tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21234701.post8887590643570035573..comments2023-06-06T04:47:08.384-04:00Comments on Prairie Preacher: What I want to do when I grow up ...Reverend Shawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17592815717779408231noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21234701.post-63597660988819415152007-09-22T22:21:00.000-04:002007-09-22T22:21:00.000-04:00I remember telling you in a blog comment ages ago,...I remember telling you in a blog comment ages ago, "You have a right to be you, and you have to WRITE to be you". In the time that I got to know you in the past couple years, it was so very clear that you are brilliantly gifted in your abilities as a writer.<BR/>Don't doubt it, just go with it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21234701.post-42170404910311263302007-09-16T23:47:00.000-04:002007-09-16T23:47:00.000-04:00Write friend write!We need books written by real p...Write friend write!<BR/>We need books written by real people....real ministers....<BR/><BR/>You most likely have much wisdom to share. Tell us! Write!!!!laughing pastorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01106783541250618173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21234701.post-38424112828876806002007-09-16T22:58:00.000-04:002007-09-16T22:58:00.000-04:00See, now THIS will age me. I wrote all my high sc...See, now THIS will age me. I wrote all my high school papers on a typewriter. And one of my graduation presents was a typewriter of my very own that I lugged to college (my sophmore year was very liberating; I braved the computer lab).<BR/><BR/>I have a secret too (although I'm not sure it qualifies as a secret since I blab about it now and then on my blog)--I want to become a syndicated columnist... *sigh* Oh to write what I love rather than boring old accounting newsletters. Argh.<BR/><BR/>I taught creative writing part-time when my kids were young(er)and I came to believe that anyone can become a writer if they practice enough and are persistent (submitting work to publishers). It'll happen if you keep at it. At least that's what I keep telling myself. Good luck, Shawn.shaunahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11742270945335370549noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21234701.post-26372585301357210332007-09-15T19:19:00.000-04:002007-09-15T19:19:00.000-04:00Hey ... there's a store in Brandon that still carr...Hey ... there's a store in Brandon that still carries the ribbons for the old PWP 40 !!!<BR/><BR/>Shall I pick you up a couple??<BR/><BR/>They're still only $12 or so !!!<BR/> <BR/>Yes, thumping out a 50 page Thesis four lines at a time, and with a max of 20 pages of memory at a time was a challenge ... I too have fond memories of my PWP 40 ... it's sitting in the back bedroom at Mom's beside the old Remington ... <BR/><BR/>And you are smack on about writing ... I read some of my essays and papers from back in the day and think - "damned, that WAS brilliant" but I don't remember writing a word of it ... <BR/><BR/>But the stuff I write for fun and pleasure NOW ... THAT I remember !!<BR/><BR/>You've made me smile and made a good day great - thanks !!Reverend Shawnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17592815717779408231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21234701.post-3913163545844423642007-09-15T17:23:00.000-04:002007-09-15T17:23:00.000-04:00I've still got the PWP 40 sitting down in the base...I've still got the PWP 40 sitting down in the basement... I know for a fact I'll NEVER be able to use it again, as the typewriter ribbon it used has LONG become a thing of the past... But, I banged out all of my essays on that thing (with only FOUR LINES OF DISPLAY ON THE SCREEN), and I still think that the type quality of the papers by far still exceeds anything but a high-powered laser printer. The only time it has budged from the basement in the past decade was when my eldest daughter took it to school as a prop for a project she did on "technology of the past". Woah, did THAT make me feel like a dinosaur...<BR/><BR/>I've still got the PWP, AND all the disks, AND every. single. damn. essay. I ever wrote on the thing.<BR/><BR/>The really scary part?!<BR/><BR/>When I look back on my boxes and boxes of essays... I now have very little memory of actually writing them. I must have been THAT tired. <BR/><BR/>University was a bitch. I could NEVER do it again-- I've never slogged so hard in my entire life (not even in childbirth, and that's REALLY saying something). But, I made it through somehow, and got that degree-- and did I ever tell you I earned two minors, as well... one of them in religious studies! Because it turns out, you can't do dramatic literature properly without a thorough understanding of it's deeply religious roots. <BR/><BR/>Nowadays, just writing what I enjoy; writing WHAT I like, WHEN I like, is far, far more satisfying than my academic years ever were.<BR/><BR/>And the laptop is a FAR superior invention to the ol' PWP 40!!<BR/><BR/>--CandygirlfliesCandygirlflieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04402373358975538931noreply@blogger.com