tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post3215630352826435600..comments2024-03-25T09:56:16.164+00:00Comments on An Awfully Big Blog Adventure: Feel the Fear, continued. By Keren DavidUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-73481088217229944382015-04-13T18:27:27.670+01:002015-04-13T18:27:27.670+01:00This is so interesting and I really want to read y...This is so interesting and I really want to read your book. I want to write about Irish Catholicism in a future book and I feel v scared about it too - but know that worthwhile things often make us scared. You are such an experienced writer I am sure you can pull it off, and I am looking forward to encountering a world I realise I know really little about - which is why diversity is so important - especially at this time. Thank you for being brave and writing about it.Anne Boothhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17160915179685300264noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-3781251181861584662015-04-10T12:11:23.970+01:002015-04-10T12:11:23.970+01:00Really interesting post, Keren - and illuminating ...Really interesting post, Keren - and illuminating to see how scary it can be to wrestle with representation even when it's of your own community! Glad you found your way through it despite the negative comments from family, and I'm really looking forward to reading the book!C.J.Busbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12288574235370421625noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-86350907855243309062015-04-09T13:51:44.987+01:002015-04-09T13:51:44.987+01:00I can't wait to read it, Keren, and I have eve...I can't wait to read it, Keren, and I have every faith that your instincts about the voice, and the lack of glossary, will be sound. I sometimes struggle with being a Northern Irish writer because that also drags certain expectations in its wake -- but at the end of the day you can only write the stories you are given to write, as honestly as you can. <br />Sheena Wilkinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13847659993713606837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-41797568020050159642015-04-08T11:56:56.906+01:002015-04-08T11:56:56.906+01:00I've done it...and no glossary. Google it, if ...I've done it...and no glossary. Google it, if it's not clear from context! Keren Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13121027210783177857noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-19591885177196250172015-04-08T00:36:31.522+01:002015-04-08T00:36:31.522+01:00Just do it. Put a glossary at the back. Stuff it, ...Just do it. Put a glossary at the back. Stuff it, why should everyone else be allowed to write about their own background and not Jews? If you have a story to tell, tell it and let readers make up their minds. And never worry about being labelled a Jewish writer. You are.Sue Bursztynskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09362273418897882971noreply@blogger.com