http://www.susanwisebauer.com/blog/the-raving-writer/twitter-weekly-updates-for-2009-05-03/ my progress as I write, revise, send to my editor, re-revise, fact-check, galley-read, and promote a multi-volume history of the world. While living on a farm, educating my kids, and teaching. And doing a few other things too. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 03:35:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 http://www.susanwisebauer.com/blog/the-raving-writer/twitter-weekly-updates-for-2009-05-03/comment-page-1/#comment-86653 DebonLI Wed, 06 May 2009 21:46:24 +0000 http://www.susanwisebauer.com/blog/the-raving-writer/twitter-weekly-updates-for-2009-05-03/#comment-86653 You had a cold at the LI conference last year, just about this time of year. Hope you feel better quickly! You had a cold at the LI conference last year, just about this time of year. Hope you feel better quickly!

]]> http://www.susanwisebauer.com/blog/the-raving-writer/twitter-weekly-updates-for-2009-05-03/comment-page-1/#comment-86650 Cyndi Glass Wed, 06 May 2009 14:28:55 +0000 http://www.susanwisebauer.com/blog/the-raving-writer/twitter-weekly-updates-for-2009-05-03/#comment-86650 Well, everyone......I just checked back today, and I certainly sounded arrogant! As a pastor/farmer's wife, I should have said! We used to have goats and cows, and every Sunday, right before the sermon, one of the men would talk to my husband about the cows, a new feed, some kind of antibiotic for them, etc., never realizing his mind was not on that subject and he would probably never remember it! I watch your posts often, Susan, because I love the farm element. We do so wish we lived on one now. Oh well,...... I did want to share with you conversations I had with my kids the past couple of days. After we got home, I also had conference hangover!! But after that, I talked to my two oldest about the outlining procedure, feeling that I hadn't done enough with it. They both confirmed how glad they were they had done it. They didn't rewrite, they only did the outlining part. But that alone helped them both very much - one in his classes, the other in her daily studies at home. And then just this morning, I was talking with my 16 year old about an essay she wrote last week. We talked about being able to diagram her own sentences to check them. I could see a lightbulb go on in her head. Ahhh.... but she needs a lot more instruction and now she's ready to receive it. She loves writing, so it somehow clicked with her. Thanks so much Susan. You gave really great practical as well as "the reasons behind it" help in your workshops!!! And that is soooo what I need right now in what I call "round 2" of my homeschooling! I hope you get a good break before your next round of workshops!!! Well, everyone……I just checked back today, and I certainly sounded arrogant! As a pastor/farmer’s wife, I should have said! We used to have goats and cows, and every Sunday, right before the sermon, one of the men would talk to my husband about the cows, a new feed, some kind of antibiotic for them, etc., never realizing his mind was not on that subject and he would probably never remember it! I watch your posts often, Susan, because I love the farm element. We do so wish we lived on one now. Oh well,……
I did want to share with you conversations I had with my kids the past couple of days. After we got home, I also had conference hangover!! But after that, I talked to my two oldest about the outlining procedure, feeling that I hadn’t done enough with it. They both confirmed how glad they were they had done it. They didn’t rewrite, they only did the outlining part. But that alone helped them both very much – one in his classes, the other in her daily studies at home. And then just this morning, I was talking with my 16 year old about an essay she wrote last week. We talked about being able to diagram her own sentences to check them. I could see a lightbulb go on in her head. Ahhh…. but she needs a lot more instruction and now she’s ready to receive it. She loves writing, so it somehow clicked with her.
Thanks so much Susan. You gave really great practical as well as “the reasons behind it” help in your workshops!!! And that is soooo what I need right now in what I call “round 2″ of my homeschooling!
I hope you get a good break before your next round of workshops!!!

]]> http://www.susanwisebauer.com/blog/the-raving-writer/twitter-weekly-updates-for-2009-05-03/comment-page-1/#comment-86643 Cyndi Glass Mon, 04 May 2009 21:18:03 +0000 http://www.susanwisebauer.com/blog/the-raving-writer/twitter-weekly-updates-for-2009-05-03/#comment-86643 Ahhhh......as a pastor's wife I totally understand! My husband and I wanted to come to your church Sun but decided to do it too late and did not have time to find it. We did drive through on Hwy 5 and saw the beautiful land, lots of plantations and fields. What a great place to live. Thanks for suffering through the heat on stage and the long hours of brain pain. The conference was absolutely fantastic. I bought your book 9 years ago and implemented it immediately, or at least most of it. But some things I wasn't sure of. My son is now 23 and doing online courses for a degree and is doing just fine, thanks to your direction, Susan. And since I still have 3 girls(10-16) to teach, your instructions on the writing and reading this weekend were invaluable. It plugged all the holes of what I really didn't understand but used anyway all these years!!! Everything at the conference seemed to run very smoothly. Tell Suzanne a great big thank you! I do hope your are going to do this again. Colonial Williamsburg is always a favorite. We have been there a couple of times before. What a treat for us. We cannot thank you enough!!! And your boys are so wonderful. So glad they could be there with you and your mom. Thanks for sharing all that you shared. Thank you again!! Ahhhh……as a pastor’s wife I totally understand! My husband and I wanted to come to your church Sun but decided to do it too late and did not have time to find it. We did drive through on Hwy 5 and saw the beautiful land, lots of plantations and fields. What a great place to live. Thanks for suffering through the heat on stage and the long hours of brain pain. The conference was absolutely fantastic. I bought your book 9 years ago and implemented it immediately, or at least most of it. But some things I wasn’t sure of. My son is now 23 and doing online courses for a degree and is doing just fine, thanks to your direction, Susan. And since I still have 3 girls(10-16) to teach, your instructions on the writing and reading this weekend were invaluable. It plugged all the holes of what I really didn’t understand but used anyway all these years!!! Everything at the conference seemed to run very smoothly. Tell Suzanne a great big thank you! I do hope your are going to do this again. Colonial Williamsburg is always a favorite. We have been there a couple of times before. What a treat for us. We cannot thank you enough!!! And your boys are so wonderful. So glad they could be there with you and your mom. Thanks for sharing all that you shared. Thank you again!!

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