Such a wonderful paragraph; humor and honesty for a bracing tonic for all of us. "This is art camp for the midlist, haven’t been published in a long time; art camp, unlike those other places, you know, the ones where they serve you meals and people are always referring to their agents, their publishers, the thousands of paying subscribers to their Substacks which they barely need as they have a tenured position at X college where they mold MFA writers into being the new Sally Rooney or at least have a branded tote bag."
This is wonderful Molly!! How humble you are! And please know your writing will live long beyond your above ground years... which is to say, that I think that you will be long revered and treasured for your honest perspectives on life; simple and eloquent, decent and humorous- everyone can find something to relate to in your stories! I'm so glad that "I discovered you!".
love that last sentence too; "this is what I will do, as I slip beneath the blue waters"- well, something like that! Kudos!
In the midlist of the journey of my life...
Apologies to Dante!
Such a wonderful paragraph; humor and honesty for a bracing tonic for all of us. "This is art camp for the midlist, haven’t been published in a long time; art camp, unlike those other places, you know, the ones where they serve you meals and people are always referring to their agents, their publishers, the thousands of paying subscribers to their Substacks which they barely need as they have a tenured position at X college where they mold MFA writers into being the new Sally Rooney or at least have a branded tote bag."
I can relate to the feeling minus the residency.
This is wonderful Molly!! How humble you are! And please know your writing will live long beyond your above ground years... which is to say, that I think that you will be long revered and treasured for your honest perspectives on life; simple and eloquent, decent and humorous- everyone can find something to relate to in your stories! I'm so glad that "I discovered you!".
love that last sentence too; "this is what I will do, as I slip beneath the blue waters"- well, something like that! Kudos!
Beryl-What a lovely thing to say! Thank you so much! ❤️❤️
We miss you too 😉