tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31647067.post5572321321027904787..comments2024-02-11T10:58:23.271-08:00Comments on Reading to Know: Dancing on the Head of a Pen, by Robert BensonCarriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08772667430500306088noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31647067.post-70504184475341181792014-08-21T11:17:09.002-07:002014-08-21T11:17:09.002-07:00I was seriously JUST telling John that my new goal...I was seriously JUST telling John that my new goal was to spend a few minutes (ease myself in with minutes rather than hours) a day writing. And then I read this post. Yes, discipline is necessary!BerlinerinPoethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06853762912371387793noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31647067.post-13203892188502964372014-07-19T18:59:09.499-07:002014-07-19T18:59:09.499-07:00I agree with Shonya. I want to write but the more ...I agree with Shonya. I want to write but the more time passes, the less I feel that I have to share. I'm still learning and undoing some of the previous foundations that were built. So I'm really back at the beginning...Cassandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09319901329438691914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31647067.post-37979416233323883872014-07-17T14:34:47.412-07:002014-07-17T14:34:47.412-07:00Sounds interesting. I used to aspire to write a b...Sounds interesting. I used to aspire to write a book (or books). . .however, the older I get, the less I think I know and the less I feel I have to offer!<br /><br />And while I might like to say I simply don't have time to write, I suspect the truer reason, as you alluded to, is that I simply don't have the self-discipline. I can't even seem to write a decent blog post these days!Shonyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04310547848215492736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31647067.post-88406999410478040132014-07-17T14:24:39.042-07:002014-07-17T14:24:39.042-07:00Sounds interesting. I read his book Living Prayer ...Sounds interesting. I read his book Living Prayer a year or two ago after it was recommended in a different book I was reading.*carrie*https://www.blogger.com/profile/10545859613596796648noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31647067.post-30544864619151949192014-07-17T14:17:57.555-07:002014-07-17T14:17:57.555-07:00I have always thought, in the back of my mind, I w...I have always thought, in the back of my mind, I would love to write a book.<br />However, I don't have formal training, so its only been a thought.<br />I like to think I read books by good authors and not `twaddle`<br />I am encouraged my most books I read.<br />The closest I've come is to do reviews, which I enjoy.Michellehttp://newhorizonreviews.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31647067.post-19710622186211697952014-07-17T12:43:23.259-07:002014-07-17T12:43:23.259-07:00I have no desire to write a book, though I did ear...I have no desire to write a book, though I did earlier in my life. (I DO want to write more journal type things for myself.) <br /><br />"So, friends, let us read well so that we may be influenced by the wisest and the best!"<br /><br />Thank you for the extra encouragement there! I've been trying SO hard to make better reading choices. I came over to your blog one day and made myself a list. ;) <br /><br />Bluerosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00680170638396181756noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31647067.post-17049909573238216182014-07-17T11:23:20.881-07:002014-07-17T11:23:20.881-07:00This sounds like an interesting book! And yes, boo...This sounds like an interesting book! And yes, books I read influence my writing to degree that is almost frightening. Recently I read Eric Brighteyes by H. Rider Haggard, and for the next few days I had a hard time not lapsing into Norse Myth in my writing:<br />"And with a fell cry, the child snatched up his sister's doll and holding it a aloft he ran, fast as Odin's thought, to the sofa, and there he did toss it in the air, and cry 'O-ho, sister mine, cans't see thy doll aloft? Wilt thou dare again to steal my fire-truck?'<br />But the tale so runs that his sister, in a fey mood, called out to him; 'what?! Dost think that our mother will not hear, and hearing, punish?'"<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31647067.post-54622987482314607432014-07-17T10:41:24.875-07:002014-07-17T10:41:24.875-07:00Neither of my libraries have this, so I'll hav...Neither of my libraries have this, so I'll have to seek this one out elsewhere. One of my recent classes,in particular, motivated me to write and see what I can do. <br /><br />I did. For a couple months. Then Little League began. Now we're busy enjoying summer...being away, having company, playing Uno, checking the birds' nest...you know...all those important things of summer. However, I DO want to write. I want to write for magazines.<br /><br />I also have an idea for a children's book in my head. We'll see if it ever comes to fruition.<br /><br />Quite honestly, I am not certain you need a brand new title. I know it's very specific, but if you aren't going to publish for another 5-10 years, it may be fine.<br /><br />Sometime google how to write a nonfiction book. You may be surprised at how simple it may be to come up with your 70,000 (or whatever it may be) word count. At least it sounded simple to me when I took my class.Annette Whipplehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00992675906662456790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31647067.post-58977160708889186112014-07-17T08:41:21.913-07:002014-07-17T08:41:21.913-07:00Interesting. From the title I never would have gue...Interesting. From the title I never would have guessed this was a book about writing. It sounds good: I think I'll add it to my TBR list. The hardest thing is making time around other family obligations, but other writers I read have those as well. I've been praying that if this desire is of the Lord, that He'll show me how to go about it.<br /><br />And I definitely agree that the writers we read greatly influence the writers we become - as well as the rest of our lives.Barbara H.http://barbarah.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com