Comments on: NAWW Member of the Week: Virginia Nosky http://naww.org/blog/naww-member-of-the-week-virginia-nosky Mon, 08 Sep 2008 05:52:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2 By: Mary E. Burt http://naww.org/blog/naww-member-of-the-week-virginia-nosky#comment-6571 Mary E. Burt Sat, 01 Dec 2007 00:56:06 +0000 http://naww.org/blog/naww-member-of-the-week-virginia-nosky#comment-6571 Right now, I am in the middle of reading Blue Turquoise White Shell and am really enjoying the story. Virginia writes in a smooth, flowing style so visual that I'm sure the vast expanses of "The Rez" will become real to readers who've never been there, yet she never over-idealizes a place where the inhabitants have experienced, and experence today, more than their fair share of pain and poverty. She makes the Navajos' overly large quota of suffering more real by weaving into her novel a narrative concerning cruel events in the past that affect the lives of the present-day characters. As a current attendee of the Mustang Library's author's group, I can attest along with Rebecca (the commenter above) that Virginia is very helpful to other writers! Right now, I am in the middle of reading Blue Turquoise White Shell and am really enjoying the story. Virginia writes in a smooth, flowing style so visual that I’m sure the vast expanses of “The Rez” will become real to readers who’ve never been there, yet she never over-idealizes a place where the inhabitants have experienced, and experence today, more than their fair share of pain and poverty. She makes the Navajos’ overly large quota of suffering more real by weaving into her novel a narrative concerning cruel events in the past that affect the lives of the present-day characters.

As a current attendee of the Mustang Library’s author’s group, I can attest along with Rebecca (the commenter above) that Virginia is very helpful to other writers!

]]> By: Rebecca Hayes http://naww.org/blog/naww-member-of-the-week-virginia-nosky#comment-6548 Rebecca Hayes Fri, 30 Nov 2007 13:27:20 +0000 http://naww.org/blog/naww-member-of-the-week-virginia-nosky#comment-6548 <p>While in the adult critique group at Mustang Library, Scottsdale, I benefited from Virginia Nosky through her manuscripts and her critiques. She gave me insights into my own writing that I could not recognize. She has been encouraging to fledgling writers and I am delighted to see her success.</p> While in the adult critique group at Mustang Library, Scottsdale, I benefited from Virginia Nosky through her manuscripts and her critiques. She gave me insights into my own writing that I could not recognize. She has been encouraging to fledgling writers and I am delighted to see her success.

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