tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8314412371410706361.post8748459445353748404..comments2021-05-31T21:22:48.406-05:00Comments on word-crafting: a writer's blog: Synopsis of One Writer's LifeDeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00612299013780771262noreply@blogger.comBlogger25125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8314412371410706361.post-45646971122749371292013-05-22T15:25:20.297-05:002013-05-22T15:25:20.297-05:00Dee: Thank you so much for your kind words. Very h...Dee: Thank you so much for your kind words. Very honestly, though, I just don't know what I'd write! It may sound silly, but with all the ideas I have, thinking about bringing one through to getting it to a publication level leaves me a little flummoxed. But I'll continue to think about it, and with all the wonderful encouragement you've given me, maybe something will eventually catch hold!Shellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04930262815304757150noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8314412371410706361.post-48339390838511742602013-05-21T19:16:31.659-05:002013-05-21T19:16:31.659-05:00Dear Elisa, so many writers have written---and got...Dear Elisa, so many writers have written---and gotten published!!!!!!--so much more than I've ever typed. But thank you for the words of support! <br /><br />About those romances. I don't even think I have them on the computer anymore! They're "gone with the wind!" Peace.Deehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00612299013780771262noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8314412371410706361.post-36448645864035405452013-05-21T19:15:20.364-05:002013-05-21T19:15:20.364-05:00Dear Rita, I'm going back to "Winter Tape...Dear Rita, I'm going back to "Winter Tapestry" and see what's worth keeping in it and what I can do to make it suspenseful as there is a mystery to it. I'm glad it sounds interesting to you. Please tickle Karma's chin for me! Peace. Deehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00612299013780771262noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8314412371410706361.post-21284831121890511252013-05-21T19:13:55.034-05:002013-05-21T19:13:55.034-05:00Dear Broad, I do so hope that I get the Palestine ...Dear Broad, I do so hope that I get the Palestine novel as well as the Greek trilogy published. I may need to self-publish them. Of course, two parts of that trilogy aren't even started yet, but I know the storyline and have done a lot of the research for them.<br /><br />A week from tomorrow--the last Wednesday of the month--I hope to share the celebration with all of you on my other blog. Peace.Deehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00612299013780771262noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8314412371410706361.post-84636321430070087702013-05-21T19:12:12.717-05:002013-05-21T19:12:12.717-05:00Dear Perpetua, I'm so looking forward to possi...Dear Perpetua, I'm so looking forward to possibly visiting with friends (ex-nuns) whom I haven't seen since I left the convent in 1966--so forty-seven years. And, vain person that I am, I've lost 18 pounds in the past seven months and had my hair cut today. I want to look my best at 77!!! Peace.Deehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00612299013780771262noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8314412371410706361.post-33802266166037413412013-05-21T19:10:56.673-05:002013-05-21T19:10:56.673-05:00Dear Lori, now it's your life that seems busy ...Dear Lori, now it's your life that seems busy to me--the horses, the art, the cooking, the visiting. Wholeness there. Peace.Deehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00612299013780771262noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8314412371410706361.post-76120632263805032642013-05-21T19:10:18.317-05:002013-05-21T19:10:18.317-05:00Dear Fishducky, I know how to edit the work of oth...Dear Fishducky, I know how to edit the work of others because I can be an objective viewer. But my own work is too close to me and so I can't get out of the copse and stand on the hill and look at the forest in its entirety. Many writers have this problem. <br /><br />I can easily copyedit what I write because I know "The Chicago Manual of Style" backward and forward. But line editing--dealing with character development and sustained tension and suspense and a plot that moves steadily forward--all that pretty much eludes me when I'm working on a novel. <br /><br />I can manage to see the arc of a 600-word posting on my Wednesday blog but that, as I've said before, takes me about 2 1/2 hours to write and edit and polish. Only then have I captured the story. Peace.Deehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00612299013780771262noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8314412371410706361.post-91073784339523017652013-05-21T19:05:26.443-05:002013-05-21T19:05:26.443-05:00Dear EC, well, others have said the same thing abo...Dear EC, well, others have said the same thing about me. Both friends and counselors have suggested to me repeatedly that I be as kind to myself as I am to others. But I think I grew up thinking that something was really wrong in me because if I'd been a good person, an interesting person, my parents wouldn't have gone off to Parsons and left me behind when I was in kindergarten. That was, I know, the seminal event of my life and it continues to influence me. I suspect that I'll be dealing with abandonment issues even while I'm lying on my deathbed!!!!