tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5327303786207380060.post4650802674164956834..comments2023-11-07T02:59:19.779-06:00Comments on creating wordlenik ---the home discovery edition : What We Tell and Hear Bethiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08984884363991238225noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5327303786207380060.post-91356571638656553342013-05-09T18:46:20.589-05:002013-05-09T18:46:20.589-05:00I knew I wasn't the only anti-Janite. Androm...I knew I wasn't the only anti-Janite. Andromeda Strain Rocks! Bethiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08984884363991238225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5327303786207380060.post-59824878367766390762013-05-09T16:26:09.465-05:002013-05-09T16:26:09.465-05:00I agree with you re: Jane Austen. I was forced to ...I agree with you re: Jane Austen. I was forced to read her in university. She's a very effective soporific.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13691628018960437451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5327303786207380060.post-37400420059631837792013-05-09T07:36:13.429-05:002013-05-09T07:36:13.429-05:00I'll say it outloud. I cyberspace where no ma...I'll say it outloud. I cyberspace where no matter what you think you may erase...it's already out there...I HATE JANE AUSTEN. I tried to like her, I really did. I mean, what "real" writer doesn't? Or is it all The Emperor's New Clothes" and no one will admit that she's kinda boring? Sigh. I have an eclectic taste in books, and I can't really define what it is. I'm either sucked into the story, or I'm not, and then I don't waste my time reading it. I love JD Robb, Elizabeth Lowell, Sandra Brown, and Michael Crichton - Deception Point is one of the best books I'e ever read! Could NOT put that thing down!<br />So to answer your question, writing is like art: beauty is in the eye of the reader. We're all different, and some things appeal and some things don't. <br /><br />Tina @ <a href="http://kmdlifeisgood.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">Life is Good</a><br /><br />P.S See you on the Road!Tinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08925730745204736744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5327303786207380060.post-10066155654523099342013-05-07T21:03:54.437-05:002013-05-07T21:03:54.437-05:00Thanks for the comments. Art is a fickle mistress...Thanks for the comments. Art is a fickle mistress. Brings up another question to my mind: Is it art or a fad/novelty? Or Both? Is that a subjective question or can there be collective agreement? Bethiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08984884363991238225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5327303786207380060.post-60730528897930491092013-05-07T09:34:39.780-05:002013-05-07T09:34:39.780-05:00Personal connection to art is such a fickle thing....Personal connection to art is such a fickle thing. I do think the very best art, though - the stuff that survives over centuries - can win you over at a different point in life. I enjoyed Shakespeare well enough in high school but coming back to it now as an adult/teacher/parent has been quite an eye-opening experience. I've never read Jane Austen myself so I can't speak to it with any authority. But maybe it's worth trying again in a few years.The Armchair Squidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13509001761075530940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5327303786207380060.post-67382992258541451482013-05-06T22:52:37.789-05:002013-05-06T22:52:37.789-05:00I have never read Pride and Prejudice so I suppose...I have never read Pride and Prejudice so I suppose I'm not a true Jane Austen fan, because although I enjoy the movies, I am not inclined to read the books. Maybe one day I will, though!<br />netablogshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03701837355683136230noreply@blogger.com