tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36770289.post8390458706334039779..comments2024-01-20T20:11:51.589-07:00Comments on Telling Secrets: My Girl...Martihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04492242951732140223noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36770289.post-89664139846486198922009-04-27T17:52:00.000-06:002009-04-27T17:52:00.000-06:00Hi J! Thanks for stopping by. And, I'm glad you en...Hi J! Thanks for stopping by. And, I'm glad you enjoyed the book. I had a great time putting it together - and thanks to the help of a great editor, I think it really sings. I'm glad to see people finding it useful, too!Martihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04492242951732140223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36770289.post-7369858221907030252009-04-25T16:53:00.000-06:002009-04-25T16:53:00.000-06:00Talk about being slow on the uptake: I have been r...Talk about being slow on the uptake: I have been reading your blog on and off for some time, and only through this post realized that you are the author of a book I know and highly appreciated. What can I say? - I am very bad with remembering names. <br />Anyway, I recommended your book to many people. I lost track of who has my copy of the book at the moment.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36770289.post-10461098134562442652009-04-21T21:37:00.000-06:002009-04-21T21:37:00.000-06:00Thanks, all. Someone thinking about starting a blo...Thanks, all. Someone thinking about starting a blog recently wrote and asked me what advice I'd give him. I said, be sure to answer your comments promptly. Yet I do not do that... Sorry!<br /><br />Fiona: yeah, we're dependent on the whims of people like our designers, aren't we? Graphics folks in our office afterwards gently scolded me about not asking them to do it, but it never ocurred to me that I could have asked them - not when they were overworked, it wasn't official one of our ministry's projects, and the publisher assumed stuff like title and cover were their prerogative. All I had mental reservations about was that I didn't want it to be pink or flowery or cursivey - you know, as if being a woman means that's how you're supposed to be. <br /><br />Angie - yeah, sabbatical is a hard decision. Not that I will necessarily get what I ask for but finding the creative/emotional energy to figure out and sell others on a good plan is still a bit beyond me right now. I've waited just a little too long on this, I think. It's getting a bit past preventative maintenance! <br /><br />Home office people don't get furloughs but with how I'm wired, in a way I think that's what I need. <br /><br />Dad - No, can you imagine, I haven't read any Terkel books? I know all about him and have heard him on the radio. But I haven't read any of his books. What would you recommend? Perhaps I ought to just see what our library has.Martihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04492242951732140223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36770289.post-67323967331713915572009-04-20T18:30:00.000-06:002009-04-20T18:30:00.000-06:00I presume you have read the books of Studs Terkel?...I presume you have read the books of Studs Terkel?Dean Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00433661598382632011noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36770289.post-1103667745140151042009-04-20T04:57:00.000-06:002009-04-20T04:57:00.000-06:00I hope you get the sabbatical you want. That would...I hope you get the sabbatical you want. That would be a hard decision... grad school or research, reflection and writing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36770289.post-30941651809688999152009-04-19T20:18:00.000-06:002009-04-19T20:18:00.000-06:00how odd. not only is it the same girl, it's the e...how odd. not only is it the same girl, it's the exact same shot, and even the same half of her face... what a shame. I remember feeling a bit put out when a graphic designer who had designed the cover for my booklet then proceeded to use parts of the same design in other things around the college... I'm not such a fan of this economising on creativity!Fiona L Cooperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05745642583785603914noreply@blogger.com