tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30987144.post2538824233786123162..comments2014-11-25T21:39:42.183-08:00Comments on Just Write: Mrs. BeebeeTH Meekshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10686820920035214589noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30987144.post-17462217652446052052007-11-20T01:38:00.000-08:002007-11-20T01:38:00.000-08:00A good mentor stays with us in spirit, if not in p...A good mentor stays with us in spirit, if not in person, I think.TH Meekshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10686820920035214589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30987144.post-47457050082724192782007-11-17T17:14:00.000-08:002007-11-17T17:14:00.000-08:00Ah, mentors. My first writing mentor was the profe...Ah, mentors. My first writing mentor was the professor who taught the first course I ever took in grad school in an off-campus extension program. I was scared silly, because I'd done nothing more intellectual than read the funny papers and dosages on baby aspirin for ten years since undergrad days. But dear Larry let me know that my research paper was the best he'd seen. <BR/><BR/>For the next three years I spent a lot of time in his office whenever I traveled the hundred miles to campus. He freely dispensed pep talks mingled with sarcasm, and nearly always pointed out that I should forget the rat race — "Just stay home and write. That's what you do best!"<BR/><BR/>Though his words resonated, there were no support groups, writing groups, or anything helpful in my community, and I did slip into the rat race. I never forgot the dreams he inspired and gradually did phase into writing. Thirteen years later I dedicated my first book to him. <BR/><BR/>I've never had another mentor like him. He was the best, and I still think of him when in moments of doubtSharon Lippincotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16269757107845288737noreply@blogger.com