Comments on: About Lynette Benton http://lynettebentonwriting.com Fri, 06 Jan 2012 23:31:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Lynette Benton http://lynettebentonwriting.com/about/comment-page-1/#comment-8551 Lynette Benton Sat, 19 Nov 2011 00:21:53 +0000 http:/?page_id=2#comment-8551 Thank you. I do teach at senior centers and adult education programs—and I love it. Wish I'd discovered this career 3 decades ago! Thank you. I do teach at senior centers and adult education programs—and I love it. Wish I’d discovered this career 3 decades ago!

]]> By: WorkingBoomer http://lynettebentonwriting.com/about/comment-page-1/#comment-8496 WorkingBoomer Fri, 18 Nov 2011 01:28:47 +0000 http:/?page_id=2#comment-8496 I follow you on twitter so of course I wanted to learn more about you. This is great! You teach at senior centers. That really must be rewarding. I want to read more of your writing. Thank you so much for the contact and may you have great success. I follow you on twitter so of course I wanted to learn more about you. This is great! You teach at senior centers. That really must be rewarding. I want to read more of your writing. Thank you so much for the contact and may you have great success.

]]> By: Lynette Benton http://lynettebentonwriting.com/about/comment-page-1/#comment-7242 Lynette Benton Wed, 12 Oct 2011 17:44:33 +0000 http:/?page_id=2#comment-7242 Ann, you're an inspiration. Ann, you’re an inspiration.

]]> By: Lynette Benton http://lynettebentonwriting.com/about/comment-page-1/#comment-7241 Lynette Benton Wed, 12 Oct 2011 17:38:13 +0000 http:/?page_id=2#comment-7241 Thanks for your comment, Jane. I've emailed you about guest posting here. Thanks for your comment, Jane. I’ve emailed you about guest posting here.

]]> By: Lynette Benton http://lynettebentonwriting.com/about/comment-page-1/#comment-6443 Lynette Benton Wed, 21 Sep 2011 16:41:35 +0000 http:/?page_id=2#comment-6443 Hi Jane: Just shot you an email about it. Thanks for getting back in touch w/ your schedule. Hi Jane: Just shot you an email about it. Thanks for getting back in touch w/ your schedule.

]]> By: Jane Rowan http://lynettebentonwriting.com/about/comment-page-1/#comment-6298 Jane Rowan Sat, 17 Sep 2011 01:54:48 +0000 http:/?page_id=2#comment-6298 Hi Lynette, I know your wrote back to me about my previous comment, but my email program seems to have lost your mail, as it sometimes does. You asked me to be back in touch about now about a guest blog post or interview. For now, I'd just to say Hi and let you know I'll be on vacation until Oct 1. Let's see about setting up something after that, if you'd like. Hope things are going well for you. J Hi Lynette,
I know your wrote back to me about my previous comment, but my email program seems to have lost your mail, as it sometimes does. You asked me to be back in touch about now about a guest blog post or interview. For now, I’d just to say Hi and let you know I’ll be on vacation until Oct 1. Let’s see about setting up something after that, if you’d like.

Hope things are going well for you.
J

]]> By: Jane Rowan http://lynettebentonwriting.com/about/comment-page-1/#comment-5626 Jane Rowan Thu, 25 Aug 2011 00:53:29 +0000 http:/?page_id=2#comment-5626 Hi Lynette, I love your blog and the title Polish and Publish. I'm passionate about craft, as well (and appreciated your kind words about my memoir, The River of Forgetting!). Any chance we could have a conversation or an interview on your site about the difference between writing for oneself and writing for publication? After decades of journaling and years of polishing my memoir, I have passionate feelings about that difference. I don't want to discourage a single soul from writing, but I wince when people conflate "writing my story" with publishing. Hi Lynette,
I love your blog and the title Polish and Publish. I’m passionate about craft, as well (and appreciated your kind words about my memoir, The River of Forgetting!). Any chance we could have a conversation or an interview on your site about the difference between writing for oneself and writing for publication? After decades of journaling and years of polishing my memoir, I have passionate feelings about that difference. I don’t want to discourage a single soul from writing, but I wince when people conflate “writing my story” with publishing.

