Comments on: Meet the Authors

By: Zany Mama

Zany Mama — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 14:45:20 +0000

Somehow this whole “setting goals and then meeting them” strikes me as something about intention - but I wouldn’t know that for sure as I’m one of 5 people in the U.S. who hasn’t read The Secret.

And also…you show such wisdom for one so young…

By: Janet

Janet — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 02:28:35 +0000

I would say that you seem to be surpassing your goals, which is completely awesome and enviable, BTW.

For the longest time, I would be in line at the liquor store thinking in my head, “Eeep! I hope I don’t get carded.” That dream has long passed.

By: Pendullum

Pendullum — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 19:34:28 +0000

I understand exactly where you are coming from…
Hope that someday my dream of being published may be realized…

By: wild koba

wild koba — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 17:56:15 +0000

fascinating stuff. and um…you DO look pretty young.

By: the weirdgirl

the weirdgirl — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 22:36:14 +0000

I think it’s good for high school students like you to dream big! You are the children of our future… teach you well and let you lead the way. Etc. etc.

And quit trying to pretend you’re an adult.

By: Rebecca

Rebecca — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 16:17:46 +0000

Hey, I enjoy T. Jefferson Parker!
I get carded ALL THE TIME. Drinking age around here is 19. Oh, I gloat.

By: Mary Witzl

Mary Witzl — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 15:09:00 +0000

Cleverly written, Riley, and what you say is so right: I won a writing competition and was thrilled with that; all I wanted to do was get something published. And then I did, and that was great, but it was only an essay and I wanted to write a novel, so I did, but now I want to publish that. And once I do — if I do — it won’t be enough. Writing a blog at least gives a quick fix, but once you’ve got the writing bug you’ve got the writing bug.

Someone once thought I was decades younger than I am; it turned out that she was close to legally blind. My long hair fools a lot of people who assume that no middle-aged woman would grow waist-length tresses.

Oh — one of my great uncles was a hangman, and my grandmother was a cousin of Frank and Jessie James. Then there were all the slave owners, the marauding Indians, the non-peaceful Quakers — and so on. Lots of bad karma they built up to visit upon me, the hapless descendant. All I can do is try to be as good as I can.

By: Dan and Danielle

Dan and Danielle — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 14:28:59 +0000

Nice piece on the event.

We have our foriegn exchange student named Lisa Hoeffner with us now. She’s staying until the 16th of March. Are there any parties or get-togethers between now and then that you know of. I’d like to let her meet everyone.

Thanks for the blog!

By: SRH

SRH — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 14:23:56 +0000

I think that raising the bar is always a good thing. I am all, “As long I accomplish half as much as Riley, I will be happy.” So as long as you keep succeeding in your crap I have to work harder… I am not sure if that makes me want you to succeed more or less