tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post113777507538937310..comments2024-01-06T00:28:45.062+08:00Comments on Bibliobibuli: Coming to Termsbibliobibulihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16456636355933524132noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-1138092518166159712006-01-24T16:48:00.000+08:002006-01-24T16:48:00.000+08:00Haha! Another one man show for Raman! Everything h...Haha! Another one man show for Raman! Everything he does is a one-man show.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-1138092404259581002006-01-24T16:46:00.000+08:002006-01-24T16:46:00.000+08:00walker - i've not heard about the Gotham courses a...walker - i've not heard about the Gotham courses and must check them out ...<BR/><BR/>i love your soviet theme - wish i could make this blog a bit more eyepleasing ... though i do like the colours of the present theme ... i want a nice bookish banner across the top ...<BR/><BR/>anon - yeps, was grousing that he wouldn't print my review (which i gave him for free) even though it was of my fave book of 2005 ... but never mind ... it's all his babybibliobibulihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16456636355933524132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-1138081986102654152006-01-24T13:53:00.000+08:002006-01-24T13:53:00.000+08:00Hey, weren't you having a go at Raman when he wasn...Hey, weren't you having a go at Raman when he wasn't publishing your stuff ? :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-1137945010461809102006-01-22T23:50:00.000+08:002006-01-22T23:50:00.000+08:00I've taken two Gotham Writers' Workshop courses ov...I've taken two Gotham Writers' Workshop courses over the past year, one on fiction writing in general, the other on short stories. Both courses focused more on reading and analysis than instructing formulae...so I suppose they are better defined "creative reading" than writing workshops. (I'd not really considered it until you posted this entry.)<BR/><BR/>Heh, thanks for the compliment. And your pages are boring? That's news to me. I've always loved the blogger theme you use, and I aspire to post as frequently as you. It's what keeps me returning!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-1137941515570839712006-01-22T22:51:00.000+08:002006-01-22T22:51:00.000+08:00amir& anon - best defintions of postcolonial i've ...amir& anon - best defintions of postcolonial i've come across.bibliobibulihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16456636355933524132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-1137941442796921352006-01-22T22:50:00.000+08:002006-01-22T22:50:00.000+08:00Had forgotten that Barnes is another UEA graduate...Had forgotten that Barnes is another UEA graduate ... I guess that being left to your own devices much of the time is also a hallmark of a Masters course. (I did one but in something peculiar called ESP ... which has to do with teaching english for science, commerce etc. etc.)<BR/><BR/>Yep, there is a need for courses which focus on form and structure - not in terms of giving you easy formulae but intermso exposing you to the possibilities. I was chatting to Romesh Gunasekera the other day (shamless name dropper I am) and he said very wisely that what's needed are not so much creative writing courses as creative reading courses. Quite true!<BR/><BR/>I did some little writing courses on the internet and found them tremendously helpful - hadn't realised for example that my point of view was all over the place ...<BR/><BR/>And Walker - your blog is lovely and a pleasure to look at. I'm fed up of looking at my boring pages ...bibliobibulihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16456636355933524132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-1137940393462989732006-01-22T22:33:00.000+08:002006-01-22T22:33:00.000+08:00I vaguely recall an author's essay on the UEA cour...I vaguely recall an author's essay on the UEA course (possibly Julian Barnes) and his surprise at being left to his own [writing] devices much of the time. IMO some creative writing courses are quite good because they focus on elements of form and structure easily overlooked unless you have a degree in English literature. Others, as you sort-of indicate, seem to exist purely to rip-off the dreaming minions. Everyone seems to think they have a story to be told and their aspirations of authordom are easily milked by parasites.<BR/><BR/>My ambition is to never be published, ever. People who read my blog reassure me that I never will. ;)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-1137938361064442202006-01-22T21:59:00.000+08:002006-01-22T21:59:00.000+08:00Tea (Lipton's) and men in white kaki and topis :)Tea (Lipton's) and men in white kaki and topis :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-1137929539699139722006-01-22T19:32:00.000+08:002006-01-22T19:32:00.000+08:00Hullo, just dropped in to say hi.Post-colonial lit...Hullo, just dropped in to say hi.<BR/><BR/>Post-colonial literature smells like buttered toast and a half-boiled egg in soy sauce.<BR/><BR/>AmirAmir Hafizihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11371404893050352294noreply@blogger.com