tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6360410252358941163.post3607693924386175922..comments2023-12-09T00:33:24.572-08:00Comments on Novel Matters: Be YourselfBonnie Grovehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11377519561074174038noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6360410252358941163.post-76732854704981645832010-01-19T04:26:12.400-08:002010-01-19T04:26:12.400-08:00Inspiring post, Sharon!
In 10th grade I wanted to...Inspiring post, Sharon! <br />In 10th grade I wanted to be an architect. But I always have been a writer since the first time I put crayon to hand!Carla Gadehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01793809172905144101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6360410252358941163.post-19702289110230390682010-01-18T05:47:25.070-08:002010-01-18T05:47:25.070-08:00PULLLEASE write, Sharon. You are an incredibly ins...PULLLEASE write, Sharon. You are an incredibly insightful writer. And I'd say that even if I didn't already love you dearly.Latayne C Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04308600868561805601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6360410252358941163.post-86568304007679920332010-01-17T15:11:40.225-08:002010-01-17T15:11:40.225-08:00Wiring.....
sigh......
HA!Wiring.....<br /><br />sigh......<br /><br />HA!Bonnie Grovehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11377519561074174038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6360410252358941163.post-56223813923178716072010-01-16T23:12:44.462-08:002010-01-16T23:12:44.462-08:00I always love it when I pull bonehead moves like t...I always love it when I pull bonehead moves like that....to quote a famous philosopher: "If I only had a brain!"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6360410252358941163.post-13677310871782854082010-01-16T21:42:19.731-08:002010-01-16T21:42:19.731-08:00I know it's late to chime in here, but I wante...I know it's late to chime in here, but I wanted to be Mrs. Muir when I was 10th grade. I must have been a hopeless romantic to fall in love with a dead sea captain.<br /><br />I remember Sandi Patty performing that at our church at the start of her career. She had concerts lined up at churches and youth conventions then. Very impressive character range. She had the talent to sing any of those styles but we're fortunate that she found her own. I guess that's what we do as writers, too, and I agree with Bonnie that it can be hard to stay true to our own voice when we're reading other authors' works.Debbie Fuller Thomashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09174333267329587740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6360410252358941163.post-29868033968610166462010-01-16T08:41:25.941-08:002010-01-16T08:41:25.941-08:00I'm seriously curious how Bonnie can read anyt...I'm seriously curious how Bonnie can read anything (other than the directions) while she's "wiring". :0)<br /><br />You know, in grade school I wanted to be anyone else so I imitated whoever seemed to have it "goin' on". By 10th grade I so wanted to be me: unique, different, an actress at heart (translate: drama queen). <br /><br />I accomplished the drama queen thing in spades, but my writing is me. Thoroughly. My voice, my rebellion to "the rules". Totally me. Similarities in approaches to some but not intentionally, just like-spirited. <br /><br />Write, Sharon. Easy for me to say. I've got two novels going. Solidly "in the box" (baseball slang, not topic or rule-wise). But I have to post comments. Write my blog. Drink my coke. Go do errands. <br /><br />I'll pray for you to continue if you'll pray for me to do the same. Actually, I'm going to pray for you regardless. You're far too valuable to sit on the bench.<br /><br />Good post. Sorry for rambling.Nicolehttp://hopeofglory.typepad.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6360410252358941163.post-64015587254923680192010-01-16T02:22:50.487-08:002010-01-16T02:22:50.487-08:00Thank you ladies for this wonderful blog. You can...Thank you ladies for this wonderful blog. You can't begin to know how it has touched my heart.<br /><br />Blessings, PatsyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6360410252358941163.post-51044395260473722082010-01-15T23:10:14.664-08:002010-01-15T23:10:14.664-08:00Okay, I'm definitely going to start getting mo...Okay, I'm definitely going to start getting more sleep. Of course I've read your books! I've read two of them! I don't know who I was thinking of...you've GOT to start writing again! You know how much your books have meant to me! Get that first word on "paper" and get going!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6360410252358941163.post-47192254477584360592010-01-15T23:02:54.649-08:002010-01-15T23:02:54.649-08:00Sharon...I have a confession to make. I've nev...Sharon...I have a confession to make. I've never read any of your books. Which one would you suggest I start with?<br />As to your not writing...I always enjoy what you write on here so it would be a crime for you not to get back into writing again! If a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step, the writing of that next book needs to start with a single word...You can do this! You have all these amazing women to help you every step of the way!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6360410252358941163.post-27767565867905068682010-01-15T17:00:52.450-08:002010-01-15T17:00:52.450-08:00Anukatri: Welcome! Really happy you stumbled over!...Anukatri: Welcome! Really happy you stumbled over!<br /><br />Patricia: I'm hugely picky about what I read while I'm wiring. I don't read long fiction then because I get so lost in the book that my poor little brain can't focus on my own story. I read like a fish (is that a saying? That makes no sense, but it does....) and when I'm writing I stick to non-fiction and short fiction. <br /><br />Oo...I'm reading a very cool non-fiction. Cool for C.S. Lewis nerds like me. It's called Out of My Bone - the letters of Joy Davidson (famously married to C.S. Lewis). It's not a biography, it's the complete collection of her surviving letters (most of them to her ex-husband).