tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2665587159745255320.post7378506101470070223..comments2023-10-26T13:01:34.353-08:00Comments on Kid Lit North: Where Ravens Roam and Writers Dream: Wasting My Talents?Ann Dixonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13870672677234403071noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2665587159745255320.post-57500384955109189582010-08-26T07:28:28.263-08:002010-08-26T07:28:28.263-08:00Awwww, thanks...what you describe is exactly why I...Awwww, thanks...what you describe is exactly why I love being a librarian, as well as a writer. (And why I worry about the long-term effects of library closures and cutbacks across the country.)<br /><br />I enjoy the process of writing, and of seeing my work in print, but writing is very solitary and such a difficult business that it can be discouraging. There's nothing like a little reader enthusiasm to convince me that it's all worthwhile. I get plenty of that in the library.<br /><br />I'm so excited that you're enjoying the blog! I am too, which kind of surprises me.Ann Dixonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13870672677234403071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2665587159745255320.post-31343770127536174372010-08-25T12:41:40.130-08:002010-08-25T12:41:40.130-08:00Hi Ann,
I wish that I could tell the person who to...Hi Ann,<br />I wish that I could tell the person who told you that you were wasting your talents about Peter. How he was such a non reader in a family of voracious readers. How you, the librarian, took the time to talk to him about what he was interested in, and then found a book about baseball that fit that interest. Remember all the 'Goosebumps' books that he read over the years? Again books that you as the librarian introduced him to and kept him well stocked with new titles. If not for librarians like you willing to work with kids, who would read the books that writers like you wrote? You are not wasting your talents....I think you are using them to their best advantage. And certainly to the advantage of the kids who are lucky enough to have you working in their school! <br />By the way....I love this blog.jean clemenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11904259842659067473noreply@blogger.com