tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17891930.post115168316419206635..comments2024-01-25T07:49:50.636-08:00Comments on News from Mary Castillo: Taking the Long Way AroundAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10725758281856344830noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17891930.post-1151999196907789172006-07-04T00:46:00.000-07:002006-07-04T00:46:00.000-07:00Reading my work gives me the willies but I force m...<I>Reading my work gives me the willies but I force myself to do it and eventually I'm pulled back into the story. But it's worse when you have someone's constructive, albiet critical opinion replaying in your head. </I><BR/><BR/>I'm totally like this, too. I keep telling myself just to grow a thicker hide, but I'm not listening to myself, dagnabbit!<BR/><BR/>CamyCamy Tanghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14577747925320907186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17891930.post-1151687428029318592006-06-30T10:10:00.000-07:002006-06-30T10:10:00.000-07:00The thing is that our inner truth - fears, joy, yo...The thing is that our inner truth - fears, joy, you name it - always come back to bite us in the butt. I'm writing about mariachi's - something I knew very little about - with a family that is completely different from mine. And yet, the things I've faced in the past or I'm facing now have found me. So as a writer, the only way I can get away is if I stopped writing. <BR/><BR/>But then I'd Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10725758281856344830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17891930.post-1151685300087404272006-06-30T09:35:00.000-07:002006-06-30T09:35:00.000-07:00I totally understand the fear of losing yourself i...I totally understand the fear of losing yourself in your characters. I think that's why I choose to write subjects that are so far removed from my life -- so I won't get completely lost.<BR/><BR/>Good luck with writing the mariachi story -- and if you need someone to come in there and pull you out with a GPS tracker, send up a flare. There'll be dinner and conversation waiting.<BR/><BR/>:)<BR/>JenJ.K. Mahalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16571812757463322242noreply@blogger.com