By: evmaroon
Why not send it to Antarctica where it can commune with the penguins? They’ll pay it no mind. In a Siberian work camp it will just depress the hell out of everyone, and they need all the positivity...
View ArticleBy: Johanna Harness
“. . .and then the spring melt love affair with my partner. . .” Ev–that one phrase in the middle of that one sentence made this whole post for me. Critical voices are just so much noise. The...
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Well, that’s wonderful to hear, and yes, writing honesty on the page is the only way to make a connection. Thanks for your comment, and see you on Twitter in just a bit!
View ArticleBy: John Ross Barnes
Ok, I get that. I believe I get it pretty damn well. You’ve done a fine job here of telling a very personal thing while also expressing one of those foibles common to most of Humanity. Gee, isn’t that...
View ArticleBy: Kerry Schafer
Ev, I don’t think your critic is on vacation – I think it’s taken up a new residence in my head. Or else I host its evil identical twin. Whatever it is, I’m fed up with its petty meanness – perhaps...
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On the one hand, this voice is part of writing. It can keep us honest, right? It’s the sign of a self-reflective mind. But it’s a slippery slope like no other, and it quickly becomes a pointless...
View ArticleBy: PNWA 2012 Editor's Session
[...] written before about how I’ve sent my inner critic away on a permanent vacation. Sometimes it pops back for a rendezvous with the rest of my thoughts, and I have to shoo it away [...]
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