Comments on: Packing up My Childhood

By: Steph

Steph — Tue, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

I just went through the same thing. Except I had boxes and boxes of crap. T and I are making a dump run tomorrow and the truck is going to be loaded with stuff I used to think was too priceless to ever part with. Yeesh.

By: Aaron

Aaron — Tue, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Sheesh, if only Dave Eggers and all the other godawful memoir writers around today had heeded the same writing advice…

By: Kris

Kris — Tue, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Aaron, I surely hope you’re not including David Sedaris in that bunch . . . he’s at the top of the heap of memoir writers.

Katie, as always you underestimate yourself. I’ve always found your blogging compelling and full-bodied–like a good Black Butte Porter, but without the drunkedness.

By: Johnny

Johnny — Tue, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

I must also chime in to defend your writing skill, and also tell you that the shit I wrote in high school and college would make you shudder in contempt… never has anyone produced the stream of claptrap that burst forth from my pen back in the day (or today, for that matter?)

By: TonjaD

TonjaD — Tue, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

KT- You have been basically paid to write and revise as an adult, while as a kid you only had to impress your peers and teachers. Now, you write your blog to get feedback from your friends and family and probably feel less guilty for not speaking to them in person, because you are keeping them well informed with your well written memoirs. Your motivators as an adult are more powerful than the rewards you received as a child, would be my guess. P.S. Good luck on Thurs. and you forgot your tasty B&O treat in my fridge.

By: Ted

Ted — Tue, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Just the fact that you recognize the deficiencies of your previous work shows your ability to write today. Though I’m no critic, I find our writing well thought out and very engrossing – always a stop on the daily blog roll!

And let us know how the interview goes!

By: Ruth

Ruth — Tue, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Ted and Kris are right, KT…your writing is great and I love reading your blog!!

By: Christy

Christy — Tue, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Hey sweet thing- I agree with Kris! Your writing was fabulous in highschool (you might think it is a little out of date now but that is because, dare I say, that was TEN years ago) and it is fabulous now (when you are more mature than you were TEN years ago). Sorry…I just can’t believe that TEN years have gone by. I feel lucky to have read both the then and now writings. I wouldn’t have asked you to write something for my wedding if I didn’t think you were a PERFECT writer! Tell your parents I said hello!

By: Amanda Zeigler

Amanda Zeigler — Tue, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Hello Katie,
Have you ever gone by the name Katie Parks, or Katie McClure (in Junior High or Elementry (Mead Elementry in Spokane Washington?)
If not am sorry, I have the wrong person, but if it you and you remeber that your friend Amanda moved to S. California October (8th) send me an email! 🙂 Bye