tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7459693255389523642.post4207732530514026330..comments2023-12-15T02:38:55.020+10:30Comments on Still Life With Cat: 'Dejected but not hopeless', or, Are you absolutely sure you want to be a writer??Kerryn Goldsworthyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11270814460793882309noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7459693255389523642.post-82719090757930522142009-09-29T20:47:04.215+09:302009-09-29T20:47:04.215+09:30In today's world, Dr J would be described as d...In today's world, Dr J would be described as depressed. And maybe he was, which is no surprise fiven that he'd already seen off some of his friends - - a reminder of how fortunate we are today with modern medicine. My grandma died at 56 because there were no drugs to save her. At 57, I nearly died from the same affliction - drugs saved me. My friends - touch wood, are all alive. Moi aussi! I still get down though.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7459693255389523642.post-8297068337607607012009-09-29T12:07:49.887+09:302009-09-29T12:07:49.887+09:30I visited Dr Johnson's House in London last ye...I visited Dr Johnson's House in London last year and recommend it to anyone who's in that place - you really get a feel for the idiosyncracy of the man and the (live-in) woman curator was a fantastic guide.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17680687031479016392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7459693255389523642.post-47216069240685038002009-09-26T11:20:12.135+09:302009-09-26T11:20:12.135+09:30The state of English studies and the jobe market t...The state of English studies and the jobe market that it goes with is pretty depressing, never mind being a writer. Who'd want to struggle through a PhD now and find an English position somewhere that isn't part-time and untenured. It's the new rust belt.<br /> http://www.theamericanscholar.org/the-decline-of-the-english-department/<br /><br />MervAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7459693255389523642.post-89269211804129784202009-09-25T17:41:30.351+09:302009-09-25T17:41:30.351+09:30Ellen (Mrs Henry Wood): "How I wish I could b...Ellen (Mrs Henry Wood): "How I wish I could be as I used to be! I am not tired of the work itself [underlined] now, never that, but I have not the strength to do it". Several months before she died, to her publisher. She was a very difficult character to write about, but this letter did provide a key. Lucy SussexAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7459693255389523642.post-37277720464144620692009-09-25T16:06:14.283+09:302009-09-25T16:06:14.283+09:30I know quite a few writers who would be improved b...I know quite a few writers who would be <i>improved</i> by a bit of self-loathing!Kerryn Goldsworthyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11270814460793882309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7459693255389523642.post-3958546567534094052009-09-25T15:16:47.623+09:302009-09-25T15:16:47.623+09:30Surely good old Dr J could find at least one advan...Surely good old Dr J could find at least one advancement of new knowledge or one piece of goodness in six months. <br />He must have been tough on himself. Of course we cannot judge by today's standards, but this seems exceptionally harsh. <br />If all writers were to suffer such self loathing, heaven help up.Elisabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04015624747225433940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7459693255389523642.post-74843383281771278102009-09-25T14:21:23.236+09:302009-09-25T14:21:23.236+09:30Amen.Amen.R.H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04639593801088008224noreply@blogger.com