Comments on: My Personal Spring….

By: Leeson

Leeson — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 01:29:21 +0000

Pat,
Congrats on your heir to the throne (your baby)! I was reading your blog about the family being tired when i was called away from my desk. when i got back my wife was reading it and said that it was really funny. thats when i took the chance to hand over ‘name of the wind’ to her. i cant wait for her to be as entrapped as i was.
i know you have heard it a billion times, but i loved your book. i’m military and picked it up before i deployed. i must have read it three times during my 9 months overseas. when i wasnt reading it some of the guys were reading it. when i bought it i didnt even realize it was a trilogy and the others werent written yet. i dont even care about that, i loved the first and can patiently wait for the second. in fact, i’ve been back since may and i think i’m going to read it again (or if you have a suggestion on another book or series i will take your word for it). i know your not in the business of promoting other writers but i still thought i’d ask. so thanks for the book. take care of the kiddo, and good luck with your career.

By: Ben

Ben — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 19:39:07 +0000

Now entering my 7th of what appears to be at least 12 semesters for my BS in Mechanical Engineering at Tennessee Tech, I know what you mean. I love the end of August/ beginning of September. When the town goes from a ghost of what was to a living thing, i get just a little giddy. Between the freshmen thinking they are the coolest of the cool, all the clubs getting back into the swing, and the lovely ladies jogging on campus, how can you not be just a little excited? Love the column, and the book. best of luck with Oot.

By: Bremon

Bremon — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 16:43:58 +0000

…You’re amazing. seriously. all i have is school and curling and i still can’t finish anything with any regularity…but you have tours, Sarah, Oot, life in general, conventions, interviews, etcetera & blah-blah blah and you have the first book done and the second book in the drafting process. That being said…any chance of advice for college essays? they’re so darn vague that i don’t know how the heck i’m going to get them done…like…do they really mean “any topic” when they say “any topic”? and why can’t the college people just write “Write an essay about stuff.”? that pretty much sums it up.

By: Gareon

Gareon — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 05:55:23 +0000

"Alright you Primative Screwheads, listen up!"

Kirk deserves a pat on the back and the rest of you deserve a taste of Ash's boomstick!!

Seriously, watch the movies. Army of Darkness is number three in the Evil Dead series. Premium awesomeness.

By: Gareon

Gareon — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 05:26:36 +0000

You can even tell the Freshman by their spelling and bad grammer in the blog comments. No offense to anyone inparticular peter, freshman from the University of Illinois at Chicago. We all make a mistake or too in our “righting” every now and then. =D

PS- I certainly wish there was a clever columnist I could find in Denver, CO… or online. Anyone with ideas???

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 00:49:29 +0000

I am in the process of applying to college and frankly I can’t wait. I have the hope that at least at college there will be other intelligent people. I am so done with being surrounded by idiots.

By: Cody

Cody — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 14:50:42 +0000

Hmm sorry, I am new to the blogging world and had a typo in the comment above.

College life was a blast.. until my life became more dramatic. Drama as in getting my future, not present wife pregnant. And then the stress came with a hellish packed schedule of school, watching my son, and working nights for a year.

I read Name of the Wind a year ago or so, while currently reading your Ice and Fire recommendation which has me absorbed and saying words like "seed" and "buried treasure." Great job and amazing writing.

By: Whitney

Whitney — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 20:31:31 +0000

I just found out that my fiance is procuring a copy of the College Survival Guide for my anniversary present…needless to say, I was beyond excited!

By: Patricia

Patricia — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 18:18:52 +0000

I know what you mean. I also always felt like the new year started in September but I finished school this year and it makes me feel kind of lost because there should be something new going on now, but there isn’t.
I miss school and everybody so much!

By: Kirk

Kirk — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 09:12:16 +0000

Over 50 comments and not one mention of the Bruce Campbell sketch? Some of you acedemic types need to go watch "Army of Darkness."

I don't know about it being spring now, but the company I work for starts its fiscal year Sept. 1st.

Screw going back to teaching, you probably swing a big enough pen now to land paid speaking engagements at universities. All the thrills of vomiting your insights onto unsuspecting brains, none of the paper grading tedium.