Comments for Susan Wise Bauer

Comment on Weeks 28, 29 and 30 of the “52 Books” challenge by Jane

Jane — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 01:19:27 +0000

I love your book reviews. I have enjoyed reading some of the ones you mentioned in past posts.

The one about the prairie blizzard sounds fascinating. I think Lois Lenski wrote about that blizzard in her book, Prairie School, which I read aloud to my sons when they were younger. My husband had heard the same thing about the settlement of the prairies (here in Canada we use that humbler term instead of “Great Plains”) — that it was a huge and costly mistake — so I had to look up the articles by Kristof. They are waiting for me on the office printer.

Looking forward to future reviews!

Comment on A milestone by Susan

Susan — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 19:20:51 +0000

I’m planning on taking the writing series up through high school…but unfortunately don’t have a target date for you.

Comment on A milestone by Karin

Karin — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 19:09:25 +0000

I ought to be happy for you, since we really like your history books and your FLL book, not to mention WTM. However, I find myself wishing you would have written one for high school students who resist expository writing. Particuarly since my rising highschooler only likes history when you write it. Any chance you’ll be doing one of those?

Comment on My adventures with Amazon.com’s Author Page by Linda

Linda — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 03:52:43 +0000

YAY! You just made our day!

Comment on My adventures with Amazon.com’s Author Page by Susan

Susan — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 02:38:31 +0000

My Norton books are already available for Kindle, and Peace Hill Press is working on making those titles Kindle-adaptable.

Comment on My adventures with Amazon.com’s Author Page by Linda

Linda — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 23:18:19 +0000

Off topic…

Would you ever consider allowing your books to be scanned for the amazon kindle? Our twelve year old son is dyslexic. The amazon kindle 2 with it’s text to voice software, has become a valued tool in his schooling.

Comment on My adventures with Amazon.com’s Author Page by Susan

Susan — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 15:14:37 +0000

Nomi,

Thanks! That actually makes sense–Multnomah wasn’t part of Random House when I wrote that book, and it’s now out of print–after which Random House bought Multnomah.

Ah, now I see.

Susan

Comment on My adventures with Amazon.com’s Author Page by Nomi

Nomi — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 13:02:49 +0000

Hi Susan,

Curious, I ran your name on Bookscan, and it looks like the culprit is a book called Through the Darkness Hide Me, Multnomah, imprint of Random House.

Computer errror can look so much weirder than human error, but there’s usually a logical reason (if only an earlier error) buried in there somewhere.

Comment on My adventures with Amazon.com’s Author Page by Susan

Susan — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 12:46:59 +0000

Well, I don’t know if it IS fair…my books seem to average around 800 pages. But the History of the Ancient World is my favorite so far (to be replaced in February by the History of the Medieval World, which was even more fun).

Comment on My adventures with Amazon.com’s Author Page by Brian Keene

Brian Keene — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 03:12:42 +0000

Ha! If you’re serious, give Dark Hollow a try, I guess. It’s certainly my personal favorite. But turnabout is fair play. Which one of yours should I try?

Comment on My adventures with Amazon.com’s Author Page by Susan

Susan — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 02:00:55 +0000

Brian,

Think of the publicity! All those writers visiting your author page.

So now I have to read some of your stuff. What’s your favorite of your books? Give me a recommendation.

Susan

Comment on My adventures with Amazon.com’s Author Page by monica

monica — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 01:07:44 +0000

neat-o bio. tell us more about the traveling drama group

monica in nj

p.s. please don’t scold me for any grammar mistakes. I’m just a humble homeschooling mom

Comment on My adventures with Amazon.com’s Author Page by Tod Clark

Tod Clark — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 01:03:41 +0000

Very funny story Susan. Do yourself a favor and pick up something by Brian Keene. I think this is a sign that you need to read something by him.

Comment on My adventures with Amazon.com’s Author Page by Brian Keene

Brian Keene — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 23:46:32 +0000

Hi Susan,

It gets even weirder. I had the same thing happen to me last week when I set up my author page. Of the four publishers they contacted, one was a company who I’ve never written for. When I emailed Amazon about this, I got the same response you’ve reproduced above, and it was from Sujay P.

I have to wonder if Sujay is using his/her response to me as a form letter, and perhaps forgot to remove the link to my page. And if so, how many other authors have been redirected to that over the past week?

Hope they straighten it out for you. Gotta love this business sometimes, right?

Brian

PS: Thanks for not editing my account, though. ;>)

Comment on My adventures with Amazon.com’s Author Page by Bethany

Bethany — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 23:45:13 +0000

Well, the only logical question would be this: have you ever considered writing horror stories to be published by Random House?

Comment on Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-07-05 by Heather

Heather — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 23:29:50 +0000

There is a iMax sharks? Must go see that!

