tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post1845196768961593632..comments2024-03-26T23:41:10.319+00:00Comments on Authors Electric: Guest Post: Lee Lowe - Confessions of a Compleat Non-ProfessionalKatherine Robertshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17196712319655603442noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-90457182007821055392012-03-31T16:07:20.092+01:002012-03-31T16:07:20.092+01:00professional is obviously a good respectable thing...professional is obviously a good respectable thing to be - and it would be so great if our writing also paid our mortgages but let's sometimes stand up for the AMATEUR. The amateur is the person who is doing something because s/he LOVES it.julia joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09773900100240758504noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-14045609339548289652012-03-31T11:53:47.112+01:002012-03-31T11:53:47.112+01:00Twice recently I've come across that word &quo...Twice recently I've come across that word "onanistic". It's very, very rare for me to see a word I've never heard of ...Debbie Bennetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06761474820689143835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-76474440396431476472012-03-30T09:26:22.253+01:002012-03-30T09:26:22.253+01:00Hi Lee, your post is very interesting because it r...Hi Lee, your post is very interesting because it raises a number of important questions: Is writing a communicative act? (what is/is/should there be a/the relationship between process and production?) Why do we write? Why do we read? What is professionalism? How do we gauge 'good' fiction? I'm not going to attempt to answer these questions in a box here but I will think on. Also, I'll do you the respect of reading your work before I make comment on it/your views. I've downloaded Mortal Ghost and Corvus and will get onto it. I have to say that I believe my reading these books is a communicative act and that therefore establishes some relationship between us. I think I have some sympathy with some of what you say, but I need a) time to process and b) more information about you/your writing to be able to give an informed opinion... it may form the basis of my own blog on this site next week! Thanks for putting your head above the parapet and I'll be interested to see how this 'debate' grows.CallyPhillipshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15481379296340077102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-55810559359862193652012-03-30T07:52:20.032+01:002012-03-30T07:52:20.032+01:00An amusing and thought provoking post. When my int...An amusing and thought provoking post. When my internet connection stops being so annoyingly slow I'll be following your links.AJhttp://www.ajlillustration.talktalk.netnoreply@blogger.com