Comments for Diana Pavlac Glyer

Comment on Printing Problems at Lulu.com by Marianne G Petrino

Marianne G Petrino — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 21:26:14 +0000

Ran into this problem with some recent books and told it was "printer variance". I think QC should be consistent from whatever printers they use.

MGP

Comment on Printing Problems at Lulu.com by Edward Pliska

Edward Pliska — Wed, 26 Jan 2011 22:51:01 +0000

Same problem with 10 review copies of veres And Steel that were to be sent out to 7 magazines. 2 previous proofs were fine. Not much response from Lulu into the inquiry.

Comment on Are You a Writer? by Lancia Smith

Lancia Smith — Fri, 05 Nov 2010 14:44:41 +0000

Yes, it is true. This proves it. Thanks for posting it and validating the title for so many who are sometimes unsure.

Comment on Creative Conversations at Petoskey High School by Elena E Smith

Elena E Smith — Fri, 22 Oct 2010 20:40:07 +0000

Nice post. Made me fee like I was there with you.

Comment on ENGL111: Poetry by cinda-cite

cinda-cite — Fri, 15 Oct 2010 21:28:29 +0000

thank you. i was moved and can scarcely say why. i sent the you-tube link to my spouse, and wrote to a friend.

Comment on Why QWERTY? by Brandon Craig Rhodes

Brandon Craig Rhodes — Tue, 14 Sep 2010 14:11:02 +0000

The article does not make it quite clear enough, for my taste, that there has never actually been a reputable study showing QWERTY to be slower than any other keyboard arrangement. Keyboard designs show no benefit relative to each other when carefully tested — which is probably why the article quickly hops to the subject of stenography, but that hop manages to leave the reader thinking that Dvorak's claims were upheld — whereas, in fact, they were refuted. A good journal article on the subject:

http://www.utdallas.edu/~liebowit/keys1.html

This tiny web page is also a good summary, while making it clearer that there is no empirical evidence in favor of any QWERTY alternatives (stenography being a whole different system, of course, and demonstrably faster):

http://home.earthlink.net/~dcrehr/whyqwert.html

Enjoy! And, it's always fun to have a new blog article from you.

Comment on Reading “A Million Miles in a Thousand Years” by Kyle Thompson

Kyle Thompson — Sun, 04 Apr 2010 17:02:20 +0000

You nailed it with that comment. I had the president of a film company hand me this book with the simple command; "Read it." I did in one flight to LA and the moment I finished, after wiping away the tears from laughing and hurt-recognized, I turned to the inside front cover, wrote a note to my dad, who really needs a new story to live, and dropped it in the first UPS box I could find after landing. Having had the unique opportunity to read an early version of the screenplay "Blue Like Jazz", the focus of the story Donald Miller was writing with Steve Taylor, reading "million miles" gave me an intense appreciation for the journey Don is living and was a challenge to me to walk more true, everyday.

Comment on Antelope Valley Writers' Conference by Steve Hutson

Steve Hutson — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 05:10:42 +0000

Greetings, Diana. Just found your site through Google.

Where do you live? We'd be glad to have you join us.

Steve

Comment on College Writing Courses: What Were You S’posed to Learn? by Gabe King

Gabe King — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 00:57:19 +0000

Hi Dr. Glyer! You may (or may not) remember me, but I took your Comparative Authors: C. S. Lewis & J. R. R. Tolkien course @ APU in the Spring of 2003. We were the guinea pigs of that class and it was the objective of the course to ultimately publish a book, with each member or group-of-2 contributing a chapter. In the end we did not pursue the publication of an entire book, but rather we elected a few of the papers to be submitted to Myth for review. I remember my chapter was a comparison/contrast of Gandalf and Aslan. Now, 6 years later, as I think back about it, I have to say that was probably my favorite class. I really enjoyed the enthusiasm it engendered as we pored over the popular works (Narnia & LOTR) as well as lesser known titles (Faerie and An Experiment in Criticism). I can honestly say that this class has perpetuated a lifetime of interest and scholasticism towards these great authors that I am all too proud to bestow upon my 5-year old son and next child (who is on the way!). Every now and then I flip through our 'book' that you provided at the end of semester and reminisce about the projects we worked on along the way: the ungainly folders we generated as we searched out all possible websites related, however remotely, to CSL and JRRT; the weekly quizzes that tested our abilities to wade through pages and pages of reading; the seriously rough drafts we created at the start of our journey through the worlds of Lewis & Tolkien. I think I left that class a better writer. I hope APU has continued this course to the present, thereby allowing you to reach generations of APU students and helping them garner a deeper appreciation for some of the most popular works of fiction this world has enjoyed. Hope to hear from you soon!

Comment on Mind the Chicken by Marcie Geffner

Marcie Geffner — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 16:49:38 +0000

I have to wonder whether there is an electronic equivalent that would work as well for all my freelance assignments that are stuck while I wait for someone to return a telephone call. Maybe a file folder on my desktop called "Under the Chicken"? At least it would be good for a laugh, rather than a fume of impatience!