tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11022879.post148893535326468317..comments2024-03-27T03:25:08.267-07:00Comments on Life in the Shoe: Mennonite Writing StuffDorcashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07050605764466835485noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11022879.post-65761031443898553462012-01-27T07:28:06.645-08:002012-01-27T07:28:06.645-08:00Well, LoaP, maybe that's a subject for a futur...Well, LoaP, maybe that's a subject for a future post!Dorcashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07050605764466835485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11022879.post-59820098103243787562012-01-27T06:51:43.509-08:002012-01-27T06:51:43.509-08:00If there is so much 'coziness', I wonder w...If there is so much 'coziness', I wonder why so many leave and go elsewhere?Plainlady's Ponderingshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09526327124561246570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11022879.post-62359056972530966012012-01-25T14:28:20.877-08:002012-01-25T14:28:20.877-08:00Well, Anonymous, you may have a point, even if I&#...Well, Anonymous, you may have a point, even if I'd rather choke than admit it. :-)<br />I would find it much easier to depict a character based on my husband or a friend in a positive light.Dorcashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07050605764466835485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11022879.post-70072074133898053882012-01-25T10:23:57.097-08:002012-01-25T10:23:57.097-08:00Hmmm...you said "Somehow I always seem to wri...Hmmm...you said "Somehow I always seem to write about a harassed Mennonite mom (surprise!) but instead of being all useful and cozy in this church community of hers, she comes across as completely smothered."<br /><br />Is it possible that there is a part of you that finds it difficult to appear to portray yourself (even in novel form about some other random mennonite mom) as being "useful and cozy in her community"<br /><br />Your natural bent toward modesty and humility might make it feel like you are 'blowing your own horn', to show a woman you identify with, as being quite a help and comfort to others, intelligent, and well loved by those in her community.<br /><br />That IS what you are. Even if you'd rather choke than admit it =)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com