Rescue those who are being dragged to death, and from those tottering to execution withdraw not. If you say, "I know not this man!" does not he who tests hearts perceive it? He who guards your life knows it, and he will repay each one according to his deeds.
~Proverbs 24:11-12~
Fantastic job Lizzy! What kind of tips and writing ideas are you looking for? You do a great job describing what you've seen and heard. You bring your reader along with you.
Thanks! -Any tips at all- blogging, writing, practical advice, etc. -Topics related to life with Ricky and Stas, Ukraine, the orphanage, or anything else of interest.
I'm great at finding errors in other's writing, and terrible at finding my own. LOL I'm a writing mentor at my college, but can't find the errors on my own blog! HA! (that's a very common issue with most writers, by the way! I'm sure you're aware of that.) I like to write informally on my blogs, and do things that would make my writing profs crazy, like lots of these .... and other weird things for emphasis. Grammatical errors drive me crazy though, and I don't usually make them except intentionally or to be sarcastic. The one that drives me the most is when people use "that" when referring to people. It's a very common error. An example would be, "I saw people that were crossing the street." People are ALWAYS "who", as in "I saw people WHO were crossing the street." So when you're writing about the babies, you're writing about the babies who were crying.
If you go to my Garden of Eagan blog, back to April, I spent the month of April touring orphanages and foster homes in Serbia and Bulgaria. I saw areas of them that nobody is usually allowed to see. The images left in my mind, and the stories I was told will be with me forever. Some of it I was allowed to share, and much of it I was not. I want to share it all, but if I do I'd never be allowed to adopt from Serbia, so I have to stay quiet, but some of it is there on my blog. Some is funny, some is heart wrenching, and some will make you want to turn your computer off.
By the way, your family friend Ricky, who your brother is named after, is a good friend of mine. Lynda Lund lives very close to me and our kids are in Special Olympics together.
Fantastic job Lizzy! What kind of tips and writing ideas are you looking for? You do a great job describing what you've seen and heard. You bring your reader along with you.
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ReplyDelete-Any tips at all- blogging, writing, practical advice, etc.
-Topics related to life with Ricky and Stas, Ukraine, the orphanage, or anything else of interest.
I'm great at finding errors in other's writing, and terrible at finding my own. LOL I'm a writing mentor at my college, but can't find the errors on my own blog! HA! (that's a very common issue with most writers, by the way! I'm sure you're aware of that.) I like to write informally on my blogs, and do things that would make my writing profs crazy, like lots of these .... and other weird things for emphasis. Grammatical errors drive me crazy though, and I don't usually make them except intentionally or to be sarcastic. The one that drives me the most is when people use "that" when referring to people. It's a very common error. An example would be, "I saw people that were crossing the street." People are ALWAYS "who", as in "I saw people WHO were crossing the street." So when you're writing about the babies, you're writing about the babies who were crying.
ReplyDeleteIf you go to my Garden of Eagan blog, back to April, I spent the month of April touring orphanages and foster homes in Serbia and Bulgaria. I saw areas of them that nobody is usually allowed to see. The images left in my mind, and the stories I was told will be with me forever. Some of it I was allowed to share, and much of it I was not. I want to share it all, but if I do I'd never be allowed to adopt from Serbia, so I have to stay quiet, but some of it is there on my blog. Some is funny, some is heart wrenching, and some will make you want to turn your computer off.
By the way, your family friend Ricky, who your brother is named after, is a good friend of mine. Lynda Lund lives very close to me and our kids are in Special Olympics together.