tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6124799008909325766.comments2023-07-12T07:59:47.173-04:00A Writer's JourneyLyn Fairchild Hawkshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13308501118724743991noreply@blogger.comBlogger430125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6124799008909325766.post-80789905518283873262018-12-03T05:58:29.270-05:002018-12-03T05:58:29.270-05:00synonyms<a href="%E2%80%9Cwww.synonymsforbeautifull.blogspot.com/%E2%80%9D" rel="nofollow">synonyms</a>Humzahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04598318277151847673noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6124799008909325766.post-69449994903594655882013-05-27T22:31:19.928-04:002013-05-27T22:31:19.928-04:00The controversy was about both songs' beat, ha...The controversy was about both songs' beat, harmony, and bridges, which are very similar. It's not about lyrics. -t's reductive to create a song that sounds similar to a world famous song. I guess that's where you can find it reductive. Now, excuse me, my tea is ready.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13443420767730476809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6124799008909325766.post-89403712357050584442013-04-24T01:56:47.961-04:002013-04-24T01:56:47.961-04:00sounds really good! :)sounds really good! :)nfl jerseys cheaphttp://www.uicheap.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6124799008909325766.post-11437937822344120792013-04-18T19:17:48.555-04:002013-04-18T19:17:48.555-04:00Gorgeous with a capital G. Shaila is a remarkable ...Gorgeous with a capital G. Shaila is a remarkable talent, and she's once again demonstrated her genius on your beautiful site. Congrats, Lyn.Hope Clarkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17319310910383413396noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6124799008909325766.post-50095213433965085772013-04-07T14:55:52.574-04:002013-04-07T14:55:52.574-04:00I like that, "grow into ourselves." Perh...I like that, "grow into ourselves." Perhaps instead of berating myself, I can see the benefits of the new skin I've taken on, which eventually will shed, and another Lyn emerge.<br /><br />Speaking of skin shedding--chrysalises and such--the 17-year cicadas are almost upon us!Lyn Fairchild Hawkshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13308501118724743991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6124799008909325766.post-79915796410954704912013-04-07T14:38:20.107-04:002013-04-07T14:38:20.107-04:00I think the advent of the independent publishing m...I think the advent of the independent publishing model has actually allowed many more of us to grow into ourselves. Before, we like that young lady who said that no one"real" had approved of her stuff, we didn't give ourselves permission to live into our talent.DFhttp://www.breakfastwithpandora.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6124799008909325766.post-32986035120640201902013-04-04T10:58:09.621-04:002013-04-04T10:58:09.621-04:00Yes, that's the beautiful part of Career Day--...Yes, that's the beautiful part of Career Day--seeing our adult selves having "arrived" at this point, a quick moment of knowledge and awareness, and joy, that the dream came to us for a good reason. Lyn Fairchild Hawkshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13308501118724743991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6124799008909325766.post-39653350420539221422013-04-02T14:12:55.370-04:002013-04-02T14:12:55.370-04:00beautiful. seems i have forgotten some of those sa...beautiful. seems i have forgotten some of those same things. thank you for reminding me of what being a 9-year-old writer felt like. <br /><br />i, too, went to Career Day at my old high school, and my questions weren't nearly so interesting as yours. but i did feel as i talked from the podium to a crowded gym filled with kids (who mostly were getting extra credit for being there), that the 9-year-old had fully become her dreamed about self. finally. best of luck in your travels.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6124799008909325766.post-19795300781858658182013-03-10T22:12:43.987-04:002013-03-10T22:12:43.987-04:00Thanks, all! 2013 is the year of big things for al...Thanks, all! 2013 is the year of big things for all us of writerly types. :-) (Peggy, where are you to chime in? She taught us that word at Peace.)Lyn Fairchild Hawkshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13308501118724743991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6124799008909325766.post-32942877585993478542013-03-10T17:48:04.823-04:002013-03-10T17:48:04.823-04:00Bravo, bravo. Cheering you on, all the way!
