blog virgin

I have never done this before and I have no idea what I’m supposed to write. I have checked other people’s blogs. Hmmmm.

Let’s see:

dilemma —

Went out to dinner with a friend a few days ago. After, when we were at my place, she was looking through my bookshelves and said, “You know that folk tale book I loaned you ten or fifteen years ago?”

I didn’t remember…

“I’d really like it back.”

I am a read-aholic. And I do love folk tales and have quite a collection of folk tale books. I tore through all of my bookshelves but couldn’t find her folk tale book. I do vaguely remember reading hers years ago but I thought I had given it back.

Now I feel like a very bad friend.

Author: Marsha

I write historical fiction, mostly from the perspective of young people who are thrust in the midst of war.

36 thoughts on “blog virgin”

  1. Well, blog-slut that I am (hee, hee), don’t hesitate to ask if you need any help with anything.

    ~Maggie 🙂

    P.S. Ten or fifteen years ago?! You know, she could be wrong. You might have given it back to her and *she* forgot.

    1. Re: blog slut?

      I’ve had my blog since March/04, so getting close to 2 years. I just have the one. I’m not *that* big a slut. 😉

      Glad things worked out with your friend! I hate being a book thief too. 🙂

  3. Can one be an ex-blog virgin?

    Hey Marsha!

    You did it.

    I blame Maggie for getting me into the whole world of blogdom. She has a lot to answer for, it would seem.

          1. Re: Userpics

            You either create them – Maggie would be able to tell you a site that does that – I have lost the link – or you google images, or upload a photograph you might have. You do this by going to manage and hitting userpics.

            If you want to refer to an LJ user by using their LJ name and creating a link, you type in this:

          3. naked hollywood book thieves

            My cousin had a friend who had borrowed so many books from him that my cousin quietly left a bookshelf with note on it at his door. Sadly, the friend didn’t get the hint but took the bookshelf and not the intented sarcasm.

            Do you think that Blogs will be the end of listservs? Really blogs are a listserv with a leader.

            And now, back to marking…

            Gary

          4. Re: naked hollywood book thieves

            Hi Gary,

            Book thieves never recognize themselves as such. Which is why I was feeling so bad about that folk tale book. How many other people’s books have I made off with? Are all my other victims just being too subtle?

            >> Really blogs are a listserv with a leader. << And they're public. Which listservs can be. And blogs don't have to be. Hmmm, maybe you're right.

  4. Cheking my bookshelf furiously…

    Now you’ve got me thinking…who do I owe books to? We have a continuous stream of books being traded around our book club, I have no idea who owns what now!

    Congrats on your blog, I’m bookmarking you!

    Helene B

    1. Re: Checking my bookshelf furiously…

      Hi Hélène,
      My books are three layers deep on the shelves. Generally I only steal books from my parents, not friends.

      Do you have a blog?

      Marsha

      1. Re: Checking my bookshelf furiously…

        Oops-my typo

        I do not have a blog…which therefore qualifies me as a “pre pubescent blogger” to your “blog virgin”.

        Honestly, Marsha, are you in fact 3 women? Writing, kidcritting, etc, etc,etc. and now here you are blogging.

        Must kidcrit-lots happening over there!

  5. Wow. It’s purty in here.

    Konnichiwa, Marsha!

    Just had to take a look around. Verra nice.

    But I must know… What is that thing in your icon’s hand? Looks like one of those weird wire whisks from Pampered Chef. Or a very strange curling iron. Or some sort of gynecological device. Or a magic ray gun.

    K. I’ll quit now.

    Congratulations on the plunge.

    Linda

      1. Re: Wow. It’s purty in here.

        Hey Marsha,

        Very nice wand you have there.

        Happy Blogging,
        Rose

      2. Re: Wow. It’s purty in here.

        Ah. (Hangs head in shame.) Yes, I’ve been AWOL too long.

        Perhaps if I made it to kidcrit I’d know the story behind the curlicue stuff around the end of your wand?

