tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36128469.post3082751748292265220..comments2023-10-11T05:53:41.041-04:00Comments on Prill Boyle's Defying Gravity: Who am I?Prill Boylehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00586202626442746356noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36128469.post-40009682624992791862008-10-06T12:28:00.000-04:002008-10-06T12:28:00.000-04:00P.S. I strikes me that perhaps you have enough fi...P.S. I strikes me that perhaps you have enough fire in your belly to write the book that you describe. Have you ever considered this?Prill Boylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00586202626442746356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36128469.post-79002571336725604522008-10-06T12:27:00.000-04:002008-10-06T12:27:00.000-04:00Dear Anon-- My novel, alas, is not that lofty in ...Dear Anon-- My novel, alas, is not that lofty in scope. My central character, a 60-year old widow, is fighting despair (in other words, she's battling herself rather than the system) and seeking to find a way to make her life count when life itself feels meaningless. Although she ends up, in her own way, championing truth and justice in the Africa section of the book, her story is a humble one Prill Boylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00586202626442746356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36128469.post-39373977927776518332008-10-05T13:40:00.000-04:002008-10-05T13:40:00.000-04:00Hi Prill - The answer to all of your questions tha...Hi Prill - The answer to all of your questions that require an answer is, "yes". You know that. The world is waiting for you to state the obvious, that there is need for great change in our social systems worldwide. In order to creep up on that message so as not to be deemed a Communist or a pedant, you need to frame a story whose central character fights for truth and justice and the way forwardAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36128469.post-9033918997592036092008-10-05T13:22:00.000-04:002008-10-05T13:22:00.000-04:00Anonymous-- I just ordered The Syringa Tree on Ama...Anonymous-- <BR/><BR/>I just ordered The Syringa Tree on Amazon. Reviewers have mentioned parallels between it and Alan Paton's "Cry the Beloved Country," which I love (and have taught). <BR/><BR/>But I suspect that getting off my front porch, as you term it, requires something more--and perhaps something less--than reading a book, going to an off-Broadway production, or visiting a foreign Prill Boylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00586202626442746356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36128469.post-54654422631732326282008-10-05T11:57:00.000-04:002008-10-05T11:57:00.000-04:00Hi Prill - It is good to question yourself. You br...Hi Prill - It is good to question yourself. You bring good advice to your readers. May I be allowed a criticism? If you read women's magazines while getting a pedicure, go to expensive cultural events and view the world from your Westport front porch, it will be difficult for you to escape your milieu. In order to write meaningful stories you need context. I know that you learned a great deal Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36128469.post-7841410170709899002008-10-04T21:48:00.000-04:002008-10-04T21:48:00.000-04:00Brilliant post! I love dreams. I have been guided ...Brilliant post! I love dreams. I have been guided by them time after time and always find they are right on.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36128469.post-60376474097144149532008-10-04T16:38:00.000-04:002008-10-04T16:38:00.000-04:00I will check out the index and give you feedback. ...I will check out the index and give you feedback. I have been wanting to do something similar. You'll give me a jumping off place.Allyn Evanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01836010593995404252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36128469.post-48946622845135227932008-10-04T13:12:00.000-04:002008-10-04T13:12:00.000-04:00Thank you all. I'm always a little anxious about ...Thank you all. I'm always a little anxious about posting such personal thoughts. <BR/><BR/>Barbara, when I wrote Defying Gravity, I imagined it as the kind of book one doesn't have to read from cover to cover. Originally, I wanted the focus to be entirely on the women. I didn't plan to include my story at all (which, as you've undoubtedly discovered, is told via the intro, journal entries andPrill Boylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00586202626442746356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36128469.post-83811843365271476932008-10-04T12:16:00.000-04:002008-10-04T12:16:00.000-04:00Prill, I'm not sure we ever know who we are. The w...Prill, I'm not sure we ever know who we are. The writing process certainly helps with that. In fact, it helps so well that we keep discoveing new things. That's what happened when I wrote This Is the Place. It started out memoir. But then I realized I had grown over the years and needed to add some of that growth. So I made it into fiction which in a way, was closer to the truth. <BR/><BR/>It's Carolyn Howard-Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15041591136206289558noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36128469.post-78261578580378076202008-10-04T08:28:00.000-04:002008-10-04T08:28:00.000-04:00What an amazing post, Prill! I'm envious you reme...What an amazing post, Prill! I'm envious you remember your dreams. Speaking of writing, I must say I am really enjoying your book. I especially LOVE your jouranl entries!<BR/>Barbara<BR/>www.joyfulpaws.comBarbara Techelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01134325665864082572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36128469.post-47196416163235714882008-10-03T19:54:00.000-04:002008-10-03T19:54:00.000-04:00We as women are always changing and evolving. I th...We as women are always changing and evolving. I think we all know on some level who we are, but there are those of us who spend so much time tuning in to our inner selves that our subconscious minds can give a preview to the next transformation...even in our dreams!<BR/><BR/>Beautiful observation.<BR/>AnneACWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12298402039722869768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36128469.post-92049531470957915472008-10-03T11:09:00.000-04:002008-10-03T11:09:00.000-04:00Dreams are powerful teachers. Wonderful post.Dreams are powerful teachers. Wonderful post.Allyn Evanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01836010593995404252noreply@blogger.com