Comments on: The Fire Drill http://runningwithbooks.com/2007/09/20/the-fire-drill/ smarter and safer than running with scissors Thu, 30 Sep 2010 17:19:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: clint http://runningwithbooks.com/2007/09/20/the-fire-drill/#comment-4740 Thu, 27 Aug 2009 00:04:09 +0000 http://runningwithbooks.com/2007/09/20/the-fire-drill/#comment-4740 wow!!! I am still TERRIFIED of fire drills, When ever I went to bed I would think, OMG there could be a fire drill tommorow

]]> By: Papa Lolo http://runningwithbooks.com/2007/09/20/the-fire-drill/#comment-915 Thu, 11 Oct 2007 17:08:37 +0000 http://runningwithbooks.com/2007/09/20/the-fire-drill/#comment-915 Now I know why Snags was so terrified when the smoke detector went off at our home during one of our get togethers. Thanks.

Lololando calrissian.

]]> By: bellevelma http://runningwithbooks.com/2007/09/20/the-fire-drill/#comment-829 Sun, 23 Sep 2007 02:27:44 +0000 http://runningwithbooks.com/2007/09/20/the-fire-drill/#comment-829 Jo, Heather, Corey, and Jen,

Snags has been walking around the house ringing a cow bell and pretending it’s a fire drill. I’m starting to get a headache from it all. I guess it’s better than running from the shoe store screaming in fear though.

]]> By: Jo Beaufoix http://runningwithbooks.com/2007/09/20/the-fire-drill/#comment-826 Sat, 22 Sep 2007 23:33:44 +0000 http://runningwithbooks.com/2007/09/20/the-fire-drill/#comment-826 Oh that must have been awful.
Miss M is terrified by loud noises.
She has been ever since she was about one.
She jumps right into mine or Mr B’s arms if there is a new or loud sound and asks, “What dat mummy?”
in a terrified voice.
I’m glad Snags grew out of it.
It gives me hope.

]]> By: Heather http://runningwithbooks.com/2007/09/20/the-fire-drill/#comment-822 Sat, 22 Sep 2007 01:14:50 +0000 http://runningwithbooks.com/2007/09/20/the-fire-drill/#comment-822 I am glad that “fear of fire drills” is being retired as a fear. Thanks for telling the story; I enjoyed reading it!

]]> By: 1979semifinalist http://runningwithbooks.com/2007/09/20/the-fire-drill/#comment-816 Fri, 21 Sep 2007 16:06:46 +0000 http://runningwithbooks.com/2007/09/20/the-fire-drill/#comment-816 i’ve just barely started trying myself (and they sometimes do just ignore you – which is frustrating)…but i would suggest, depending on what/where you want to write/be published that you just keep writing, as you have been, and do soem research, by research i simply mean read as much as you can of the places you wish to be published (no easy feat while juggling Snags i’m sure). for example i desperately want to get published in McSweeney’s Quarterly Concern and so i make sure to read everything that i can get my hands on…i think of it like a cheap at home writer’s education…in lieu of the Columbia degree i so covet. if you are interested in short fiction i would be happy to point you in the direction of some great publications that have open submissions…if you’re more interested in writing articles (or op/ed pieces) i’m less help as that is something i’ve jut barely started to explore…

i’ll definitely keep reading…let me know if you want to know more about the short fiction stuff, i’d be happy to pass on what little i know…

]]> By: bellevelma http://runningwithbooks.com/2007/09/20/the-fire-drill/#comment-808 Thu, 20 Sep 2007 19:01:12 +0000 http://runningwithbooks.com/2007/09/20/the-fire-drill/#comment-808 Kelly, Thank you for your kind words! I’m glad you are enjoying my blog. As to your question about whether I am trying or have tried to get published. I would like to be published, but I haven’t tried very hard. I once sent an essay I wrote to the Op/Ed department of my local paper, but they ignored me. Well, I never heard anything from them at all, not even “we got your piece but no thanks…” so I took that to mean they ignored me. That’s the part where I tried. As for continuing to try, I would love to, I just don’t know where to even start, who to contact, etc…

Feel free to stick around and read more.

]]> By: 1979semifinalist http://runningwithbooks.com/2007/09/20/the-fire-drill/#comment-807 Thu, 20 Sep 2007 18:40:33 +0000 http://runningwithbooks.com/2007/09/20/the-fire-drill/#comment-807 i found your blog, i think, because i was looking for other blogs that were about books or had book reviews, what a nice surprise. i don’t think i’ve read anything about books on here (yet), but man have i been enjoying your stories about your son.

you have a great voice and the stories you relay are done with such love…but also such realism i guess, meaning YOU seem real. you seem like you love your life and your family and also can’t help but have the natural reaction to throw your hands in the air in frustration. i appreciate very much the reality of your stories…so much more affecting and believable because they are not stifled by too cutesy-ness (yes i think i just made that word up).

i haven’t read enough to see if you’ve tried (or are trying?) to get yourself published but you should consider it…you have a great voice and perspective.

kelly

]]> By: Corey http://runningwithbooks.com/2007/09/20/the-fire-drill/#comment-806 Thu, 20 Sep 2007 17:23:45 +0000 http://runningwithbooks.com/2007/09/20/the-fire-drill/#comment-806 oh wow! I am so glad he is going good with them now. I was prepared with all sort of unsolicited advice on how to help him throught it. LOL good thing for you I don’t have to give it now. LOL
good for him! what a big boy he is becoming….sigh.

]]> By: Jen http://runningwithbooks.com/2007/09/20/the-fire-drill/#comment-804 Thu, 20 Sep 2007 10:37:55 +0000 http://runningwithbooks.com/2007/09/20/the-fire-drill/#comment-804 When I was a child I was terrified of fire alarms. They still scare me. I can so relate to Snags and his fear. When I was in first grade, I went to the bathroom, and just as I was finishing, we had a fire drill. I tried not to pee at school for three years after that. I was terrified I’d get caught in the loo again.

I’m glad he got over it. I could learn a thing or two from Snags, I think.

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