tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2587083790012339479.post7195544455844720647..comments2023-06-23T09:21:12.107-06:00Comments on Fiction Matters: Art and Angst - BFFsBonnie Grovehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11377519561074174038noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2587083790012339479.post-51475934483590429222010-11-02T00:02:49.447-06:002010-11-02T00:02:49.447-06:00Thanks Bonnie, I'll check some out.
And sorry...Thanks Bonnie, I'll check some out.<br /><br />And sorry to disillusion you, but my description of the Canadian accent comes purely from watching years of "You Can't Do That On Television" reruns. Are you going to tell me that that was all a bad American conspiracy? Or a plot designed by aliens? Kevin Kubucheski was so hot!<br /><br />And hey, accents are so subjective. Every year or so I meet someone who asks me which part of England I'm from, or when I left New Zealand. I'm Tasmanian! I live 40km from where I grew up...what's with that? I don't think I have an accent either : )Megan Sayerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15410068162701570057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2587083790012339479.post-73653054354492943862010-11-01T21:45:17.594-06:002010-11-01T21:45:17.594-06:00Nikole: It really is about being able to put ourse...Nikole: It really is about being able to put ourselves out there - and there is fear in that. It seems so easy for some people to tear a book apart. I'm trying to learn that if I don't like a book, chances are I'm not part of the target audience, and to be gentle with the work, and the author. It's me working on the whole "do unto others" thing. :)<br /><br />Megan: Glad you enjoyed the video. There is all kinds of east coast Canadian lit out there - you could start with a wonderful anthology of Canadian short stories. It seems to me that many of Canada's best short story writers live in Newfoundland.<br /><br />Uh... about the queen - No, I don't sound like her when I talk. I was just being cheeky. <br />But truthfully, I've never met a Canadian who talks the way Americans think we talk. Aboot, and oat, and all that. <br />Then again, when I was in California at a writer's conference, every twenty minutes a lovely American would squeeze my arm and say, "I love your accent." To which I would reply, "I don't have an accent." and everyone would giggle.Bonnie Grovehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11377519561074174038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2587083790012339479.post-14256812415621729192010-10-30T21:17:55.141-06:002010-10-30T21:17:55.141-06:00This comment has been removed by the author.Megan Sayerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15410068162701570057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2587083790012339479.post-75770444365096016252010-10-30T21:17:25.472-06:002010-10-30T21:17:25.472-06:00Bonnie this post left me completely lost in though...Bonnie this post left me completely lost in thought and much, much research...but probably not for the obvious reasons. <br /><br />Newfoundland. Wow!!!!! I youtubed the accent, and am about to do some reasearch into the history and people - so excited (yeah okay, I'm a nerd). <br /><br />2 things:<br />Do you have any Newfoundland-set literature you could recommend? I'd love to have a Newfoundland experience, (like I had a Greenland experience with Peter Hoeg's Miss Smilla's Feeling for Snow - spectacular armchair travel).<br /><br />And do you REALLY speak EXACTLY like Queen Elizabeth? Oxbridge education? Or are you lying and really want to go "oat of the hoase" with all the other Canadians..?<br /><br />Sorry. I really am. My curiosity has won over my sense of social decorum today : )Megan Sayerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15410068162701570057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2587083790012339479.post-70691194936083865682010-10-29T13:36:46.604-06:002010-10-29T13:36:46.604-06:00Art or writing...it is putting your heart out for ...Art or writing...it is putting your heart out for anyone to cherish or stomp on. Someone will always disagree. Someone will love it. Someone will hate it. Ultimately, you do it for the one who loves it. There are some messages God pushes across the table to the one He means to hear it. We won't know if our words made a difference until that someday when we fall at Jesus' feet.Nikole Hahnhttp://www.thehahnhuntinglodge.comnoreply@blogger.com