Comments for sarahdunant.com http://www.sarahdunant.com/blog Wed, 28 Jul 2010 17:59:24 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 Comment on Back to the convent where it all started by Sarah Dunant http://www.sarahdunant.com/blog/2010/06/back-to-the-convent-where-it-all-started/comment-page-1/#comment-1816 Sarah Dunant Wed, 28 Jul 2010 17:59:24 +0000 http://www.sarahdunant.com/blog/?p=95#comment-1816 Parking tickets drive most of the people I know to near distraction, altered states are what parents need to deal with teenagers, and writing is the hardest job in the world. My heart goes out to you. But you will do it! Pain, as they say, is part of the process. Parking tickets drive most of the people I know to near distraction, altered states are what parents need to deal with teenagers, and writing is the hardest job in the world. My heart goes out to you. But you will do it! Pain, as they say, is part of the process.

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]]> Comment on Back to the convent where it all started by Frans Mossberg http://www.sarahdunant.com/blog/2010/06/back-to-the-convent-where-it-all-started/comment-page-1/#comment-1814 Frans Mossberg Mon, 26 Jul 2010 18:51:27 +0000 http://www.sarahdunant.com/blog/?p=95#comment-1814 Hi Sarah! Thanks for your beautiful work. I am a swedish musicologist, composer and artist. I came upon Sacred Hearts this summer and must say I appreciated it very much and the thoughtfulness you gave to your characters and their experiences. It also really opened up a hard reality and unfreedom of women in convent life, without sacrificing the finer nuances of inner spirituality. I now dive into the courtesan and must say I am so impressed by the way you are able to paint the scenery of the times in Venice and Rome. I am reading this in swedish translation and the humor and colorful language is a true joy and inspiration to read. Being a lover of Italy its like being there in spirit. Your writing is a true gift. /yours Frans Mossberg Hi Sarah!
Thanks for your beautiful work. I am a swedish musicologist, composer and artist.

I came upon Sacred Hearts this summer and must say I appreciated it very much and the thoughtfulness you gave to your characters and their experiences. It also really opened up a hard reality and unfreedom of women in convent life, without sacrificing the finer nuances of inner spirituality.

I now dive into the courtesan and must say I am so impressed by the way you are able to paint the scenery of the times in Venice and Rome. I am reading this in swedish translation and the humor and colorful language is a true joy and inspiration to read.
Being a lover of Italy its like being there in spirit.

Your writing is a true gift. /yours Frans Mossberg

]]> Comment on Back to the convent where it all started by Richard A. Heckler http://www.sarahdunant.com/blog/2010/06/back-to-the-convent-where-it-all-started/comment-page-1/#comment-1813 Richard A. Heckler Tue, 20 Jul 2010 04:20:33 +0000 http://www.sarahdunant.com/blog/?p=95#comment-1813 Dear Sarah: Your writing helps me forget about my parking tickets...all $800's worth; and my teenagers desire to explore altered states; and, perhaps most of all, how fussy my own writing has become. thank-you for your work...its such a pleasure and joy to read. ps...should there be another brain like yours laying around, please send to my ofc in California. Warmly, Richard Dear Sarah:
Your writing helps me forget about my parking tickets…all $800’s worth; and my teenagers desire to explore altered states; and, perhaps most of all, how fussy my own writing has become.

thank-you for your work…its such a pleasure and joy to read.
ps…should there be another brain like yours laying around, please send to my ofc in California.
Warmly,
Richard

]]> Comment on Back to the convent where it all started by Sarah Dunant http://www.sarahdunant.com/blog/2010/06/back-to-the-convent-where-it-all-started/comment-page-1/#comment-1812 Sarah Dunant Fri, 02 Jul 2010 15:08:53 +0000 http://www.sarahdunant.com/blog/?p=95#comment-1812 Hi Courtney, Thank you for that and good to meet you. Hope Venice and In the Company of the Courtesan and Sacred Hearts in Ferrara (all the renaissance moments) give you as much pleasure. Over the five or so years since I started publishing these books lots of people have been interested in them in films, but no one has got beyond the stage of an option. I suspect the expense has put them off. I have to say I don"t mind. I think the best films are the ones you make in your mind as you are reading. I can't think of many books where the film has given me better pictures than my own. But maybe some day........ Hi Courtney,

Thank you for that and good to meet you. Hope Venice and In the Company of the Courtesan and Sacred Hearts in Ferrara (all the renaissance moments) give you as much pleasure.

Over the five or so years since I started publishing these books lots of people have been interested in them in films, but no one has got beyond the stage of an option. I suspect the expense has put them off. I have to say I don”t mind. I think the best films are the ones you make in your mind as you are reading. I can’t think of many books where the film has given me better pictures than my own. But maybe some day……..

