tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3723124266752750306.post2937937385759358119..comments2023-07-26T03:02:44.055-07:00Comments on ANWA Founder & Friends: Walk a Mile in Their Historical ShoesMarsha Wardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15389060049107102815noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3723124266752750306.post-29073935541270403532007-06-26T08:57:00.000-07:002007-06-26T08:57:00.000-07:00Thanks, Joyce. Revisionist history really makes no...Thanks, Joyce. Revisionist history really makes no sense, particularly since we believe we'll be judged according to the law we have been given. It's interesting that there are those who ask if Abraham Lincoln was homosexual because he shared beds - but the times dictated it, as they did in your example.Rene Allenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12403830772764710785noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3723124266752750306.post-7838849285749601562007-06-25T16:31:00.000-07:002007-06-25T16:31:00.000-07:00Wow, Joyce, I'm honored that you'd refer to my ear...Wow, Joyce, I'm honored that you'd refer to my earlier post. I love the medieval time as much as I love the Regency time. You made some wonderful points. Thinking like the character would in his/her time can be challenging becuause my characters often do things that I wouldn't, not only because they are different people, but they were governed by a different set of rules. But I hadn't thought of it in quite the terms you'd stated. Good food for thought.<BR/>DonnaDonna Hatchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05807169149057139718noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3723124266752750306.post-77679383588755714292007-06-25T12:25:00.000-07:002007-06-25T12:25:00.000-07:00Great post. Though I have a minor in teaching his...Great post. Though I have a minor in teaching history for both my degrees, I don't recall hearing even one of my professors stress judging people by their historical timeline. See how much I learn from ANWA! <BR/><BR/>In elementary school I read a story of a cave woman who got tired of having the begging clan children run to meet her whenever she returned from her exploratory wanderings with a basket of food samples. She planned her revenge by bringing a basket of ripe olives, straight from the tree. The kids begged, she gave, they grimaced and spit. She laughed and tossed the rest of the basketfull away, not noticing that many olives rolled into a salty pool. Weeks later, when she saw them, she idly sampled again. To her delight they had become edible, and the rest is surmised history.<BR/><BR/>At least a dozen years later, when I came to Arizona and first saw an olive tree, someone offered me a fresh, ripe olive, but I declined. I had believed what I read, and remembered it.<BR/> <BR/>Thus I learned that we, as writers, really need to be accurate in our writing--or let the reader know it's fantasy. Somebody might actually believe us.Anna Arnetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09882034663742937010noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3723124266752750306.post-72039341415363209032007-06-25T11:17:00.000-07:002007-06-25T11:17:00.000-07:00Thank goodness for your post. I can't tell you how...Thank goodness for your post. I can't tell you how much my professors (I have a BA in History) drilled that one simple concept into my head. Judge them by their time. It was a recurring theme from all them. It is one reason I have been reluctant to read any historical fiction. Although there are shining examples of those who get it right. You're not a lone voice in the wilderness but I sure thought I was. BTW George Washington is more or less the closest thing I have to a non religious hero.Terri Wagnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06905158157291602809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3723124266752750306.post-33982489346523485572007-06-25T07:38:00.000-07:002007-06-25T07:38:00.000-07:00Joyce,You are such a great addition to ANWA. I le...Joyce,<BR/>You are such a great addition to ANWA. I learn so much every time I read something you have written.<BR/><BR/>This was a great posting. We are not too far removed (like, in my lifetime) from the time when women didn't wear pants in public. It's not that some women didn't, but they had to be prepared to be stared at and thought of as 'fast'. I vividly remember how thankful I was when the edict came down from the school board that women teachers could wear pantsuits to work. Winter playground duty became much more enjoyable with my legs covered.Liz Adairhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08815648250166705199noreply@blogger.com