Comments on: My Novels http://emilymurdoch.wordpress.com Emily Murdoch: Writer who thinks, Thinker who writes. Tue, 08 Dec 2009 14:26:36 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: leftywritey http://emilymurdoch.wordpress.com/writing/#comment-1128 leftywritey Mon, 13 Jul 2009 08:13:35 +0000 http://emilymurdoch.wordpress.com/?page_id=32#comment-1128 Thank you so much, Callira. Your wonderful comment (twofold -- first, thank you for your compliments on my writing/poetry, and secondly, that what I wrote helped you : ) made my day and buoyed me up on one of those Mad Tea Party kind of writers' days. As for weight, I guess whatever exact issue it poses for someone, whatever the label is, it's part of society for most women. It's an unfortunate accent on looks versus being beautiful for who we are and what we do in the world. Show me a happy, content woman who loves herself, flaws and all, and that's a beautiful woman, regardless of size. It's what we do, not how we look. And mostly, we all do the best we can. Em Thank you so much, Callira.

Your wonderful comment (twofold — first, thank you for your compliments on my writing/poetry, and secondly, that what I wrote helped you : ) made my day and buoyed me up on one of those Mad Tea Party kind of writers’ days.

As for weight, I guess whatever exact issue it poses for someone, whatever the label is, it’s part of society for most women. It’s an unfortunate accent on looks versus being beautiful for who we are and what we do in the world.

Show me a happy, content woman who loves herself, flaws and all, and that’s a beautiful woman, regardless of size.

It’s what we do, not how we look. And mostly, we all do the best we can.

Em

]]> By: callira or jenny http://emilymurdoch.wordpress.com/writing/#comment-1101 callira or jenny Tue, 07 Jul 2009 22:32:59 +0000 http://emilymurdoch.wordpress.com/?page_id=32#comment-1101 I couldn't stop reading the fragment...I esp. like the movement from doc/office to internal talk as well as the God figure.. It hasn't been a problem of mine (a / b) tho overwgt has lifelong... but aside from the power of how you're presenting it, it gives me ideas of how I might think diff'ly re my own eating - an even more holistic approach than I've conceived before. But mostly I wanted to say it drew me in and swept me along... Keep sending it out - the reviewer's comments that you twitted suggested to me (untried save with one non-f once and profess. journals) real admiration along w/ refusal - Wow! Callira I couldn’t stop reading the fragment…I esp. like the movement from doc/office to internal talk as well as the God figure.. It hasn’t been a problem of mine (a / b) tho overwgt has lifelong… but aside from the power of how you’re presenting it, it gives me ideas of how I might think diff’ly re my own eating – an even more holistic approach than I’ve conceived before. But mostly I wanted to say it drew me in and swept me along… Keep sending it out – the reviewer’s comments that you twitted suggested to me (untried save with one non-f once and profess. journals) real admiration along w/ refusal – Wow! Callira

]]> By: Lola Snow http://emilymurdoch.wordpress.com/writing/#comment-353 Lola Snow Wed, 08 Oct 2008 09:35:41 +0000 http://emilymurdoch.wordpress.com/?page_id=32#comment-353 Don't mention it Em, I just say what I see x Don’t mention it Em, I just say what I see
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]]> By: leftywritey http://emilymurdoch.wordpress.com/writing/#comment-352 leftywritey Tue, 07 Oct 2008 21:09:18 +0000 http://emilymurdoch.wordpress.com/?page_id=32#comment-352 {{{{{{{{{{{{ Lola }}}}}}}}}}}}}} Awwwww. Ditto to you, too -- I'm so glad our worlds collided. You left me speechless all day yesterday, when it came to replying to this -- which, as those who know me irl can tell you, is a near-impossible feat! : ) Thank you for all you wrote. I've been doubting myself in regards to the Bumblebee ever getting out there to help people, and your comment above resurrected exactly why I wrote it in the first place -- and why, no matter what, I just need to keep on trying to get it out there. It's too important. I think we all need to feel understood and known and SEEN in our lives, especially people with eating disorders. I always knew this would be my first novel (even if it isn't published first) because I've always felt a deep obligation to help -- a divine obligation -- with my writing. I see it as, if my writing is a gift given to me from above, then I want to use it in a way that honors that something greater than myself, and pass it on as a gift to others. I even believe that, as a writer, the whole point of my lifelong struggle with anorexia was so that I could recover from it, learn from it, grow from it, and later, write the Bumblebee. I just want to say most of all, that you've made my day. : ) Two days now. Em : ) {{{{{{{{{{{{ Lola }}}}}}}}}}}}}}

Awwwww. Ditto to you, too — I’m so glad our worlds collided.

You left me speechless all day yesterday, when it came to replying to this — which, as those who know me irl can tell you, is a near-impossible feat! : )

Thank you for all you wrote. I’ve been doubting myself in regards to the Bumblebee ever getting out there to help people, and your comment above resurrected exactly why I wrote it in the first place — and why, no matter what, I just need to keep on trying to get it out there.

It’s too important.

I think we all need to feel understood and known and SEEN in our lives, especially people with eating disorders. I always knew this would be my first novel (even if it isn’t published first) because I’ve always felt a deep obligation to help — a divine obligation — with my writing.

I see it as, if my writing is a gift given to me from above, then I want to use it in a way that honors that something greater than myself, and pass it on as a gift to others.

I even believe that, as a writer, the whole point of my lifelong struggle with anorexia was so that I could recover from it, learn from it, grow from it, and later, write the Bumblebee.

I just want to say most of all, that you’ve made my day. : ) Two days now.

Em : )

]]> By: Lola Snow http://emilymurdoch.wordpress.com/writing/#comment-348 Lola Snow Mon, 06 Oct 2008 22:14:10 +0000 http://emilymurdoch.wordpress.com/?page_id=32#comment-348 I don't think I've made it to this page before, I probably got side tracked by the photos. I haven't finished reading it because It's made me cry so much I had to stop. Sometimes for all my flippancy, ranty spiels, and positive quips, I just can't stuff down the loneliness of an eating disorder. Your writing puts it so well Em. I'm going to come back one day soon and read some more. I'm so glad to have found this page, and you. Lola x I don’t think I’ve made it to this page before, I probably got side tracked by the photos.
I haven’t finished reading it because It’s made me cry so much I had to stop.
Sometimes for all my flippancy, ranty spiels, and positive quips, I just can’t stuff down the loneliness of an eating disorder. Your writing puts it so well Em. I’m going to come back one day soon and read some more.
I’m so glad to have found this page, and you.
Lola x

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