tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6360410252358941163.post6366425553243525351..comments2023-12-09T00:33:24.572-08:00Comments on Novel Matters: The Anatomy of the Interview, Part 2Bonnie Grovehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11377519561074174038noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6360410252358941163.post-5585789089440158822012-08-08T06:57:57.288-07:002012-08-08T06:57:57.288-07:00If we are what we eat, then I should be chanting, ...If we are what we eat, then I should be chanting, "I am mozzarella cheese and diet Dr. Pepper for breakfast." Mmmm....<br /><br />But anyway, back to my point.<br /><br />I grew up with three brothers and a mom who never pushed us to do what SHE wanted us to do. She always let us test the waters and decide if we liked something or not. So when I started testing the waters of writing . . . well, let's just say she thought if was great, I didn't until I was sixteen and had a monstrous teenage ego. (Blargh, those days!)<br /><br />God's humbled me IMMENSELY and I feel my personality coming out in my current WIP. HE'S so in it, and I'm so committed, it's like I can't stop thinking about that person I want so desperately to see again. Right now that person is a stuck-up feminist bigot who can't keep her mouth shut and her eventual buddy, the town drunk. BAAHAHA!<br /><br />Wait . . . no, that wasn't my point. Sorry.<br /><br />My point WAS this: I grew up with creative free ranging. I believe God used that to make me the person I am now. I recently chopped my hair off as a statement of adulthood/freedom-of-choice, something like that (haha). I took a shower and came out of the bathroom with my hair sticking up everywhere like a burdock. My mom marched me back in before the mirror and forced gel into my hair. (AAAAAAUGH!)<br /><br />She said to me: Do you want to be known as the writer with crazy hair?<br /><br />Later I told her: YES!!!!!!!<br /><br />I believe personality is the key component to anything. Since we're all beautifully and wonderfully made, unique in every aspect because He's deemed it so, nothing should be alike. We should all add our own flair and voice to whatever we do.<br /><br />Okay, I'll stop yammering now and let someone else on. :DS. F. Foxfirehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16816147331021472001noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6360410252358941163.post-44173484696764379692012-08-07T17:59:55.464-07:002012-08-07T17:59:55.464-07:00Bonnie: Glad to be of some help. Let's all go ...Bonnie: Glad to be of some help. Let's all go out there and save the world, one interview at a time!<br /><br />Sharon: You're the guru, girl. I hope you know that.Bonnie Grovehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11377519561074174038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6360410252358941163.post-81921849916331536972012-08-07T17:59:46.376-07:002012-08-07T17:59:46.376-07:00" We're people," I chant over my oat..." We're people," I chant over my oatmeal. Nah, you are what you eat, so I should be chanting, "We're oatmeal."<br /><br />Thanks for this post, Bonnie. I like the way you use words.Cherry Odelberghttp://einefeistyberg.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6360410252358941163.post-14960939809431442382012-08-07T14:21:36.538-07:002012-08-07T14:21:36.538-07:00Bonnie, what great posts from you this week. I'...Bonnie, what great posts from you this week. I've learned so much, as I always do from you.<br /><br />And, Susie, I couldn't agree more. We're people, not breakfast cereal. Love it!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6360410252358941163.post-35296500906898157862012-08-07T12:02:13.998-07:002012-08-07T12:02:13.998-07:00Bonnie, thank you for these insights. I've pos...Bonnie, thank you for these insights. I've posted them into a file where I can revisit them and think on them before I answer my next interview questions or jump into another radio interview. <br /><br />Very helpful!<br /><br />Bless you!Bonnie Leonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07835257638506792143noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6360410252358941163.post-72253299474511148682012-08-07T08:54:37.118-07:002012-08-07T08:54:37.118-07:00"We're people". Good phrase to chant..."We're people". Good phrase to chant over breakfast.Bonnie Grovehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11377519561074174038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6360410252358941163.post-61252889314964978202012-08-07T05:40:09.138-07:002012-08-07T05:40:09.138-07:00This is beautiful, Bonnie! Thank you, thank you.
...This is beautiful, Bonnie! Thank you, thank you.<br /><br />And, yes. Let's take "brand" and give it back to breakfast cereal and orange juice. We're people. We have personality. :)Susie Finkbeinerhttp://www.susiefinkbeiner.comnoreply@blogger.com