tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5874888511895059748.post2217716910448167669..comments2023-10-19T12:56:09.574+00:00Comments on literascribe: Tough Cookies of the World UniteLorna Fhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10902741383469719107noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5874888511895059748.post-55201803049666440282008-12-26T18:24:00.000+00:002008-12-26T18:24:00.000+00:00Thanks for your interesting comment, Dale. I for o...Thanks for your interesting comment, Dale. I for one am addicted to reading biographies and when I'm teaching it always helps if I give my students a sense of the cultural context and biographical detail of the writer whose work they are studying.Lorna Fhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10902741383469719107noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5874888511895059748.post-27111910976994563452008-12-25T20:16:00.000+00:002008-12-25T20:16:00.000+00:00In my new book, TEACHING LIFE: LETTERS FROM A LIFE...In my new book, TEACHING LIFE: LETTERS FROM A LIFE IN LITERATURE,I include these words: "Yes, writing is difficult, but we aren't alone in feeling its rigors. Behind every text there is a living, breathing human being who overcame his or her own challenges to bring the thoughts to paper. In English classes a study of an author's life is an expected part of the curriculum, but note how rarely our own professors of, say, economics or mathematics or history ever shared with us the lives of the writers behind their chosen texts. (How dull information can be when deprived of personality.) If I were teaching a history of mathematics, for example, certainly I'd want to relate the enormous struggles that Pascal or Pythagoras endured to achieve what we now so blithely take for granted. Or select any classic of economics: it didn't just pop onto the page. It may represent many years of haphazard, fitful, incoherent thought and discovery before its author hammered out a text of principles and examples that became assigned reading on campuses across the country." Best wishes for your continued success, Dale Salwak.Dale Salwakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15381893717702909072noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5874888511895059748.post-70254072345481581472008-12-04T23:10:00.000+00:002008-12-04T23:10:00.000+00:00Karen - Thanks so much for this. I'll take a look ...Karen - Thanks so much for this. I'll take a look at l-plate's blog. Did you notice I managed to put your advice into practice and do a link?! You're my techno-tutor! ;-)<BR/><BR/>Jean - Thanks to you too - it's great to have support. And I'm so glad my garbled instructions worked!Lorna Fhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10902741383469719107noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5874888511895059748.post-15522928481162681142008-12-04T22:38:00.000+00:002008-12-04T22:38:00.000+00:00Good luck in your search for a new agent. It might...Good luck in your search for a new agent. It might be a wonderful new beginning, leading to a chance to just show all Those Who Made You Wait.<BR/><BR/>By the way, thanks for the uploading images instructions - it worked!Jeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03834219386682067062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5874888511895059748.post-22574749825703837462008-12-04T19:24:00.000+00:002008-12-04T19:24:00.000+00:00It's good to think of this as a beginning rather t...It's good to think of this as a beginning rather than an ending, but scary none the less. <BR/><BR/>It sounds like you've really been through the mill recently. You might be interested to see some of the posts on l-plate author's blog (on my bloglist) - she's had similar nightmare scenarios over the past couple of years. Maybe if we knew all this before we started we wouldn't bother!<BR/><BR/>Hang in there though - you'll get that washboard stomach yet :o))Karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05986874444030474719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5874888511895059748.post-27133041694912730642008-12-04T18:08:00.000+00:002008-12-04T18:08:00.000+00:00Thank you so much, Lane.Thank you so much, Lane.Lorna Fhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10902741383469719107noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5874888511895059748.post-1774471496963466292008-12-04T17:41:00.000+00:002008-12-04T17:41:00.000+00:00Writing is the easy part. Well the easier part. Le...Writing is the easy part. Well the <I>easier</I> part. Learning the system and playing the waiting game seems to be far harder and the lack of control, the hardest part of all. <BR/><BR/>You've had a tough old few months and I wish you luck - lots of it and bucket loads of Terrier Tenacity:-)Lane Mathiashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08147122748453850264noreply@blogger.com