Comment on A milestone by TM

TM — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 22:41:24 +0000

I’m celebrating with you by lifting up my glass of Diet Coke & smiling. Mother of JM

Comment on A milestone by Colleen in NS

Colleen in NS — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 18:16:19 +0000

(notice I’m not asking “when will it be done” – but nervously asking…) Will you be working concurrently on the rest of your writing series, too, along with the history series? Or does that get put off until the history is done?

Comment on Weeks 26 and 27 of the “52 Books” challenge by Carolyn Hansen

Carolyn Hansen — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 21:42:20 +0000

Just pre-ordered my medieval history copy. Thank you, and can’t wait!

Comment on A milestone by Karen

Karen — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 19:28:30 +0000

Congratulations! We are putting together next year’s curriculum, and my husband noted that it’s mostly made up of Peace Hill Press curricula, and I said, “That’s because it works.” My son loves First Language Lessons and ever since we started on Story of the World, he has declared history his ‘favorite subject in the whole world.”

Comment on A milestone by Laurie

Laurie — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 16:45:17 +0000

Congratulations! And now maybe you’ll have time to take some puppy pictures…pretty please? I’d love to see your furry footwarmers.

Comment on A milestone by Zuca

Zuca — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 16:19:25 +0000

Congratulations!

If you have the time to comment, I’m extremely interested in what you mentioned about teaching writing basics to college students. You obviously don’t have the time to go through a full writing program with them, so how do you condense and utilize your ideas on writing to get them up to speed and still teach the class they’re getting a grade for?

Enjoy your down time =)

Comment on A milestone by Susan

Susan — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 14:35:34 +0000

Oh, don’t worry, no walking away here! In fact, I’ve already been working on the third book. But this time I’m not making any promises ahead of time about when I’ll be finished. With this last book, I felt like I was always behind and running to catch up. I’m not sure that I wrote any faster or slower than if that pressure hadn’t been there–I just know that it made the writing NO FUN AT ALL.

So as to when they might be ready…can I keep you posted?

Comment on A milestone by Yabusame

Yabusame — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 13:48:36 +0000

Congratulations, but, ahem, with The History of the Medieval World released next year, when do we expect the next two volumes (History of the Early Modern World & History of the Modern World)?

You can’t just put that pen down and walk away… you’ve got a dedicated history reader here…

Comment on A milestone by SFKC

SFKC — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 02:00:57 +0000

Hey there,

I saw a Story of the World cover image tonight during the NewsHour’s piece on “paperless prose”. Brief, but national!

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/newshour_index.html

Farewell panicked drumbeats — congratulations!

Comment on A milestone by K-Sue

K-Sue — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 20:34:06 +0000

Congratulations!

Comment on A milestone by LanaTron

LanaTron — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 18:00:07 +0000

Can I just say that I love reading your blog?

And I love Writing With Ease, too!

Congratulations on finishing!

Comment on A milestone by melissa in Australia

melissa in Australia — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 11:27:42 +0000

congratulations.!!
I will look forward to using the book with my writing phobic children. :0)

Comment on A milestone by Christina

Christina — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 04:08:00 +0000

Yes! Congratulations.
You are inspiring.
And in this case, may the familiar fade into a distant memory until it is altogether unknown.

Comment on A milestone by cathmom

cathmom — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 03:39:22 +0000

And you’d think that after 20 years of being a mom and 12 years of homeschooling, I would have a better idea of what I can and can’t do. But I am constantly over-estimating as well! Hope springs eternal, I guess.

Congratulations!

Comment on A milestone by Colleen in NS

Colleen in NS — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 01:14:53 +0000

You know, I think you are one smart chick. I really admire that resolution, and the fact that you said one time that you run PHP debt-free. I think your writing and business endeavors are going to reward you and your family!

Enjoy getting into the real creative process when you get going again!

Comment on A milestone by Krista

Krista — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 01:02:58 +0000

Oooh, congratulations!

That over-quiet silence you are hearing is the adrenaline and guilt slowly leaving your system. I remember it from the first day I came home from my first job out of university. After five years (more if you count high school) of constantly having something that I should have been doing, it was astonishing to be able to sit and do nothing without feeling guilty about the ten things I was ignoring.

Enjoy:)

Comment on Midsummer evening on the farm by Colleen in NS

Colleen in NS — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 00:52:47 +0000

Those pictures are gorgeous. And that Peace Hill sign reminds me, too, of being there at this time of year – so beautiful!

BTW, thank you for posting some of your workshop outlines – I really appreciate it.

Comment on A milestone by WTMCassandra

WTMCassandra — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 00:06:50 +0000

Awesome! Enjoy the silence.

Comment on A milestone by Anwen

Anwen — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 23:23:00 +0000

Oooh nice!

Comment on Weeks 26 and 27 of the “52 Books” challenge by Denise Moore

Denise Moore — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 21:41:14 +0000

Wondered if you were familiar with the site:
Goodreads.com??
Another site to spend time on….

