tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9243061.post110781885451483686..comments2023-09-26T09:05:27.897-05:00Comments on Quotidian Light: The Midnight DiseaseLucindylhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09964098413407674122noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9243061.post-1107842537277314452005-02-08T00:02:00.000-06:002005-02-08T00:02:00.000-06:00I think E is an incredibly gifted writer. I find ...I think E is an incredibly gifted writer. I find bits of her writing all over the house on ledger paper, post-it notes, receipts, a few lines alongside her homework; complusive is the only word that seems to accurately describe it. She would like to be a journalist, an editor or a book reviewer. All my girls seem to have this desire to consume literature. I wasn't going to start reading lessons with K until this fall, but over Christmas she told me that she "needs to be able to read." So, I started, and she is racing through her reading lessons. Alas, let us embark on a discussion of mathematics and we all turn a lovely pallor.<br /><br />Interesting, her thoughts on blogging.<br /><br />I do think that those who don't feel compelled to write, for what ever reason(s), sometimes misjudge those who do feel so. R just can't understand my desire to stay awake until 2 A.M. writing, and rewriting. Sigh, such is the life of an artist ;)rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00311172829185599472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9243061.post-1107832155105712992005-02-07T21:09:00.000-06:002005-02-07T21:09:00.000-06:00Rae--In one of the early chapters, she mentions bl...Rae--In one of the early chapters, she mentions blogging as a form of online memoir or diary, but she seems to connect such memoir/personal writing to mental illness along the lines of bipolar's manic phase. <br /><br />One of the things I'm appreciating is that she emphasizes that while only a small percentage of writers may be clinically hypergraphic, a much larger percentage will have traits and tendencies in that direction.<br /><br />I've seen E.'s blogs. Whether or not she's driven to write, she writes extremely well for her age. If she does turn out to be a prolific writer, you should be well taken care of in your dotage! ;)<br /><br />P.S. Doesn't <I>everyone</I> get up and pace about the room when they read something especially interesting and well written? (An honest, if befuddled, question.)Lucindylhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09964098413407674122noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9243061.post-1107821580332766412005-02-07T18:13:00.000-06:002005-02-07T18:13:00.000-06:00I have been wanting to read that book forever, Cin...I have been wanting to read that book forever, Cindy. She was on The Diane Rhem Show last year sometimes, and I actually got through that morning and asked about the blogging phenomenon, and if some people struggle with hypergraphia in the virtual realm? She thought not. I also asked if she had seen it demonstrated in children. I think E has this, and have wondered if I have it. But then, anytime I read about some disease, I start looking for similarities (it cracks R up).<br /><br />Please continue to post about it :D<br /><br />Re: <EM>I had to get up three times to walk around the room out of excitement.</EM> You are so funny, Cindy :Drhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00311172829185599472noreply@blogger.com