tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9054081895459294120.post6257329507583004366..comments2024-01-06T02:15:31.671-06:00Comments on Marcia Hoehne: In Defense of FictionMarciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10006966091789130047noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9054081895459294120.post-56004232020625006662009-01-17T19:40:00.000-06:002009-01-17T19:40:00.000-06:00Amy Jane, I'm glad you liked it. Thanks for stoppi...Amy Jane, I'm glad you liked it. Thanks for stopping.Marciahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10006966091789130047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9054081895459294120.post-86154461052888336952009-01-17T18:24:00.000-06:002009-01-17T18:24:00.000-06:00Finally read this, and I'm glad I did. Thank you ...Finally read this, and I'm glad I did. <BR/><BR/>Thank you for articulating this so nicely.Amy Jane (Untangling Tales)https://www.blogger.com/profile/17781603642364189037noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9054081895459294120.post-70390740767616354272009-01-15T16:48:00.000-06:002009-01-15T16:48:00.000-06:00Thanks, Nora! And thanks for stopping by.Thanks, Nora! And thanks for stopping by.Marciahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10006966091789130047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9054081895459294120.post-40911415894045923272009-01-14T22:34:00.000-06:002009-01-14T22:34:00.000-06:00Well said!!!Well said!!!Nora MacFarlanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00575333078760106784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9054081895459294120.post-68767037654581952802009-01-12T21:25:00.000-06:002009-01-12T21:25:00.000-06:00Mary, I agree. We'll always need both. As a reader...Mary, I agree. We'll always need both. As a reader I always sought books whose protagonist encouraged me to be that brave, that mature, that real, etc.Marciahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10006966091789130047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9054081895459294120.post-21077299776557222832009-01-12T15:58:00.000-06:002009-01-12T15:58:00.000-06:00I love this too, and you are so right. Good fictio...I love this too, and you are so right. Good fiction should strike a chord in us; it should inspire us and raise our pulses and give us visions of a better way to be. I love both fiction and non-fiction and strongly feel there is a place for both.Mary Witzlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06458299046574564155noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9054081895459294120.post-57596633491881590632009-01-10T00:17:00.000-06:002009-01-10T00:17:00.000-06:00Very well said! I love fiction! Always have. Alway...Very well said! I love fiction! Always have. Always will.PJ Hooverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02602205868934777662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9054081895459294120.post-66483410645458455792009-01-09T13:39:00.000-06:002009-01-09T13:39:00.000-06:00GWG -- Thanks. I think honest fiction really helps...GWG -- Thanks. I think honest fiction really helps open us up to life. Fiction allows you to explore "fer instance," as my dad might have said. It puts forth an example of how things really play out, especially relationally.<BR/><BR/>Anne -- I don't remember where I heard it, but it just hit me between the eyes and I never forgot it. Unfortunately, I have no idea who said it.Marciahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10006966091789130047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9054081895459294120.post-46379396886674207742009-01-09T11:51:00.000-06:002009-01-09T11:51:00.000-06:00Love that quote: Nonfiction is fact; fiction is tr...Love that quote: Nonfiction is fact; fiction is truth.<BR/><BR/>Great post!Anne Spollenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12915171740680350711noreply@blogger.com