tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3934041490878801751.post3961410798182856896..comments2024-03-17T12:30:03.009-05:00Comments on Teaching Authors--6 Children's Authors Who Also Teach Writing: Three Weeks of Thanks-Giving; Thanks to the best teacher everCarmela Martinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15543808551988338496noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3934041490878801751.post-24815239211132667372017-11-15T13:58:51.432-06:002017-11-15T13:58:51.432-06:00 Mary Ann! I believe you would’ve been a writer i... Mary Ann! I believe you would’ve been a writer in any case…your prose is so liquid, so easy to fall into and learn from. But bless Coach Todd. We’re lucky he reached out to you so that your writing could reach us.April Halprin Waylandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13128192997917583478noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3934041490878801751.post-89527210815769347162017-11-09T17:04:30.529-06:002017-11-09T17:04:30.529-06:00Thanks so much for this post, MA! So wonderful to ...Thanks so much for this post, MA! So wonderful to read the story of how Coach inspired you!Carmela Martinohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15543808551988338496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3934041490878801751.post-3180476099180669732017-11-08T12:20:47.858-06:002017-11-08T12:20:47.858-06:00Thank you Mary Ann, for this excellent post!Thank you Mary Ann, for this excellent post!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10078422374153577425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3934041490878801751.post-13835330179994307392017-11-07T11:55:20.113-06:002017-11-07T11:55:20.113-06:00Thank you all for your thoughtful (and thankful!)...Thank you all for your thoughtful (and thankful!) comments. I was indeed lucky to have taught with Coach (who left teaching shortly after I married and moved away). There are also thousands of West Tennessee students who were blessed to have learned that history is precious and means something. The school was only a half an hour away from the Shiloh National Battlefield, and when you live among that sort of thing every day, you tend discount your own history as insignificant. Coach Todd didn't. God bless him.<br />Mary Ann Rodmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00713067187874692067noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3934041490878801751.post-8531919148494683042017-11-05T08:32:36.104-06:002017-11-05T08:32:36.104-06:00What an excellent post. Thank you, Mary Ann!What an excellent post. Thank you, Mary Ann!Bobbi Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06175232103842324895noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3934041490878801751.post-83067628866493440852017-11-04T12:40:22.965-05:002017-11-04T12:40:22.965-05:00Somehow it has escaped me that you were a libraria...Somehow it has escaped me that you were a librarian (excuse me: media specialist). I love that Coach recognized the significance of your history and that it resulted in Yankee Girl. I do love that book! I also truly enjoy hearing about your dad and his methodical ways. And his integrity!Joyce Moyer Hostetterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13479073021638987921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3934041490878801751.post-46417525341439613722017-11-04T07:18:07.590-05:002017-11-04T07:18:07.590-05:00I love historical fiction because of the way story...I love historical fiction because of the way story makes the history real. You were lucky to have a teacher who embraced history in this way. Margaret Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04434866104385187658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3934041490878801751.post-91209172066510171172017-11-03T10:16:22.799-05:002017-11-03T10:16:22.799-05:00Excellent post, Mary Ann. When I grow up, I want ...Excellent post, Mary Ann. When I grow up, I want to write like you!<br />Carla Killough McClaffertyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01058156420968221446noreply@blogger.com