I arrived last night from the Erma Bombeck Writers’ Workshop last night and now here I sit in the quiet house wonder the depth of a magnificent word: Wow.
I have some fun stories to tell and a few pictures but for right now, that will have to keep as I have a full day as I get ready for the potluck to tonight with Wayne Jacobsen and Brad Cummings. (It’s not too late to join us, scroll down on the blog for details.)
One thing I didn’t want to wait in sharing is something that I’ve been tossing around for some time- the subtitle to my book. (Not to mention tightening down the focus for the book as well.)
After my “May I have two minutes of your time?” request with Sam Horn, turned into nearly an hour (with her permission,) I am happy to announce with great confidence, the rest of the title. Are you ready? (More about the amazing Sam Horn later.)
Here we go:
Labels are for Soup Cans
The dangers and downside of calling our kids autistic, ADD and learning disabled
I’d love to get your feedback. Tell me what you think!
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Brilliant sub title! I am not a writer Theresa so I may be wrong in this ‘nit pick’ you have plural and singular mixed; dangerS and downside. Should it be dangers and downsides? Or danger and downside? I bow to others superior English for an answer…
Great subtitle — and so glad you came, Theresa. Nice to finally meet you in person.
Roy- Your comment made me smile….I’ve been working that over in my brain! I too must bow to others for their superior English. (As my good friend says, “That’s what editors are for!”
Matt- It was great to meet you. You did an outstanding job on the conference. I especially appreciated your kudos on Saturday to all folks you helped you; that was a real class act.
The subtitle seems to follow the main title very well.
Thanks, OMK!
Okay, everyone’s a critic. But “dangers and downside” sounds a little redundant. It sounds redundant and repetetive. It sounds uneeded and unecessary. It sounds drawn-out and overlong. It sounds like I may need some coffee.
It used to be when a child would build this fantastic, organized, and complex structure out of legos that we would comment of how he would make a great engineer….now we label him as having OCD.
It used to be when a child would wander from task to task that we would comment of how he would make a great artist because he has a creative mind…now we label him as having ADHD.
It used to be when a child would stare off into space for too long that we would comment of how he would make a great astronaut because he was always admiring the sky..now we label him as having ADD.
Let us go back to the way it used to be and leave the labels on the soup cans.