tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8571939125765761515.comments2023-04-10T06:25:11.417-07:00Soul Stretching OutKatrina L. Lantzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06871272394922775923noreply@blogger.comBlogger1557125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8571939125765761515.post-80226250491819981572017-10-10T17:40:34.954-07:002017-10-10T17:40:34.954-07:00Loved it! Loved it! Wrennhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15356898487879998030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8571939125765761515.post-63764798530998087612015-05-02T19:09:11.355-07:002015-05-02T19:09:11.355-07:00Thanks, Jacqueline! You too!Thanks, Jacqueline! You too!Katrina L. Lantzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06871272394922775923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8571939125765761515.post-86449068386744160762015-05-01T15:11:18.609-07:002015-05-01T15:11:18.609-07:00Love the cover For Elise, and I shall note it for ...Love the cover For Elise, and I shall note it for reading. Enjoy your weekend!Jacqueline Howetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13522485407848765933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8571939125765761515.post-9366898005985942152014-12-13T03:13:41.734-08:002014-12-13T03:13:41.734-08:00I am currently listening to this book on CD as I d...I am currently listening to this book on CD as I drive to work each day and back. The speakers have perfect southern accents and make you feel like they are talking directly to you. Love the book and love the performances!<br /><a href="http://www.sanantoniomaidservices.net/san_antonio_maid_service.php" rel="nofollow">I like this site :: San Antonio Maid Service information</a>Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00118707550077647899noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8571939125765761515.post-5647282466668623062013-08-13T15:50:21.348-07:002013-08-13T15:50:21.348-07:00Thank you, Kate!Thank you, Kate!Katrina L. Lantzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06871272394922775923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8571939125765761515.post-83271393961873028772013-08-12T19:02:15.686-07:002013-08-12T19:02:15.686-07:00Ahhh! I love all of your themes and that pic is so...Ahhh! I love all of your themes and that pic is so beautiful as well!Kate Karyus Quinnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15581176126578915929noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8571939125765761515.post-7290030440380345632013-08-07T09:14:58.055-07:002013-08-07T09:14:58.055-07:00I'm also excited about this creative art/busin...I'm also excited about this creative art/business model--thinking of trying a campaign for one of my next books. At the least, it would provide much needed incentive to get it written! Thank you for sharing Pubslush, Katrina.Jason Matthewshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12789780815865767782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8571939125765761515.post-11422382370887402262013-05-10T10:15:15.102-07:002013-05-10T10:15:15.102-07:00I'll have to check out the Emotions Thesaurus....I'll have to check out the Emotions Thesaurus...think I'd get a lot of use out of that. Great Post!Demitriahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11597317699857591880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8571939125765761515.post-43761170911239610992013-04-21T17:42:13.576-07:002013-04-21T17:42:13.576-07:00Fantastic use of those three letters, and it's...Fantastic use of those three letters, and it's amazing what others can find in our own work. Tricia Clasenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02283651173568831963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8571939125765761515.post-49717133082575525492013-04-20T18:48:26.609-07:002013-04-20T18:48:26.609-07:00Haha love this! It's so true. When I did my di...Haha love this! It's so true. When I did my directing project this semester, a ton of students came to see it and they all had to write papers on it for their classes. I had a couple friends let me read their papers, and they were talking about things they saw in the directing that definitely weren't there, not consciously anyway. Same thing happens when I let people read my books - they always find something in there that was "not on purpose," but that doesn't make it any less worthwhile. We take what we need from art and stories, regardless of what might or might not have been intended :)Hermana Tiffany Garnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08512773328198541058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8571939125765761515.post-8986998929674582932013-04-19T17:34:14.645-07:002013-04-19T17:34:14.645-07:00I'd never really thought of this, but I like i...I'd never really thought of this, but I like it! Great post. It's easy to forget in today's world of rampant grouping and steryotypes that we are all still individuals. We each bring our own lives to the art which we view/read etc. Thanks- RobAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17935523225721679077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8571939125765761515.post-37530488843464070432013-04-19T11:53:27.226-07:002013-04-19T11:53:27.226-07:00Ah! See what happens when I try to blog in the mid...Ah! See what happens when I try to blog in the middle of a national crisis? I totally forgot the important before and after links for the chain. I am a broken link. Fixing it now. :)Katrina L. Lantzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06871272394922775923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8571939125765761515.post-13521899995378785932013-04-19T06:06:37.167-07:002013-04-19T06:06:37.167-07:00Mixing praise with critique is always good. And I ...Mixing praise with critique is always good. And I totally agree that editing on your own is a painful suckfest :) Demitriahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11597317699857591880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8571939125765761515.post-84752039698084139742013-04-15T20:59:18.917-07:002013-04-15T20:59:18.917-07:00This story sounds interesting. Thanks for highligh...This story sounds interesting. Thanks for highlighting Beth's book.