Comments on: ‘Fess Up Friday

By: bloglily

bloglily — Fri, 23 May 2008 04:10:19 +0000

Ben — Oh, I’m glad to hear that. I’m looking forward to reading it. xo, L

WR — That sounds so interesting, and I’m just going to go over to your poetmouse blog right now to check it out.

By: OmbudsBen

OmbudsBen — Tue, 20 May 2008 16:04:32 +0000

I love the Taming of the Shrew. Years since I read it. But it ran so contrary to some of the stereotypes people had of gender roles in ages gone by.

By: Writer Reading

Writer Reading — Sun, 18 May 2008 18:36:52 +0000

Thanks for fess up Friday. I was interested in your Shakespeare posts as well. There are many “prompt” sites on the internet, suggesting people write stories or poems based on a word or string of words. I have recently started doing that with books, and I just posted two poems with Shakespeare prompts, one from MacBeth and one a sonnet Shall I Compare Thee To a Summer’s day and it was so much fun because I know using those words in a poem, I will never forget them. Those are on my Poet Mouse blog which is linked ot my main blog

By: bloglily

bloglily — Sun, 18 May 2008 15:35:16 +0000

Hello litlove, I like those pages! They’re a good place to record things, and because they’re not front and center, they feel freer somehow to write in.

Emily, I’m with you on Stegner. It’s not just that he writes that simple, straight on prose, although that’s pretty wonderful in itself. But the things and places he writes about are ones I care about a lot: marriage, the west, the past. I’ve just posted something about the first story in that “reading” page, but think there’s much, much more to say about Stegner and the short story.

By: Emily Barton

Emily Barton — Sun, 18 May 2008 02:19:14 +0000

I so love Wallace Stegner, but have yet to read his short stories. We’ve got them, so I must give them a try.

By: Litlove

Litlove — Sat, 17 May 2008 21:07:15 +0000

You are so good with your pages, dear BL. You use them brilliantly!

By: bloglily

bloglily — Sat, 17 May 2008 15:07:29 +0000

Hi TJ — I’m so glad you visited. It’s Saturday morning, and I’m about to go and check out other blogs, including yours, to see how the writing’s going (before I head over to William’s school fair, after having first made brownies.) And then the afternoon is a real writing afternoon. I hope yours is fabulous too!

Hey Nova, I think getting your computer back and dealing with a little post traumatic stress issue about its unreliability is quite enough! I’m glad you’re going to do this and am looking forward to hearing how it’s going.

By: toujoursjacques

toujoursjacques — Sat, 17 May 2008 03:13:40 +0000

I love your post for this week’s ‘Fess Up Friday—your fictional character Olivia, the connections to Shakespeare on love, your own happiness (how wonderful!) and how much joy is available to us right now, right where we are. Just lovely. Thank you! TJ

By: nova

nova — Sat, 17 May 2008 02:25:43 +0000

I almost signed up a second ago… I think I will. But I most certainly can’t do a post tonight because, guess why? This week I didn’t write a single word. *sob*

Next week I must do better.