tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7545210782126483136.post4389630268151732959..comments2024-01-24T05:13:06.164-08:00Comments on Not Your Usual Suspects: What Makes A Writer? Nature or Nurture?Susanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11286314155783213006noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7545210782126483136.post-17913707592376413572014-01-14T13:36:26.542-08:002014-01-14T13:36:26.542-08:00What a great story, Janis. I discovered our librar...What a great story, Janis. I discovered our library when I was four and it was my favorite place to visit growing up. By the time I was eight I knew I wanted to be a mystery author. I just didn't realize it would take another 5 decades before it became reality. But it's never too late! Thanks for sharing.Cindy Samplehttp://www.cindysamplebooks.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7545210782126483136.post-61040683964943131132014-01-14T10:29:35.285-08:002014-01-14T10:29:35.285-08:00How wonderful, to be welcomed into the world as a ...How wonderful, to be welcomed into the world as a Special Edition! And how apt! Love it!Beate Boekerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16299015488989360031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7545210782126483136.post-51459436751008931722014-01-14T04:17:19.713-08:002014-01-14T04:17:19.713-08:00I enjoyed your post. I love your Dad's sense ...I enjoyed your post. I love your Dad's sense of humor. <br /><br />Debra AndrewsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7545210782126483136.post-35285489030192974232014-01-14T01:32:38.854-08:002014-01-14T01:32:38.854-08:00Writing is definitely in your family! We always ha...Writing is definitely in your family! We always had lots of books around the place while growing up, but I'm the first writer in our family.Shelley Munrohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03090469550227550713noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7545210782126483136.post-8124202644618799642014-01-13T17:03:42.620-08:002014-01-13T17:03:42.620-08:00Love the birth announcement. Agree your Mom shoul...Love the birth announcement. Agree your Mom should have been listed as author.<br /><br />I come from a family that read. Mom read everything, Dad only read newspaper. He was dyslexic as am I. I always read fiction. It was non-fiction and directions that threw me for a loop. Still have trouble with them.<br /><br />A write. I was tell my twin sister stories before we even spoke English according to my Mom. I started writing fiction after I finally passed my special reading class. I volunteered in the library at age 9. My parents although they encouraged reading, discouraged writing. Told me I needed to grow up. I burned my notebook full of stories when I left home at age 23. I regret that. I didn't write again until my kids were grown.<br /><br />Grandmother was a teacher, Mom worked for a newspaper as a photojournalist. Being I started so young and twin doesn't write, I'd say I was born to writing. Pat Marinellinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7545210782126483136.post-3629189599343336692014-01-13T16:07:38.713-08:002014-01-13T16:07:38.713-08:00Love your dad's baby announcement, he had a gr...Love your dad's baby announcement, he had a great wit.<br /><br />Janice!Janice Seagraveshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02576031935823587485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7545210782126483136.post-1988027524417238052014-01-13T13:58:27.811-08:002014-01-13T13:58:27.811-08:00Loved your birth announcement. Your parents sound ...Loved your birth announcement. Your parents sound delightful. Everyone in my family read, read, read--don't know of anyone who wrote until I came into the picture.Elise Warnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12111849185666548945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7545210782126483136.post-37145583695863854222014-01-13T13:16:22.922-08:002014-01-13T13:16:22.922-08:00not nurtured in my family. not another writer in s...not nurtured in my family. not another writer in sight. lol. maybe your dad was a prophet.Larion aka Larriane Willshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05044089414209140043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7545210782126483136.post-15649699350005496752014-01-13T12:50:42.034-08:002014-01-13T12:50:42.034-08:00Love the birth announcement! No writers in my fami...Love the birth announcement! No writers in my family but we are all readers, and I grew up surrounded by books.Marcelle Dubéhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18164965676254630066noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7545210782126483136.post-35846621304368981202014-01-13T11:35:01.473-08:002014-01-13T11:35:01.473-08:00How wonderful.