        Linda, fascinated by your magic

  6. Book Thievery

    Marsha,

    You DO remember the Guttenburg Bible I loaned you, though, right? The one that Martin Luther had annotated?

    Valerie

  7. borrowed books

    Marsha, my dear son and daughter-in-law, James and Erin, borrow so many books from so many different people that they have a special small bookshelf just for borrowed books. Then they know what isn’t theirs and eventually all the borrowed books get back to whoever loaned them.–Pat
    BtW, what is this Open ID thing? Guess I’d better go and find out…

    1. Re: borrowed books

      Hi Pat,

      I do almost the same thing as James and Erin, only I use the pile method. That’s why it really freaked me out to think that I had absconded with a friend’s book. My mother also recently thought I had a book of hers, but it turned out that one of her friends had borrowed it but forgot to tell her.

      >>BtW, what is this Open ID thing? Guess I’d better go and find out…<< You can sign in if you have a LJ account, or you can just show up as anonymous. How is Vivian?

      1. Re: Borrowing Books

        hello…i am studying volcanos. how cool is that??!!?
        gotta run
        love you guys

  8. That’s OK

    Hello Marsha Skrypuch!

    I love reading your books and i especially love Nobody’s Child. It is OK for you to still have a book and not know where it is sometimes in my house I look and look for things and then all of the sudden when i am not looking it appears so don’t feel REALLY bad.

    From
    1 of your book lovers
    Kelsey Verboom

  9. Carry on of : That’s OK

    Hello again Marsha Skrypuch!

    This is Kelsey Verboom again I forgot to tell you that i am doing a speech on you since you are my favourite author! I love reading your book s because it makes me feel that i am right in that scene myself. I am reading The Hunger right now and it is REALLY REALLY good to.

    From
    1 of your book lovers
    §Kelsey§

  10. Carry on of : That’s OK

    Hello again Marsha Skrypuch!

    This is Kelsey Verboom again I forgot to tell you that i am doing a speech on you since you are my favourite author! I love reading your books because it makes me feel that i am right in that scene myself. I am reading The Hunger right now and it is REALLY REALLY good to. Oh and also finding books in a house hold can be tricky but dont give up!!!!!!!

    From
    1 of your book lovers
    §Kelsey§

    1. Re: Carry on of : That’s OK

      Hi Kelsey,

      I’m honoured that you’re doing a speech on me! Holler if you have questions and good luck on your speech.

      By the way, even though The Hunger was published first, you’re reading them in the right order. The Hunger makes more sense if it’s read after reading Nobody’s Child. Right now, I’m writing the sequel to Nobody’s Child.

      all the best
      Marsha Skrypuch
      http://www.calla.com

      1. Re: Carry on of : That’s OK

        Hello again,
        Actually i didnt have any questoins on my speech but today i looked at Nobody’s Child in the library and it only said Book 1 and then our librarian said that you probaly separated the books.

        Oh!by the way do you know my librarian Mrs. Bureau you gave the book The Hunger to her and signed it but also gave her a little postcard with all your books and the picture of Nobody’s Child on it and she said that there was a girl she knew at her school that she was talking about well that girl was me.:)

        ttyl Kelsey Verboom

        1. Re: Carry on of : That’s OK

          Hi Kelsey!

          What a small world! Yes, I met your librarian a couple of weeks ago. We were doing a presentation together about how school libraries could use some more money. She is a WONDERFUL librarian!

          Re “book 1” in Nobody’s Child: Half of the novel takes place in 1909, and then the other half takes place in 1915, so I separated them into two parts and called them book 1 and book 2 even though they’re in the same novel.

          all the best —
          Marsha Skrypuch
          http://www.calla.com

  11. Re: That’s OK

    Hi Kelsey!

    I’m glad to know that I’m not the only inadvertent book-stealer. Smile.

    How wonderful that you enjoyed reading Nobody’s Child and my other books. Right now, I’m in the midst of doing edits on three upcoming new books. Two are coming out this fall and one is coming out in 2007.

    all the best
    Marsha Skrypuch
    http://www.calla.com

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