tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9058478111996476699.post6539147547532704944..comments2024-03-28T07:00:43.256-06:00Comments on Author Elana Johnson: That GirlElana Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05877856005992028912noreply@blogger.comBlogger80125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9058478111996476699.post-18353320588200487102010-01-26T22:12:19.951-07:002010-01-26T22:12:19.951-07:00Beautiful post (and gorgeous pic! I wish I could d...Beautiful post (and gorgeous pic! I wish I could do funky short hair!).Nataliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15847715247476489743noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9058478111996476699.post-42062644162875652482010-01-26T10:22:20.169-07:002010-01-26T10:22:20.169-07:00what a wonderful post :)what a wonderful post :)Ianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13869781257641926094noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9058478111996476699.post-29148891600954166152010-01-26T09:30:41.835-07:002010-01-26T09:30:41.835-07:00We are definitely shaped through our experiences. ...We are definitely shaped through our experiences. I laugh and cry when I look at pictures of me and think back of the joys and heartaches that make me the current me that I am. I often wonder if the now me told the then me what I know now if I would change anything.Amber Lynaehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16890268873178010212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9058478111996476699.post-22967196207013056002010-01-26T06:53:06.134-07:002010-01-26T06:53:06.134-07:00Loved all the pictures of the different phases of ...Loved all the pictures of the different phases of your life. And how you tied it in with changing and developing character was just genius. Very nice. Thank you.Linda Kagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00259042112816376940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9058478111996476699.post-78581482444378504352010-01-26T05:01:56.678-07:002010-01-26T05:01:56.678-07:00Fantastic post. Oh yeah, I bawl OFTEN when I see ...Fantastic post. Oh yeah, I bawl OFTEN when I see pictures of my self from way back. . . . <br /><br />This was great.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9058478111996476699.post-20370933789672609812010-01-25T23:45:49.673-07:002010-01-25T23:45:49.673-07:00Oh my word, you're adorable, now and then. Lov...Oh my word, you're adorable, now and then. Loving the orange shoes!My goodness, I just love those magic moments when life presents you with little epiphanies. Congrats on the breakthrough! Makes me want to go digging through old pictures.Carolina M. Valdez Schneiderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11589934533051907801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9058478111996476699.post-84583944059433114092010-01-25T23:17:14.667-07:002010-01-25T23:17:14.667-07:00don't judge me, but I love that pic of me, you...don't judge me, but I love that pic of me, you and granny great. I think you look awesome! My pants have a really high waist; however. I also think my shirt is tucked in. I love you, sister. You are brave to post these photos!!!jesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00952924523610953137noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9058478111996476699.post-20429973147081690532010-01-25T21:07:40.599-07:002010-01-25T21:07:40.599-07:00You were brave for posting this, I admire that! Gr...You were brave for posting this, I admire that! Great pictures.V. Shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00406440235719919992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9058478111996476699.post-53475779294082679852010-01-25T20:53:28.487-07:002010-01-25T20:53:28.487-07:00So cute Elana! Thanks for sharing.So cute Elana! Thanks for sharing.Shawntelle Madisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14354674485904395514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9058478111996476699.post-7009277360850674182010-01-25T20:46:25.870-07:002010-01-25T20:46:25.870-07:00I loved the photos and the memmories you shared. ...I loved the photos and the memmories you shared. :) In high school, I had the Olivia Newton John look...In college and sadly for the next 15 years, I had big hair. (Even worse, I missed my big hair.) In the early 2000's I straightened and cut my hair. (Man, I miss my big hair!) I wonder if my characters all miss their big hair days????Sharon K. Mayhewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07799235347319851345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9058478111996476699.post-4029016216023172912010-01-25T20:46:21.527-07:002010-01-25T20:46:21.527-07:00I'm crying right now. I know what you mean. ...I'm crying right now. I know what you mean. Life has a way of changing us, doesn't it? You were a cute little fisher girl. :)Susan R. Millshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09578747592345750650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9058478111996476699.post-39557328370268860282010-01-25T20:24:12.635-07:002010-01-25T20:24:12.635-07:00Amazing post, Elana. I love the pictures! I'...Amazing post, Elana. I love the pictures! I'm tempted to do a post on my own character arc. Sort of a frightening thought...Casey Somethinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17596079290053524103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9058478111996476699.post-82517605602917246762010-01-25T20:19:30.971-07:002010-01-25T20:19:30.971-07:00Wow, this is beautiful, Elana! I understand... I f...Wow, this is beautiful, Elana! I understand... I feel as if I've lived several lifetimes since college. It's made me "me". I'm still learning my new MC. Gotta see what makes her tick.Kristen Torres-Torohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15903038121623389560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9058478111996476699.post-80861106853262909312010-01-25T20:19:28.203-07:002010-01-25T20:19:28.203-07:00Fantastic post, Elana. 10 years ago, I was a teena...Fantastic post, Elana. 10 years ago, I was a teenaged bride-to-be who still hadn't dealt with losing her dad and couldn't wait for her "real" life to begin. Sometimes I fall into that pattern with a book, I keep waiting for the story to get moving, for the real living to begin. Yet, silly me, the character's story has already started.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17008393380426608631noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9058478111996476699.post-81335013868908522382010-01-25T20:13:02.792-07:002010-01-25T20:13:02.792-07:00Those are great pictures. I know how you feel abou...Those are great pictures. I know how you feel about looking back 10 or 15 years and feeling like...well, like crying. Sometimes it's so fun to see how far things have come and sometimes it baffles me how it becomes harder and harder to be that carefree girl who had all the energy in the world. Yeah, life. It gets to you.<br /><br />I'm really having to examine this with the character in my new WIP. She's just about to turn 30 and suddenly she realizes that she's accomplished so much but none of that has really made her grow as a person. She's become a product of years of hard work, of routine, of necessity and she doesn't know who she really is or how to be anyone but who she's created. Ahh...sounds familiar. I guess we really do infuse a lot of our own lives into our characters sometimes.Cindy R. Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13488732331021750408noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9058478111996476699.post-51044664359841059692010-01-25T20:06:50.794-07:002010-01-25T20:06:50.794-07:00Whoa. Look at your comments girl.
