tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-384818775633917591.post5256373857008180398..comments2023-12-04T06:44:11.381-08:00Comments on Feral Mom, Feral Writer: When Sandy asks me for a poem to pen across her sculpture of a male torso...Tania Pryputniewiczhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12177520317393803035noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-384818775633917591.post-28885724424807181072009-04-17T13:35:00.000-07:002009-04-17T13:35:00.000-07:00Jeannette,
The post you mention is a jewel of an ...Jeannette,<br /><br />The post you mention is a jewel of an entry, poetic...so thank you for directing me to it. You keenly track the terrain--mining books for what can provide solace to daughters, or reflect an accurate mirror for the entity of relationship: marriage, male/female shared world etc. Mining core experiences--so delicate a process, isn't it? For the writer too must thrive beyond the sharing--if those tales are worthy of bringing to the surface for others. Look forward to your future posts.Tania Pryputniewiczhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12177520317393803035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-384818775633917591.post-29232264236317052572009-04-15T09:09:00.000-07:002009-04-15T09:09:00.000-07:00I recently read 'Wandering Star" by J.M.G...I recently read 'Wandering Star" by J.M.G. Le Clezio. I managed to read it without ascertaining the gender of the author prior to finishing the book. (Perhaps this had something to do with reading it translated from the French?) Two women are portrayed... and JMG is indeed a "he." I enjoyed the book. I read (& enjoyed) your blog this morn. I recognize the Sonoma County you describe. I recognize your braided themes...parenting-writing-reaching in other realms...<br />You write a very accessible narrative.<br />You might enjoy reading "Are you Writing a Book for Me?" on my writepurpose blog. I'd be happy for you to get some inspiration from it.Jeannettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06115410908800997558noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-384818775633917591.post-78949260839061805082009-04-14T08:18:00.000-07:002009-04-14T08:18:00.000-07:00Thanks Ethel...I value your thoughts about trustin...Thanks Ethel...I value your thoughts about trusting your writing as an effort to portray the human condition--a very balanced way to see things--I suffer from myopia in that area, but love the process of writing for how it forces me to grow. Some years ago, another friend (speaking of how she wrote fiction) encouraged me to pour my emotions through male eyes--I remember being unsure (reflecting on the experience of occasionally reading something and having it not ring true). But maybe I'll try it again. Enjoyed your post at Madswirl.Tania Pryputniewiczhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12177520317393803035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-384818775633917591.post-72114291391500486732009-04-13T15:48:00.000-07:002009-04-13T15:48:00.000-07:00Thanks for such an interesting post. I find I writ...Thanks for such an interesting post. I find I write from the male POV a lot in my work, and I've constantly asked myself what's that's all about? I'm not sure that I've come up with a satisfactory answer other than I think in writing so much from the male POV I'm hoping to understand these male characters more. I try not to worry too much about whether or not, as a woman, I should even attempt to write in the male POV and just trust that all my writing is an effort to reveal and understand the human condition.Ethel Rohanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09312350169855172302noreply@blogger.com