tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6109894327633416533.post6071785079326080304..comments2023-05-30T00:29:21.656-07:00Comments on Small Circles: Sage Advice from a Mastergael lynchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08109953416971003657noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6109894327633416533.post-19954633502214070452009-02-19T05:08:00.000-08:002009-02-19T05:08:00.000-08:00It's all good, Diane! Love that right brain at wor...It's all good, Diane! Love that right brain at work. Gives us all complete satisfaction in life.gael lynchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08109953416971003657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6109894327633416533.post-67564487830093603482009-02-18T18:02:00.000-08:002009-02-18T18:02:00.000-08:00--sorry, I forgot to spell ck before publishing ;)...--sorry, I forgot to spell ck before publishing ;)---<BR/>Interesting you should comment on the Artist's Way. I bought the original version quite a # of yrs back, then gave it to a friend, in 2005. I saw that it has has been updated, and frankly, I wish I still had my copy. Maybe I'll pick the new one up and hold on to it this time.<BR/>I'll look forward to reading your comments on "Teach Spot". Although I really have no interest in publishing. I love making/telling stories with photos also. That seems to be where I put a lot of my time. I am almost ready to take a photography course. I do regular, and digital scrap booking and love that medium. My kids make fun of me when I title pages, but I don't care. <BR/>I think as I write more on my page, you will see why....Smileyblueyeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00922533079368599640noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6109894327633416533.post-31436600137797726642009-02-18T17:58:00.000-08:002009-02-18T17:58:00.000-08:00This comment has been removed by the author.Smileyblueyeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00922533079368599640noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6109894327633416533.post-63446113363585155712009-02-18T16:40:00.000-08:002009-02-18T16:40:00.000-08:00Thanks, Diane! You are such a great storyteller......Thanks, Diane! You are such a great storyteller...I'd love to see you put all that stuff down on paper. Check out the SCBWI website for more on children's writing. You may find critique groups in your area through there. Of course they'll be children's writers, but you can find adult writing groups too. This group that I'm in with Pat consists of 20 of us. We write constantly, then we submit a few chapters each week. Pat reads our work and comments and then selects three pieces to read aloud for us to comment on. Get those stories down though! Check out 'The Artist's Way.' Great book! Full of inspiration. I'll blog about my writer's workshop on my other blog...Teach Spot, and fill you in on how all this transfers into my classroom. It's so much fun! :)gael lynchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08109953416971003657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6109894327633416533.post-53515510227889692102009-02-18T15:41:00.000-08:002009-02-18T15:41:00.000-08:00You are anything but a dope. Don't say that. How a...You are anything but a dope. Don't say that. How about "all things for a reason"? Maybe you needed to experience, and feel a little 'more' life before coloring the pages of a story about life?<BR/> I have no interest in writing to be published. But I do have a lot of stories I would like to write down just so I don't lose them. I also find writing/and story telling so cathartic emotionally. Once I share a story, I see the picture/experience in a whole new light - and hopefully grow from that. I tell many stories in my classroom, too. What a wonderful audience they are, my students! As you have found out, too. <BR/>I would love to know more about these workshops/groups that are guiding you. I am not clear of what they are/how they work. <BR/> When I lived in Omaha, I worked closely with the "children's authors and illustrators"...something or other. I was setting up a publishing curriculum in a catholic school where my children attended school. This group was so wonderful (not competitive) in sharing things about their processes that helped me, and in turn, they would come to our classrooms and read their proof books, stories at different stages of publication. I loved it. They were good people.<BR/> What do you do, have someone read your writing, and coach you? Fill me in.Smileyblueyeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00922533079368599640noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6109894327633416533.post-24239258018289502632009-02-18T13:47:00.000-08:002009-02-18T13:47:00.000-08:00You are the best, Jame! Just when I need a lift, t...You are the best, Jame! Just when I need a lift, there you are! Sometimes it feels like a mountain, but it's only a hill with you by my side. What a good friend you are!gael lynchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08109953416971003657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6109894327633416533.post-23746286027007699052009-02-18T13:34:00.000-08:002009-02-18T13:34:00.000-08:00Not a dope, never a dope. (And look at that sexy p...Not a dope, never a dope. (And look at that sexy profile pic!) Can I just tell you how many years I *talked about* writing. And wrote whiny little journal entries. And wished I could call myself a writer...ugh...why couldn't I have a journey that was a straight shot? No, meandering. But then when it clicked into place, crystallized, galvanized, everything seemed like it happened for a reason. Oh, I hate when people say that, but you know what I mean, everything happens in its own perfect time. And right now, it's GAEL TIME!!Jamehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10469482594328595862noreply@blogger.com