As a child my story telling and wr...How wonderful. <br />As a child my story telling and writing was discouraged by all the adults in my life. Six years ago I decided to put my big girl panties on and write. I think we are born story tellers. We become writers because we are encourages and in spite of circumstances. <br />Ritahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09054306874904898496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7545210782126483136.post-56108109446569740522014-01-13T11:16:06.594-08:002014-01-13T11:16:06.594-08:00What a hoot! Of course your mom was annoyed--she w...What a hoot! Of course your mom was annoyed--she was listed as the publisher & not the author? What's up with that?! :)J Wachowskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01184091482307217132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7545210782126483136.post-88909044923177284272014-01-13T10:32:56.668-08:002014-01-13T10:32:56.668-08:00Susan, if you can figure out what made you the tal...<br />Susan, if you can figure out what made you the talented and entertaining writer you are, call me. We'll bottle it, sell it, and make a fortune.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7545210782126483136.post-47268011737134091372014-01-13T07:57:45.545-08:002014-01-13T07:57:45.545-08:00Oh, I love that birth announcement! How precious, ...Oh, I love that birth announcement! How precious, especially that your father would take the time to make it.<br /><br />Nature v. Nurture? Probably a combination. I think some people are natural-born storytellers. (I don't think I am. I had to work at the craft to learn it, though I did absorb a lot of it through movies, TV, and lots and lots of reading). :)Anne Marie Beckerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17603878676306179018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7545210782126483136.post-79991319551803151192014-01-13T07:45:44.578-08:002014-01-13T07:45:44.578-08:00Love that literary birth announcement, so clever! ...Love that literary birth announcement, so clever! <br /><br />I don't think nurture alone is enough to make someone a writer, but I hesitate to say it's genetic. Maybe some day we'll know for sure. <br /><br />Enjoyed the post.Linda McLaughlinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15291670592316021851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7545210782126483136.post-33558271492490926072014-01-13T07:29:17.434-08:002014-01-13T07:29:17.434-08:00It's wonderful that you had the amazing upbrin...It's wonderful that you had the amazing upbringing with books and experience.<br />I didn't read until my twenties because the books I craved (magic, fantasy, etc.) where not allowed in my parent's house. <br />I've heard of parents refusing to allow their kids to read comic books. I say if they won't read anything else, let them read comic books - eventually it will lead to a love of reading and they'll get into other forms of literature.Andrea Cooperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00966114317891591852noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7545210782126483136.post-40517624201605857062014-01-13T07:24:40.885-08:002014-01-13T07:24:40.885-08:00What a wonderful way to grow up!
My mother encour...What a wonderful way to grow up!<br /><br />My mother encourage (aided and abetted) my love of reading. No clue where the drive to write came from. CathyPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04671747592743029540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7545210782126483136.post-53509604364690437622014-01-13T06:50:34.439-08:002014-01-13T06:50:34.439-08:00Janis, love your post. How wonderful that you had ...Janis, love your post. How wonderful that you had such a background. I grew in an opposite environment. I did manage to go to college and "find" myself through the help of a professor. I have no idea where my love of writing came from!Fran McNabbhttp://www.franmcnabb.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7545210782126483136.post-87181291160144596692014-01-13T06:24:57.102-08:002014-01-13T06:24:57.102-08:00How wonderful to grow up in such an environment! T...How wonderful to grow up in such an environment! Though I don't remember my parents reading very often, growing up my brothers and I made many trips to the library. My brothers still do. I use my Kindle instead now.<br /><br />Morgan MandelMorgan Mandelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10118929301591850918noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7545210782126483136.post-6100474848248749982014-01-13T06:12:20.413-08:002014-01-13T06:12:20.413-08:00I enjoyed your post, Susan. It must be in the bloo...I enjoyed your post, Susan. It must be in the blood. Best luck in the new year.Rose Andersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04429566802562925080noreply@blogger.com