tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1637657308970167160.post8028170096533581553..comments2022-06-12T22:45:49.322-05:00Comments on Marlene Samuels: My Writing Process - Blog TourMarlene Samuels, PhDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10776672400105695569noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1637657308970167160.post-25424141187304874902014-04-22T23:23:01.067-05:002014-04-22T23:23:01.067-05:00Tania- thank you so much for your observation abou...Tania- thank you so much for your observation about the interconnectedness of my writing process. I hadn't really been aware of that it until I began to answer the four questions posed. I do find that writing by hand engages my creativity in a way that's very different - actually freer really, than when I use a computer. So much research has been done about engaging both sides of the brain when writing. Moving the hand stimulates that creativity but for me, it's my effort to minimize "self-editing," so much easier to do when using a computer. <br /><br />I've really enjoyed reading other writers' responses to these same questions. I'm so glad to have been included in this blog tour. In fact, I think revisiting these same 4 questions each year would provide us with some excellent insights into our personal levels of growth as writers. Marlene Samuels, PhDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10776672400105695569noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1637657308970167160.post-74190636508341981202014-04-22T23:11:53.646-05:002014-04-22T23:11:53.646-05:00Marlene - It was wonderful to read about your writ...Marlene - It was wonderful to read about your writing process. Your voice is so present in this post that I can almost feel like we were talking in the dining room at Ghost Ranch. I enjoyed learning more about why you do what you, why you write what you write. Thank you for sharing! LisaAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11282208532610013522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1637657308970167160.post-24316584606737381672014-04-22T22:05:59.382-05:002014-04-22T22:05:59.382-05:00Marlene, I love reading about how interconnected y...Marlene, I love reading about how interconnected your process is--I love the concept of triggers, and the peaceful weave of walking and cat naps and writing by hand. I love writing by hand as well (though I can see it being a bit easier for us poets to transfer handwritten work than for you book writers). What an amazing eye you are bringing to your personal past and a gift that your sociology lens allows you to present it so richly to the rest of us as part of a history we need to learn from--can't wait to read the linked story memoir. I so loved The Seamstress, so know I will love this next book too.<br /><br />And of course, I am eager to hear what you learned in your regrets study. I'm so glad you agreed to join the blog tour; love the images as well.Tania Pryputniewiczhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12177520317393803035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1637657308970167160.post-48463578498296317422014-04-22T00:31:59.593-05:002014-04-22T00:31:59.593-05:00Thank you, Page! How nice to hear from you and I d...Thank you, Page! How nice to hear from you and I do hope you'll be back at AROHO's Ghost Ranch Retreat in 2015. I had planned to join your group's trip to Machu Pichu but my nephew from China is getting married at that time. Really sorry I'll not be joining you on this one but maybe another one? That noted, perhaps it's time for you to join the blog tour if you've not done so already? I'd love to read about your writing process - you're so incredibly creative. Keep in touch! Marlene Samuels, PhDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10776672400105695569noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1637657308970167160.post-84205153531615157762014-04-17T08:25:58.666-05:002014-04-17T08:25:58.666-05:00Marlene, what fun to discover this through Tania&#...Marlene, what fun to discover this through Tania's Facebook post, to see your beautiful art, and to rekindle the connection we began at AROHO. Thank you for letting us see inside your writing process! Looking forward to Judy's.<br />Page Lambert<br />All Things Literary<br />All Things NaturalPage Lamberthttp://pagelambert.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com