tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6387831664633399290.post6118558708315116959..comments2023-04-04T10:58:16.090-03:00Comments on B.R. MYERS: No Faking AllowedBR Myershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07922746599627072649noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6387831664633399290.post-35840386355134121762015-07-07T13:47:03.530-03:002015-07-07T13:47:03.530-03:00Thanks for sharing your teen self diary excerpt, B...Thanks for sharing your teen self diary excerpt, Bethany. You had the gift for writing even back then. Good advice for all writers - get the feeling not just the contemporary slang.Mary Vettelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16095755720390348707noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6387831664633399290.post-29178755961054522872013-11-15T18:04:42.137-04:002013-11-15T18:04:42.137-04:00Yes. Great Post, Bethany. Young adulthood is a spi...Yes. Great Post, Bethany. Young adulthood is a spiral going through time, a series of ups and downs and all around towns. There's no one way to read it, write it, or LIVE it. And thanks for sharing your riveting (ha!) diary entry. I wrote angsty poetry in high school, which I secretly thought was brilliant (though I never shared it with anyone) and universally profound. Oh boy was I ever deluded, or just young.Alice Kaltmanhttp://www.alicekaltman.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6387831664633399290.post-21163512358734272282013-01-04T10:44:43.971-04:002013-01-04T10:44:43.971-04:00My journal was mostly filled with homework assignm...My journal was mostly filled with homework assignments and what I hate for breakfast that day. Totally boring. Kimberlee Turleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04695299361596799423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6387831664633399290.post-29687002937931534552012-07-09T11:24:31.972-03:002012-07-09T11:24:31.972-03:00What an awesome post! Thank you for this... I'...What an awesome post! Thank you for this... I'm feeling all inspired and whatnot right now! :)LisaAnnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02084670148565013397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6387831664633399290.post-15757894211765895472012-03-24T12:00:07.747-03:002012-03-24T12:00:07.747-03:00SQUEEE!!! I'm blushing for your teen self.SQUEEE!!! I'm blushing for your teen self.BR Myershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07922746599627072649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6387831664633399290.post-86797416130737834722012-03-24T11:32:49.304-03:002012-03-24T11:32:49.304-03:00I don't dare look at my teen diary! But I do r...I don't dare look at my teen diary! But I do remember the very first entry and the reason I started my diary. I scrawled I LOVE _______!!!!!! across the top of the page. And he was my best friend's older brother. Yeah, I was a walking cliche :DRuthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02046492434737362097noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6387831664633399290.post-70775847303855740922012-03-05T18:40:07.316-04:002012-03-05T18:40:07.316-04:00Auggh. Bethany, that's so painfully funny. An...Auggh. Bethany, that's so painfully funny. And so wild that you were writing out dialogues even then! I made a similar find last year, and entertained by kids for days with excerpts. My fifteen year old son's response to my expressed angst and emotional spasms? "I feel so together now."Jen Downeynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6387831664633399290.post-51118270666456519552012-01-12T22:41:55.104-04:002012-01-12T22:41:55.104-04:00I'll save that for another post... ;)I'll save that for another post... ;)BR Myershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07922746599627072649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6387831664633399290.post-13938245921121189892012-01-12T16:53:17.510-04:002012-01-12T16:53:17.510-04:00Thanks so much for sharing your diary with us! Wel...Thanks so much for sharing your diary with us! Well, one entry, anyway. It actually sounds like something from a book. I hope the date went well. =)No Onehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07802794822033933906noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6387831664633399290.post-24253477994939809082012-01-12T15:34:31.775-04:002012-01-12T15:34:31.775-04:00Thanks, Jenny. That's what makes YA so interes...Thanks, Jenny. That's what makes YA so interesting.BR Myershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07922746599627072649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6387831664633399290.post-25397678385641534592012-01-12T13:41:17.480-04:002012-01-12T13:41:17.480-04:00"When I was young, I felt everything to the t..."When I was young, I felt everything to the tenth degree. I was spontaneous and irrational. Logic and patience were rarely practised. I made my choices based on emotions embedded in insecurity."<br /><br />So true! I've heard readers complain about YA characters being irrational, but that's how I remember my teens. EVERYTHING was the end of the world and I did everything in my power to keep it all to myself. I was a well-adjusted teen with a very supportive family, but to read my journals, you'd think I was a train wreck with the worlds most dysfunctional family! Glad I survived (mostly) unscathed!<br /><br />Thanks for sharing :)Jenny Kaczorowskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00289053983485597342noreply@blogger.com