]]> Comment on Back to the convent where it all started by Courtney Janak http://www.sarahdunant.com/blog/2010/06/back-to-the-convent-where-it-all-started/comment-page-1/#comment-1811 Courtney Janak Thu, 01 Jul 2010 05:00:35 +0000 http://www.sarahdunant.com/blog/?p=95#comment-1811 I have only just discovered you as an author, currently almost finished reading The Birth of Venus. You've reignited my passion for Renaissance Florence and for reading in general, and for that, I thank you. I look forward to reading your other works. Has anyone ever approached you about making any of your novels into a play or film? I can so easily see The Birth of Venus dramatized on screen to great effect! Best wishes, Courtney Janak I have only just discovered you as an author, currently almost finished reading The Birth of Venus. You’ve reignited my passion for Renaissance Florence and for reading in general, and for that, I thank you. I look forward to reading your other works.

Has anyone ever approached you about making any of your novels into a play or film? I can so easily see The Birth of Venus dramatized on screen to great effect!

Best wishes,
Courtney Janak

]]> Comment on Half way across America by Noora Montonen http://www.sarahdunant.com/blog/2010/04/half-way-across-america/comment-page-1/#comment-1810 Noora Montonen Sun, 27 Jun 2010 11:36:40 +0000 http://www.sarahdunant.com/blog/?p=79#comment-1810 Dear Ms. Dunant, I have just finished reading Sacred Hearts, and I must say the book was a truly delightful novel. I enjoyed the style of writing; it is quite rare that I come by books that have been writted in the present tense, and for some time after I closed the book I found my own inner monologue going on in the present instead of the normal past tense. I found that some chapters had a particularly interesting narrative monologue with events being first recounted from the point of view of Zuana and then from the point of view of Serafina, and the transition between the two was skillfully conducted. Thank you once again for writing such a beautiful novel! Dear Ms. Dunant,
I have just finished reading Sacred Hearts, and I must say the book was a truly delightful novel. I enjoyed the style of writing; it is quite rare that I come by books that have been writted in the present tense, and for some time after I closed the book I found my own inner monologue going on in the present instead of the normal past tense. I found that some chapters had a particularly interesting narrative monologue with events being first recounted from the point of view of Zuana and then from the point of view of Serafina, and the transition between the two was skillfully conducted. Thank you once again for writing such a beautiful novel!

]]> Comment on Back to the convent where it all started by judie http://www.sarahdunant.com/blog/2010/06/back-to-the-convent-where-it-all-started/comment-page-1/#comment-1805 judie Sun, 13 Jun 2010 23:24:44 +0000 http://www.sarahdunant.com/blog/?p=95#comment-1805 I've always loved to read and paint. When I suffered a personal tragedy in my life I didnt do either for a couple of years. Then I picked up The Birth of Venus. I was suddenly hooked on reading again. Then I read In The Company of The Courtesan, loved it, and even did a painting called The Courtesan. Today I have just finished Sacred Hearts. Could you please hurry and write another....like tomorrow? Take care. :) I’ve always loved to read and paint. When I suffered a personal tragedy in my life I didnt do either for a couple of years. Then I picked up The Birth of Venus. I was suddenly hooked on reading again. Then I read In The Company of The Courtesan, loved it, and even did a painting called The Courtesan. Today I have just finished Sacred Hearts. Could you please hurry and write another….like tomorrow? Take care. :)

]]> Comment on Half way across America by julia benard http://www.sarahdunant.com/blog/2010/04/half-way-across-america/comment-page-1/#comment-1789 julia benard Sun, 16 May 2010 22:07:20 +0000 http://www.sarahdunant.com/blog/?p=79#comment-1789 I've just finished Sacred hearts and really loved it, the story, the pace, the characters. I found the detail about convent life and especially the herbalism very interesting. I was hoping, though, that Zuana would escape and work in that woman's apothecary! I’ve just finished Sacred hearts and really loved it, the story, the pace, the characters. I found the detail about convent life and especially the herbalism very interesting. I was hoping, though, that Zuana would escape and work in that woman’s apothecary!

]]> Comment on Nuns with nail varnish by Jeanne PinkHam http://www.sarahdunant.com/blog/2010/05/nuns-with-nail-varnish/comment-page-1/#comment-1784 Jeanne PinkHam Wed, 12 May 2010 17:34:36 +0000 http://www.sarahdunant.com/blog/?p=89#comment-1784 I really wanted to write and thank you for your beautifully written book, Sacred Hearts. I devoured it and its' well drawn, vivid characters. I was recuperating from a nasty root canal. I could almost hear the singing. I was a dancer and have done liturgical dance but am a dreadful singer. But I do sing with gusto. I've worked and taught in Catholic schools and have had the pleasure of knowing many sisters, monks, and priests. They are all very human. A sister once told me that you can't forget that sisters are women first, and then nuns. I can't wait to read you other books, I hope you have a terrific book tour, Cordially, Jeanne Pinkham I really wanted to write and thank you for your beautifully written book, Sacred Hearts. I devoured it and its’ well drawn, vivid characters. I was recuperating from a nasty root canal. I could almost hear the singing.

I was a dancer and have done liturgical dance but am a dreadful singer. But I do sing with gusto.

I’ve worked and taught in Catholic schools and have had the pleasure of knowing many sisters, monks, and priests. They are all very human. A sister once told me that you can’t forget that sisters are women first, and then nuns.

I can’t wait to read you other books, I hope you have a terrific book tour,

Cordially,

Jeanne Pinkham

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