tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078910796898361623.post1589628256287571991..comments2022-11-11T01:04:39.731-08:00Comments on One Toe in the Water: There's a BookBURIED IN BOOKShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18205451716054533728noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078910796898361623.post-75543793662803088862011-10-18T00:25:48.087-07:002011-10-18T00:25:48.087-07:00Great post Heather - It's the kind of speech t...Great post Heather - It's the kind of speech to rally a revolutionary. That book sounds infuriating, as does its author. I'd write a very true review of such a book if I'd read it. Point out it's flaws. I'd also write to the author with those flaws and hope she learned that even fiction needs to be accurate - esp in its information of a vulnerable group of people! Teens read 'fiction' but don't always recognise it as fiction - Hell: So do adults. How many Trekkies are there STILL? Even soap fans attack soap stars for their characters behaviour? Bonkas but true. <br /><br />Mental illness is NOT something we can brush of in our fiction writing. IT's not like getting the latest trends wrong. IT's real and pervasive. <br /><br />OF course, you could always write a YA book about a teen who does all the RIGHT things for her mother? Show them how its done. ;D Shah. XShah Whartonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04997125261145672115noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078910796898361623.post-25490269078253123752011-10-17T14:38:14.609-07:002011-10-17T14:38:14.609-07:00This is an extremely provocative piece of writing ...This is an extremely provocative piece of writing that raises many questions in the mind of the reader. In my humble opinion, the fact that many of us suffering with mental illness excel in the arts is a wonderful blessing that no-one could ever take from us. Take away someone's paints and they'll find a piece of chalk or a rock to draw with. Take away someone's hearing (as in Beethoven's case) and he'll finish the symphony anyway, because it's a part of who he is.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09922760815882403820noreply@blogger.com