tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5978975285518561941.post1507615535843994665..comments2023-08-10T05:01:45.872-07:00Comments on Blog of Myself: Jen Humphrey's _Up From the Ground_a.k.a. "Joe"http://www.blogger.com/profile/09297686120651846304noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5978975285518561941.post-13218936373137683792009-09-02T12:48:38.332-07:002009-09-02T12:48:38.332-07:00I, too, am looking forward to participating in thi...I, too, am looking forward to participating in this project. The (very few) blogs that I've read in the past have lacked the beauty of language that I've come to associate with the traditional written word; I can see, though, from Jen's response that this will not be the case here. Here's to having my mind broadened!<br />--GiselleAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5978975285518561941.post-41019101512940218422009-08-07T10:11:43.701-07:002009-08-07T10:11:43.701-07:00Thanks, Joe. I’m looking forward to this experimen...Thanks, Joe. I’m looking forward to this experiment. Over the course of my writing life, I’ve tried my hand at several kinds of writing. In (old) journalism, writing in an inverted pyramid confined and bored me. In fiction writing, there was so much possibility that it overwhelmed; every decision about a character or a scene affected the next decision exponentially, paralyzing my pen. <br /><br />I fell in love with the essay upon our first introduction. Here was a form with complex but deceptively simple looking arcs, curves and twists. It had the potential for close observation of people, places, sentiment and experience. And that voice! The strength of that voice drew me to the essay. I nuzzled in close, head-over-heels, opening-to-closure enamored.<br /><br />Yet for all that I enjoy about the essay, the blog form has stolen my attention, which I’ll be writing about much more in the coming months. I look forward to taking all the fiction knowledge of character, narrative and language, mixing in the keen observations inherent in essay writing, and applying them all to the blog form to see how they get along. What fun!Jenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05560779775066234365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5978975285518561941.post-45210731131609619682009-08-06T14:43:32.632-07:002009-08-06T14:43:32.632-07:00One of the top ten emitters in the country? My God...One of the top ten emitters in the country? My God! Who would have thunk? Thanks for the warning.Judy Roitmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05516857305795744182noreply@blogger.com