Comments on: After a Long While…Update http://www.bettiesharpe.com/blog/2010/06/30/after-a-long-while-update/ bettie's blog Fri, 01 Jul 2011 02:16:53 +0000 hourly 1 By: Janine Ballard http://www.bettiesharpe.com/blog/2010/06/30/after-a-long-while-update/comment-page-1/#comment-3504 Janine Ballard Tue, 13 Jul 2010 17:32:57 +0000 http://www.bettiesharpe.com/blog/?p=229#comment-3504 I'm so glad I found this post! I haven't checked your blog in ages since the last few times I checked it hadn't been updated. Today I checked my google reader for the first time in a month or so and that's how I discovered that you'd posted. I lurved "Each Step Sublime" and can't wait for it to be published. And you know I think "Cat" will find a home. Wow that reader cover is pretty! I'm dangerous around a sewing machine, myself, but I really envy people who can sew. I’m so glad I found this post! I haven’t checked your blog in ages since the last few times I checked it hadn’t been updated. Today I checked my google reader for the first time in a month or so and that’s how I discovered that you’d posted.

I lurved “Each Step Sublime” and can’t wait for it to be published. And you know I think “Cat” will find a home.

Wow that reader cover is pretty! I’m dangerous around a sewing machine, myself, but I really envy people who can sew.

]]> By: Mara http://www.bettiesharpe.com/blog/2010/06/30/after-a-long-while-update/comment-page-1/#comment-3503 Mara Mon, 12 Jul 2010 09:50:35 +0000 http://www.bettiesharpe.com/blog/?p=229#comment-3503 Congratulations on your Master's, and that cloth cover is gorgeous! The reason I decided to leave the comment, however, is the Little Mermaid. Yes, the original is slightly depressing. But I would rather take that, than the Disney-fied version with its underlying message that beauty is more important than anything else. Like one of the posters on the site you linked to said: "Most fairy tales involve some aspect of sacrifice, retribution, revenge or physical justice which is completely ignored in the Disney versions. This aspect makes the hero/heroines' characters less flat, more dimensional. It also fits into the real world where one does not merely forgive and forget." Congratulations on your Master’s, and that cloth cover is gorgeous!

The reason I decided to leave the comment, however, is the Little Mermaid. Yes, the original is slightly depressing. But I would rather take that, than the Disney-fied version with its underlying message that beauty is more important than anything else. Like one of the posters on the site you linked to said:
“Most fairy tales involve some aspect of sacrifice, retribution, revenge or physical justice which is completely ignored in the Disney versions. This aspect makes the hero/heroines’ characters less flat, more dimensional. It also fits into the real world where one does not merely forgive and forget.”

]]> By: Lorelie http://www.bettiesharpe.com/blog/2010/06/30/after-a-long-while-update/comment-page-1/#comment-3497 Lorelie Wed, 30 Jun 2010 18:13:12 +0000 http://www.bettiesharpe.com/blog/?p=229#comment-3497 You're alive! *waves madly* Hope you find a home for the story. :) You’re alive! *waves madly*

Hope you find a home for the story. :)

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