Sarah Martinez: Recent Comments

Comment on Back to Early Mornings

Katie — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 14:24:49 GMT

Good luck!

Comment on Taos ready

Sarah Martinez — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 16:49:15 GMT

Thanks so much! Now I better get something interesting up!

Comment on Taos ready

Katie — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 14:05:11 GMT

I hope the conference was awesome! I nominated you for a Liebster award: http://wp.me/pWVnk-5H!

Comment on Book Review: Wilderness: A Tale of the Civil War by Robert Penn Warren

Sarah Martinez — Wed, 15 Jun 2011 15:49:15 GMT

Thanks so much! What a great break down of everything. As we discussed before, in the end I think the English degree wouldn't matter but here you show me how the prespective helps lend credibility to opinions, or at least perspective. I am so glad you weighed in on this. I may look around for more criticism (turn into the wannabe on meth) and see if I can't find someone who may share my opnions or have more insight.
I will definately post a review when I read All the King's Men!

Comment on Book Review: Wilderness: A Tale of the Civil War by Robert Penn Warren

Lisa Beliveau — Wed, 08 Jun 2011 17:31:04 GMT

Hey Sarah,
Excellent, introspective thoughts here. Personally, I think the subject is complex. We read for many reasons--sometimes for fun, sometimes for escape, sometimes to understand, and we can read books that have value to us--even when we don't find them enjoyable. I learned something from reading Proust, Faulkner, and Joyce, and I enjoyed aspects of their works and learned from what they were trying to do, but I'll be honest; I rarely pick their works up just for grins. But, that doesn't mean that no one cares about or is reading quality writing today. For me, it's a balance. Sometimes I read for what the author may teach me; sometimes I read to become more familiar with classic works, and sometimes I read for pure, unadulterated enjoyment. Now, I still like to read well crafted sentences--even when reading fun books, and if the writing is pure garbage, I'll put it down. But, even academics go to the mat debating the value of various works and authors, and even they will never all agree. So, I wouldn't worry if some of the so-called classics leave you a bit underwhelmed. You're reading a lot these days, so you'll learn something from everything you read, and you can probably learn to appreciate some of what others have seen in classic works. But in the end, what really matters is that you love to read and that you will have your own favorites--some classics, some not. Anyway, happy reading. I've read All the Kings Men, but I never read Wilderness. I'll be interested to see what you think of All the Kings Men.

Comment on Kindle Guilt: Part 1

Sarah Martinez — Sun, 22 May 2011 15:45:56 GMT

THANK YOU!! Per my latest rant in Line Zero, I think reading as a habit is not likely to go away no matter how many things change. I listened to Laura Munson at the latest PNWA meeting and she noted that her best piece of fan mail was from a woman in another country who was blind who listened to the book after downloading it! The experience of connection was the same and the book still held the same power for that person.

Comment on Kindle Guilt: Part 1

Katie — Wed, 18 May 2011 02:47:32 GMT

Amazon has actually already announced that they will be figuring out how to get Kindles in libraries, something that other ebook formats already offer. Plus there are websites like booklending.com that allow you to swap Kindle books for free.
Something that bothers me about the great debate of print vs Kindle is the underlying assumption that if print bookstores die, people will stop reading. Just because the print book might become endangered (which it hasn't yet) doesn't mean that reading or writing has become endangered: it just means we've moved to a new medium. And as someone who owns and loves a Kindle, I still buy paper books. Sometimes because it's more convenient, because it's cheaper (used books, for example), or because I want to be able to put that book on the shelf and feel the achievement of having read it.

Comment on My First Publication Credit: Line Zero

Anonymous — Tue, 29 Mar 2011 01:48:48 GMT

Congratulations love. You are a wonderfull woman, mom and the best wife, the little ones and I will stand right by you every moment even in the hard ones, keep up the good work.

Comment on I am now a Line Zero Regular Contributor

Sarah Martinez — Mon, 28 Mar 2011 18:52:00 GMT

Thanks! Sorry I didn't approve this earlier. Somehow now I am a spam magnet. Yikes.

Comment on The Believability issue: Why can't a porn star run for congress?

bet356 pl — Fri, 11 Mar 2011 13:02:16 GMT

I read your posts everyday, you have talent in writing, waiting for more updates