Comments on: Writing and a Child and Things https://lucindajkinsinger.com/writing-and-a-child-and-things/ Movement, Color, Sound, Story Thu, 07 Oct 2021 15:35:50 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 By: Dorcas Smucker https://lucindajkinsinger.com/writing-and-a-child-and-things/#comment-6769 Thu, 07 Oct 2021 15:35:50 +0000 https://lucindajkinsinger.com/?p=20509#comment-6769 What an interesting contrast between your daughter and you. She has “that satisfied air of children have who know they have a place in the world,” while you still feel unsure that you belong in the writing world.
Your experience and feelings resonate deeply with me and are similar to my own, for a long time. However, at some point things shifted, and I felt a little more like I belonged. I learned some of the vocabulary and customs of “that” world so I felt a little more confident, I got to know people well enough to see that we were all struggling and pretending, and I came to realize that deep down, these fancy people were hungry for loving grandmas talking Pennsylvania Dutch and a family around the dinner table, even if people reached across it. In other words, hungry for what I had to offer.
Pretty sure the same will happen for you. The uncomfortable path to getting there is an important part of your story. It is not wasted.

]]> By: Lucinda J https://lucindajkinsinger.com/writing-and-a-child-and-things/#comment-6765 Wed, 06 Oct 2021 17:25:39 +0000 https://lucindajkinsinger.com/?p=20509#comment-6765 ]]> In reply to Holly Dickson-Ramos.

Thank you, Holly. ❤️

]]> By: Holly Dickson-Ramos https://lucindajkinsinger.com/writing-and-a-child-and-things/#comment-6764 Wed, 06 Oct 2021 14:36:26 +0000 https://lucindajkinsinger.com/?p=20509#comment-6764 Lucinda, I know just what you mean. As a child I stuck a sign on my wall; it said #1 Author. So confident! I admired authors who visited my school and thought I would grow up to be like all my favourite writers. In my mind they sat at desks all day, typing stories. This kind of life wasn’t at all like mine as I got older. Even when my first article was published in a national magazine, I didn’t feel like a Real Author. It felt like a fluke. Yes, I could write. But no, I did not feel like a real writer, even with a list of publishing credits, a few degrees and a bit of money coming in from freelance articles. Now I think authors are real people, like the rest of us. They get sick and things go wrong with their bodies and sometimes their clothes look funny and they spend time chopping vegetables, reading other people’s books, wondering about life, loving those around them, worrying about things, rooting through very messy drawers…. You’re a writer. You write. Who wants to sit at a table opposite someone starched and perfect? No one. Because real people are drawn to real people. I think that’s why your readers love you. You write well – there’s a craft to HOW you write. And you write with authenticity – your words feel real.

]]> By: Lucinda J https://lucindajkinsinger.com/writing-and-a-child-and-things/#comment-6758 Mon, 04 Oct 2021 17:17:18 +0000 https://lucindajkinsinger.com/?p=20509#comment-6758 In reply to Grace.

:) Thank you, Grace.

]]> By: Lucinda J https://lucindajkinsinger.com/writing-and-a-child-and-things/#comment-6757 Mon, 04 Oct 2021 17:16:10 +0000 https://lucindajkinsinger.com/?p=20509#comment-6757 In reply to Martha Byler.

Thank you, Martha.

]]> By: Lucinda J https://lucindajkinsinger.com/writing-and-a-child-and-things/#comment-6756 Mon, 04 Oct 2021 17:12:23 +0000 https://lucindajkinsinger.com/?p=20509#comment-6756 In reply to Marissa.

“To whatever he calls them to, he enables them.” Thank you for that! I want to put those words in my heart deep.

]]> By: Lucinda J https://lucindajkinsinger.com/writing-and-a-child-and-things/#comment-6755 Mon, 04 Oct 2021 17:09:55 +0000 https://lucindajkinsinger.com/?p=20509#comment-6755 In reply to Sarah.

The book is beautiful, Sarah, and Annalise and I will treasure it. I haven’t had a chance to read it to her yet but will do that for the first time tonight. She really enjoys her bedtime stories even though she can’t understand the words yet. :)

]]> By: Lucinda J https://lucindajkinsinger.com/writing-and-a-child-and-things/#comment-6754 Mon, 04 Oct 2021 17:05:24 +0000 https://lucindajkinsinger.com/?p=20509#comment-6754 In reply to RosaLee Metzger.

RosaLee, I am so glad me sharing from my experience encourages you. I hope we do get a chance to meet one of these days!

]]> By: RosaLee Metzger https://lucindajkinsinger.com/writing-and-a-child-and-things/#comment-6753 Mon, 04 Oct 2021 16:58:42 +0000 https://lucindajkinsinger.com/?p=20509#comment-6753 Oh my Lucinda, my thoughts exactly ( about myself) in your words. ” I am only a person pretending.Someone who knows how to look good on paper but can’t carry it over to real life.” I feel like every letter,etc I write should have that written above or below it. Thank God for wise husbands who show us the truth about ourselves when we flounder in doubt. Your words are so very encouraging to me and I pray they will continue to show up where I can read them. I would have loved to join you at your book talk at the library but since I live in Canada that really wasn’t an easy option.

]]> By: Sarah https://lucindajkinsinger.com/writing-and-a-child-and-things/#comment-6752 Sun, 03 Oct 2021 21:10:52 +0000 https://lucindajkinsinger.com/?p=20509#comment-6752 You are welcome, for the book. (amazon didn’t allow enough space for me to introduce myself very properly; maybe I will thru mail sometime.)
I only hope you didn’t have that one yet! It is a favorite, with rich pictures and just-right wording.

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