I am not the best author or writer in Toledo despite winning that very award today from the Toledo City Paper. First, there are more proficient, prolific, more talented and more accomplished writers and authors amongst Toledo’s rich and diverse pool of writers, and second, best isn’t really a thing amongst artists until a certain rarified air. I’ll debate the best of many genres of art with you on a good stoned evening, but I’ll hold fast to my belief that the only competition I’ve ever been in, is am I the best writer I can be? So far, my writing keeps getting better the longer I do it, and that’s the only thing I’ve ever measured myself against.
The task of writing down all your publications and all of your accomplishments when applying for grants, etc., that's known as your Vanity File. I've always liked that title and find it kind of comical trying to remember everything.
In your piece you mention giving up everything in order to write which reminds me of a few lines from one of my poems: "It will cost you everything/ which to me/ seems like a pretty fair deal."
Unfortunately, in our society and many others, that's the only chance a writer has. The rewards are greater than what it costs.
The task of writing down all your publications and all of your accomplishments when applying for grants, etc., that's known as your Vanity File. I've always liked that title and find it kind of comical trying to remember everything.
In your piece you mention giving up everything in order to write which reminds me of a few lines from one of my poems: "It will cost you everything/ which to me/ seems like a pretty fair deal."
Unfortunately, in our society and many others, that's the only chance a writer has. The rewards are greater than what it costs.
Enjoyed your piece and we're all proud of you.