Comment on Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-07-12 by Christine

Christine — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 22:38:45 +0000

I was going to go to the NoVa conference, but DH said I’d have to come home rather than staying over. (I wanted to stay over to digest everything in silence.)

Wound up just buying the conference CD and awaiting its arrival most anxiously.

Comment on Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-07-12 by Alice

Alice — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 12:50:44 +0000

My husband and I were at the NoVA conference. Both of us really enjoyed your workshops and especially the keynote address. You didn’t seem nearly dead while there.

Comment on Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-07-12 by SFKC

SFKC — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 06:10:18 +0000

Oops — hit ’submit’ too soon — I meant to continue:

You rock! It’s fun to learn of your packed and interesting life. Twitter’s character constraints force near poetry (!) and each entry is great. Thanks so much for letting us in!

Comment on Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-07-12 by SFKC

SFKC — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 02:15:43 +0000

you rock.

Comment on Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-07-05 by Sherri

Sherri — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 05:07:26 +0000

I loved Nowhere Man years ago, when it first aired on television! I’ll always remember Bruce Greenwood from that series. I didn’t know it was available on dvd. I don’t think I’ve ever met another “Nowhere Man” fan!

Comment on Midsummer evening on the farm by A Circle of Quiet

A Circle of Quiet — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 05:27:34 +0000

I have great affection for that Peace Hill sign…beautiful pictures!

Enjoy the quiet.

Comment on Midsummer evening on the farm by Katie Adams

Katie Adams — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 17:02:13 +0000

I’ve been writing and writing all morning as well. Your photos made pause and take a nice deep breath. Thank you.

Comment on Midsummer evening on the farm by Trish Lawrence

Trish Lawrence — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 16:42:10 +0000

Lovely pictures. Enjoy!

Comment on Midsummer evening on the farm by Sebastian (a lady)

Sebastian (a lady) — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 05:51:27 +0000

I’d forgotten how pretty day lilies look. We used to have a big row of them next to our screen porch. I loved to sit there and watch them nod in the breeze.

Comment on How not to respond to a bad review by Lorna

Lorna — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 20:49:40 +0000

Ah, one of my favourite writers has also commited this blunder in the past week with a classic quote on his reviewer’s blog:

“I will hate you till the day I die and wish you nothing but ill will in every career move you make. I will be watching with interest and schadenfreude.”
http://nymag.com/daily/entertainment/2009/06/another_author_lets_loose_over.html

Coming from a philosopher of quietude and reflection this made me spray coffee at my computer screen.

But this has simply increased my respect for De Botton. Its humanity gives his work more authenticity. And, well, someone once said of him that he was incapable of writing a boring sentence. How very true.

Comment on Weeks 26 and 27 of the “52 Books” challenge by Colleen in NS

Colleen in NS — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 17:08:14 +0000

BTW, I like those long subtitles – they give me more of a sense of what the book will be about.

Comment on Weeks 26 and 27 of the “52 Books” challenge by Colleen in NS

Colleen in NS — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 17:07:09 +0000

You might like this book http://www.amazon.com/Ice-Bound-Doctors-Incredible-Survival/dp/0786866845/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1246986113&sr=8-1 about a doctor’s survival in Antarctica – first, how she took care of scientists/engineers/mechanics/builders there with little to no medical supplies/equipment, and second, how she GOT supplies and trained her fellow “Polies” to care for her when she found she had cancer while there, and had no hope of getting out to civilization soon. Then there is the dramatic rescue at the end.

Ironically, I watched the movie a few weeks ago, then reserved the book from the library – the day before I was to pick it up, I heard on the news that she died that day.

Comment on Further thoughts on Sanford… by SFKC

SFKC — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 16:25:29 +0000

I appreciate David Brooks’ 7/7/09 NYT op-ed “In Search of Dignity” and how it dovetails with your thoughts. Developing our children’s inner moral code is one on a growing list of reasons why we’re choosing to educate in classical fashion. (With a focus on systems thinking, creative expression, compassionate service, and a big world view — there you have it, Taproot Academy’s mission statement!)

I thank you for your clarity, persistence, and humor during these morally ambiguous times for many of our elected leaders. Perhaps we’re nearing a time when the phrase “restore dignity to the office” won’t just be a campaign slogan.

Comment on Weeks 26 and 27 of the “52 Books” challenge by Trish Lawrence

Trish Lawrence — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 22:06:16 +0000

Then you would like Terri Jentz’s Strange Piece of Paradise. Gripping, gripping read and you know what happens right away, but you still stick with her through the entire book and can’t get enough. I know I liked it because it was set in Central Oregon (where my entire family is from), but a really good memoir about facing death, survival, and healing. Her writing is incredible and she’s now one of those people I plan to meet someday just so I can shake her hand.

I loved Perfect Storm, too by Junger. Incredible book.

Trish L.
http://www.trishlawrence.com/blog
@trishlawrence