Comments on: Breaking Your Own Rules http://www.twitchinggreymatter.com/?p=101 Unfetter your mind! Sun, 05 Sep 2010 19:01:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: christy http://www.twitchinggreymatter.com/?p=101&cpage=1#comment-53 christy Mon, 26 Jan 2009 20:26:40 +0000 http://www.twitchinggreymatter.com/?p=101#comment-53 @Diana, welcome! Please dance often and with as many dangling modifiers and misplaced commas as you can muster. (BTW, the ending a sentence with a preposition thing ... it's false ... it's a weird thing about Latin that was imported into English for no other reason than the fact that the grammarian could do it. Seriously. End sentences with prepositions all you want!) I'm honored that you've RSSed me. (Though that sounds slightly dirty. LOL.) Please keep commenting! @Diana, welcome! Please dance often and with as many dangling modifiers and misplaced commas as you can muster. (BTW, the ending a sentence with a preposition thing … it’s false … it’s a weird thing about Latin that was imported into English for no other reason than the fact that the grammarian could do it. Seriously. End sentences with prepositions all you want!)

I’m honored that you’ve RSSed me. (Though that sounds slightly dirty. LOL.) Please keep commenting!

]]> By: Diana Maus http://www.twitchinggreymatter.com/?p=101&cpage=1#comment-49 Diana Maus Mon, 26 Jan 2009 01:57:54 +0000 http://www.twitchinggreymatter.com/?p=101#comment-49 I am an artist, not a writer. That's why you'll find misplaced commas, sentences that end with prepositions (my favorite), and other mistakes in my writing. It's been, oh, about 35 years since I had an English class and although my high school English teacher (Mrs. Schumacher) was the one who made me love words and writers, she didn't leave me with a cheat sheet for when I turned 50. My appreciation for those who do remember what English is supposed to be (thrilling) is intact. Bunch of things: 1. I RSSd you because I love people who write well and often (and mention Rumi). 2. I wish I could look before I leap when posting comments. But I seem to write best when irritated! And I may be too shy to post after my initial reaction, good or bad, so I don't know if I can allow myself to regret it. Blog commenting is sort of like dancing in public, you often don't know how it looks until after the fact. 3. See #2. I quickly and curtly commented on Emma's self-publishing/cheating post that I was angry about representation (publishers, galleries, critics) in writing and in art because it deems to choose for me what's suitable and limits my buying choices at point of sale. I hadn't thought to regard editors as part of that process. I love editors. How could I have forgotten them? I hereby eliminate editors from the list of publishing professionals that irritate me. 4. Sci-fi saved my life by giving me an escape route (re: your Geek post). <abbr><em>Diana Maus’s last blog post..<a href="http://mosaicmoods.wordpress.com/2009/01/23/when-hearts-are-heavy-hearts-escape/" rel="nofollow">When hearts are heavy, hearts escape</a></abbr></em> I am an artist, not a writer. That’s why you’ll find misplaced commas, sentences that end with prepositions (my favorite), and other mistakes in my writing. It’s been, oh, about 35 years since I had an English class and although my high school English teacher (Mrs. Schumacher) was the one who made me love words and writers, she didn’t leave me with a cheat sheet for when I turned 50. My appreciation for those who do remember what English is supposed to be (thrilling) is intact.

Bunch of things:
1. I RSSd you because I love people who write well and often (and mention Rumi).
2. I wish I could look before I leap when posting comments. But I seem to write best when irritated! And I may be too shy to post after my initial reaction, good or bad, so I don’t know if I can allow myself to regret it. Blog commenting is sort of like dancing in public, you often don’t know how it looks until after the fact.
3. See #2. I quickly and curtly commented on Emma’s self-publishing/cheating post that I was angry about representation (publishers, galleries, critics) in writing and in art because it deems to choose for me what’s suitable and limits my buying choices at point of sale. I hadn’t thought to regard editors as part of that process. I love editors. How could I have forgotten them? I hereby eliminate editors from the list of publishing professionals that irritate me.
4. Sci-fi saved my life by giving me an escape route (re: your Geek post).

Diana Maus’s last blog post..When hearts are heavy, hearts escape

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