<br /><br />And yes, I'm hope to post about the reunion the last Wednesday of the month.<br />Peace.<br /><br />Deehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00612299013780771262noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8314412371410706361.post-20424076110206613962013-05-21T19:02:06.629-05:002013-05-21T19:02:06.629-05:00Dear Nancy, thank you for your kind words. And spe...Dear Nancy, thank you for your kind words. And speaking of interesting, I'd say you surely are. I'd so like one day to meet your mom also. Peace.Deehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00612299013780771262noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8314412371410706361.post-55559510879201889072013-05-21T19:01:30.446-05:002013-05-21T19:01:30.446-05:00Dear Inger, your appreciation of my writing means ...Dear Inger, your appreciation of my writing means so much to me. You've helped me come to believe that I can write and that what I write is of interest to others. Thank you. Peace.Deehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00612299013780771262noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8314412371410706361.post-44972666502221310792013-05-21T19:00:43.327-05:002013-05-21T19:00:43.327-05:00Dear Janie, what's so clear to me as I speak w...Dear Janie, what's so clear to me as I speak with my friends in Minnesota and those, like you, who are blogging friends, is that we have accomplished a lot. We've walked on different paths and our journeys have had different waystations, but along the way to our passage into whatever is beyond, we're all dreamed and felt the conflicts that arise when we try to live justly and to walk with an appreciation of the deep down goodness in everyone. Peace. Deehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00612299013780771262noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8314412371410706361.post-26738260837480761042013-05-21T18:57:06.160-05:002013-05-21T18:57:06.160-05:00Dear DJan, as I said in a recent comment on one of...Dear DJan, as I said in a recent comment on one of your blogs, I'm like your husband--while you've been out skydiving and walking and hiking, all of which are your passions--I've been dreaming up stories and writing them. Now if only I finish some of them!<br /><br />I will write about the celebration. I hope to do so on my Wednesday blog next week.<br />I'm so looking forward to it. Peace.Deehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00612299013780771262noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8314412371410706361.post-78226493093300549942013-05-21T18:54:58.929-05:002013-05-21T18:54:58.929-05:00Dear Shelly, looking at the two lists I realize th...Dear Shelly, looking at the two lists I realize that I have written quite a bit. But there's a part of me that so wishes I'd finished more and had more published. Yet, perhaps what you say is true and more will be published "sooner" than I think.<br /><br />I read a comment of yours today on another blog--I think it was Dr. Kathy McCoy's. In your comment you said you weren't planning on writing for publication. I hope that as time passes and you settle into retirement, you'll think about that some more. Your writing soars. Peace.Deehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00612299013780771262noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8314412371410706361.post-59990066579728281972013-05-20T21:25:48.682-05:002013-05-20T21:25:48.682-05:00See--that's what you need to realize--YOU'...See--that's what you need to realize--YOU'RE amazing!!! Look at everything you've written. I don't personally know of anyone who has written as much as you have. And I know a lot of authors.<br /><br />You're so inspiring :)<br /><br />P.S. I wish I could read the romances. I bet they're wonderful--everything you write is.Crazy Life of a Writing Momhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16064939499412649850noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8314412371410706361.post-83727226967645253292013-05-20T17:00:56.467-05:002013-05-20T17:00:56.467-05:00Wow! That's a lot of writing! Kudos!
