For Authors: August 11, 2010 Issue [#3906] |
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This week: Raindrops! Edited by: Fyn More Newsletters By This Editor
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“Rhythm is the basis of life, not steady forward progress. The forces of creation, destruction, and preservation have a whirling, dynamic interaction.”~~Kabbalah
"I would make my job a work of art. I would like whatever it is that I'm doing - everyone's experience of me, everyone's interaction with me, everyone's discussion, conversation, relationship with me - [to be] an event within which they get to see who they are. I would make of my life a work of art."~~ John Denver
"Think in terms of a web of interaction and a chain of interactions."~~ Evan Richert
"A raindrop coming in contact with fire looses it's existence while that falling on a shell becomes a 'pearl'. ~~ Sam Veda
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I've received quite a few emails of late questioning why there are raindrops on my portfolio. Why the raindrops in my handle?
Have you ever read something that had a profound effect on you? Something that stuck and has colored your actions since then? A while ago someone asked me to read something of his; he said that (at the moment) it was just the first few paragraphs and that I would get it. He said it was how he saw me. So I went and read it. And I smiled. Then I thought more deeply about it and was honored. Then I thought some more, and was humbled.
The piece I am referring to is The specific words are these:
“When I was a little kid, my Grandpa used to say that people are like a race of raindrops— millions of colorless souls created in the heavens and born by chance upon a window pane of life. Like this one here.” Mike pointed to spates of droplets; many were static as others zigzagged or commingled on down the panel.
“Grandpa said some are content to do nothing and go nowhere. Others plod every which way through life, bumping into different people and causing chain reactions that affect many other lives— even forever.
I'm a raindrop. So are you. We interact with others and what we do or how we act can have long ranging effects.
Consider how the words in a review might crush someone if meant solely to insult or vilify. We might not agree with a primes in a piece, but we can comment intelligently on whether or not it was written well. Or simply exercise the thumb and click away.
Consider reactions when you have spontaneously sent someone a merit badge out of the blue just because you liked something they wrote. Their smiles beam through the return email and you just know you've made someone's day.
Just by having the raindrops on my port I've gotten emails asking about it and have made several new friends in the process. New raindrops! Honestly, and I don't care if it sounds hokey, I even look at rainbows or rainy days differently. Someone suggested that we need to start a Raindrop Society. I think that is awesome! And, I just might. No, I will.
The raindrops on my port have led me to new friends. Who have interacted with others like raindrops landing in a puddle, with its rings ever spreading and interacting with other rings and sending off new ripples. So I thank DRSmith for the profound effect his words have had on my life and now a bunch of others. As authors, what more can we ask for when all is said and done. |
Some of my raindrops!
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LJPC - the tortoise writes: Hi Fyn! I was thrilled when you mentioned the Dragonriders of Pern and Clan of the Cave Bear. I remember those books with so much affection. I dream of a day when I can write a character that everyone will root for like Lessa. While my favorite book is Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card, I recently commented to someone how much I loved Wild Swans by Jung Chang. That book made the history of China come to life. There are many more. What brilliance to aspire to. -- Laura
So very true!
Adriana Noir says:Beautiful and insipring NL, Fyn! I think we can all relate! One of my most treasured books that I get lost in time after time is my hardback copy of "The Wolf and the Dove."
Don't you just love a book that when rereading it is like visiting a treasured fried?
reenum comments: First time writing to the editor; don't know why I didn't do this sooner. So glad you did! We editors LOVE getting responses!
Favorite book to get lost in: Harry Potter. I regret having to state a popular mainstream series like HP, but I'd be lying otherwise. The writing is simple and the plot progression is almost effortless to follow, which is why it's so easy to lose yourself in the story! I hope to be able to write like that one day. Nope, take that back. I hope to be able to write better than that one day :)
{LOTS of book suggestions here!!!
A.T.B: It'sWhatWeDo sent in: I think it only decent, given Fyn's dedication to our work as authors here, to do what I can to feature a piece in which I myself was pleasantly lost for quite some time.
That said, a thousand thanks for giving 'Times of Trial' a dust-off...it's been through so many rewrites, it's far past a labor of love at this point. Having it named an Editor's Pick in the "Authors" NL is an absolute dream come true for me since joining WDC.
I can't agree more with your observations this week, Fyn. I've always found Knowles 'A Separate Peace' to be one of those for me, personally. Fantastic NL, take care, and I look forward to next week!
Thanks, Drew!
LDSmom says: Funny funny funny!! I loved this newsletter. This is exactly how I feel when I write. Well said.
Thanks *big smile*
Winnie Kay adds:This newsletter so accurately explains the "glazed look" of a reader "lost" inside the book or e-reader they are holding. Jean Auel's prehistoric series did the same for me. The world around you dissolves and you're taken to another place and time. When you're fortunate enough to discover a captivating character in the pages, a friendship develops which makes "The End" so hard to bear.
Thanks, Fyn, for reminding us of the power of a good book.
My pleasure
Zeke writes:I read for about an hour each morning; except of course when I am nearing the end of a good book. Then I find myself trapped in the story until I finish.
Oh I so know that feeling!!!
THANKFUL SONALI Library Class! adds:That's why I love my job, it involves getting kids to know and appreciate books!
OHH yes!!!
atwhatcost adds: Amen! Preach it, Sister!
I have to ask, as a fellow Auel nut - did you finish The Shelters of Stones before your new baby was a week old? ;)
Jean M. Auel has taken me through some tough times. Her next one is finally coming out next March! Yippee! That means we should know Ayla's complete life in a mere decade from now. lol
I discovered the 1st book 29 years ago when I was pregnant. Now I'm rereading the entire series again. I WAS reading "Clan of the Cave Bear" last newsletter...now up to "Plains of Passage." Totally engrossing! Entire generations have been born and started new generations while awaiting this series.
irishhussy69 says:Another NL that just makes me smile and nod in agreement. There is nothing I love more than a story I can get lost in and Clan of the Cave Bear and the books that follow definitely qualify.
Yup yup *grin*
NickiD89 writes:There truly is nothing like getting lost in a story. Wonderful NL, Fyn! I'm a huge fan of The Clan of the Cave Bear -- it's on my shelf across the room. And, I look forward to getting lost in the other two books you mentioned here. Oh, and I thought of you last week, looking up at Montmartre, with Sacre Coeur, sitting majestic atop the hill overlooking Paris...your story still fresh in my mind.
OMGosh!! How totally (!!) cool is that. Had it right then?
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