tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758609568631190155.post662233152117372223..comments2024-03-29T07:12:24.516+00:00Comments on Picture Book Den: What do you want to be when you grow up? by Malachy DoyleUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758609568631190155.post-42531418591019043512016-07-24T19:26:26.052+01:002016-07-24T19:26:26.052+01:00I didn't really run away and write. I signed u...I didn't really run away and write. I signed up for a weekly creative writing evening course, then joined a local writer's group, then went away for a week to Ty Newydd (pictured), the Welsh Writing Centre. By then I was convinced writing was my future. Go for it, Rebecca!<br /> malachy doylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14428551785118345251noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758609568631190155.post-13289397703541912102016-07-21T22:30:37.192+01:002016-07-21T22:30:37.192+01:00I am 40 and I also want to run away and write. Not...I am 40 and I also want to run away and write. Not sure if I'll get to do that any time soon! Hurray to you for chasing your dreams!Rebecca Gomezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06842712720778708758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758609568631190155.post-49229419498549125832016-07-18T12:12:43.996+01:002016-07-18T12:12:43.996+01:00Glad to see you've achieved so many of your am...Glad to see you've achieved so many of your ambitions! Writing does require enormous perseverance, and we can see from your successful list that you have that. I never had the ambition to win Wimbledon but I do have the daydream every year. It was always an utterly impossible thing (I'm hilariously truly terrible at tennis) so it's a pressure-free funny daydream that I can really enjoy! Moira Butterfieldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17355420549929911500noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758609568631190155.post-34650418729465542322016-07-18T09:42:30.932+01:002016-07-18T09:42:30.932+01:00Lovely post and fab to see that some ambitions hav...Lovely post and fab to see that some ambitions have been fulfilled.Lynne Garnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05697330164705623835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758609568631190155.post-90149732730627914672016-07-18T07:41:28.714+01:002016-07-18T07:41:28.714+01:00Lovely!
I've learned a nice story about chil...Lovely! <br />I've learned a nice story about childhood ambitions. My soon-to-be-son-in-law went to a primary school where, at the end of each year, the children had to write down an ambition for the coming year. His one ambition, year after year, was to 'be in the football team.' Reader, he was rubbish at football. But - hooray! - he had a lovely teacher with an imagination. She appointed him to the football team as the team's 'reporter', so attended every match with notebook and pen. And he was happy. Pippa Goodharthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17709422048047155208noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758609568631190155.post-8270345792723774972016-07-18T06:43:31.377+01:002016-07-18T06:43:31.377+01:00What a happifying post, Malachy. And although I th...What a happifying post, Malachy. And although I think you've already written a great number of perfect picture books, I'm very excited to hear there are so many new ones to look forward to - including the ones you've yet to dream up. They're always the best ones, eh? Michelle Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09620246793467493696noreply@blogger.com