And Whoa. Would...Whoa. Look at your comments girl.<br /><br />And Whoa. Would you quit being so deep on a Monday? It's Monday night but my brain still hasn't kicked into gear. <br /><br />I think your aha moment is tremendous. Brilliant. I'm basking in your glory.<br /><br />And yes, I snarfed a good one at the pic of you what, karate kicking? the thing? Oh yeah.ali crosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13023009704454279645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9058478111996476699.post-68954419984448164542010-01-25T20:04:46.138-07:002010-01-25T20:04:46.138-07:00O.M.G. Thank goodness there is someone else out t...O.M.G. Thank goodness there is someone else out there that had a mullet! My husband actually asked my sister (Purple Clover) why mom cut my hair into a "party on the top" and left hers alone. My sister smiled, "Because she loved me."<br /><br />I love this post. <br /><br />And not just because of the mullet.<br /><br />But mostly.Little Ms Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00034349274576201531noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9058478111996476699.post-15745635861726217292010-01-25T19:33:11.369-07:002010-01-25T19:33:11.369-07:00Excellent post Elana. I love this. It makes charac...Excellent post Elana. I love this. It makes character growth so much more tangible when you compare it to how much you personally have changed. What a great idea!lisa and laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18144863275895761642noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9058478111996476699.post-45278474172193674122010-01-25T19:19:01.066-07:002010-01-25T19:19:01.066-07:00I feel a night of scrapbook gawking is coming on. ...I feel a night of scrapbook gawking is coming on. What I might find could be scary. (for me at least)Aaron Polsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15173267932358617304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9058478111996476699.post-63850250120744182382010-01-25T19:01:03.857-07:002010-01-25T19:01:03.857-07:00Holy cow. I don't even want to open that door ...Holy cow. I don't even want to open that door to the 90's because I had big hair and jean vests and the whole thing. Scary. I feel I, too, have changed drastically over the years, which is a pretty good thing. Great post. :DB.J. Andersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10767654810069240472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9058478111996476699.post-53738149855962568332010-01-25T18:42:24.947-07:002010-01-25T18:42:24.947-07:00Great pictures! And a great post. Thanks for helpi...Great pictures! And a great post. Thanks for helping me think.Jaime Thelerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12442679809704484650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9058478111996476699.post-79200439959967375572010-01-25T17:17:01.889-07:002010-01-25T17:17:01.889-07:00I love how many comments you get. Sometimes, I see...I love how many comments you get. Sometimes, I see how many you have and I'm like, forget it! I'm not even going to leave one.<br /><br />But the gap-toothed twelve-year-old inside me couldn't resist posting. <br /><br />The fourteen year old with the orangey sun-in treated hair concurred -- this post needed my input.<br /><br />When I look at pictures of myself as a young teen, I wonder how I survived my childhood at all. :)Leigh Hutchens Burchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13974935740527936303noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9058478111996476699.post-30956085891378887272010-01-25T16:58:40.316-07:002010-01-25T16:58:40.316-07:00I love the photos. It is crazy how life happens an...I love the photos. It is crazy how life happens and changes us without us even realizing it.Katie Gansherthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09150375338556869812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9058478111996476699.post-69971524072646726382010-01-25T16:40:08.380-07:002010-01-25T16:40:08.380-07:00LOL! Love the pictures. I think I went through my...LOL! Love the pictures. I think I went through my really bad hair days in the late 80's/early 90's. Big hair, tall bangs, bad perms. You get the idea:)<br /><br />But seriously, this is an excellent post. In order for our characters to become more life-like, we need show how they change over time. Thanks for using your own pictures to illustrate this point.Melissa Hursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15530652829980250261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9058478111996476699.post-46697761578791353542010-01-25T16:38:17.857-07:002010-01-25T16:38:17.857-07:00Your first picture is the same haircut I got right...Your first picture is the same haircut I got right before Christmas a month ago. It's the merger of the bowl cut and mullet. I call it the bullet. I'm not even kidding right now. <br /><br />Imagine a thirty-two, ahem...I mean twenty-nine year old with THAT haircut. So attractive, I assure you. At least when you had it was in style and you were a child. The cute freckles totally help you pull it off! Okay, that had nothing to do with the question you asked, but I had to share. :)Candicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13658962630981643176noreply@blogger.com