]]> By: Ann Best http://lynettebentonwriting.com/about/comment-page-1/#comment-5039 Ann Best Wed, 03 Aug 2011 00:14:36 +0000 http:/?page_id=2#comment-5039 Hi, Lynette. I saw that you have followed me on Twitter. Yesterday I got serious about Twitter. Got some good information via a blogging friend, and think I am "getting" it. Used correctly, and wisely, I see how it can help one find and connect with writers and others who have similar interests. As you probably noticed, I write memoir--just had one published by a small press. (I'm also a full-time caregiver of a disabled daughter; she's in my memoir.) I'm 71 years old, have perfect health, so far, and am trying to carve out time to begin a second memoir! And to read more books. So. Here you are, a memoirist, too, among many other wonderful pursuits. I'm bookmarking your site so I can come back tomorrow and read in more depth. I just read through all the comments on this page, and I'm eager now to keep in touch with what you're doing and writing, as well as to meet some of the people who commented here. Thanks for following me on Twitter, where I see you post a lot of interesting and helpful links. Hi, Lynette. I saw that you have followed me on Twitter. Yesterday I got serious about Twitter. Got some good information via a blogging friend, and think I am “getting” it. Used correctly, and wisely, I see how it can help one find and connect with writers and others who have similar interests.

As you probably noticed, I write memoir–just had one published by a small press. (I’m also a full-time caregiver of a disabled daughter; she’s in my memoir.) I’m 71 years old, have perfect health, so far, and am trying to carve out time to begin a second memoir! And to read more books.

So. Here you are, a memoirist, too, among many other wonderful pursuits. I’m bookmarking your site so I can come back tomorrow and read in more depth. I just read through all the comments on this page, and I’m eager now to keep in touch with what you’re doing and writing, as well as to meet some of the people who commented here. Thanks for following me on Twitter, where I see you post a lot of interesting and helpful links.

]]> By: Lynette Benton http://lynettebentonwriting.com/about/comment-page-1/#comment-4927 Lynette Benton Fri, 29 Jul 2011 22:30:11 +0000 http:/?page_id=2#comment-4927 Of course, yours sounds like an interesting story, Vanessa. Go for it! Of course, yours sounds like an interesting story, Vanessa. Go for it!

]]> By: Vanessa http://lynettebentonwriting.com/about/comment-page-1/#comment-4824 Vanessa Wed, 20 Jul 2011 00:30:28 +0000 http:/?page_id=2#comment-4824 Hi Lynette I just stumbled upon your blog and I would like to know if you could give me your opinon about my memoir idea? The following statements weren't written in the form of a proposal since I am not trying to sell you anything, and I have only briefly described the premise behind the memoir. I have asked people close to me to give me their opinon and they seem to think that people would be interested. I have researched publishing and I see that it has a lot more to do with celebrity or platform then I expected. My husband is an undocumented person who was recently arrested by immigration and is in the process of being deported. He has been in detention since April 6th, we were recently married in the facility that he is currently being housed in. Many hold the misconception that marrying automatically resolves immigration problems, this isn't the case if the person entered the country without inspection meaning without a visa. The legal battle will continue because once he deported he will be banned from the U.S for ten years. This is due to a law passed by Bill Clinton, the only recourse is to file a 601 waiver, for which the burden of proof is high. I would like to know if these events taken together create enough interest to justify writing a memoir? If these experiences are rich enough for memoir, then I can spend the necessary time and energy trying to build a platform, and writing the book. Thank you, Vanessa Hi Lynette

I just stumbled upon your blog and I would like to know if you could give me your opinon about my memoir idea? The following statements weren’t written in the form of a proposal since I am not trying to sell you anything, and I have only briefly described the premise behind the memoir. I have asked people close to me to give me their opinon and they seem to think that people would be interested. I have researched publishing and I see that it has a lot more to do with celebrity or platform then I expected.

My husband is an undocumented person who was recently arrested by immigration and is in the process of being deported. He has been in detention since April 6th, we were recently married in the facility that he is currently being housed in. Many hold the misconception that marrying automatically resolves immigration problems, this isn’t the case if the person entered the country without inspection meaning without a visa. The legal battle will continue because once he deported he will be banned from the U.S for ten years. This is due to a law passed by Bill Clinton, the only recourse is to file a 601 waiver, for which the burden of proof is high.

I would like to know if these events taken together create enough interest to justify writing a memoir? If these experiences are rich enough for memoir, then I can spend the necessary time and energy trying to build a platform, and writing the book.

Thank you,

Vanessa

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