tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36959693.post6185950295779926295..comments2023-05-07T00:25:23.623-07:00Comments on A Writer's Journey: Excavating Some RulesShannonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14638088901866929061noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36959693.post-63786143311604516442008-02-01T16:27:00.000-08:002008-02-01T16:27:00.000-08:00Lovely.Lovely.village mamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08921372072320111124noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36959693.post-48262573635544850162007-12-02T15:19:00.000-08:002007-12-02T15:19:00.000-08:00Great list. I love the way you've described livin...Great list. I love the way you've described living well. You've reminded me that I need to stop worrying about the to do list and get more sleep to live well! :)Mary P Jones (MPJ)https://www.blogger.com/profile/10251787926841410344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36959693.post-9260401936972785652007-12-02T09:53:00.000-08:002007-12-02T09:53:00.000-08:00let yourself off the leash: that's a good one!if I...let yourself off the leash: that's a good one!<BR/>if I was a dog, would I walk myself at a run every day?<BR/>thanks for this writerly list,<BR/>happy to have read your blog,<BR/>jennCreative Soulful Womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01544165208876808443noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36959693.post-57227190193310596092007-12-01T04:03:00.000-08:002007-12-01T04:03:00.000-08:00You ... i almost teared up, too. It's too early fo...You ... i almost teared up, too. It's too early for me. <BR/><BR/>Yesterday afternoon was UGLY at my house. Terrible. So I am just now getting to read your list. <BR/><BR/>It's perfect. That's about all I can say about it. I, too, like Number 1, but I also really liked your wine reference about separating the flavors of the oak and the earth in Number 7. Plus, that rule is pretty important to me as well. <BR/><BR/>breathe. yes ... breathe.<BR/><BR/>Thank you so much for such a wonderful contribution to this little writing project.Shawnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16038370158284663729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36959693.post-72480317306061958772007-11-30T19:31:00.000-08:002007-11-30T19:31:00.000-08:00I appreciate the way you described living well. It...I appreciate the way you described living well. It's not the usual way of thinking about it.Mary Annhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04923598644163139339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36959693.post-72108453937064601232007-11-30T18:21:00.000-08:002007-11-30T18:21:00.000-08:00Wonderful list. You are wiser than you know.Wonderful list. You are wiser than you know.Shellihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02634919180872634636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36959693.post-52559995399913589122007-11-30T14:38:00.000-08:002007-11-30T14:38:00.000-08:00Ah, good head's up! As I did not yet realize it. I...Ah, good head's up! As I did not yet realize it. I'll wrap up a very, very extra special hard time for you, then! :-D<BR/><BR/>And what in the world do you mean by "tomorrow?!?" The day is still young, my friend, the day is still young... ;-p<BR/><BR/>And, I thought it was just Shawn, but it must be all of Google: it will not let me link here anymore, i.e., when you click on my name.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36959693.post-65512081546213199812007-11-30T14:28:00.000-08:002007-11-30T14:28:00.000-08:00G-I expect a lot from friends I guess, but I'll gl...G-I expect a lot from friends I guess, but I'll gladly give everything I expect. I really appreciate you believing in my writing, also. Okay, this almost made me tear up until I remembered that you'll be the first one aggravating me about something tomorrow. :-)<BR/>ps. I'm not sure how public this is, lol. Maybe you could rent one of those giant TV's in Times Square? It is my birthday soon, ya know.Shannonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14638088901866929061noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36959693.post-58135833861780770202007-11-30T14:07:00.000-08:002007-11-30T14:07:00.000-08:00Bella & Gary, this was very intimidating after you...Bella & Gary, this was very intimidating after you guys set the bar so high with the first two responses! Thanks :-P<BR/><BR/>Mama Zen, that's my favorite one, too. Such magic is life. (that sounded like Yoda, didn't it?)Ah well...if this whole writing thing doesn't work out...Shannonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14638088901866929061noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36959693.post-48895481802476891142007-11-30T12:19:00.000-08:002007-11-30T12:19:00.000-08:00I, too, was grabbed by your first rule. I believe...I, too, was grabbed by your first rule. I believe in this deeply, and regard it as one of life's little miracles.Maude Lynnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03669688074743095866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36959693.post-90560324099784579362007-11-30T11:25:00.000-08:002007-11-30T11:25:00.000-08:00Forgive me, but I want to take a minute to wax sen...Forgive me, but I want to take a minute to wax sentimental over you, by professing publicly how much I think of you and value your friendship.<BR/><BR/>Without my ever having asked you to, you read everything I post, and even humor me by trying to help me answer the questions I ask to try and strengthen my poetic voice. There is no way you could like everything I write. Hell, <I>I</I> don't like everything I write, but you selflessly give of yourself, anyway. <BR/><BR/>As you know, I write comparatively short stuff compared to everyone else on the blogs--for instance, a seven line poem--but you'd never know how many people won't take 10 seconds to return a favor that takes me 10 minutes, in reading 10 paragraphs of theirs. Heck, you've even done the novel and short stories, and that novel isn't for many.<BR/><BR/>Thank you, Mrs. Shannon E. In the event I get hit by a bus tomorrow, I don't want to leave this world without telling you how much I really, really, really appreciate your friendship and being one of your literary partners in crime. Not only are you talented in your own right, I cannot see how you would fail to touch lives for the better wherever you go, giving as selflessly as you do. Thank you.<BR/><BR/>You are seriously my most favorite human being in the world these days, bar none. Not to condemn anyone else, mind you, as this may seem to, but you are extraordinary and so very awesome. <BR/><BR/>Thanks for being you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36959693.post-14386037803545378192007-11-30T10:37:00.000-08:002007-11-30T10:37:00.000-08:00Well done. You have seriously been about the busin...Well done. You have seriously been about the business of writing this week: this makes TWO deadlines you are in under well before the date. Kudos. <BR/><BR/>There are several on this one I like, including numbers one, three, seven and nine. You did forget one, and a very big one at that: allow a Gary to harass you every chance you get. :-D Letting a Gary harass you is godliness, I think is how the saying goes. Ehem...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36959693.post-75048469756003725322007-11-30T09:57:00.000-08:002007-11-30T09:57:00.000-08:00The first one grabbed me. Being aware, noticing, ...The first one grabbed me. <BR/>Being aware, noticing, the recurring themes in our life is a creative act, yes? And it is how we tell our own story.<BR/><BR/>And accepting change is so hard for me and so needed.bellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04165771647378109845noreply@blogger.com