Bravo, bravo. Cheering you on, all the way!<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6124799008909325766.post-26032388255831093782013-03-10T15:03:54.923-04:002013-03-10T15:03:54.923-04:00Love the metaphor about magnets. That's so tru...Love the metaphor about magnets. That's so true in writing and in life. Find your True North and you CAN navigate any sea.DFhttp://www.breakfastwithpandora.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6124799008909325766.post-70052559465014643752013-03-10T09:18:09.390-04:002013-03-10T09:18:09.390-04:00May True North have fairing skies and following se...May True North have fairing skies and following seas!Bob Mustinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6124799008909325766.post-71883862843713269442013-01-29T10:01:20.034-05:002013-01-29T10:01:20.034-05:00Just as we learned at Peace to write with a cinema...Just as we learned at Peace to write with a cinematic sensibility, we now have to recognize the need to understand and accommodate the public's short attention span. If we're the inventive writers we think we are, we can learn to write well within these strictures.Bob Mustinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6124799008909325766.post-88281528033556013032013-01-26T17:21:30.635-05:002013-01-26T17:21:30.635-05:00The Long Winter inspired me, as did The Little Pri...The Long Winter inspired me, as did The Little Princess and other tales of girls toughing it out. It made me appreciate what I had and realize that people could be heroes in all kinds of places.<br /><br />Lyn Fairchild Hawkshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13308501118724743991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6124799008909325766.post-5578684311959886222013-01-26T16:46:50.017-05:002013-01-26T16:46:50.017-05:00Your mention of The Long Winter made me think of R...Your mention of The Long Winter made me think of Robert Lawson's The Tough Winter, which I read as a California boy who saw snow once in his childhood. A beautifully crafted book about a group of animals toughing out the freezing season that inspired me in my writing.DFhttp://www.myth.typepad.com/borschlandnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6124799008909325766.post-9026051514004156022013-01-21T17:16:17.810-05:002013-01-21T17:16:17.810-05:00Yes, the exposure--our telephoto or microscopic le...Yes, the exposure--our telephoto or microscopic lens--it enrages some to see so much, up close, things we'd rather sweep under the rug or believe aren't there. Writers can get blamed for thinking like, being like, and acting like their characters, but we are imagining lives we might have lived, wished we lived, or don't want to live but can't look away from.Lyn Fairchild Hawkshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13308501118724743991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6124799008909325766.post-75419842155150978552013-01-21T16:25:16.601-05:002013-01-21T16:25:16.601-05:00If you're offending someone, just a little bit...If you're offending someone, just a little bit, with whatever you write, you're doing your job as a writer. Literature's normal modus operandi is to expose mindsets - not necessarily in a bad way - simply for what they are - naked, vulnerable, and subject to change.Bob Mustinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6124799008909325766.post-503325716751938812013-01-21T16:21:24.270-05:002013-01-21T16:21:24.270-05:00Hi, Hope,
Thanks for your kind words. I agree--th...Hi, Hope,<br /><br />Thanks for your kind words. I agree--the human spirit is culpable of prejudice in every region, clime, time zone.<br /><br />I think Dr. King said it best--we all have that "drum major instinct" and want to one up one another. But the greatness of the human spirit can and will overcome it, which is why we need today's holiday.<br /><br /><br />Lyn Fairchild Hawkshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13308501118724743991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6124799008909325766.post-62554948462091687402013-01-21T14:18:25.416-05:002013-01-21T14:18:25.416-05:00Excellent piece. Just excellent. Having grown up i...Excellent piece. Just excellent. Having grown up in Mississippi and South Carolina, there have been times when people tried to make me feel guilty for the simple fact my ancestors were who they were and I was born where I was born. Having lived all over the US, I've seen bigotry in every state, between all sorts of ethnicities, some that didn't make sense to me because they didn't occur where I lived. You paint this reality so well, and so succinctly. Great post for MLK day, Lyn. Good job.Hope Clarkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17319310910383413396noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6124799008909325766.post-20831582171577552142013-01-12T21:28:19.404-05:002013-01-12T21:28:19.404-05:00Good choice. Will definitely differentiate you fro...Good choice. Will definitely differentiate you from all the Geek/Nerd names.DFhttp://www.myth.typepad.com/borschlandnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6124799008909325766.post-69867779240572732442013-01-12T19:58:05.169-05:002013-01-12T19:58:05.169-05:00Thank you, Laurie! Ventures, adventures, roller co...Thank you, Laurie! Ventures, adventures, roller coaster,joy ride! Lyn Fairchild Hawkshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13308501118724743991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6124799008909325766.post-13266515344372468992013-01-12T19:39:29.636-05:002013-01-12T19:39:29.636-05:00I'm so happy for you, Lyn! Best wishes on the...I'm so happy for you, Lyn! Best wishes on these wonderful ventures.Maffly-Kipphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02407628312251166394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6124799008909325766.post-14081880043084547202012-12-27T13:50:27.709-05:002012-12-27T13:50:27.709-05:00Just wanted to further another's comment:
Geek...Just wanted to further another's comment:<br />Geek Chic: A Brave New GirlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6124799008909325766.post-47801927098082105192012-12-24T10:45:22.177-05:002012-12-24T10:45:22.177-05:00Thank you! I have much to mull over...Right now I&...Thank you! I have much to mull over...Right now I'm thinking that many of these good suggestions can be page titles on the various parts of my new website, too.Lyn Fairchild Hawkshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13308501118724743991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6124799008909325766.post-5099011087110130462012-12-23T23:40:38.093-05:002012-12-23T23:40:38.093-05:00Everyone wants their story to matter - so I like t...Everyone wants their story to matter - so I like that tagline best. I suggest tweaking it to: "Why My Smart Girl Story Matters." Also like, with a tweak: "Words to/from Wise Girls." I'm partial to Geek - so Geek Chic or Geek Style or Geek Chicks or Geek Girls. (I'd caution that non-standard spelling runs the risk of becoming dated.) You're dialing it in - good luck! Bobbienoreply@blogger.com