FRENCH WORD-A-DAY

Félicitations!

Fêtons-çela, bien-sur!
That is awesome. I look forward to the hard copy. Great news. I know it will be a fascinating read.

Felicitations, Kristi!

As a professional writer, I, too, often tend to put the cart before the horse. It probably happens to everyone. The problem is, the point you're making or the scene you're setting is so clear in your own mind that you don't always stop to consider the audience's point of view. They may not see it so clearly, and you may need to remind them of past or even recent-past events leading up to your subject that are crystal clear in the memory of the person who lived them, but not so for the people who have read about them, but not experienced them.

The best solution I've found is to complete all or most of your writing the day before it's due. I let stories "cure" overnight, and no matter how many times I revised as I wrote the day before, I invariably find ways to state things more clearly or revise passages that sound a bit awkward in retrospect.

Bonne chance!

Teresa

You will have done a great job! Remember, it also became a part of your survival techniques for the several “confinements” en France even if not planned to be that. Congratulations! What a great way to have used / lived 2020/2021.

Des devantures de boutiques, storefronts.
Now I know that French phrase. The article in La Ciotat magazine is good, and solid praise for your writing and your photography. I find myself missing your photos, wishing to see more of the photos of places and details of the area around you. You have been busy writing a book, while keeping your marriage intact. Maybe soon there will be time for more photos.

Best of luck finding the publisher.

Bonne chance! If anyone can do it.....you can!

Salut Kristin! I’m sure you know the wonderful books of MFK Fisher whose books romanticize France while in fact she was thrice married and had a rather painful peripatetic life. Yet she was enormously productive and like her, your writing is very engaging. It looks like you and Jean-Marc weathered your travails so much better - big congratulations! Will look forward to the book!

Amitiés,

Remy

I can only imagine how proud you and Jean-Marc must be -to have written an entire book, but to also have been so honest in weathering any storms that arose-as they do in long, loving relationships! You are both to be congratulated! Bon chance with the book promoters. I’m sure it will be snapped right up and do very well!! Very happy for you both! Judi

Felicitations et bonne chance!! I enjoyed reading the chapters one by one. Looking forward to seeing the finished product!

Fêtons-cela ensemble! I think your story would make a fine Netflix series! Pourquoi pas? Congratulations to you both, once again. Would you like some blurbs or reviews from those who have already enjoyed the story to the last page? Just say the word and I'm sure you will have an enthusiastic response. I'm ready!

Congratulations. So very proud of you both. What an accomplishment.

Congratulations! I look forward to reading your “œuvre.”
Petite correction: (In the vocabulary section)
Ce n’est pas si simple que ça.
It’s not as easy as that.
🥰

Huge congratulations to you both. I’m wondering if I should purchase the online copy or a paper copy 🤔 hmm?
What impresses me the most (about your story) is the willingness to share a dream that almost broke you. And one that you have survived and moved forward from.
That takes character, strength and intelligence.

Congratulations to you both - may your book be a huge success.

I remember the old Bonjour Paris with great affection - it was such fun to directly connect with other lovers of France, a novel experience at the time. You’re correct about the craft of writing; the more one writes the better the writing. A prime example is your friend Cara Black. The reader can see her progress with each book; after book 4 she began hitting her stride and just keeps getting better and better.

Thanks for sharing your life with us.

Congratulations! A wonderful accomplishment ... can't wait to read the finished product.

Kristin,
I just finished reading a book by Deirdre Bair called "Parisian Lives". I'm wondering if you have read it and if not, you might like it. It's a memoir of her work and writing process and interviewing techniques when she was just starting her career as a biographer of Samuel Beckett, and later Simone de Beauvoir. I loved it--for its insight into those two people, as well as reading about her time spent in France, and areas of Montparnasse that I used to love hanging around during that same era. She talks about her struggles with the writing, about self doubt, about structure, etc., as well as the difficulties she faced as a woman writer in the early 70's.

Bonjour!
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Merci beaucoup.
By the way, I live in Occitanie.

Félicitations et bon courage!!

Hi Kristi and Jean-Marc, we are so impressed that you were able to finish your book in a relatively short time, given all the daily obstacles of life that must have impeded your productivity! Being visual artists, we understand how hard it is to stay on track, have a normal life, and given the pandemic, (totally ABnormal!!) even harder to get anything done, so, heartfelt FELICITATIONS and look forward to reading all about your adventures!! Bises

Courage!