12 comments on “Tumblemoose writers update

  1. Aw, no, I don’t think writing for children is second best! My commenting has dropped off to nothingness just in general–due to craziness in my life on an Amish farm, family stuff, and being swamped with deadlines. I just reminisced about my childhood memories of books and child authors in an interview I recently did. Danny and the Dinosaur was always my favorite book (I still have it!). ;-) And I can’t imagine my childhood without super awesome children’s authors and parents and teachers who inspired and nurtured my reading habits.

    I totally think writing for children is extremely important. Although it isn’t really my genre, I commend those who write for children feeding their little minds and encouraging them to use their imaginations!

    *smiles*
    Michele

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  2. I admire children’s writers and think writing for children is harder than writing for adults—far too hard for me to do. :-)

    Re: your comments project: When you say only one of the people whose blogs you commented on has responded to you in any way, are you including a reply comment on the blog? I don’t respond to commenters in e-mail except on rare occasions when they ask a question that is best answered privately. However, I do reply to every comment. Commenters can subscribe to comments if they want to read my response. I’m just wondering if you consider that responsive.

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  3. Hi Michele,

    I still remember some of my favs from my early days. Harry the Dirty Dog is one of them. I actually found a copy so now I read it to my daughter! Coolio!

    George

  4. Lillie,

    Thanks for coming by. In all of the instances listed above, I posted a comment on their most recent post and subscribed to comments. Most of them were subscribed to as well if that was an option.

    It has only been a week, and honestly it doesn’t bother me if there are no more responses, I’ve still expanded in my view.

    I hope to see you here again.

    George

  5. George:

    Many writers are not and don’t aspire to be children’s authors, so this isn’t a major topic for many. I am always pleasantly surprised to discover that famous authors (such as Arthur C. Clark) has written for children. I have an unpublished children’s Christmas story I wrote as an assignment in a creative writing course in college, so I am interested in the genre. Good kids’ books are the key to turning children on to reading and writing at a young age, so they are already inveterate readers when their peers announce that “Reading is dumb and boring!”

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