tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post3801830347116231523..comments2023-11-22T06:35:25.251-05:00Comments on POE'S DEADLY DAUGHTERS: Sea ChangeJulia Buckleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10270211923343731659noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-27648493089211395902012-11-23T20:57:51.207-05:002012-11-23T20:57:51.207-05:00I'll always be glad I worked as a newspaper re...I'll always be glad I worked as a newspaper reporter when I was young, because that brought me into contact with people I might never have encountered otherwise. And I'm glad I worked in West Virginia for a number of years, although I wasn't happy while I was there. I always knew I was a writer, but it took me a very long time to gain the experience and maturity to write publishable Sandra Parshallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17403144248962124138noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-6221660888323089992012-11-23T10:46:18.557-05:002012-11-23T10:46:18.557-05:00A lovely philosophical reflection! I am familiar w...A lovely philosophical reflection! I am familiar with these feelings, but also with the idea that growth cannot happen without those rather terrifying moments, big and small. <br /><br />Yet what waits on the other side of those moments can be a pleasant surprise--to use your example of The Tempest,King Alonso (the dead father) was indeed transformed, but he was not dead. His son had to go Julia Buckleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10270211923343731659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-75048230532828862862012-11-23T10:08:46.863-05:002012-11-23T10:08:46.863-05:00I got used to life changing events early on. My da...I got used to life changing events early on. My dad moved us every three years. I got his restless spirit and since college have moved five times. I've switched jobs multiple times too. To look on the bright side I can talk to anyone in any walk of life, I can entertain myself, I'm highly adaptable all of which is excellent for a writer. I've heard most actors moved around too, wonderJennifer Harlowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02009596779867407758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-51719622219958133142012-11-23T09:12:57.627-05:002012-11-23T09:12:57.627-05:00I love this essay, Sheila. My life and career has ...I love this essay, Sheila. My life and career has also taken some sharp turns along the way: linguist, speech researcher, farmer, childbirth educator, technical writer. But one of the happiest is, like yours, the most recent - this budding "last best" career of being a publishing fiction author. Whee! And when I can see my (financial) way clear to ditch the penultimate career of writingEdith Maxwellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01388006370860482509noreply@blogger.com