Proud Papa
As proud a parent, or step-parent, can be!
My wife reported to me today that our daughter is a bit of a writer, which I knew. What I did not know, however, is that at least one of her teachers thinks she’s good enough to get published. Or have her work submitted to a contest. I wish I could claim that it was biological superiority that made her such a literary genius, but, alas, she is my step-daughter and I can make no such claim. However, it does give weight to the nurture-vs-nature argument. She has, after all, seen me working at the Craft for more than five years now. Surely, some of that must have rubbed off on her. I hope that the fact I don’t make a living at it has registered for her, too. And, all the network administration I’ve taught her. I hope she’ll learn something other than Novell, though, because it’s really become too much of a niche market.
In any case, I have all the tools to help her find the appropriate publication or contest to submit her work to, if she wishes. I will not push her to do so, only suggest. At the moment, she writes for her own pleasure and I’d hate to take that away from her, but I would be tickled if I can help her get published. That’s something that I have yet to do.
In the mean time, I’ll just be as proud as I can be of my daughter, the Writer.
Or, it could be that her Mother who read to her since she was a babe in arms. Or genetic material from her Mom, as well, who also entered kindergarten reading to the other kids. Or her grandfather, who is no literary slouch, himself.
Or is could just be a fluke, but somehow I doubt that.
Comment by the old battleaxe — 3/13/2003 @ 9:31 am
but you sure are cute. *g*
Comment by the old battleaxe — 3/13/2003 @ 9:31 am
…Actually, i write dark poetry, short stories, do charachter designs,et cetera…
Comment by Arellia Fei — 11/7/2003 @ 2:39 pm
Ooo, “dark poetry”! How dark can you get, Shorty? I’m old, but I remember being your age. Trust me, you don’t know from “dark”. Wait until you’re 16 and still can’t drive, then come talk to me about “dark”.
Stick with the character designs. There’s a future in that.
Comment by Big Daddy — 11/11/2003 @ 1:54 pm