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8571939125765761515.post-83692193272177839172013-04-15T12:12:54.080-07:002013-04-15T12:12:54.080-07:00You're very welcome! I am loving the increase ...You're very welcome! I am loving the increase in ballerina protagonists, and your books sound particularly intriguing! Congrats on your release!Katrina L. Lantzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06871272394922775923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8571939125765761515.post-20048765591247683682013-04-15T06:45:05.933-07:002013-04-15T06:45:05.933-07:00Thanks so much for helping me out today! You made ...Thanks so much for helping me out today! You made me laugh. And that is a super cute baby! Hopping over to visit afterglow.Bethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09962862566388212238noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8571939125765761515.post-71785999672392154372013-04-13T12:56:00.068-07:002013-04-13T12:56:00.068-07:00Beautiful post, Katrina. Thanks for sharing :)Beautiful post, Katrina. Thanks for sharing :)Hermana Tiffany Garnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08512773328198541058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8571939125765761515.post-11388070590530357862013-04-13T07:58:55.144-07:002013-04-13T07:58:55.144-07:00I don't know if this will always be my opinion...I don't know if this will always be my opinion, but for now I worry about people (ie myself) letting work go when it isn't perfect. If I could put something out there that I didn't think was perfect, and people liked it, why would I strive to do better next time? Anyway. . .<br />ericaerica and christyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13074820593371226159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8571939125765761515.post-20429189087679235702013-04-12T12:12:34.644-07:002013-04-12T12:12:34.644-07:00I LOVE Eats, Shoots and Leaves! I actually have th...I LOVE Eats, Shoots and Leaves! I actually have the paperback copy and just recently lent it to a friend telling her it would be the funniest book on punctuation she will ever read.Kate Karyus Quinnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15581176126578915929noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8571939125765761515.post-5767403320436798032013-04-12T09:39:46.336-07:002013-04-12T09:39:46.336-07:00LOL. I was a little punchy last night... or should...LOL. I was a little punchy last night... or should I say early this morning!Katrina L. Lantzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06871272394922775923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8571939125765761515.post-52809717361354538022013-04-12T09:32:59.295-07:002013-04-12T09:32:59.295-07:00haha fun post :)haha fun post :)Hermana Tiffany Garnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08512773328198541058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8571939125765761515.post-43510114671464772822013-04-11T11:45:05.654-07:002013-04-11T11:45:05.654-07:00Sounds like a sweet play! I agree it is tragic fic...Sounds like a sweet play! I agree it is tragic fiction (and therefore imagination) is being neglected so much in childhood. I mean, yes, math and science trigger the imagination, but literature and the arts are on a whole other level. I'm particularly sad about what Common Core seems to mean for fiction as non-fiction is emphasized at its expense. *sigh* The Gates Foundation is behind Common Core, so naturally technology (STEM) is weighted differently (read: more important) from the arts.<br /><br />If parents like yourself make imagination a priority in their children's education, we'll be okay.Katrina L. Lantzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06871272394922775923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8571939125765761515.post-58768529755660185542013-04-11T11:38:34.240-07:002013-04-11T11:38:34.240-07:00I worry about this all the time, too. Comedy is so...I worry about this all the time, too. Comedy is so finicky and subject to personal taste. Sometimes Bill laughs at something I wrote without meaning to be funny. Sometimes he grazes over something I thought was me being hilarious. *shrugs* Trial and error? Katrina L. Lantzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06871272394922775923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8571939125765761515.post-87355857574254590272013-04-11T11:32:25.619-07:002013-04-11T11:32:25.619-07:00Comic relief is so important. I need to be a littl...Comic relief is so important. I need to be a little better about writing it - I have those characters, but I guess I'm not funny enough to write them :P hahaHermana Tiffany Garnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08512773328198541058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8571939125765761515.post-19622624257825796962013-04-10T12:57:37.390-07:002013-04-10T12:57:37.390-07:00Imagination is so important! One of the girls in m...Imagination is so important! One of the girls in my directing class is directing a children's play right now called "Wind of a Thousand Tales." It's all about a little girl who has given up on stories and doesn't think imagination is worthwhile. The sad truth is that this is happening in real life - too many children are throwing away fairytales and children's books/TV shows because they want to be like their moms and dads and watch/read something that's "real" (I know a ton of kids who watch NCIS with their parents, which I not only think is sad but kind of inappropriate.) <br /><br />Another friend is doing her practicum drama teaching in an elementary school right now, and each class period she has to remind the children what imagination is, because they're always stuck on the fact that they're in a classroom and what they're doing isn't "real".<br /><br />When I am a parent one day, I am going to encourage imagination in my children as much as humanly possible (to the point that they'll probably get sick of it!) Imagination is so important not only to your childhood, but to your whole life.Hermana Tiffany Garnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08512773328198541058noreply@blogger.com