On Receiving Unwanted Literary Advice

I'm using your criticism as inspiration, not self-deprecation

Mark Tulin
The Bad Influence
Published in
4 min readMar 12, 2023

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Wall art in Hermosa Beach, CA. Photo by Mark Tulin

‘There’s nothing to stop a man from writing unless that man stops himself. If a man truly desires to write, then he will. Rejection and ridicule will only strengthen him.’ ~Charles Bukowski from The Captain is Out to Lunch.

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Mark Tulin
The Bad Influence

I escaped a therapy career to follow a dream. Poetry/Humor/Sexuality/Doodler/Storyteller — https://crowonthewire.com