tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4368549766739849216.post6965368688593327699..comments2023-09-26T01:41:58.951-07:00Comments on My Half of the Sky: When the GPS Fails....Follow Your HeartJana McBurney-Linhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10342260230154501718noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4368549766739849216.post-87353872911133653462008-10-30T19:09:00.000-07:002008-10-30T19:09:00.000-07:00I love your comparison of GPS to a story line. I ...I love your comparison of GPS to a story line. <BR/><BR/>I am directionally challenged too, so I have relied on GPS for several years now. What a God send!<BR/><BR/>I find the one in Hubby's car particularly interesting because the female voice sounds (to us) a little huffy when she has to recalculate.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4368549766739849216.post-32236942670372502342008-10-23T16:57:00.000-07:002008-10-23T16:57:00.000-07:00Thanks, Lynn. I'm looking forward to it, too.:)Thanks, Lynn. I'm looking forward to it, too.:)Jana McBurney-Linhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10342260230154501718noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4368549766739849216.post-31779634870453993122008-10-22T17:21:00.000-07:002008-10-22T17:21:00.000-07:00I'm glad to hear I'm not the only directionally ch...I'm glad to hear I'm not the only directionally challenged writer around. When I'm on the freeway, faced with the east or west question, it's like I'm in the middle of Sophie's Choice. Which is the right answer? What if I want to go sort of to the right but sort of south, too? How can I possibly choose?<BR/><BR/>It sounds like you've worked out a good strategy for plotting, Jana. Keep it up because we're all waiting for your sequel ;)Lynnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16562989307286675615noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4368549766739849216.post-40535913869480314892008-10-21T14:10:00.000-07:002008-10-21T14:10:00.000-07:00Think of all those charming exchanges you would ha...Think of all those charming exchanges you would have missed, though (I can just see the kindly gentleman walking you to your destination), if you knew exactly where you were going?:)<BR/>I agree plotting is helpful--but I think being lost is also necessary.Jana McBurney-Linhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10342260230154501718noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4368549766739849216.post-667021144709370892008-10-21T11:02:00.000-07:002008-10-21T11:02:00.000-07:00When I was in London, I was SO happy that they mad...When I was in London, I was SO happy that they made the subway maps for a person like me--i.e., seriously navigationally challenged. I would just study that map for a few minutes, and I could figure out where to get on/off.<BR/><BR/>Once I got to Scotland and was taking buses, I was doomed. I just don't "do" north and south; I have to have left and right--put that together with a Scottish accent that I could NOT understand, and I had very nice bus drivers leading me off the bus, down the street, and pointing. Sometimes I even made it to where I was going.<BR/><BR/>Okay, to bring this back to writing--this is probably why I plot! :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4368549766739849216.post-79133274282091285312008-10-20T16:01:00.000-07:002008-10-20T16:01:00.000-07:00Shoko,Your comment about getting lost in stations ...Shoko,<BR/>Your comment about getting lost in stations prompted me to recall my first visit to Shinjuku station...for a job interview at one of the nice schools there. I figured, "one station. How hard can that be?" Well, I went out the nishi-guchi instead of the higashi-guchi or something like that. Anyway it was the wrong exit, and I got so turned around that I missed my appointment. Wasn't offered that job.:)Jana McBurney-Linhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10342260230154501718noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4368549766739849216.post-18198253610048793972008-10-20T09:40:00.000-07:002008-10-20T09:40:00.000-07:00Oh, Shoko. I think it's easy to get turned around...Oh, Shoko. I think it's easy to get turned around in those stations, with all the crowds and the stores that look the same. You just need a GPS.:)<BR/>By the way, you guys would enjoy John Nathan's books on Japan. He lived there during the 60s and translated works for Mishima and Oe. <BR/>Best to you!Jana McBurney-Linhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10342260230154501718noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4368549766739849216.post-86692164663005240722008-10-19T05:22:00.000-07:002008-10-19T05:22:00.000-07:00I think you are better than me. I've been passing ...I think you are better than me. I've been passing through an Ikebukuro station to go work almost two years. I still get confused when I go to the health food shop which I frequently buy some food. And I still prefer Shinjuku station to Ikebukuro. This is the reason I never remember well.<BR/>Love,<BR/>ShokoShoko A.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08748621740030666064noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4368549766739849216.post-60473317678912393442008-10-18T15:27:00.000-07:002008-10-18T15:27:00.000-07:00I'll second that about the dull neighborhood. Gre...I'll second that about the dull neighborhood. Great thoughts. Thanks.Jana McBurney-Linhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10342260230154501718noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4368549766739849216.post-45297033442241989222008-10-17T20:44:00.000-07:002008-10-17T20:44:00.000-07:00I like that, Becky, you just stay in the same, som...I like that, Becky, you just stay in the same, sometimes dull neighborhood!! So true.....<BR/><BR/>Whatever keeps us at this passion of ours.<BR/><BR/>I write and write and write until I stall out. Then, I do a bit of plot planning and off I run again. Seems to help sometimes -- to see my story in a different way -- minus all those darn words....Plot Whispererhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11184614830165104670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4368549766739849216.post-82143211251566934262008-10-17T07:04:00.000-07:002008-10-17T07:04:00.000-07:00I didn't know you could get them with a British ac...I didn't know you could get them with a British accent. Do you think I could find one that sounded like Liam Neesom?! (You know I need one, too--or should I just say, "Let's drive to East of Eden together?!" And I've done the SF-lost thing, too--took me 4 hours to get to Sonoma one time. Sigh.<BR/><BR/>And, yes, in writing, too--that map is important. But sticking to it too tightly can be the wrong route , cause you just stay in the same, sometimes dull neighborhood(excuse the bad metaphor!)<BR/><BR/>Great post, Jana.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com