011-05-11T20:04:52.967+10:00Thanks for the inclusion in your lovely list Denis...Thanks for the inclusion in your lovely list Denis, it is an honour and encouragement! :) I like your style of writing, it's so easy and compelling to read and understand! Keep writing my friend xSheshtynhttp://musicisglorious.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5722735165669239585.post-69139416483597503252011-05-11T19:59:41.419+10:002011-05-11T19:59:41.419+10:00Thank you Denis.
You are very kind.
Kind regards...Thank you Denis.<br /><br />You are very kind.<br /><br />Kind regards,<br /><br />PeterPeter Martinhttp://www.petermartin.com.au/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5722735165669239585.post-33459844146612152962011-05-11T15:25:54.574+10:002011-05-11T15:25:54.574+10:00Sir, it's an honour to have been included on y...Sir, it's an honour to have been included on your list. Always enjoy your witty comments!KellyAnneSmithnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5722735165669239585.post-63108446912274818942011-05-11T15:11:33.655+10:002011-05-11T15:11:33.655+10:00Wow. Thanks. Amongst millions of frivolous twitter...Wow. Thanks. Amongst millions of frivolous twitter activities your account has always stood out to me as one with meaning. Impressed to even have received a mention.Joanne Oliviernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5722735165669239585.post-55247524739420817952011-05-11T09:33:03.974+10:002011-05-11T09:33:03.974+10:00Thank you, Denis. I'm flattered to be mentione...Thank you, Denis. I'm flattered to be mentioned in your list, and so enjoyed this thoughtful post. Also, I thank you for a list of interesting people to follow. In Twitterspeak, Tx. *impressed face* #worthreadingJane-Annehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05286066902484367496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5722735165669239585.post-6981167936360892062011-05-11T09:16:57.883+10:002011-05-11T09:16:57.883+10:00"Sheer whim and spontaneity" are the tal..."Sheer whim and spontaneity" are the talents of a true writer such as yourself. Blogging is new territory for me, too. After years of print journalism, I'm embracing sentence fragments in all their glory!alexandrahttp://www.alexandrawrote.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5722735165669239585.post-32304450054280222282011-05-11T08:44:56.432+10:002011-05-11T08:44:56.432+10:00Like you, Denis, I have found blogging a wonderful...Like you, Denis, I have found blogging a wonderful release in terms of the yen to write, exploration of ideas and friendship. I fear, however, that I don't write to suit the blogging format. Because it's my writing and for me, I tend to mix styles in a quite inapropriate way!Jim Belshawhttp://belshaw.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5722735165669239585.post-41357769974673503322011-05-11T08:31:26.255+10:002011-05-11T08:31:26.255+10:00Wow! Such illustrious company. Thanks a million, D...Wow! Such illustrious company. Thanks a million, Denis. Wish I had more followers to point in your direction.AgnessMacknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5722735165669239585.post-59745980225836064812011-05-11T08:28:27.117+10:002011-05-11T08:28:27.117+10:00You're a very generous soul, many thanks (and ...You're a very generous soul, many thanks (and I haven't noticed sloppiness, laziness or general unattractiveness in your writing - and, heaven knows, I'm always on the look out)zmkchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08972549292961948240noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5722735165669239585.post-67284717906801157162011-05-11T08:24:37.287+10:002011-05-11T08:24:37.287+10:00Denis, if you enjoy writing, just do it. Thanks fo...Denis, if you enjoy writing, just do it. Thanks for the plug. RegardsJCPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16616465865456408615noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5722735165669239585.post-85358957163502452182011-05-10T20:25:17.555+10:002011-05-10T20:25:17.555+10:00Thank you thank you thank you!!Thank you thank you thank you!!Juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03796734273732243982noreply@blogger.com