Comments on: Why I (Still) Write for Children, Part II https://candiceransom.com/blog/why-i-still-write-for-children-part-ii/ My life is books. Always, always books. Wed, 27 May 2015 22:23:55 +0000 hourly 1 By: Candice https://candiceransom.com/blog/why-i-still-write-for-children-part-ii/#comment-9921 Wed, 27 May 2015 22:23:55 +0000 http://www.candiceransom.com/honeysucklevine/?p=4325#comment-9921 In reply to Lorri Cardwell-Casey.

Lorri, You’ve lived far more places than I have (never left Virginia) and have so many experiences and perspectives to bring back to those Ozark roots that are still buried deep. Everyone, not just kids, want the safety of home. It’s where we work best, not just live. Go back, Lorri, let yourself go back home!

As for the sick-day, I suspect I would have become a writer anyway since I did nothing the livelong day but read. But the Trixie books made me realize if I wanted more stories like those, I’d have to write them myself!

]]> By: Lorri Cardwell-Casey https://candiceransom.com/blog/why-i-still-write-for-children-part-ii/#comment-9920 Wed, 27 May 2015 17:48:14 +0000 http://www.candiceransom.com/honeysucklevine/?p=4325#comment-9920 Wow, just WOW, to every word of that! So, so good!
Adventure…home…you’re so right. That IS the gist of the best children’s books. I never thought about it that way.
I wanted to leave home for college, but started dating a guy who begged me to stay near home and attend a different college. And so, because I realized it was love, real love, I did. Now, 32 years later, we’ve lived in 23 homes and eight states…so, I did leave home, have my adventures, even move back to my hometown eight years, then away again. I don’t fit there anymore, yet I realize everything I am, good and bad, is because of where I grew up–and I need to dig down into all those layers of the Ozarks inside every cell and harvest out the “home.”
I’m so glad you were sick that day and read that Trixie book. Otherwise, we wouldn’t have Candice-the-author!

]]> By: Candice https://candiceransom.com/blog/why-i-still-write-for-children-part-ii/#comment-9919 Sun, 05 Apr 2015 15:04:55 +0000 http://www.candiceransom.com/honeysucklevine/?p=4325#comment-9919 I wanted Gandalf to be my grandfather, I loved those books so much! Not just for the fireworks he brought but his wisdom . . . he symbolized Away and Home. I think he wanted to be home, somewhere, but was always called away.

]]> By: Candice https://candiceransom.com/blog/why-i-still-write-for-children-part-ii/#comment-9918 Sun, 05 Apr 2015 15:01:30 +0000 http://www.candiceransom.com/honeysucklevine/?p=4325#comment-9918 In reply to Donna.

You are one of the most giving people I know and have one of the biggest hearts. However, if I picture you as a children’s book, it’s Donna Parker!

]]> By: Candice https://candiceransom.com/blog/why-i-still-write-for-children-part-ii/#comment-9917 Sun, 05 Apr 2015 14:59:30 +0000 http://www.candiceransom.com/honeysucklevine/?p=4325#comment-9917 In reply to Sarah Sullivan.

Sarah, I’m still adding to my collection. Just discovered the first three titles were issued in a dust jacket with different endpapers! Off to search eBay!

]]> By: jeannineatkins https://candiceransom.com/blog/why-i-still-write-for-children-part-ii/#comment-9916 Tue, 31 Mar 2015 22:55:57 +0000 http://www.candiceransom.com/honeysucklevine/?p=4325#comment-9916 Love that line about Trixie Belden or Bilbo Baggins. And love that 9 year old emerging from the cave.

]]> By: Donna https://candiceransom.com/blog/why-i-still-write-for-children-part-ii/#comment-9915 Tue, 31 Mar 2015 14:45:40 +0000 http://www.candiceransom.com/honeysucklevine/?p=4325#comment-9915 In your words of self-discovery, I find myself. I did read a few Trixie mysteries and most of the Nancy Drew series, but it was Cherry Ames, Student Nurse that made the significant impression on me. I didn’t long for home, but I did long to help people. And though “to help people” is vague and often self-serving, even as little girl, what I craved was compassion. Through giving, most of my hurts have been healed. The best books open our hearts and make us vulnerable to the changes that grow us. Thank goodness for writers like you who help to bring out the best in children.

]]> By: Sarah Sullivan https://candiceransom.com/blog/why-i-still-write-for-children-part-ii/#comment-9914 Mon, 30 Mar 2015 21:33:39 +0000 http://www.candiceransom.com/honeysucklevine/?p=4325#comment-9914 Love this post, Candice! And yes, I was a huge Trixie Belden fan as well.

]]> By: Candice https://candiceransom.com/blog/why-i-still-write-for-children-part-ii/#comment-9913 Mon, 30 Mar 2015 17:42:03 +0000 http://www.candiceransom.com/honeysucklevine/?p=4325#comment-9913 In reply to Frieda Wishinsky.

Hi Frieda:

You’re free to scroll through some old posts. And sign up with that RSS feed thingie. Warning: I tend to whine . . . but I love creating essays, and I love illustrating them with my own photos. As a photographer friend said, our blogs are like publishing a little magazine.

]]> By: Frieda Wishinsky https://candiceransom.com/blog/why-i-still-write-for-children-part-ii/#comment-9912 Mon, 30 Mar 2015 15:54:59 +0000 http://www.candiceransom.com/honeysucklevine/?p=4325#comment-9912 I’d love to get more of your posts, Candice. Really enjoyed and connected to this one.

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