Comments on: I Used to be a Writer https://booksbywomen.org/i-used-to-be-a-writer/ Mon, 08 May 2017 19:29:52 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.3 By: Tamsen Butler https://booksbywomen.org/i-used-to-be-a-writer/#comment-48630 Mon, 08 May 2017 19:29:52 +0000 http://booksbywomen.org/?p=15898#comment-48630 In reply to Emily.

Thank you, Emily. I send good thoughts you mom’s way for her stroke recovery!

]]> By: Tamsen Butler https://booksbywomen.org/i-used-to-be-a-writer/#comment-48629 Mon, 08 May 2017 19:29:00 +0000 http://booksbywomen.org/?p=15898#comment-48629 In reply to Lynne Rees.

Thanks, Lynne!

]]> By: Tamsen Butler https://booksbywomen.org/i-used-to-be-a-writer/#comment-48628 Mon, 08 May 2017 19:28:08 +0000 http://booksbywomen.org/?p=15898#comment-48628 In reply to Jeanne Felfe.

I like your “fill in the blank later” idea!

]]> By: Tamsen Butler https://booksbywomen.org/i-used-to-be-a-writer/#comment-48626 Mon, 08 May 2017 19:27:31 +0000 http://booksbywomen.org/?p=15898#comment-48626 In reply to Karen DeBonis.

Thank you, Karen! I appreciate it.

]]> By: Karen DeBonis https://booksbywomen.org/i-used-to-be-a-writer/#comment-48623 Mon, 08 May 2017 11:36:56 +0000 http://booksbywomen.org/?p=15898#comment-48623 So beautifully described, Tamsen. You are still a writer, as far as I can tell. I can only imagine the awesome writer you’ll be once again as you continue to recover.

]]> By: Jeanne Felfe https://booksbywomen.org/i-used-to-be-a-writer/#comment-48619 Sun, 07 May 2017 20:05:18 +0000 http://booksbywomen.org/?p=15898#comment-48619 Keep writing when you can and when you get stuck on a word, just allow yourself to fill in the blank with “you know that thing we cook bread in” and then fix it later with the help of a good editor.

Although nowhere near as extreme as you and totally reversible, I understand the loss of words. For several years I took a medication that scrambled my brains and gave me a bit of aphasia. It totally sucked. I hope you continue to improve.

]]> By: Lynne Rees https://booksbywomen.org/i-used-to-be-a-writer/#comment-48618 Sun, 07 May 2017 19:28:35 +0000 http://booksbywomen.org/?p=15898#comment-48618 Your bravery and courage are palpable, and humbling too. Thank you. And wishing you every day a day with more good words and deeper recovery.

]]> By: Emily https://booksbywomen.org/i-used-to-be-a-writer/#comment-48616 Sun, 07 May 2017 17:10:09 +0000 http://booksbywomen.org/?p=15898#comment-48616 You’re definitely still a writer. The essay was perfect. Not to downplay what you are going through I do the exact same things with words all of the time, sometimes I wonder if I have early dementia coming on. I’ll be like ‘You know, that thing you sit on….’ I’m sure yours is much worse. I’m glad you are recovering and still writing. (My mother had a stroke and she’s paralyzed – left side stroke.)

]]> By: Tamsen Butler https://booksbywomen.org/i-used-to-be-a-writer/#comment-48611 Wed, 03 May 2017 13:48:25 +0000 http://booksbywomen.org/?p=15898#comment-48611 In reply to marly youmans.

Thanks, Marly! It’s been getting better every day, luckily.

]]> By: marly youmans https://booksbywomen.org/i-used-to-be-a-writer/#comment-48610 Mon, 01 May 2017 01:16:46 +0000 http://booksbywomen.org/?p=15898#comment-48610 Much luck to you, Tamsen–as you still like to play with language (always a great sign in a writer), I hope your scattered flock of words comes home to you one day.

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