Comments for bonnefriesen.com http://bonnefriesen.com Bonne Friesen ~ Dances With Words Fri, 04 Jul 2008 15:18:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 Comment on The Snowflake Guy Is Coming! by Jason Friesen http://bonnefriesen.com/2008/04/23/the-snowflake-guy-is-coming/#comment-76 Jason Friesen Thu, 24 Apr 2008 21:42:53 +0000 http://bonnefriesen.com/?p=52#comment-76 "Pretty Boots". :D You <em>are</em> brilliant, beautiful. “Pretty Boots”. :D You are brilliant, beautiful.

]]> Comment on The Snowflake Guy Is Coming! by Dana http://bonnefriesen.com/2008/04/23/the-snowflake-guy-is-coming/#comment-74 Dana Wed, 23 Apr 2008 19:51:56 +0000 http://bonnefriesen.com/?p=52#comment-74 Oh! I am a little (just a little) jealous! Have so much fun -- and learn much. Oh! I am a little (just a little) jealous! Have so much fun — and learn much.

]]> Comment on One-sentence summary for new WIP by mom http://bonnefriesen.com/2008/04/05/50/#comment-72 mom Tue, 22 Apr 2008 13:40:51 +0000 http://bonnefriesen.com/?p=50#comment-72 Sounds interesting! Love, Mom Sounds interesting!
Love,
Mom

]]> Comment on Truth, lies and statistics by bonne http://bonnefriesen.com/2008/02/27/truth-lies-and-statistics/#comment-65 bonne Mon, 31 Mar 2008 02:04:25 +0000 http://bonnefriesen.com/2008/02/27/truth-lies-and-statistics/#comment-65 Cool to have someone in the family who's got ties to the business... Good to hear from you, Uncle Walter! Cool to have someone in the family who’s got ties to the business…

Good to hear from you, Uncle Walter!

]]> Comment on Truth, lies and statistics by Walter http://bonnefriesen.com/2008/02/27/truth-lies-and-statistics/#comment-63 Walter Sat, 15 Mar 2008 16:51:30 +0000 http://bonnefriesen.com/2008/02/27/truth-lies-and-statistics/#comment-63 Hey I know Chip MacGregor. Free lance writer has been involved with Harvest house publishers etc. uncle walter Hey I know Chip MacGregor. Free lance writer has been involved with Harvest house publishers etc.

uncle walter

]]> Comment on Coffee with a Vicki Delaney by Carla http://bonnefriesen.com/2008/02/28/coffee-with-a-vicki-delaney/#comment-62 Carla Sat, 01 Mar 2008 06:43:09 +0000 http://bonnefriesen.com/2008/02/28/coffee-with-a-vicki-delaney/#comment-62 That's what I like about the Kootenays, the opportunities to meet writers in readings and 'master classes', especially local writers. I remember listening to poet Tom Wayman and feeling so proud that he was proud of his local roots despite being quite a famous Canadian poet. I hope you can get to more readings etc! That’s what I like about the Kootenays, the opportunities to meet writers in readings and ‘master classes’, especially local writers. I remember listening to poet Tom Wayman and feeling so proud that he was proud of his local roots despite being quite a famous Canadian poet. I hope you can get to more readings etc!

]]> Comment on Truth, lies and statistics by j http://bonnefriesen.com/2008/02/27/truth-lies-and-statistics/#comment-60 j Wed, 27 Feb 2008 22:26:29 +0000 http://bonnefriesen.com/2008/02/27/truth-lies-and-statistics/#comment-60 F. Paul Wilson has a brief primer on how Bestsellers works. "Bestsellerdom isn’t determined by total sales. It’s determined by velocity of sales during a given week." Check out <a href="http://repairmanjack.com/newsblog.htm" rel="nofollow">Bestsellers 101</a> at <a href="http://repairmanjack.com/" rel="nofollow">RepairmanJack.com</a> F. Paul Wilson has a brief primer on how Bestsellers works. “Bestsellerdom isn’t determined by total sales. It’s determined by velocity of sales during a given week.” Check out Bestsellers 101 at RepairmanJack.com

]]> Comment on Novel sample as promised! by bonne http://bonnefriesen.com/2007/12/29/novel-sample/#comment-38 bonne Thu, 31 Jan 2008 17:59:15 +0000 http://bonnefriesen.com/index.php/2007/12/29/novel-sample/#comment-38 Thanks! It's still being edited, but I'll let you know how it progresses. Thanks! It’s still being edited, but I’ll let you know how it progresses.

]]> Comment on Novel sample as promised! by Bryan Ens http://bonnefriesen.com/2007/12/29/novel-sample/#comment-37 Bryan Ens Thu, 31 Jan 2008 16:12:32 +0000 http://bonnefriesen.com/index.php/2007/12/29/novel-sample/#comment-37 WOW!! I definately want to hear more of your story. You have me hooked!! -Bryan Ens WOW!!

I definately want to hear more of your story. You have me hooked!!

-Bryan Ens

]]> Comment on Definition of Evil by mom http://bonnefriesen.com/2008/01/22/definition-of-evil/#comment-36 mom Tue, 29 Jan 2008 12:16:22 +0000 http://bonnefriesen.com/index.php/2008/01/22/definition-of-evil/#comment-36 Catching up on your blog---I think I went back to where I had left off. This is thought-provoking and I agree with it. If people are "things" you can justify doing whatever you want to them. There is no conscience involved. As a person living in a foreign country, I have had the experience of realizing in different situations that I am not being perceived as a person. It is a feeling that is hard to explain or put into words. You realize that people believe no harm is being done to you ( psychologically in this case ) because you are not being perceived as a person. I am at a loss for words to describe this experience. It creates an incredible emotional dilemma because, intellectually, you realize that the pain being inflicted is not inflicted deliberately, because you are only a "thing". Did you notice that I avoided using the word thing till now. I have not thought of these experiences in this way till now---it bears some pondering. I can only relate these experiences to having ones arms and legs bound, a gag in one's mouth---in other words---powerless. Or is it "I don't exist"... I'm also not proud to recognize incidents from my childhood, or even looking at suffering foreign people on TV and realizing that I did not perceive them as people. I am also guilty. Catching up on your blog—I think I went back to where I had left off. This is thought-provoking and I agree with it.
If people are “things” you can justify doing whatever you want to them. There is no conscience involved.
As a person living in a foreign country, I have had the experience of realizing in different situations that I am not being perceived as a person. It is a feeling that is hard to explain or put into words. You realize that people believe no harm is being done to you ( psychologically in this case ) because you are not being perceived as a person. I am at a loss for words to describe this experience. It creates an incredible emotional dilemma because, intellectually, you realize that the pain being inflicted is not inflicted deliberately, because you are only a “thing”. Did you notice that I avoided using the word thing till now. I have not thought of these experiences in this way till now—it bears some pondering. I can only relate these experiences to having ones arms and legs bound, a gag in one’s mouth—in other words—powerless.
Or is it “I don’t exist”…
I’m also not proud to recognize incidents from my childhood, or even looking at suffering foreign people on TV and realizing that I did not perceive them as people. I am also guilty.

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