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| Re: KES 21 [message #50462 is a reply to message #50460 ] |
Mon, 25 June 2012 00:12   |
EMoon
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WOW, that takes me back.
I always told myself stories, too. I was in pain a lot as a child (various serious illnesses) and used to get to sleep by lying very, very still and projecting the story in my head. If I got it just right--every detail--the pain would fade away and I'd fall asleep and dream the rest. But the storytelling went on anyway--day and night, in school and out. Told them, drew them, wrote them, got caught writing them instead of homework, learned to hide them better, hold them in my head until later...all that.
Oh, Kes....we could have been friends.
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| Re: KES 21 [message #50464 is a reply to message #50462 ] |
Mon, 25 June 2012 10:48 |
Katsheare
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| EMoon wrote on Mon, 25 June 2012 05:12 |
WOW, that takes me back.
I always told myself stories, too. I was in pain a lot as a child (various serious illnesses) and used to get to sleep by lying very, very still and projecting the story in my head. If I got it just right--every detail--the pain would fade away and I'd fall asleep and dream the rest. But the storytelling went on anyway--day and night, in school and out. Told them, drew them, wrote them, got caught writing them instead of homework, learned to hide them better, hold them in my head until later...all that.
Oh, Kes....we could have been friends.
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I know people who create stories because they can't not. It had never occurred to me how stories might come to them, they they might have met the characters just as their audience was meeting them. What a thrilling (when it happens), frustrating (when it doesn't), surreal experience that must be.
How lucky those of us who aren't victims/grantees of the Story Council are that some of those who get the stories share them, and share them well.
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| Re: KES 21, 22 [message #50492 is a reply to message #50460 ] |
Wed, 27 June 2012 20:38 |
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 anne_d
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I never quite get around to saying anything, but I'm really enjoying the serial.
[Updated on: Wed, 27 June 2012 20:39]
"The creative urge can come out in any form: in embroidery, in... cooking, in painting, drawing and sculpture, in composing music, as well as in writing books and stories... the artist's inner satisfaction was probably much the same." ~ Agatha Christie
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| Re: KES 21, 22 [message #50495 is a reply to message #50460 ] |
Wed, 27 June 2012 22:15 |
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I had a really rough day today, and opening up your blog to see the next installment of Kes was just what I needed. Thank you.
FairyTales - http://xkcd.com/872/
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| Re: KES 21, 22 [message #50500 is a reply to message #50460 ] |
Thu, 28 June 2012 04:21 |
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KatydidNL
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I couldn't respond to #21 right away...it punched me right in the stomach (not unlike Kes's bully) and cycled together with memories of my own childhood, and the glorious escape my imagination was. Sometimes, just as described here -- the only escape.
There's a part of me that still opens closet doors and feels the back wall, just in case. You never know where the entrance to Narnia might be.
I am also just now deep into the wonderful "Reflections" by Diana Wynne Jones, containing many of her essays and thoughts about writing, about writing fantasy, about writing for children. (Highly, highly recommended, by the way.) And one thought that keeps coming back to the forefront in her writing is how the imagination is our refuge and our strength; it is how we solve problems, when faced with them, and where we find strength, when life is too much. And therefore, how it should be encouraged, in children as well as adults, and not discouraged, as being childish or "not real" enough to be worthwhile.
Hari and Aerin were very much in my mind, as I faced my own childhood (and adolescent) fears and struggles.
I guess, to sum up -- I love Kes -- it's making me laugh, and chortle (those are two very distinct reactions) -- but this episode made me gasp in recognition and brought tears to my eyes.
Thank you.
Can't wait to read more.
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| Re: KES 21, 22 [message #50557 is a reply to message #50460 ] |
Sun, 01 July 2012 14:31 |
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Hayley reminds me of a girl I was on a study abroad trip with once. My first impression of this girl was CHEERLEADER, in the worst way. From day one at the airport, I was pretty sure she wasn't someone I would find much in common with. She was a cheerleader, but it turned out she was ALSO exceptionally nice, fun, and easy to talk to. I ended up connecting more with her than many other students on the trip. I love it when people (and realtors) surprise you.
(Speaking of favorite authors signing books: When I recently opened my old copy of Outlaws that I picked up years ago at a yardsale or booksale, I discovered something I either hadn't noticed or had forgotten: My paperback is SIGNED. "To Charles. Best Wishes, Robin McKinley." My name isn't Charles, and I don't know anything about him... but I'm still pretty stoked.  )
-Grace Makley
www.gracemakley.com
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| Re: KES 21, 22, 23 [message #50567 is a reply to message #50460 ] |
Mon, 02 July 2012 06:41 |
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*sets up a large trampoline at the bottom of Robin's cliff to catch unwary blog readers as they plummet over the edge.....*
Don't worry about the dust bunnies, they're just here to guard the treasure.....
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| Re: KES 21, 22, 23 [message #50582 is a reply to message #50581 ] |
Tue, 03 July 2012 01:33 |
b_twin_1
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| Fake Frenchie wrote on Tue, 03 July 2012 01:02 |
| Alannaeowyn wrote on Tue, 03 July 2012 02:41 |
There's a guy at my community college who occasionally wears this shirt. I haven't yet summoned the nerve to accost him....
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What shirt?
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The text "this shirt" is linked to the reference website.
I've got a plan so cunning you could put a tail on it and call it a weasel ~ Blackadder
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| Re: KES 21, 22, 23 [message #50674 is a reply to message #50460 ] |
Mon, 09 July 2012 22:14 |
EMoon
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Yay! House has a name! And the RIGHT name!
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| Re: KES 21, 22, 23 [message #50697 is a reply to message #50604 ] |
Wed, 11 July 2012 19:30 |
maggie
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| Katsheare wrote on Thu, 05 July 2012 06:00 |
Wayback machine, #22:
The paperbacks... Most of them have the front cover as the bookmark.
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I read this, and looked over to see Spindle's End sitting on my bed... with the cover marking my place somewhere in the middle. At least it's not just me!
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