Comments on: Guided Reading http://www.deepgenre.com/wordpress/madeleine-robins/misc/guided-reading Writing and Reading. Commerce and Art. Fantasy and Science Fiction. Discuss. Sat, 30 Aug 2008 12:58:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Carol Berg http://www.deepgenre.com/wordpress/madeleine-robins/misc/guided-reading#comment-8776 Carol Berg Fri, 19 Jan 2007 04:43:40 +0000 http://www.deepgenre.com/wordpress/madeleine-robins/misc/guided-reading#comment-8776 Looking back here, I realize that in my enthusiasm for DF, I totally did not respond to the question. And the answer is yes, though I don't know that I could ever explain what drove me to it beyond "I needed to go back to the well of lyrical prose" or "I needed to remind myself of how a master/mistress evokes a living, breathing person on a page of words." Carol Looking back here, I realize that in my enthusiasm for DF, I totally did not respond to the question.

And the answer is yes, though I don’t know that I could ever explain what drove me to it beyond “I needed to go back to the well of lyrical prose” or “I needed to remind myself of how a master/mistress evokes a living, breathing person on a page of words.”

Carol

]]> By: Madeleine Robins http://www.deepgenre.com/wordpress/madeleine-robins/misc/guided-reading#comment-8758 Madeleine Robins Thu, 18 Jan 2007 16:40:40 +0000 http://www.deepgenre.com/wordpress/madeleine-robins/misc/guided-reading#comment-8758 I read my first Dick Francis in a <i>Reader's Digest</i> compilation we had lying around the house. I think I was eleven. The rest, as they say, is history. I read my first Dick Francis in a Reader’s Digest compilation we had lying around the house. I think I was eleven. The rest, as they say, is history.

]]> By: Carol Berg http://www.deepgenre.com/wordpress/madeleine-robins/misc/guided-reading#comment-8737 Carol Berg Wed, 17 Jan 2007 18:17:15 +0000 http://www.deepgenre.com/wordpress/madeleine-robins/misc/guided-reading#comment-8737 Dick Francis has been one of my favorites for years. He is a master sketch artist--creating a great character with a few brushstrokes--and a tight, clean plot that pulls you right through. I was delighted to see that he's come back to writing again after his wife's death. And with Sid Halley to boot - one of my favorite of his heroes. For years I didn't read him because I was totally uninterested in horses or horseracing - which is a great object lesson in itself! Enjoy! Carol Dick Francis has been one of my favorites for years. He is a master sketch artist–creating a great character with a few brushstrokes–and a tight, clean plot that pulls you right through. I was delighted to see that he’s come back to writing again after his wife’s death. And with Sid Halley to boot - one of my favorite of his heroes.

For years I didn’t read him because I was totally uninterested in horses or horseracing - which is a great object lesson in itself!

Enjoy!
Carol

]]> By: LauraJMixon http://www.deepgenre.com/wordpress/madeleine-robins/misc/guided-reading#comment-8732 LauraJMixon Wed, 17 Jan 2007 17:15:45 +0000 http://www.deepgenre.com/wordpress/madeleine-robins/misc/guided-reading#comment-8732 (oops, make that Hiaasen) (oops, make that Hiaasen)

]]> By: LauraJMixon http://www.deepgenre.com/wordpress/madeleine-robins/misc/guided-reading#comment-8731 LauraJMixon Wed, 17 Jan 2007 17:14:43 +0000 http://www.deepgenre.com/wordpress/madeleine-robins/misc/guided-reading#comment-8731 Steve does this all the time. (We both love Dick Francis, btw. Yum. And Carl Hiassen, for that matter. And Jane Austen...and, and... OK, I'll stop now....) Steve does this all the time. (We both love Dick Francis, btw. Yum. And Carl Hiassen, for that matter. And Jane Austen…and, and… OK, I’ll stop now….)

]]> By: kateelliott http://www.deepgenre.com/wordpress/madeleine-robins/misc/guided-reading#comment-8705 kateelliott Tue, 16 Jan 2007 06:54:33 +0000 http://www.deepgenre.com/wordpress/madeleine-robins/misc/guided-reading#comment-8705 I think you're right that your mind is working on something, and that the subconscious process is guiding you to the right work. I don't know if I've done that specifically, but I do know that certain reading patterns emerge when my brain is churning along, at parallel, perpendicular, rotations, or converging points - whatever, some weird geometry of inter-relationship. I think you’re right that your mind is working on something, and that the subconscious process is guiding you to the right work. I don’t know if I’ve done that specifically, but I do know that certain reading patterns emerge when my brain is churning along, at parallel, perpendicular, rotations, or converging points - whatever, some weird geometry of inter-relationship.

]]> By: Sherwood Smith http://www.deepgenre.com/wordpress/madeleine-robins/misc/guided-reading#comment-8697 Sherwood Smith Tue, 16 Jan 2007 01:52:24 +0000 http://www.deepgenre.com/wordpress/madeleine-robins/misc/guided-reading#comment-8697 I just discovered Dick Francis, too! I just discovered Dick Francis, too!

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