tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27432484.post2084439723601689711..comments2023-11-12T10:34:57.026-05:00Comments on The Writer and The White Cat: The Writer as GodRickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14546882686381428986noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27432484.post-12683139133854756092011-01-02T08:06:33.068-05:002011-01-02T08:06:33.068-05:00I don't think of the writer AS God, I believe ...I don't think of the writer AS God, I believe beautiful writing is grace coming FROM God.<br /><br />Nice post!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04467591840338329224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27432484.post-39211777024159917412011-01-01T21:37:23.221-05:002011-01-01T21:37:23.221-05:00Happy New Year Rick.
Apart from writers conferenc...Happy New Year Rick.<br /><br />Apart from writers conferences, will I find you at the Pittcons or ISAs?Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02399300464457820101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27432484.post-70529793809001659432011-01-01T18:40:13.524-05:002011-01-01T18:40:13.524-05:00Happy New Year, hon. My best to you & yours. :...Happy New Year, hon. My best to you & yours. :)Lana Gramlichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06975996208260144558noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27432484.post-2651372185086768472011-01-01T16:13:01.883-05:002011-01-01T16:13:01.883-05:00Well written/said, Rick!
I just came across "...Well written/said, Rick!<br /><br />I just came across "pirates" - my publishers are always on the look out for "word thieves" and have someone hired just for the purpose of looking for and getting rid of these websites that try to give work away for free - not exactly plaguarism, but ... *ergh*<br /><br />Happy New Year!Kathryn Magendiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12863595228298349863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27432484.post-1387184888862636412010-12-30T08:59:40.436-05:002010-12-30T08:59:40.436-05:00Why, thank you, K! Coming from you that makes me ...Why, thank you, K! Coming from you that makes me very happy. Soon as I'm off the road I'll be back to your blog. Have you ever had much success with hotel internet connections? I'm lucky if I can find my own blog. For some reason my anti-virus does not like me traveling.Rickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14546882686381428986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27432484.post-47869571478691069242010-12-30T08:57:57.729-05:002010-12-30T08:57:57.729-05:00I'm glad you reminded me, Steve. My stock of ...I'm glad you reminded me, Steve. My stock of mental floss is running way too low.<br /><br />Happy New Year to you and hope to see you again soon. Been way too long.Rickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14546882686381428986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27432484.post-38084945866392871212010-12-30T08:56:44.816-05:002010-12-30T08:56:44.816-05:00Hey, Mark! I've been thinking about what you ...Hey, Mark! I've been thinking about what you said, and I wonder if when we write at best we become a meeting place between the Divine and humanity, and at worst we are empty vessels.<br /><br />After driving eight hundred miles yesterday, the mind tends to drift!Rickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14546882686381428986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27432484.post-32025063600901408832010-12-29T09:37:25.881-05:002010-12-29T09:37:25.881-05:00Hi, Rick
I like that quote - it is...well...quot...Hi, Rick <br /><br />I like that quote - it is...well...quotable!K.Lawson Gilberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11204234196229710524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27432484.post-1555590931244436962010-12-29T08:58:25.186-05:002010-12-29T08:58:25.186-05:00Okay, now I've got a whole damn cosmology thin...Okay, now I've got a whole damn cosmology thing going on in my head. And it's very orthodox in it's structure and hierarchy.<br /><br />And along side of that is Christopher Lee leaning over saying, "Orcs were once Elves..."<br /><br />Damnit, I'm going to need to restock on my mental floss to get this out of there.Steve Buchheithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12999709767641212586noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27432484.post-44997190053366787512010-12-29T08:00:43.737-05:002010-12-29T08:00:43.737-05:00It is when I write that I feel closest to being hu...It is when I write that I feel closest to being human. when I am not writing I am one with the silence of the spirit. I just am stuck on which I prefer more. Them that steal the work of another, reaping fruit they did not work to earn are known, if not by man then by the eternal and in the end it will be tallied up and accounted for.<br /><br />Until then I say hunt, kill, eat and burp.<br /><br />Yes let's have a writers conference and whoever sold the most books has to buy dinner. I think we need to ensure Charles is there!the walking manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10058913927297370740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27432484.post-85842146369988874552010-12-28T23:18:34.332-05:002010-12-28T23:18:34.332-05:00Hey, Travis! I hope you are writing or thinking a...Hey, Travis! I hope you are writing or thinking a lot because this New Year will be a big challenge for you. Me too, I think.Rickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14546882686381428986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27432484.post-58828513474958575582010-12-28T18:15:19.107-05:002010-12-28T18:15:19.107-05:00G, that's why I never answer the phone when Ca...G, that's why I never answer the phone when Calvin calls. Happy New Year to you!Rickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14546882686381428986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27432484.post-32697128777805653482010-12-28T17:46:06.132-05:002010-12-28T17:46:06.132-05:00So very, very true...and yet sometimes in the larg...So very, very true...and yet sometimes in the larger scheme of things, even though we are little fishes in the big pond of life, we are the king of our own little pond.<br /><br />So long as we don't act like Calvin, we should be good to go.G. B. Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09783331838434598963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27432484.post-54101769598494042722010-12-28T17:29:02.219-05:002010-12-28T17:29:02.219-05:00Hello, Desert Rose! Thank you and did you ever wo...Hello, Desert Rose! Thank you and did you ever wonder if that is the poignant basis of the divine mercy? That God, however the Universal Creator is described, also loves and is entranced by creation?Rickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14546882686381428986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27432484.post-402834152679731792010-12-28T17:26:07.945-05:002010-12-28T17:26:07.945-05:00Over the years I've come to believe that it...Over the years I've come to believe that it's either the closest we come to Divinity or the ultimate control trip. Maybe I little of both.Rickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14546882686381428986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27432484.post-18009248784579185872010-12-28T16:42:26.202-05:002010-12-28T16:42:26.202-05:00In a way i agree with you. or her, the writer some...In a way i agree with you. or her, the writer sometimes holds the strings of her world but at others, her words pull her in and she is more under the spell of creation. It is beyond the mere rules of divinity, in fact, it might be her only moment of truth.<br />LOVED your piece..:)Desert Rosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17370899545012572162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27432484.post-25706164783006174562010-12-28T16:33:29.580-05:002010-12-28T16:33:29.580-05:00It definitely seems that the act of creativity, as...It definitely seems that the act of creativity, as in writing or any art, is the closest one can be to godhood. It's a shame someone would try to steal that feeling.Charles Gramlichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02052592247572253641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27432484.post-17410093395324890232010-12-28T14:31:15.861-05:002010-12-28T14:31:15.861-05:00I was going to say demons, Barbara, but maybe I sh...I was going to say demons, Barbara, but maybe I should call them leeches. No, I don't want to give leeches a bad name.Rickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14546882686381428986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27432484.post-10514077954908627012010-12-28T13:51:02.919-05:002010-12-28T13:51:02.919-05:00To me plagarists tend to be misguided folks who li...To me plagarists tend to be misguided folks who like the work they read but fail to take the time to write the sequences in their own words.<br /><br />But to call them little devils: well, they too are creators, albeit of a different kind.Barbara Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00610140328527165017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27432484.post-8387400292279354652010-12-28T13:34:03.650-05:002010-12-28T13:34:03.650-05:00It's been a year of learning, David. Someday ...It's been a year of learning, David. Someday all of us have to meet at a conference and swap stories. The one who's sold the most books has to buy dinner.Rickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14546882686381428986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27432484.post-31531095532403888492010-12-28T13:00:07.979-05:002010-12-28T13:00:07.979-05:00Amen, Rick.Amen, Rick.David Cranmerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04749857752139212888noreply@blogger.com