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Comment on Books by Friends, Authors, and Acquaintances « Angelhorn

Friends, Authors, and Acquaintances « Angelhorn — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 15:02:17 +0000

[...] GIRL by Alison Acheson. Alison was the teacher of the class I did with Jeyn. She is such a good teacher, I dedicated my [...]

Comment on A New Year by Alison Acheson

Alison Acheson — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 15:01:59 +0000

Still busy! But the frantic edge feels not to be there as much as it has been. Why? More than anything, probably the yoga. And in particular, the breathing aspect of that. It’s amazing how that one change can make such a difference.

Comment on A New Year by Amy Whitmore

Amy Whitmore — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 16:23:11 +0000

Soooo….how’s that working? The less frantic route.

Comment on in medias res by admin

admin — Sun, 11 Sep 2011 14:24:35 +0000

Amy, it’s not backstory that’s the problem for him (though I understand what you’re saying here…but it’s a different concern); it really is that “pull.” He does feel “hauled in” and he doesn’t want to feel that. I think he wants the story to grow slowly and surround him. He wants that magic of having the world built–and not in one day.
Listening to him has caused me to questions the idea we have–collectively–about so-called reluctant readers.

Comment on in medias res by Amy Taylor Whitmore

Amy Taylor Whitmore — Sat, 10 Sep 2011 23:59:13 +0000

Right on, no. 3 son of Alison. I HATE books that think “in media res” means you have to start in the middle of the story, then go back to fill in 8,00/ yeafs of unnecessary history. BORING!!!! The backstory poses as the story and there necer js a real story. The author gets to display their mastery of history, and maybe their ability to write but not of their ability to understand human nature or their ability to teanslate backstory into human truths. “In media res” means in the middle of things, not in the middle of the story. In other words pull your reader right into the world you are establishing.

Comment on EIGHT years by admin

admin — Fri, 12 Aug 2011 05:03:27 +0000

Thanks for the note, Marty Time is key, yes.

Comment on EIGHT years by Marty Layne

Marty Layne — Mon, 27 Jun 2011 19:13:10 +0000

Lovely story – yes we all bloom given time. Thanks for sharing!

Comment on Grandpa’s Music – on IBBY list! by Tanya

Tanya — Sun, 06 Feb 2011 20:38:19 +0000

Congrats!!

Comment on Blog – life and writing musings by Amy

Amy — Thu, 27 Jan 2011 13:24:32 +0000

PS I love the pond hockey picture up there at the top of the page!!

Comment on Blog – life and writing musings by Amy

Amy — Thu, 27 Jan 2011 13:23:49 +0000

Just finished Skippy Dies, a much darker look at the same topic – wonder, and the difficulty in and brilliance of maintaining it.