Comments for Sara Ryan http://sararyan.com Novelist, comics writer, and librarian based in Portland, Oregon. Wed, 23 May 2012 03:45:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Comment on Saying no by Sara http://sararyan.com/2012/05/saying-no/#comment-31376 Sara Wed, 23 May 2012 03:45:00 +0000 http://sararyan.com/?p=2666#comment-31376 Advice posts=advice to myself. So I hope writing it will help remind me! Advice posts=advice to myself. So I hope writing it will help remind me!

]]> Comment on Saying no by Amber Keyser http://sararyan.com/2012/05/saying-no/#comment-31270 Amber Keyser Mon, 21 May 2012 22:06:31 +0000 http://sararyan.com/?p=2666#comment-31270 You are so right! You are so right!

]]> Comment on Gym wisdom by buzz http://sararyan.com/2012/05/gym-wisdom/#comment-30850 buzz Wed, 09 May 2012 22:57:23 +0000 http://sararyan.com/?p=2652#comment-30850 Hahahaha! Awesome. Hahahaha! Awesome.

]]> Comment on Times Out Of Mind by Sara http://sararyan.com/2012/04/times-out-of-mind/#comment-30367 Sara Tue, 24 Apr 2012 16:48:25 +0000 http://sararyan.com/?p=2612#comment-30367 Tanita, yeah, and I think it's especially amazing the more experienced (aka older) we get as readers & writers. I understand more and more why editors and agents always talk about wanting a 'fresh' voice -- because your brain is always going to be mapping a new book against everything you've read already. Tanita, yeah, and I think it’s especially amazing the more experienced (aka older) we get as readers & writers. I understand more and more why editors and agents always talk about wanting a ‘fresh’ voice — because your brain is always going to be mapping a new book against everything you’ve read already.

]]> Comment on Times Out Of Mind by tanita http://sararyan.com/2012/04/times-out-of-mind/#comment-30348 tanita Tue, 24 Apr 2012 08:40:45 +0000 http://sararyan.com/?p=2612#comment-30348 And even those of us who have read her know we can always <i>re</i>read... I think you hit the nail on the head: the simultaneous act of reading and dreaming, and somehow a book where it feels like the writing is personally for you, and yet others feel the same way -- no way to reverse engineer <i>that!</i> Which is just amazing. And even those of us who have read her know we can always reread…

I think you hit the nail on the head: the simultaneous act of reading and dreaming, and somehow a book where it feels like the writing is personally for you, and yet others feel the same way — no way to reverse engineer that! Which is just amazing.

]]> Comment on Times Out Of Mind by Sara http://sararyan.com/2012/04/times-out-of-mind/#comment-30341 Sara Tue, 24 Apr 2012 05:17:17 +0000 http://sararyan.com/?p=2612#comment-30341 Thanks, Cheryl! As much as I regret not discovering her work sooner, I know I've got a lot of delights ahead. Thanks, Cheryl! As much as I regret not discovering her work sooner, I know I’ve got a lot of delights ahead.

]]> Comment on Times Out Of Mind by Cheryl @ Tales of the Marvelous http://sararyan.com/2012/04/times-out-of-mind/#comment-30337 Cheryl @ Tales of the Marvelous Tue, 24 Apr 2012 02:19:31 +0000 http://sararyan.com/?p=2612#comment-30337 What a lovely tribute to what the book means to you, and all the wonderful things it examines. I enjoy Fire and Hemlock though it isn't one of my favorites, but I keep seeing other bloggers talk about how much they love it. It makes me want to read it (for the third time...) What a lovely tribute to what the book means to you, and all the wonderful things it examines. I enjoy Fire and Hemlock though it isn’t one of my favorites, but I keep seeing other bloggers talk about how much they love it. It makes me want to read it (for the third time…)

]]> Comment on Chicks Dig Comics tomorrow! by Sarah Lee http://sararyan.com/2012/04/chicks-dig-comics-tomorrow/#comment-30286 Sarah Lee Sun, 22 Apr 2012 20:32:36 +0000 http://sararyan.com/?p=2622#comment-30286 First I have heard about this comic, sounds like something for me though :D Sarah First I have heard about this comic, sounds like something for me though :D

Sarah

]]> Comment on In praise of the nerdy little workout notebook by miriam http://sararyan.com/2012/04/in-praise-of-the-nerdy-little-workout-notebook/#comment-29522 miriam Fri, 06 Apr 2012 22:04:54 +0000 http://sararyan.com/?p=2603#comment-29522 Damn, lady! That is some woop-ass if I ever saw it! Damn, lady! That is some woop-ass if I ever saw it!

]]> Comment on In praise of the nerdy little workout notebook by Mette Harrison http://sararyan.com/2012/04/in-praise-of-the-nerdy-little-workout-notebook/#comment-29509 Mette Harrison Fri, 06 Apr 2012 17:41:24 +0000 http://sararyan.com/?p=2603#comment-29509 This is really cool! I also keep a workout log, and I think it is a great way to train your mind to focus on what you want to matter to you. Because those are the numbers you have, those are the ones you pay attention to and try to change. I also try to write in little notes like "felt great" or "felt tired." This is really cool! I also keep a workout log, and I think it is a great way to train your mind to focus on what you want to matter to you. Because those are the numbers you have, those are the ones you pay attention to and try to change. I also try to write in little notes like “felt great” or “felt tired.”

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