tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1643092331729126387.post2113743013298992288..comments2024-03-29T09:18:31.897+00:00Comments on More than Writers: Why knowing our Bibles helps our reading - and our writing - by Fran Hillauntyamohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08213728883228063200noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1643092331729126387.post-68421359229932308912015-03-09T11:03:01.839+00:002015-03-09T11:03:01.839+00:00Fran - what an encouragement to always be continua...Fran - what an encouragement to always be continually learning and adding that richness to our writing - thank you :)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01925242441001910367noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1643092331729126387.post-41919447361807459012015-03-07T17:12:53.644+00:002015-03-07T17:12:53.644+00:00Tell me about it ... if I haven't taught a boo...Tell me about it ... if I haven't taught a book in the last year I have to re-read and re-study before I feel confident to teach it again. It makes for a lot of reading over the summer of books I've already read 3 times! (At least, I think I've read it before ....)Fran Hillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07935088780461825341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1643092331729126387.post-69384471199114438012015-03-07T15:13:14.032+00:002015-03-07T15:13:14.032+00:00Love it! You have a great sense of humour. It shin...Love it! You have a great sense of humour. It shines through your writingFran Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13497526684591168192noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1643092331729126387.post-62947385377988590512015-03-07T11:22:43.494+00:002015-03-07T11:22:43.494+00:00Great post, Fran. Well done for being an autodidac...Great post, Fran. Well done for being an autodidact! (hope you don't have to look that up...). Mind you, I did an Oxford English degree but it was 40 years ago and I've forgotten almost everything - more recent knowledge is worth a lot!Veronica Zundelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04248292370623296757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1643092331729126387.post-22241526740404059482015-03-06T23:15:29.924+00:002015-03-06T23:15:29.924+00:00Same happened to me when I submitted my book about...Same happened to me when I submitted my book about a boy wizard at school. I mean, how was I to know?!Fran Hillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07935088780461825341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1643092331729126387.post-58160289677346535332015-03-06T23:14:33.762+00:002015-03-06T23:14:33.762+00:00Eventually I ended up in the NHS, typing X-ray rep...Eventually I ended up in the NHS, typing X-ray reports. So ... ditto!!Fran Hillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07935088780461825341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1643092331729126387.post-9759755674099112932015-03-06T23:13:18.355+00:002015-03-06T23:13:18.355+00:00Brilliant! That made me smile. Brilliant! That made me smile. Fran Hillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07935088780461825341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1643092331729126387.post-91786309270652664552015-03-06T23:00:17.820+00:002015-03-06T23:00:17.820+00:00Hoho, Ros, isn't it annoying when people assum...Hoho, Ros, isn't it annoying when people assume you've copied/plagiarised/etc some other creative item - book, say - when you've simply made the thing up in ignorance of some else having had the same idea - only that person was 'famous'?<br />Mari Howardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05606125048044373268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1643092331729126387.post-39660000649817755212015-03-06T22:59:14.760+00:002015-03-06T22:59:14.760+00:00Fran, lovely post. So interesting to read someone ...Fran, lovely post. So interesting to read someone coming from a different place almost entirely - though I also threw out the suggestion of more study - at Uni - and worked in a bank when I left school ... the bank was frankly so boring it drove me back into education ... Mari Howardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05606125048044373268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1643092331729126387.post-29364452292954949552015-03-06T22:56:13.073+00:002015-03-06T22:56:13.073+00:00Hoho, Ros, isn't it annoying when people assum...Hoho, Ros, isn't it annoying when people assume you've copied/plagiarised/etc some other creative item - book, say - when you've simply made the thing up in ignorance of some else having had the same idea - only that person was 'famous'?<br />Mari Howardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05606125048044373268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1643092331729126387.post-71102362565958460892015-03-06T22:21:37.568+00:002015-03-06T22:21:37.568+00:00I loved reading this, too. I once submitted some ...I loved reading this, too. I once submitted some poems to the Poetry Society for professional criticism. One of them was roundly condemned for being a pastiche of some poem I had never heard of, let alone read. However, it was full of Biblical allusions which the critic totally failed to notice!rosbayeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12682832936395894834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1643092331729126387.post-18361233282833017642015-03-06T22:19:33.896+00:002015-03-06T22:19:33.896+00:00Thanks, Wendy. Glad you liked it.Thanks, Wendy. Glad you liked it.Fran Hillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07935088780461825341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1643092331729126387.post-66211592600864190972015-03-06T22:19:11.655+00:002015-03-06T22:19:11.655+00:00Well, the superior knowledge of Google (!) says it...Well, the superior knowledge of Google (!) says it's both Oscar Wilde and George Bernard Shaw, so who am I to disagree? Hm ... I'm not saying I have no regrets. For a start, I think I ruined a lot of lessons for poor Mr Jackson and I wish he was around for me to buy him a gin and tonic or something.Fran Hillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07935088780461825341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1643092331729126387.post-75719364713236388362015-03-06T22:09:01.218+00:002015-03-06T22:09:01.218+00:00Wasn't it Oscar Wilde who said 'youth is w...Wasn't it Oscar Wilde who said 'youth is wasted on the young'? I'm relying on your superior knowledge to put me right if I'm in error, Fran. But whoever said it, never could a greater truism reflect on our immature ignorance and arrogance. Like you, I deemed work and a wage more valuable than continuing my schooling. True, my first job was working for author, Paul Gallico. But unlike you, I have to live with my regrets.Mel Menzieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05026959995814159600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1643092331729126387.post-3002871482867636682015-03-06T21:46:03.797+00:002015-03-06T21:46:03.797+00:00Loved the story of your journey into teaching and ...Loved the story of your journey into teaching and writing. Inspirational Wendy H. Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04022089775887274043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1643092331729126387.post-9302505322630174272015-03-06T18:18:06.747+00:002015-03-06T18:18:06.747+00:00Thanks, Deborah. If I do hint to the kids that I w...Thanks, Deborah. If I do hint to the kids that I was naughty at school, they often don't believe me. Shows how much they see me as an old traditional codger-type who can't possibly have had a 'past'!Fran Hillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07935088780461825341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1643092331729126387.post-50844853337773131802015-03-06T14:56:36.079+00:002015-03-06T14:56:36.079+00:00I think the story of your journey into English tea...I think the story of your journey into English teaching (and writing) is remarkable and inspiring. Do you ever tell this part of your story to your students? About how you used to annoy Mr Jackson and now you're doing his job? Great post.Deborah Jenkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11156120348177986321noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1643092331729126387.post-87615444050435076942015-03-06T14:56:20.912+00:002015-03-06T14:56:20.912+00:00I think the story of your journey into English tea...I think the story of your journey into English teaching (and writing) is remarkable and inspiring. Do you ever tell this part of your story to your students? About how you used to annoy Mr Jackson and now you're doing his job? Great post.Deborah Jenkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11156120348177986321noreply@blogger.com