tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-598558136160705007.post3545534893161490617..comments2024-01-28T21:33:18.654-08:00Comments on VANESSA GEBBIE'S BLOG: Bridport Prize blogger in residence...Vanessa Gebbiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09088301040602803489noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-598558136160705007.post-66777322320620604192013-02-03T08:47:04.479-08:002013-02-03T08:47:04.479-08:00Great stuff, cat. xGreat stuff, cat. xVanessa Gebbiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09088301040602803489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-598558136160705007.post-23388441522428959512013-01-29T05:49:46.014-08:002013-01-29T05:49:46.014-08:00Sounds like fun, and a great discussion going on h...Sounds like fun, and a great discussion going on here. Will pop over too! XcatThe Divorced Lady's Companion to Living in Italyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15202093107784073194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-598558136160705007.post-52200891257095045012013-01-28T12:59:48.123-08:002013-01-28T12:59:48.123-08:00Lovely to 'see' you Dora - xLovely to 'see' you Dora - xVanessa Gebbiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09088301040602803489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-598558136160705007.post-56987966269366900192013-01-27T12:26:25.940-08:002013-01-27T12:26:25.940-08:00congratulations Vanessa! I hope to participate mo...congratulations Vanessa! I hope to participate more now that I'm back home. Dora Deehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05053336278338283781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-598558136160705007.post-49388164443946082342013-01-24T01:59:29.769-08:002013-01-24T01:59:29.769-08:00Go on - it's a great comp - but then I would s...Go on - it's a great comp - but then I would say that wouldn't I?!Vanessa Gebbiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09088301040602803489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-598558136160705007.post-11209181295539819722013-01-23T17:33:23.832-08:002013-01-23T17:33:23.832-08:00Supermarket receipt poems don't get the apprec...Supermarket receipt poems don't get the appreciation they deserve! I may just enter something into Bridport - no luck there yet - as I hate to be beaten! I'm off to read your post now. Very good news... Rachel Fentonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10046917627054462214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-598558136160705007.post-12893063842855868272013-01-23T14:11:02.621-08:002013-01-23T14:11:02.621-08:00Hi Sally - we think alike, me dear! I sent in a po...Hi Sally - we think alike, me dear! I sent in a poem which was sent to the judge one year (along with another squillion) and it was of course, a work of utter genius, made up of two line stanzas, and rather long. It didnt get anywhere further. <br /> I was at the prizegiving, as I was running a workshop for the festival or something, and the judge described 'a few' poems on the shortlist as "looking like supermarket receipts.' Which, if you think about, it, a long poem made up of two line stanzas might just...<br /><br />mind you - since then, I have made very sure that if I'm writing a supermarket receipt poem, the structure absolutely HAS to be that and nothing else. (!)Vanessa Gebbiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09088301040602803489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-598558136160705007.post-33668923906896940202013-01-23T14:05:51.675-08:002013-01-23T14:05:51.675-08:00Hi Shelley - thank you for reading, and thinking, ...Hi Shelley - thank you for reading, and thinking, and posting and asking...and it's a very good question. I will use it in a forthcoming post on the Bridport blog - watch this space!Vanessa Gebbiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09088301040602803489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-598558136160705007.post-36148832066668788332013-01-23T14:04:08.700-08:002013-01-23T14:04:08.700-08:00Enjoy!Enjoy!Vanessa Gebbiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09088301040602803489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-598558136160705007.post-8038584928528265352013-01-23T09:35:20.460-08:002013-01-23T09:35:20.460-08:00An excellent piece, Vanessa. I have entered the co...An excellent piece, Vanessa. I have entered the competition a couple of times in the past only for my manuscript to sink in the mire. I remember being particularly disheartened by one judge's report in which he described most of the entries that didn't make the short-list as dross. Well, you know me. I assumed he was squinting at my manuscript as he wrote that! <br /><br />And I understand entirely what you mean by validation. That's why I would never ever self-publish.) Bridport is my Holy Grail. So, girding my loins, and strapping on my sword. I shall venture forth once more this year. Sally Zigmondhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07520579251842006765noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-598558136160705007.post-84929936039633664142013-01-23T08:14:51.479-08:002013-01-23T08:14:51.479-08:00Hi Vanessa,
I've just read your blog on the B...Hi Vanessa,<br /><br />I've just read your blog on the Bridport Prize, it was really interesting. What an amazing competition to win. I can imagine that it gave your confidence as a writer a real boost. As a currently unpublished writer myself, I wonder at what point you can call yourself a writer? I write and I consider that to be enough but the little voice in my head often interrupts and tells me that I shouldn't class myself as such until I have the validation of somebody wanting to publish my work. Have you always considered yourself a writer, even before being published? <br />Warm wishes<br />Shelley Shelleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17535270046536275621noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-598558136160705007.post-18278330253072522892013-01-23T02:10:06.604-08:002013-01-23T02:10:06.604-08:00How terrific! Off to read it now....How terrific! Off to read it now....Sue Guineyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13556228394020314560noreply@blogger.com