Comments on: Personal blogging for writers: a manifesto

By: Sherry Chandler » Blog Archive » Confessions

Sherry Chandler » Blog Archive » Confessions — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 15:50:19 +0000

[...] Bonta’s turn. Dave is strongly in favor of poets posting poems to blogs. He has published his Personal Blogging for Writers: A Manifesto, which begins: Thanks to weblogs and other modern content management systems, a poem, essay or [...]

By: Dave

Dave — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 20:55:36 +0000

Thanks, Rachel and Dick. I feel very fortunate to have you both in my blog neighborhood.

By: Dick

Dick — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 05:55:31 +0000

An exceptional piece of writing, Dave, and worthy of much wider distribution. I’ve put this mighty meditation into a folder all of its own amongst my collection of memorable bloggery.

By: Rachel Barenblat

Rachel Barenblat — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 17:51:39 +0000

Happy birthday, Via Negativa!

I am perennially glad that you are out there doing the kind of blogging that you do.

By: Dave

Dave — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 13:42:39 +0000

Thanks man. I’m blushing. But hey, if I thought some kind of stipend came along with National Treasure status, I’d let them package me any way they wanted.

By: Clive Hicks-Jenkins

Clive Hicks-Jenkins — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 09:36:12 +0000

Dave, they should just package you up as a National Treasure so that everyone can share in your wisdom and creativity, and moreover aspire to the generosity of spirit that all who read Via Negativa can testify to. You have room for all comers and encouraging words for everyone. You are a Wizard my friend, and I bow my knee and doff my cap to you. I came upon Via Negativa by chance, but my life has been greatly enriched by that happy accident. I can see that the same goes for a good many other folk who visit here. Now damn, if you could just figure out how to break out the beer or serve up the coffee then this would all be as fine as it gets in front of a laptop screen!

By: JJS

JJS — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 00:49:31 +0000

Thanks back atcha!

I love Clare’s blog – and his photos knock me out.

By: Dave

Dave — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 00:22:22 +0000

Oh good! That was a last-minute addition.

By: Dave

Dave — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 00:21:36 +0000

High praise, John — I know you’ve spend way more time than me thinking about this sort of thing.

By: Dave

Dave — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 00:20:55 +0000

And nothing promotes dabbling like blogging, does it? I probably never would’ve gotten into still photography, let along video, if I hadn’t had a blog to feed. Glad you enjoyed the post.