No word from Bea yet in response to my last post. She must be busy. I have got some encouraging words, however, from my therapist:
Dear Conor
thanks. I got your cheque today. Whilst glancing at your blog it struck me again how well you write. So please, keep this going!
Blogging probably has a greater potential to build confidence than does the old Ivory Tower. But might it encourage plagiarism as well? How often does one get feedback, I wonder.
Regards
Michael
Plagiarism is the least of my worries. Readers are what I lack, and I will have to go and find them. Plagiarism can be a risk for bloggers but it should not be overstated. In any case, I am confident that I have not posted anything so far worth plagiarising.
I am not paying Micheal to praise me but in as much as 1) building my self-belief is an aspect of what he is trying to do, 2) encouraging a writer who is not writing very much to write can help his self-belief and 3) praise is being used here to encourage, I will not argue that Michael's praise is that objective. But here it is: I am in need of praise just now, with winter descending.
I will write to Michael to answer his question about feedback, the answer being that it depends on the blog. Jonathan Schwartz is near one end of the feedback scale and I'm at, rather than near, the other end.
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