Comments on: What I learned in Wellfleet

By: Kristen Spina

Kristen Spina — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 18:29:52 +0000

Jennifer, what wonderful feedback, I’m so happy for you! Great experience!

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 08:42:52 +0000

Christina – I remember feeling the same when you went to Taos. In fact, that was when I realized “Hey! I can go to a workshop even if I’ve got small children! Christina does it!” So thanks for the life inspiration.

By: christina

christina — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 12:38:50 +0000

jealous of your time in Wellfleet and with marge. how incredible, astounding, and wonderful! (happy for you too!)

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 08:20:12 +0000

Clare, I’ve got an on-line writing group but nothing where I get together with other writers “in real life” as they say. At this workshop I realized how much I miss that and I am going to look around for something.

By: There were also lobster rolls at Magpie Days

There were also lobster rolls at Magpie Days — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 19:07:42 +0000

[...] wasn’t just poetry. There were also lobster rolls. I ate lobster rolls from the day I landed in Boston to the day I [...]

By: Claire

Claire — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 17:26:21 +0000

Wow, that sounds great. I think it would be amazing to do a writing workshop and just…write. And write. And enjoy the presence and input of other writers.
It’s also great to get that encouragement from someone you respect as a writer.
Are you involved in a writers’ group in your area? That is sometimes all that keeps me drawing the words out…

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 06:34:46 +0000

Robyn it was wonderful

Eve, there are more posts coming about the personal and social part of the week, but they are proving harder to write!

By: Eve

Eve — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 11:33:07 +0000

Good summary of the workshop. And I agree. Having Marge like my work and see it as worth pursuing has been so validating. But also – I shared my poetry with the 11 of you and found that validating. To be respected as a writer by 12 women whose work I respect so much…wow.

I am looking forward to our reunions on the Cape.

By: rswb

rswb — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 08:57:57 +0000

That sounds like it was great. And I imagine that, as a poet, it must be fab to get really positive feedback like that, not only because writing is such a solitary pursuit, but also because I think most people don’t really know how to encourage a poet (as in, people you meet casually and say “I’m a poet” to, probably don’t really know how to respond a lot of the time. it’s not like saying “I’m an accountant”, I imagine).