tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-515660504291275491.post5706940771394802578..comments2023-06-10T22:42:19.087+10:00Comments on Australasian Christian Writers: Writing From FragmentsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-515660504291275491.post-40691068568204862462015-03-07T19:47:20.393+11:002015-03-07T19:47:20.393+11:00Iola it works well except for B. Mmm ... now was ...Iola it works well except for B. Mmm ... now was that a book idea or a blog idea - LOLNola Passmorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08425394685430146759noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-515660504291275491.post-90692783370068748302015-03-07T19:46:54.417+11:002015-03-07T19:46:54.417+11:00Iola it works well except for B. Mmm ... now was ...Iola it works well except for B. Mmm ... now was that a book idea or a blog idea - LOLNola Passmorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08425394685430146759noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-515660504291275491.post-65914702274327998972015-03-07T14:09:28.003+11:002015-03-07T14:09:28.003+11:00Thanks for the inspiring post, Elaine. I also stop...Thanks for the inspiring post, Elaine. I also stopped keeping a diary as a teenager (only I stopped after friends read it, not my mother), and have never got into the habit of journaling. I like the alternative you've found.Iolahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17199141868703826943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-515660504291275491.post-39711488165163118052015-03-07T14:07:41.117+11:002015-03-07T14:07:41.117+11:00I like your idea of tagging ideas with a letter. I...I like your idea of tagging ideas with a letter. I'll have to try that.Iolahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17199141868703826943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-515660504291275491.post-55917685738282502612015-03-06T18:31:17.981+11:002015-03-06T18:31:17.981+11:00Hi Elaine Thanks for your post. I'm amazed tha...Hi Elaine Thanks for your post. I'm amazed that your mother would do that to you! I've never been good a keeping a diary - many abortive starts but I do have a whole stable of notebooks that I keep notes in, one for each book I'm writing plus others. As it happens, my current unit (and last) of my post-graduate course is on journalling as a writer. And the flexibility of approach you've described reminds me a lot of Tristine Raine's description of The New Diary (1978).Jeanette O'Haganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11057798704247611224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-515660504291275491.post-27014748755610457702015-03-06T17:09:08.137+11:002015-03-06T17:09:08.137+11:00Hi Elaine - loved your post! I've got a couple...Hi Elaine - loved your post! I've got a couple of notebooks in my handbag too. One for incidentals and one for inspiration. I love the sound of your Christmas gift. What a thoughtful present. Looking forward to hearing the results of your scribblings for 2015 :)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04449342827457837314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-515660504291275491.post-12237546876826316982015-03-06T16:46:55.148+11:002015-03-06T16:46:55.148+11:00Lovely post, Elaine! Welcome to ACW and thanks for...Lovely post, Elaine! Welcome to ACW and thanks for sharing your inspiring writing journey with us :)Narellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07665380446283721576noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-515660504291275491.post-25979950827124458432015-03-06T11:19:55.709+11:002015-03-06T11:19:55.709+11:00Thanks for sharing your writing journey Elaine. I...Thanks for sharing your writing journey Elaine. I keep a journal if I'm doing something specific, like an overseas trip. But usually I just write down snippets too. I have an ideas book that I keep handy so that if I ever get an idea for a piece of writing, I just jot down the thought and an annotation to indicate whether I think it would be good for a blog, devotion, poem, story, article etc. Then when it comes to write one of those pieces (e.g. a devotion), I just have to flip through all the "D" ideas and can hit the road running. I also have a separate quiet time journal where I note things relating to my spiritual journey (e.g. words of knowledge, answers to prayer, questions, things I've learned etc). Looking forward to hearing more about your year of adventure :)Nola Passmorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08425394685430146759noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-515660504291275491.post-6578119847584998552015-03-06T08:32:41.866+11:002015-03-06T08:32:41.866+11:00Thanks, Elaine. I also received a beautiful new no...Thanks, Elaine. I also received a beautiful new notebook for Christmas that is a reproduction of a 1688 binding and has a wonderful, embossed cover and a little, old fashioned clasp on it, so I can relate to your lovely gift from your son. Like you, I also write snippets of things I've read, quotes from Scripture, prayers etc, but I do often include my innermost thoughts as well. That must have been devastating when that journal from your teenage years was made so public--but it's so good that God enabled you to keep writing.Jo-Anne Berthelsenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09775045057529728396noreply@blogger.com