<br /><br />Kristen: I'm glad you were able to find your own voice. Thank heavens for smart friends, eh?? <br />Writing wise, I wished I was Barbara Kingsolver and/or Susan Isaacs when I was younger.Bonnie Grovehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11377519561074174038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6360410252358941163.post-16656849912493314402010-01-15T16:34:43.011-08:002010-01-15T16:34:43.011-08:00Wow. I keep coming back to this post. Thank you, S...Wow. I keep coming back to this post. Thank you, Sharon!<br /><br />For the longest time, I wanted to write like Karen Kingsbury. I even wrote a novel in a similiar voice and gave it to a friend. You know what she said? She loved the story, but she lost me. She wanted to hear my voice, not someone else's. So I went back to discover my voice. Turns out it very different from KK!<br /><br />Thank you for bringing us back to what really matters, Susan.Kristen Torres-Torohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15903038121623389560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6360410252358941163.post-83900794530643031372010-01-15T12:16:21.219-08:002010-01-15T12:16:21.219-08:00Patti, wasn't Indiana Jones' mother dead??...Patti, wasn't Indiana Jones' mother dead???<br /><br />Sharon, funny you should mention Janis Ian. My youngest asked this week for a list of favorite nostalgic songs - something to do with my upcoming 25th anniversary, perhaps. <br /><br />So last night, in my listing, I included Jesse by Janis Ian. I've been humming that song for decades. <br /><br />In tenth grade I had no idea who Hillary Clinton was! I was embroidering rainbows on my overalls and sewing heart-shaped patches on my blue jeans. I wanted to be John Denver's girlfriend. (This is embarrassing.)<br /><br />I also wanted to be a writer. I wanted to be brilliant at it. <br /><br />I also wanted to be a brilliant career-woman, a Martha-esque homemaker, a clothing designer and seamstress, an herb-farmer... and on and on. That's where those decades have brought some much-needed wisdom. I've slowly figured out I can't be brilliant at everything, and how much time its cost me, and how much tension its caused, to try to be anything else but the person I actually am. <br /><br />Welcome, welcome welcome, Anu! <br /><br />Patricia, you young thing. Please use your decades wisely, and be our dear Patricia. <br /><br />Now I think I'll get to work.Kathleen Popahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03682046279211463305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6360410252358941163.post-49204559595702936972010-01-15T11:10:01.694-08:002010-01-15T11:10:01.694-08:00Let me just say that Sharon's honesty permeate...Let me just say that Sharon's honesty permeates her fiction as well, and that's what makes it so powerful. <br /><br />In the 10th grade, not to be mistaken for the Jurassic Era, I sang Carole King songs constantly. "I felt the earth move under my feet..." If only I'd gotten the hang of tuning my guitar...who knows?<br /><br />Bonnie, I dreamed of being Indiana Jones' mother!Patti Hillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07575415697841348226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6360410252358941163.post-90804625518488279932010-01-15T10:42:34.108-08:002010-01-15T10:42:34.108-08:00Anukatri:
I'm delighted you found us! We'r...Anukatri:<br />I'm delighted you found us! We're so happy to hear from you. I'm looking out my window on a sunny California day, cool, but lovely. I can't imagine a winter in Finland. But may I say, I've always wanted to come to your part of the world. And now, here we are, connected. Please come back and visit us. There are 8 of us who blog here regularly. I know you'll love the other women.<br /><br />Blessings.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6360410252358941163.post-34114177890750819822010-01-15T10:40:12.350-08:002010-01-15T10:40:12.350-08:00I actually remember that Sandi Patty album. Wow.....I actually remember that Sandi Patty album. Wow....<br /><br />Blocking out the voices--of writers I'd love to emulate--is difficult. If find that my writing tends to take on characteristics of what I'm reading, if I like what I'm reading. So I've become more selective about what I read while writing.<br /><br />In 10th grade, I wanted to be Hilary Clinton sans the cheating husband.PatriciaWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04572087157439187319noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6360410252358941163.post-40442384082146236842010-01-15T10:03:35.213-08:002010-01-15T10:03:35.213-08:00I found your blog by accident, and am very happy a...I found your blog by accident, and am very happy about my discovery! <br /><br />When I was on the 9th grade, equivalent to the American 10th, I really truly wanted to be a copy of a female lawyer in the TV program LA Law. Shoulder pads and all. More imaginative creatures were part of my life earlier and later :)<br /><br />From snowy Finland with admiration, AnuAnukatrihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11525569008303856727noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6360410252358941163.post-22756784671418247262010-01-15T08:12:11.040-08:002010-01-15T08:12:11.040-08:00You wanted to be Janis Ian, Rembrandt, and Jose Fe...You wanted to be Janis Ian, Rembrandt, and Jose Feliciano in tenth grade? You were WAY more mature than I was. I just wanted to be Indiana Jones' girlfriend. <br /><br />Oh...and I wanted to have an English accent. Can't remember why.<br /><br />I've been quiet on the blog this week, but I have been reading and soaking in the inspiration and joyfulness. It's been balm to my editing soul (I'm at the tail end of editing my next novel). <br /><br />Thanks, Sharon for such an honest post about the struggle, joy, and journey of becoming who you are as a writer. It truly is a journey - and I think the idea of "having arrived" is mythology. Our task as writers will always be to write about the trip, not about the destination.<br /><br />(Never did get to be Indiana Jones' girlfriend.... rats)Bonnie Grovehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11377519561074174038noreply@blogger.com