tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2925449466467205516.post5366116164065302233..comments2023-09-15T01:33:18.857-07:00Comments on Humble Musings of a Literary Kind: Working out the Knots: Titles and the Difficulties of SummationAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18156605759733149704noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2925449466467205516.post-78880795008599296052013-10-01T15:53:02.144-07:002013-10-01T15:53:02.144-07:00Thank you dear Christopher for your kind kind word...Thank you dear Christopher for your kind kind words - and that most inspiring quote from Emerson. I am so pleased that you enjoyed this humble musing, and am most grateful for the thoughtful commentary you leave behind. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18156605759733149704noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2925449466467205516.post-17424537661586405822013-09-25T10:18:21.980-07:002013-09-25T10:18:21.980-07:00PJ,
As Emerson wrote Whitman upon the publication...PJ, <br />As Emerson wrote Whitman upon the publication of Leaves of Grass: "I greet you at the beginning of a great career, which yet must have had a long foreground for such a start." Congratulations on this auspicious beginning! May I add that your musings on finding the right title for your book are a joy to read: graceful, searching, and inspired.<br /><br />Christopher (from The Literary Endeavor)Mr. Cogitohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05355871260241589608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2925449466467205516.post-38621964247899549422013-09-15T06:37:49.467-07:002013-09-15T06:37:49.467-07:00Thank you dearest Shari! Yes - and so it has prove...Thank you dearest Shari! Yes - and so it has proved to be (much more serious than anticipated...) and finding appropriate names for my three children was an easy endeavor in comparison! Perhaps even easier at that stage because they had yet to arrive and one did not 'know' them as such...so it was just a matter of thinking of a name that you yourself liked. This seems inherently a more complicated affair - but I am working at it - and am hoping that during the course of the current grammatical reading something will occur to me - have me sitting bolt upright in the depths of sleep - a 'eureka!' moment! So I spend my days sitting under the apple tree, shaking the boughs (or is that cheating??)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18156605759733149704noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2925449466467205516.post-288440214387836132013-09-15T06:32:58.455-07:002013-09-15T06:32:58.455-07:00What a blissful idea! Starting with a marvelous ti...What a blissful idea! Starting with a marvelous title and going from there...and to have a bag bursting at the seams with golden phrases just waiting to be weaved into something magical. Thank you so much, dearest Marta, for your stalwart support - and if your mother's bag is anywhere to be found...perhaps she might spare me a nugget or two??Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18156605759733149704noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2925449466467205516.post-70454517760681178752013-09-15T06:30:03.132-07:002013-09-15T06:30:03.132-07:00Ah I envy you Rachealgrace! Congratulations on you...Ah I envy you Rachealgrace! Congratulations on your gathering of poetry and prose for your book- it must be exciting, the coalescing after so much time. Please do let us know when your novels are completed, and how to acquire them! Yes and sometimes that banging on the door can get quite insistent! Mine has been remarkably patient with me considering the decade-long haul, although I think it is rather losing patience now that I am diddling over titles! Miss you too!!!!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18156605759733149704noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2925449466467205516.post-35670594284738263172013-09-15T06:25:46.724-07:002013-09-15T06:25:46.724-07:00Thank you, dear Sarah - I do hope the process of t...Thank you, dear Sarah - I do hope the process of title-acquisition is a little less torturous for you! Thank you for visiting my humble musing and leaving a comment behind you!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18156605759733149704noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2925449466467205516.post-23156487256866766142013-09-09T15:44:49.706-07:002013-09-09T15:44:49.706-07:00Dear PJ, BRAVO again on the completion of the nove...Dear PJ, BRAVO again on the completion of the novel! (No small feat!) Naming the baby is a much more serious affair than it may seem, endowing one a sense of "entitlement" for having titled the body of work. I find it helpful to connect with something relevant in the novel and then something mysterious. Whatever works for you will be brilliant, no doubt! ;-0 Shari LeKanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05764921433989389867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2925449466467205516.post-77047159318946517982013-09-09T14:52:06.955-07:002013-09-09T14:52:06.955-07:00Dear PJ, yet another lesson for every writer to co...Dear PJ, yet another lesson for every writer to consider carefully. I'm a member of your "club": titles don't come easily to me, and I usually need help. I very much envy my mother, who would first come up with a great title and then knit wonderful stories around it. When I was a child, I had the fantasy that she went through life with a bagful of titles as her only baggage :)<br />I've posted and tweeted about your article. Thank you for sharing!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15249891006083336192noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2925449466467205516.post-59523093776005980342013-09-09T12:46:34.749-07:002013-09-09T12:46:34.749-07:00Funny PJ, titles don't seem to be a problem fo...Funny PJ, titles don't seem to be a problem for me, its finishing the darn things. As of now gathering the final issues of poetry and prose for a chap book. Gad, I didn't realize although I've a lifetime of this stuff, stuffed everywhere, how much there really is. I want to get this first volume done because as you, my novels are now banging on my door; finish us.....Miss you!Rachealgrace Adamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02147672084143976118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2925449466467205516.post-1107477495367316402013-09-09T09:21:56.373-07:002013-09-09T09:21:56.373-07:00Sublime, PJ! I have had similar issues with trying...Sublime, PJ! I have had similar issues with trying to come up with a title and appreciate your thoughtful musing on the subject.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00205704971690484222noreply@blogger.com