Comments for Santa Fe Writers Project

Comment on Hope by Brad Windhauser by Da

Da — Tue, 14 May 2013 00:42:30 +0000

Excellent story, Brad!

Comment on Easy by Joan Wilking by Barry Lemieux

Barry Lemieux — Fri, 10 May 2013 22:16:34 +0000

Love Joan Wilking’s stories. So much told in so few words. Brilliant.

Comment on Chocolá Is a False Cognate by Jonathan Kaplan

Jonathan Kaplan — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 05:19:20 +0000

Stone does not have several of her facts straight and this brief account leaves out too much of the story – truly one of lost “gold” in the form of world cultural patrimony (and a lost opportunity for sustainable development to help save the ancient city), and villainy, in the person of the businessman, de Berge, who ran an advertising and polling company in Phoenix until he decided to “be” a Maya “philanthropist” and “adventurer”; his words and actions encouraged the same small group of rumor-mongers in the town who forced out the project I directed. Alas, Anne Kraemer’s master’s thesis also misunderstood and omitted too much to make for an accurate account. Petty egos in the form of these white extranjeros combined to poison still further 500 years of tragic history at Chocola.

Comment on Not Fifth Avenue by Jon Sindel

Jon Sindel — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 00:26:28 +0000

Such clear, tender prose. Felicitationes!

Comment on Chocolá Is a False Cognate by Jill Somer

Jill Somer — Mon, 15 Oct 2012 08:49:50 +0000

Hello Emily!

James Bliesner told me about you and I wanted to touch base. He said you might be willing to visit Skopelos and I wanted to find out if that really is a possibility. He has told me wonderful things about you.

Jill Somer
Associate Director
The Skopelos Foundation for the Arts

Comment on Excerpt from Joe Schuster’s The Might Have Been by Carole Chipps Carlson

Carole Chipps Carlson — Thu, 27 Sep 2012 18:35:14 +0000

You have something I think is important for good writing: A sense of the rhythm of words and an instinct for knowing when to vary the rhythm. I lead an interest group at the Indiana Writers’ Center, and I find you can’t TEACH anyone rhythm. It’s there or it ain’t.

Comment on Death by Kindle by admin

admin — Thu, 03 May 2012 18:38:44 +0000

Sure am! Shoot me an email.

Comment on Death by Kindle by Ian

Ian — Thu, 03 May 2012 18:35:21 +0000

Great article, & a fascinating dilemma. I am a huge small press fan (and am published by one myself… PAC Books in San Francisco). Are you willing to share your numbers? I’m in business school and am very curious about the financial mechanics of running a successful small press!

Comment on The SFWP Singles by admin

admin — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 15:34:33 +0000

Wow, Adriana… I think you’re missing the gist of what’s happening here. I am very much anti-Kindle! Here’s yesterday’s post:

http://www.sfwp.com/archives/2154

Comment on The SFWP Singles by Adriana

Adriana — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 15:26:43 +0000

Dear Andrew,

I’m here scratching my head, trying to convince myself that reading a story online is just the same as reading it on paper. But I’m stubborn and can’t not force myself to fall out of love with paper. I’m fully aware of the difficulties of the current publishing market and I know how appealing the Kindle option appears to be. But, but, I love paper. There is something about the weight of a book, smelling the paper, highlighting certain words, dog-earing the pages, staining the cover with coffee….I have a relationship with the books I read. I really do. In the process of flipping pages, closing the book, reopening it later, I create a bond with the whole package. My paperback becomes my BFF.
I can’t see myself having that kind of relationship with a Kindle. Reading Kindle books sounds to me like having sex with a plastic doll and I have to clarify now that I’m a woman and I’ve never held an inflatable doll in my arms, but still, the sensorial high I get from paper is lost in kindle translation.
I think your tireless efforts to have fine authors published are extraordinary and I thank you for that. I just don’t think I’ll be switching to Kindle any time soon.
Warm regards,
Adriana