tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7630415210220219904.post8830279894084681464..comments2023-10-30T07:11:43.150-07:00Comments on Claudia Harrington: claudiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08492479236798185780noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7630415210220219904.post-3999868216990632122008-12-13T12:48:00.000-08:002008-12-13T12:48:00.000-08:00I firmly believe in a writing gene. My grandfather...I firmly believe in a writing gene. My grandfather was an amazing writer and creator of games. He not only had the gift of story, he had the "talent of the room."<BR/><BR/>Meaning, he never went crazy from sitting in the room everyday and writing. He mastered it with grace and diligence.<BR/><BR/>Maybe the gene didn't necessarily pass on his actual writing talent, but it did provide the ability to admire the "talent of the room" and figure out how to achieve it for myself.Suzanne Casamentohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08306151428658707692noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7630415210220219904.post-42886352612780190722008-12-08T07:22:00.000-08:002008-12-08T07:22:00.000-08:00I knew we had the math gene in my family. Mom even...I knew we had the math gene in my family. Mom even won an oral math contest when she was in her 40's and had returned to school after 20 some years away. I had no idea where my writing had sprung from until my Dad was dying. Then I found out he wrote OpEd pieces for the paper. He wrote his own eulogy and it was very good. He had the math gene, too, but not the desire for education gene that my mother, brother and I shared. (And we all have blue eyes and dimples, except my brother's eyes change color with the weather or something).Sarah Laurensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09252565450452195395noreply@blogger.com