tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27471053.post8840115886208333776..comments2023-06-16T08:04:01.263-05:00Comments on Answered Prayers for Owen Meany: Subversive Su, Melanies and Scarletts, The Things That Happen When I Sleepsusanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00930119917473280929noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27471053.post-6630114684709205422007-03-19T14:50:00.000-05:002007-03-19T14:50:00.000-05:00Well, you know I'll be here when you can scavage t...Well, you know I'll be here when you can scavage that time! Have a great time at home. You don't get to do that much, I know.<BR/><BR/>Thank you for liking what I write. That means more to me coming from you. I think my sister would make you smile. Her writing voice was a little like mine, I thought, and that was odd to see. <BR/><BR/>I don't think that my professional writing made it hard for me to write my own story necessarily... I think that a good journalist is first and foremost a curious person and then a person who can write. To be frank, I'm not all that curious about other people because I am too interested in myself. (I can even tell jokes to myself.) I can write well, but I will never be a great journalist. BUT, as you know, when you cover hard news, you're always trying to suspend judgement and be as impartial as possible. It takes some time away from the newspaper to lose that detachment. Does that make sense?<BR/><BR/>Sususanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00930119917473280929noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27471053.post-17419495529860711022007-03-19T14:39:00.000-05:002007-03-19T14:39:00.000-05:00Going to e-mail you back soon, and start scavengin...Going to e-mail you back soon, and start scavenging for time to steal you from your gardening and laundry. ;) Going out of town this week!!! Home! So excited.<BR/><BR/>Always love reading what you write. The other day I read the blog entry your sister wrote about you. It made me smile, a lot.<BR/><BR/>Do you ever feel like professional writing experience has made it harder to write your own story? Maybe you're far enough away now that it's not so. But I feel that way some days. <BR/><BR/>I wouldn't trade my job, though.Carla Jeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07029297859059874312noreply@blogger.com