tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3742885423077088664.post6784067523013824528..comments2023-10-30T08:11:35.183-07:00Comments on The Mockingbird: Things about Modern Life that drive me clean around the bend.Mockingbirdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02241527559864367117noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3742885423077088664.post-64121915885129921722010-12-06T02:51:44.315-08:002010-12-06T02:51:44.315-08:00Wonderfully written and also a pleasure to read of...Wonderfully written and also a pleasure to read of another lover of English grammar.<br />Thank you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3742885423077088664.post-54980231003918611942010-11-09T06:57:30.454-08:002010-11-09T06:57:30.454-08:00Dear Mockingbird -
Thank you for your helpful co...Dear Mockingbird - <br /><br />Thank you for your helpful comment on my blog. This was exactly the sort of advice I needed, especially because of your personal story about setting up your own publishing company. I visited your website and fell in love with the concept of a "farmer's market" publishing company that picks up the creativity that mainstream companies so often overlook. <br /><br />I'll admit, the main reason I have been considering this degree is because of their writing workshops. At these workshops, the students will meet publishers and agents, making excellent contacts for when their manuscripts are complete. I agree, though, going to school will not necessarily enhance my writing abilities. I write every day because I love it, and my stories are from the heart. That being said, I've had my fair share of rejection letters over the first manuscript I wrote - a full-length novel about a girl who is abandoned by her father and must learn to survive on her own. So I've been feeling a bit discouraged as of late about the possibility of getting myself published without contacts.<br /><br />You have given me hope. Thank you.<br /><br />I am now following your blog. I am also at a loss concerning the downfall of the English language, and lemons in water do taste like toothpaste. I appreciate your sense of humor.<br /><br />- Lauren<br />www.ladaisi.blogspot.comladaisihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05348955254558187266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3742885423077088664.post-3802089719734472612010-10-28T03:21:51.504-07:002010-10-28T03:21:51.504-07:00Thank you for articulating something that makes me...Thank you for articulating something that makes me want to strangle people on a daily basis. On the news this morning there was a man suggesting that there is no 'proper' way to pronounce words and we've just been conditioned into doing it in a particular way because of convention. Well, that may be so but it is the convention and people should learn it!<br /><br />Also, I was once sat in a hospital waiting room watching some rubbish talk show on television. This woman's favourite word was 'yeah'. Every ten seconds at the maximum. It's lucky I didn't put my fist through the screen.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com