On Writing
This year you write your novel--advice and encouragement from one with whom I've worked in the past.
Robert de Boron and the Prose Merlin
There are so many wonderful things about the internet: there was a time when a scholar had to order through ILL and wait for weeks or months before he or she could set eyes on such works as Geoffrey of Monmouth's Vita Merlini or Robert de Boron's Prose Merlin . No more. from Prose Merlin Robert de Boron Full wrothe and angry was the Devell, whan that oure Lorde hadde ben in helle and had take oute Adam and Eve and other at his plesier. And whan the fendes sien that, they hadden right grete feer and gret merveile. Thei assembleden togedir and seiden: "What is he this thus us supprisith and distroyeth, in so moche that oure strengthes ne nought ellis that we have may nought withholde hym, nor again hym stonde in no diffence but that he doth all that hym lyketh? We ne trowed not that eny man myght be bore of woman but that he sholde ben oures; and he that thus us distroyeth, how is he born in whom we knewe non erthely delyte?" Than ansuerde anothir fende and seide
Thanks, Steven!
ReplyDeleteDear Randy,
ReplyDeleteMy pleasure, as always. Your words gave me, well, hope is not the right word, but perhaps "right-thought." They were a salutary reminder that if one wants to pay the price, if one really wants to do something, it often lies within one's means to make the choice to do it. Not always, and not without a certain amount of support and assistance--sometimes natural, sometimes supernatural.
Thank you.
shalom,
Steven
What a gem Randy's blog is! Thanks for introducing me to it, Steven!
ReplyDeleteDear Connie,
ReplyDeleteIt really is my pleasure. Everyone could benefit from reading Randy's blog--while it does have a "business" focus, the information there is of use to whomever requires a bit of organization in his or her life.
shalom,
Steven