tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post6202398696893609197..comments2024-03-28T18:40:05.789-04:00Comments on Writers Who Kill: The Magical World We Live InJim Jacksonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15090252530437277145noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-30608351908456846072015-02-20T14:26:11.203-05:002015-02-20T14:26:11.203-05:00What a haunting and touching post. I carried it wi...What a haunting and touching post. I carried it with me all day and thought about what was magical. <br /><br />I kept coming back to writing--especially powerful writing like this post. How magical that some writers can evoke such strong feelings with words that others use and come up with something flat.Heather Holland Wheatonhttp://www.haleymaxwellsoapmakingmysteries.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-56809390587236084832015-02-20T13:38:18.327-05:002015-02-20T13:38:18.327-05:00Gloria, I admire your strength and ability to pers...Gloria, I admire your strength and ability to persevere. You take life, the good and the bad, apply your creativity to it, and present it for the rest of us.<br /><br />That's magic!KM Rockwoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03973749764907859829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-15350018357716157312015-02-19T17:55:37.888-05:002015-02-19T17:55:37.888-05:00
Kara, as a former artist/painter, I love the colo...<br />Kara, as a former artist/painter, I love the colors found in nature like rainbows and the many different colors of flowers.<br /><br />Technology can be aggravating. This morning when I tried to get online, my internet server was down and when I called the number to report it, it would ring once and then go dead. But in a miraculous 30 minutes it returned like magic. :-)Gloria Aldenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13581719606924364447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-39512229045265017472015-02-19T17:51:55.891-05:002015-02-19T17:51:55.891-05:00Warren, I agree how magical the growth from babies...<br />Warren, I agree how magical the growth from babies to toddlers and beyond happens.It's fun as they examine things to try to figure them out and the joy they feel when they master something, even those first steps.<br /><br />Shari, I love the snow, too, but then enough is enough. Especially here where it's down below zero much of the time and even when it's above zero there's that wind chill.<br /><br />And words on the page. I was at one of my book clubs today discussing a very good book that everyone liked, but what different opinions we had about some of the characters. Gloria Aldenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13581719606924364447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-91468920004096703602015-02-19T11:06:30.190-05:002015-02-19T11:06:30.190-05:00I'm in awe of the magical colors found in natu...I'm in awe of the magical colors found in nature like rainbows and the Northern Lights. <br /><br />Technology can be magic. (It can also be really aggravating.)Recently, I had a three-way Skype call with a friend in London and another in Los Angeles. One of my friends talked on her wrist watch phone. How is this possible? How will we be communicating with each other in one hundred years? It's a mystery to me.<br />Kara Cerisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16484336785514235707noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-69758484002363858712015-02-19T10:54:41.911-05:002015-02-19T10:54:41.911-05:00I know we don't feel very kindly disposed to s...I know we don't feel very kindly disposed to snow right now, but it think a snowfall is magical - the way it makes everything beautiful….<br />And aren't words on a page magical? Not just in the messages they convey or the worlds they create, but that every person who reads the same words conjures a different picture in their minds. Your Elizabeth Bennett and my Elizabeth Bennett may resemble Austen's description, but they are also our own.<br />I love that you're keeping your son's magical secrets, Gloria.Shari Randallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16425493627354028820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-51765699053864121382015-02-19T09:57:52.580-05:002015-02-19T09:57:52.580-05:00I think the way tiny babies become toddlers and th...I think the way tiny babies become toddlers and then small children is magical. They change from one day to the next increasing their physical, verbal and social skills. Truly Amazing.Warren Bullhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07789270258599769915noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-73128685390518349062015-02-19T09:26:25.905-05:002015-02-19T09:26:25.905-05:00
Thank you, Ramona. Icebergs are just one of the m...<br />Thank you, Ramona. Icebergs are just one of the many things in nature that are incredible. I even find ants fascinating with their social structure - although not when they come inside. <br /><br />Margaret, what a lovely vision. I wish I had saved some of those bulbs to plant inside to see. I do buy some primroses every winter to keep on my window sill to plant outside when spring comes.Gloria Aldenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13581719606924364447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-13206845345516982682015-02-19T09:23:01.815-05:002015-02-19T09:23:01.815-05:00Elaine, I feel the same way when I'm writing w...<br />Elaine, I feel the same way when I'm writing with only a vague idea of where I want this chapter to go and all of a sudden it almost seems to write itself. My characters take over and say things I hadn't planned out ahead of time.<br /><br />Jim, I so agree with you. It's one of the reasons I never feel comfortable living in a city. I want to be as close to the natural world as possible.Gloria Aldenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13581719606924364447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-54621427748173514812015-02-19T08:45:20.630-05:002015-02-19T08:45:20.630-05:00Magic is in the power of paperwhite narcissus bulb...Magic is in the power of paperwhite narcissus bulbs, producing eighteen inch stalks topped by spicy scented delicate white flowers. Fresh and alive, with the promise of daffodils in the garden still to bloom.Margaret S. Hamiltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07979191318652199350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-71024369659591843402015-02-19T08:32:26.954-05:002015-02-19T08:32:26.954-05:00Lovely post, Gloria. I agree with the magic of nat...Lovely post, Gloria. I agree with the magic of nature. I was just looking at pictures of icebergs. Incredible. <br /><br />As with a magic show, I don't need to understand how things work to appreciate that they do work. Ramonahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00627775403015684868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-29271235440985280912015-02-19T06:17:03.858-05:002015-02-19T06:17:03.858-05:00I find nature magical and the scientific explanati...I find nature magical and the scientific explanations only make it more so for me.<br /><br />~ Jim<br />Jim Jacksonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15090252530437277145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-21876289441293955922015-02-19T06:00:33.943-05:002015-02-19T06:00:33.943-05:00What do I find magical? When a plot comes together...What do I find magical? When a plot comes together, when characters' arcs peak in sync, when one gesture tells all, when the final sentence perfects the book and leaves the reader satisfied but wanting more. I prefer writing not only to mirror life, but also to validate our values. We want good to triumph, but if we can't get that, then at least justice can prevail. <br /><br />John's understanding and hard work created magic--and not all magic is an illusion--it's physics, mechanics, chemistry, biology, and faith. Magic is rooted in understanding life.E. B. Davishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16746747050278597888noreply@blogger.com