Comments on: How We Spend Our Days: Sue William Silverman

By: suesilverman

suesilverman — Fri, 02 May 2014 21:36:44 +0000

In reply to writersideup. Hi, yes, I read Patrick's blogs! Thanks for checking!!

By: writersideup

writersideup — Fri, 02 May 2014 19:25:15 +0000

Sue, if you haven’t yet looked at Patrick’s link, I hope you do. He reminded me he had referred to you at the beginning of his post! I’m so bad with names, I hadn’t even realized it! lol

http://artistsroad.wordpress.com/2014/04/30/when-creatives-give-back/?replytocom=18363

By: suesilverman

suesilverman — Fri, 02 May 2014 18:56:04 +0000

In reply to Darrelyn Saloom. I love your comment: yes, there you are in that child's body, entering that moment in time. And it's only through words that you'll discover what that moment really meant...what it meant back then, as well as what it means to the author-narrator *now.* Exactly!!

By: Darrelyn Saloom

Darrelyn Saloom — Fri, 02 May 2014 14:56:31 +0000

In reply to suesilverman.

It does make sense. There I am in my tiny child’s body with that little girl’s innocence. Then I see my sisters! They are brushing my hair or we’re pretending to be Little Eva or the Supremes. It’s like the scene in Peggy Sue Got Married when she’s talking to her late grandmother on the phone. (That is still one of my favorite movie scenes.) Sometimes it’s painful, but often I don’t want to leave. And you’re right, that’s where the words live. Thanks, Sue.

By: suesilverman

suesilverman — Fri, 02 May 2014 13:31:04 +0000

In reply to Florencia.

Dear Florencia, I am truly moved by your comments. Thank you so very much for reading this blog post, and for your interest in my books. I’m so touched that you enter my memoirs — my words — in such a profound way and know — and feel — what it is I mean to convey. I want to send you a million thanks for embracing my work…and for caring. I couldn’t ask for more! Sue

By: Florencia

Florencia — Fri, 02 May 2014 06:36:00 +0000

I have only read your first memoir, and I am waiting for Fearless Confessions, Herograpics in Neon and Love to arrive in my mail. I am so humbled by the author’s wide open heart, she is always willing to show us with us the path to her mind and her heart. What I look for when I read a memoir is to feel what the writers feels,and with Sue Silverman’s writing I do feel her in each word. English is not my first language, and I am embarked in the adventure of exploring myself in that language. Sue’s writing has shown a new English, the English of the heart, the phrasal verbs of the soul. I want to read all the words she has written! Excuse me for being so ambitious!

By: suesilverman

suesilverman — Fri, 02 May 2014 02:22:43 +0000

In reply to shirleyhs.

Hi, Shirley, thank you so much for stopping by to read my blog post! I love your feedback and comments! This is actually the first time I’ve used hypnosis…so this is all very new. In this sense (sorry!!), I’m afraid I’m not yet able to really share more about it, in that that’s what I’ll be figuring out in the new book. Does that make sense? In other words, I won’t fully understand it until I write *deeply* about it. But then, yes, you’ll be able to read about it in the next book…once I figure it all out, too.

Meanwhile, I LOVE the image of you reading about Pat Boone on the train this summer! I hope you like the book. Thanks for everything! Your support is lovely!

By: shirleyhs

shirleyhs — Fri, 02 May 2014 00:52:29 +0000

I enjoyed this blog post very much, Sue,especially the scene with the hypnotist. Is this a new experience for you, or have you used hypnosis as you wrote all your memoirs? I’ve always wondered about the role of hypnosis in assisting memory. Possibly assisting in healing also?

I’d love to hear more about this process if you don’t mind saying more. But possibly I’ll just have to wait to read the next book. I hope to read about Pat Boone while on the train this summer. Thanks to both you and Cynthia for appearing on this excellent blog. It’s been too long since I’ve wandered around here.

By: suesilverman

suesilverman — Thu, 01 May 2014 21:34:47 +0000

In reply to suesilverman. Oh, and Janet, I meant to add: I think that's great that you're writing about multi-tasking...and how that ties into one's existence. Sounds fascinating!!

By: suesilverman

suesilverman — Thu, 01 May 2014 21:32:24 +0000

Darrelyn, thank you so very much for reading the Pat Boone book! That really means a lot to me. And, of course, I’m delighted you read this blog post, too! Yes, I think much of writing is kind of counter-intuitive…but that’s also what makes it such a magical and mysterious process: that creative process. For me (and of course everyone is different), I think I feel a sense of calmness when I’m deep inside of an experience (in the past) and can almost, well, touch it…and then that affords me the opportunity to discover the language to write it. In other words, before I write it there’s that uncertainty: “how did that event really happen?” Then, once I discover the answer, I feel calm. I hope that makes sense?!

That’s wonderful that you’re working on a collection of childhood essays! I really wish you all the best with it! Sue