I'd...Wow! That's a lot of writing! Kudos!<br />I'd especially love to read Winter Tapestry with the four ex-nuns. Enjoy your visit and see you when you get back. ;)<br />Ritahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02043285884495492598noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8314412371410706361.post-12541250481492377702013-05-20T09:04:11.380-05:002013-05-20T09:04:11.380-05:00I am so in awe of your imagination and would so lo...I am so in awe of your imagination and would so love to read a published version of your Palestine and Greek novels! For a long time I though I had that 'one' book in me, but I have come to understand that my talent is not in the imaginative -- I don't have the 'staying' power -- which obviously you do have -- in spades. I hope you have a wonderful reunion with your old friends and with your past. I am sure we are in for a special treat when you report back to us!The Broadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04976467218216864644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8314412371410706361.post-60607527039908115152013-05-20T05:36:55.522-05:002013-05-20T05:36:55.522-05:00And a life so full of achievement, Dee. Enjoy your...And a life so full of achievement, Dee. Enjoy your reunion.Perpetuahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01214396019726161983noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8314412371410706361.post-11380399491588633282013-05-19T22:54:23.495-05:002013-05-19T22:54:23.495-05:00Dee...your busy life in a nutshell. So much has b...Dee...your busy life in a nutshell. So much has been accomplished.Lori Skooghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03458010787337492501noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8314412371410706361.post-56945642560303114962013-05-19T18:39:31.372-05:002013-05-19T18:39:31.372-05:00You have written such a wide variety of things &am...You have written such a wide variety of things & I have enjoyed everything that I have been privileged to read. One thing I can't understand is, if you taught professional editing, why don't you have more confidence when editing your own work? <br /><br />Have a wonderful time at the reunion!! Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8314412371410706361.post-64671118146223388052013-05-19T17:48:00.110-05:002013-05-19T17:48:00.110-05:00You are nothing like as kind, or even as nice to y...You are nothing like as kind, or even as nice to yourself as you are to others are you?<br />That is a phenomenal body of work, and it is on-going. Which is truly impressive and more than a little awe-inspiring.<br />I hope your reunion is full of love and magic memories. I am looking forward to hearing about it. Elephant's Childhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06650565833097914052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8314412371410706361.post-3872914046717689332013-05-19T17:37:14.580-05:002013-05-19T17:37:14.580-05:00You have accomplished so much and are such an inte...You have accomplished so much and are such an interesting individual! nancygraycehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05288996419936475583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8314412371410706361.post-65652314116767209232013-05-19T16:10:14.456-05:002013-05-19T16:10:14.456-05:00Dee, look at how much you have accomplished. You k...Dee, look at how much you have accomplished. You know that I love your writing, you are the best as far as I'm concerned. Enjoy the reunion.Ingerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02924736131382149056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8314412371410706361.post-71238219150234576002013-05-19T15:34:08.899-05:002013-05-19T15:34:08.899-05:00You've accomplished a great deal. I'm prou...You've accomplished a great deal. I'm proud to know you and call you my friend.<br /><br />Love,<br />JanieJanie Junebughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10573607241326291404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8314412371410706361.post-28930964069678950972013-05-19T14:50:50.050-05:002013-05-19T14:50:50.050-05:00Oh, Dee, you are so right that you have accomplish...Oh, Dee, you are so right that you have accomplished an incredible amount and stayed true to your desire to write. You have every right to be proud of yourself and what you've brought into the world. I hope you will also write about this celebration. You are a gift to me, and I suspect to many more. I'm glad I've "met" you through the written word. Peace to you, also. And hugs. :-)DJanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07152183871573797791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8314412371410706361.post-25062974529137327482013-05-19T14:41:45.771-05:002013-05-19T14:41:45.771-05:00You've got an amazing body of work. I just hav...You've got an amazing body of work. I just have such a feeling that more and more of those on your list will be getting published, probably much sooner that you think.<br /><br />I enjoyed reading your synopsis. You've done such a variety of writing. I think in my looming retirement I am going to be pushing myself to branch out into other types of writing, and I'll use you as my example.<br /><br />Enjoy your time at the reunion- what complete fun it sounds like!Shellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04930262815304757150noreply@blogger.com