The children have absent fathers. No child wants to hear sordid details about their parents. I could tell them I found them all in a cabbage patch, I guess! :-)
On Jul 26, 4:54�am, deripsni <[email protected]> wrote: > The "mommy myth" would not be what your children want to read about, > although I am sure they would enjoy the fictional work, which would > obviously be saturated with your reality. If your story is tragic, or > would diminish their opinion of a loved one, they will learn much more > from it than a nice work of fiction that they could only read for > pleasure, rather than to learn about their immediate ancestors. I > suggest you write the document verbatim, and then maybe soften it up > in an edited version if you truly feel that the truth would hurt your > children. In other words, write the book for yourself and then edit it > for your children if you MUST. > > I am honing up my saw and chisel as we speak. We may have to flip to > see who cooks though, as that is the one of the few domestic > activities that I thoroughly enjoy. ;-] > > On Jul 25, 4:31�pm, rigsy03 <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > I lack the strength to raise another child! lol// I start getting > > reved up because there is an interesting story to tell. On the other > > hand, I would have to edit out a great deal for the sake of my > > children- I don't wish to hurt them and they could be hurt by the > > truth. Then I think I will transfer the saga to fiction and create > > characters instead of real people but they will see thorugh that in a > > second. So I stall.// I am looking for a butler and handyman. lol > > You're hired! Free room and board- Thursday evenings and Sundays off- > > great meals and an orderly house on an orderly street- why wait for > > Heaven? //You know, there is a treacherous boomerang in writing for > > the author, unlike other arts. > > > On Jul 25, 8:54 am, deripsni <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Yes, you should start your book soon as I enjoy your writing style. > > > Sorta artsy. I know I'm not going to wait for the paperback version! > > > Say, if you are only going to let your children read it, will you > > > adopt me? ;-] (sorry, another off 'topic' post) > > > > On Jul 25, 9:12 am, rigsy03 <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > I really should write a memoir for the family before I kick the > > > > bucket. I have so many tales to tell them that I have tucked away > > > > while being their mom. And the occasional story misses the overview. I > > > > think their reviews would be mixed- the eldest and youngest would be > > > > uncomfortable- the two in the middle would enjoy and understand it, > > > > Now- I have contradicted myself- I am prejudging my readers and would > > > > that inhibit my writing? I tend to be very open and honest- or try to > > > > be- and would I want to sugar-coat facts to create a mother-myth? I'll > > > > think about that. > > > > > On Jul 25, 7:30 am, deripsni <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > Yes I agree. I am actually writing to myself. Better than talking to > > > > > myself as others can't hear it ;-] > > > > > > On Jul 24, 6:37 pm, rigsy03 <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > Real honest writers do not spend their precious time worried about > > > > > > their readers. > > > > > > > On Jul 24, 5:18 pm, deripsni <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > Chaff sometimes makes it through the filter with the wheat. We are > > > > > > > probalby half full of it. In my opinion, it doesn't take long to > > > > > > > identify one from the other, and thus make the adjustment whether > > > > > > > to > > > > > > > read the post or not. Stress is a factor I prefer not to include > > > > > > > in > > > > > > > the equation. > > > > > > > > On 23 juil, 19:25, Slip Disc <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > So be it, but there seems to be a dichotomy on member opinion > > > > > > > > regarding thread irrelevancy intrusion. At the least I can say > > > > > > > > I have > > > > > > > > a legitimate excuse because I was awarded the only............. > > > > > > > > > MEDAL > > > > > > > > > Thread Purity Champion > > > > > > > > > First Class > > > > > > > > > by Chris who in fact posted early to the puppy post "relevance" > > > > > > > > Jul > > > > > > > > 23, 11:06 am, which is obviously a less than appreciative > > > > > > > > response. > > > > > > > > > I respectfully bow out, thank you. > > > > > > > > > On Jul 23, 5:58 pm, frantheman <[email protected]> > > > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > On 23 Jul., 23:15, Slip Disc <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > . > > > > > > > > > ... and also agree with Vam that> we should eliminate the > > > > > > > > > puppy dung and ornography and solidify the > > > > > > > > > > continuity of posts. These inappropriate and irrelevant > > > > > > > > > > intrusions > > > > > > > > > > only serve as an impediment to the already difficult path > > > > > > > > > > to analysis > > > > > > > > > > and perspective of the complex thread topic, they are an > > > > > > > > > > obstacle to > > > > > > > > > > productive philosophy. > > > > > > > > > > As an aside I think that irrelevant posts should simply be > > > > > > > > > > removed by > > > > > > > > > > the moderation squad before they even get the opportunity > > > > > > > > > > to waste our > > > > > > > > > > mental energy upon reading them. Why do they even appear? > > > > > > > > > > Sorry, Slip, I can't agree with this. > > > > > > > > > > Burn spammers at the stake by all means, and emasculate > > > > > > > > > trolls with a > > > > > > > > > blunt rusty knife, but we should be careful about calling for > > > > > > > > > active > > > > > > > > > moderation of posts with regard to quality of content or > > > > > > > > > relevance. > > > > > > > > > This smacks for me of the kind of intellectual elitism which > > > > > > > > > leads > > > > > > > > > eventually to a small number of self-satisfied illuminati > > > > > > > > > lost in > > > > > > > > > wonderment at their own cerebral powers or arguing over the > > > > > > > > > number of > > > > > > > > > quangles capable of dancing on the tip of a quantum pin. > > > > > > > > > Apart from > > > > > > > > > anything else, the cut and thrust of discussion here is quite > > > > > > > > > capable > > > > > > > > > of dealing with them and they are not infrequently the > > > > > > > > > occasion of > > > > > > > > > insight on the part of another contributor, or at least some > > > > > > > > > comic > > > > > > > > > relief. > > > > > > > > > > This is control degenerating into control-freakism. > > > > > > > > > > Streuth, 'tis indeed a strange world which has me riding in > > > > > > > > > on a white > > > > > > > > > horse to defend puppy ...! > > > > > > > > > > Francis- Masquer le texte des messages pr c dents - > > > > > > > > > - Afficher le texte des messages pr c dents -- Hide quoted text > > > > > > > > - > > > > > > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > > > > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > > > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. 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