tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8412087387753641380.post6598534931207173592..comments2023-09-13T02:47:33.778+10:00Comments on Sue Whiting's Blog: All in the Telling: Finding the five-year-old meSue Whitinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00074150534962214735noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8412087387753641380.post-75091016672381667142012-07-28T10:21:46.527+10:002012-07-28T10:21:46.527+10:00Thanks, Snakeman. Congrats on all your books. Kids...Thanks, Snakeman. Congrats on all your books. Kids are pretty awesome, aren't they. And I know plenty who are obsessed with reptiles.Sue Whitinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00074150534962214735noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8412087387753641380.post-9149894736883539132012-07-27T13:14:04.949+10:002012-07-27T13:14:04.949+10:00Great books and great blog. We've published n...Great books and great blog. We've published nine adult books about <a href="http://www.reptileparties.com.au" rel="nofollow">reptiles</a> and our most loyal customers are often kids of very young age, to whom I'd thought the books would have been over their heads. In summary, never underestimate the abilities of young kids.Snakemanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13332684417019361203noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8412087387753641380.post-78672265100675476332012-07-25T06:30:21.639+10:002012-07-25T06:30:21.639+10:00Ah! I hadn't factored in dreams. I guess we ca...Ah! I hadn't factored in dreams. I guess we can't really know what is truth and what is invented when it comes to memories. Good luck with your writing!Sue Whitinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00074150534962214735noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8412087387753641380.post-19283114297621124572012-07-25T00:48:02.394+10:002012-07-25T00:48:02.394+10:00Another thing about childhood memories - occasiona...Another thing about childhood memories - occasionally I'm not sure if a memory was an actual event or from a dream when I was small and I convinced myself was an actual event. <br /><br />That's an interesting question about writing voice. I've written several poems from 10-year old's viewpoint but I mostly write picture books for under 6s. Possibly because of my kids ages and what's right under my nose ...<br /><br />~ RebeccaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8412087387753641380.post-64170637669546877532012-07-22T08:11:37.938+10:002012-07-22T08:11:37.938+10:00Interesting. Do you tend to write from a ten year ...Interesting. Do you tend to write from a ten year old point of view mostly? And I agree - it is hard to distinguish which part of memories are actual memories or things you have heard about the event and incorporated into your memory. That is why the Jennifer memory is so interesting to me, because it is all pure memory. No photos to fill in the details and no one around who remembers the event. Thanks for stopping by Boobook.Sue Whitinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00074150534962214735noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8412087387753641380.post-50839403904826090802012-07-21T23:47:51.797+10:002012-07-21T23:47:51.797+10:00Most of my vivid memories seem to be from around a...Most of my vivid memories seem to be from around age 10. Most of my memories seem to focus on one thing and filter out the background/other people, too. (Unless I've seen photographs since or heard the story told by grownups over the years, and then I'm not sure if it's my memory or whether the re-tellings have created a false memory ... )Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8412087387753641380.post-31488114216366268142012-07-20T22:32:49.588+10:002012-07-20T22:32:49.588+10:00I know! Very freaky. I was telling Gayna about it ...I know! Very freaky. I was telling Gayna about it this morning. Strange that I didn't remember earlier. :)Sue Whitinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00074150534962214735noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8412087387753641380.post-70175609339142063622012-07-20T22:27:29.566+10:002012-07-20T22:27:29.566+10:00Your memories remind me very much of a certain sto...Your memories remind me very much of a certain story... :-) That's lovely.SarahDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10767955877558644011noreply@blogger.com