The Bad Influence
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The Bad Influence

On Receiving Unwanted Literary Advice

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

‘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

A California writer/photographer whose dreams are more vivid than his waking life. Poetry, Humor, Sexuality, and Fiction — https://crowonthewire.com