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Rated: 18+ · Book · Other · #1407297
These are my rambles, my thinking as I grow younger and younger.
#596360 added July 14, 2008 at 12:58pm
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MAYBE MY HEART IS CALM - REVIEWING
After what seemed an eternity - doubt - insecurity - feeling "less than", this early morn I finally delivered two reviews, AND later this morning I received Gift Points on both of them from a senior member. I was thrilled!  Certainly it has bolstered my confidence and also has pushed me to be more articulate in my reviews. It's easy to send the same "canned" lines to a writer about his work; but this morning (5 a..m), I was able to be a better writer, using language wrapped fluidly, in sentences that were just good, good sentences. To find the uncomman way to bring freshness to writing and reviewing is a difficult task. But, I have to stretch myself, and allow the colors of language to paint the almost perfect watercolor, to communicate with emotion, grace and perspective. Perhaps I have balance today, a calmness, an acceptance of what I write is what I write - I am not brilliant (even with a high I.Q,); I am not interested in disecting a poet's lines to such a grade school level - noting where verbs are wrong or adverbs are in the wrong spot and flogging writers with punctuation demands.

I'll just be my own self, low key, down to earth, pretty friendly and kicked back.. Mellow...............yes today I think I got my groove back...........

COOL!

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