[stylist] Weekly Writing Challenge

William L Houts lukaeon at gmail.com
Sun Jun 7 16:18:07 UTC 2015 

HI Vejas,

Well, I couldn't exactly tell.  It sounded like she could have been 
referring to me.  I am comparatively prolific these days and I think my 
stuff requires a bit more headwork than some people feel comfortable 
with.  But if she wasn't talking about me and my output or lack of it, 
then I am vastly relieved to be let off the hook.  Whew!  LOL


--Bill




On 6/6/2015 9:37 PM, Vejas Vasiliauskas via stylist wrote:
> Hi Bill,
> I understand where you are coming from, but maybe Jackie isn't talking 
> about you per say.  In her story a man and a woman are talking, and 
> Bill could be that fictional woman's husband or friend.
> For example, one of the main characters for a story that I'm writing 
> is called Sophie, and I mean no offense to any real Sophies in the 
> world when I decide how I want her to be.  I hope this makes sense.
> Vejas
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: William L Houts via stylist <stylist at nfbnet.org
> To: stylist at nfbnet.org
> Date sent: Sat, 06 Jun 2015 21:32:38 -0700
> Subject: Re: [stylist] Weekly Writing Challenge
>
>
>
> HI Jackie Lee,
>
> I take your point that I could reciprocate more in my criticism of work
> submitted here by others; I didn't realize I was being a devouring ego
> or something.  But you quote me as saying things which I have not said,
> so I feel a little cagey about this criticism.  It's not as if I'm some
> kind of stern taskmaster who submits difficult work and demands that it
> be absorbed and criticized by a terrorized and helpless class. Neither
> you nor anyone else subscribed to this list is olbligated to comment on
> my or anyone else's work, and I have not demanded such attention. But
> you sound truly hurt and angry, and if I have done the hurting and
> angering , then I'm truly sorry for it.  If you have some work which you
> would like me to read and comment on, I'd be glad to read it and give
> you a responsible, non-vengeful critique.  Though you're apparently
> really mad at me, I read it as a sign that you take me seriously, and
> one doesn't always expect that kind of respect on email discussion
> lists.  Let's take it once more from the top, with forgiveness on both
> sides.
>
>
> --Bill
>
> On 6/6/2015 3:56 PM, Jackie Williams via stylist wrote:
> Rowena, Bill and whoever is interested.
> About ten minutes of writing.  Plus, the spell check at the end!
> I sat in the small caf챕 next to two blind people.  At least that is 
> what I assumed because one had a folded cane on the table beside her 
> coffee, and the man had a ddog resting quietly under the table.
> They seemed to have a lively conversation going.  I tried to hear, 
> since the man's voice seemed to have some measure of frustration in it.
> They apparently were writers and that amazed me.  I did not know that 
> blind people were writers, at least, not usually.
> " This list seems to have dormant.  I haven't had any feedback for 
> many of my recent poems."
> "You know, Bill, you are an extremely prolific poet and some of your 
> poems are difficult to understand at first reading."
> Yes, but they could still be acknowledged, couldn't they?"
> "Yes, that would be the normal thing to do, but perhaps some feel that 
> there has not been enough reciprocity shown in terms of their own 
> work.  To comment on a poem without a serious critique, is something a 
> serious poet does not want to spend time on. Particularly now, when 
> almost all on the list are sending e-mails about the conference  
> coming up in early July."
> Bill said, "But surely many are not going.
> "I agree, but that is perhaps because I am not going, and thus do not 
> read many of the e-mails lately.  But do not forget that many who are 
> not able to go, are still busy with blogs
> Submitting poetry to state contests, or having computer problems."
>
> I think my ten minutes are gone, and I have hardly gotten a story out 
> of this.  Interesting
> Jackie Lee
>
> Time is the school in which we learn.
> Time is the fire in which we burn.
> Delmore Schwartz
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: stylist [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Rowena 
> Portch via stylist
> Sent: Saturday, June 06, 2015 12:33 PM
> To: Writers' Division Mailing List
> Cc: Rowena Portch
> Subject: [stylist] Weekly Writing Challenge
>
> Okay, here is my ten-minute writing snippet.  No need to comment on 
> it.  I just wanted to share.  I�셫 curious what others come up with.
>
> As I sat there, quietly listening to the couple sitting beside me, I 
> realized how very important communication is.  They were having an 
> argument about who said what and why.  Now, because I'm blind, I 
> cannot see their facial expressions, but I could feel their body 
> language as if it were as palpable as dust on the table.
>
> The woman spoke, voicing her opinion about the man's point of view on 
> gay people.  He had believed that gays should be able to marry, where 
> the woman was opposed of such things.  Instead of letting him explain 
> his views, she was more excited about voicing her opinion.  Neither of 
> them listened to the other and tensions flared.  Soon, the woman was 
> pounding the table.  I heard her drink spill onto the table top.  
> Neither them of seemed to have noticed.
>
> A chair scraped, and the man walked away.  The woman groaned, slopped 
> up the spilled drink, and followed him out of the store. The tension 
> that had built between them lingered; a dark heavy thickness in the 
> air that was hard to breathe.
>
>
>
> R o w e n a  P o r t c h
> Author of the Spirian Saga
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