Comments on: Up the Ante on Exposing Yourself http://booksbywomen.org/up-the-ante-on-exposing-yourself/ Sun, 01 May 2016 18:24:10 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.3 By: Mary Novaria http://booksbywomen.org/up-the-ante-on-exposing-yourself/#comment-47527 Sun, 01 May 2016 18:24:10 +0000 http://booksbywomen.org/?p=13152#comment-47527 In reply to Katherine Leverence.

Oh, Katherine, thank you so much. I’m so glad this spoke to you. “Up the ante” is what I heard when I needed it most, so I’m thrilled it means something to you as well. Best of luck with your travel memoir!

]]> By: Katherine Leverence http://booksbywomen.org/up-the-ante-on-exposing-yourself/#comment-47485 Thu, 21 Apr 2016 14:53:21 +0000 http://booksbywomen.org/?p=13152#comment-47485 Well said. This is timely for me and so instructive and inspiring. I’m working on a travel memoir and feeling the pull to be authentic and transparent, but it is terrifying. I’m glad I’m not alone in needing encouragement to ‘up the ante’. Thank you for this.

]]> By: Mary Novaria http://booksbywomen.org/up-the-ante-on-exposing-yourself/#comment-46086 Thu, 02 Apr 2015 19:10:53 +0000 http://booksbywomen.org/?p=13152#comment-46086 In reply to erris Langer Klapper.

I love the way we sister writers can encourage, support and inspire each other. I’m so happy you found something to relate to here, and I know that when you are ready to pull your fingers out of the holes in that dam, you will be flooded with fantastic stories and relay them through beautiful prose.

]]> By: Mary Novaria http://booksbywomen.org/up-the-ante-on-exposing-yourself/#comment-46085 Thu, 02 Apr 2015 19:08:09 +0000 http://booksbywomen.org/?p=13152#comment-46085 In reply to Brenda Coffee.

Thank you Brenda. Sounds like you have a very moving and compelling story. If you are destined to tell it, I’m guessing you’ll know when the time is right.

]]> By: Mary Novaria http://booksbywomen.org/up-the-ante-on-exposing-yourself/#comment-46084 Thu, 02 Apr 2015 19:07:11 +0000 http://booksbywomen.org/?p=13152#comment-46084 In reply to Martha V.

Back atcha, woman! Thanks so much for reading! XO

]]> By: Mary Novaria http://booksbywomen.org/up-the-ante-on-exposing-yourself/#comment-46083 Thu, 02 Apr 2015 19:06:49 +0000 http://booksbywomen.org/?p=13152#comment-46083 In reply to Susan B. James.

Thank you so much, Susan! I appreciate your kind words so very much. (And I think your typing is just fine–I understood perfectly!)

]]> By: Susan B. James http://booksbywomen.org/up-the-ante-on-exposing-yourself/#comment-46075 Tue, 31 Mar 2015 05:46:27 +0000 http://booksbywomen.org/?p=13152#comment-46075 Your brAVERY IS EXTRAORDINARY. bRAVA! (and some day I will learn to look at the keyboard when I type.)

]]> By: Martha V http://booksbywomen.org/up-the-ante-on-exposing-yourself/#comment-46070 Sat, 28 Mar 2015 22:22:59 +0000 http://booksbywomen.org/?p=13152#comment-46070 You my dear friend are AMAZING!

]]> By: Brenda Coffee http://booksbywomen.org/up-the-ante-on-exposing-yourself/#comment-46066 Sat, 28 Mar 2015 01:52:14 +0000 http://booksbywomen.org/?p=13152#comment-46066 My mother once told me I didn’t have to tell everything I know. I’ve never figured out how to do that. While I’m transparent about my abortion, domestic abuse and mother’s dementia, I have yet to expose those things that have shaped me, like being kidnapped in Honduras. I look forward to reading more of your writing.

]]> By: Mary Novaria http://booksbywomen.org/up-the-ante-on-exposing-yourself/#comment-46064 Fri, 27 Mar 2015 16:51:31 +0000 http://booksbywomen.org/?p=13152#comment-46064 In reply to Vicki Abelson.

Thank you, Vicki! We just keep peeling off those layers, don’t we? Like a great literary striptease. (Sorry about the onslaught of emails!)

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