tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1008145630280152430.post6500135894941491025..comments2014-05-13T13:48:37.594+01:00Comments on Life in the 'Deen: A-Z Challenge: NAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15142148464977784683noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1008145630280152430.post-82027505686486920472014-04-17T09:12:52.752+01:002014-04-17T09:12:52.752+01:00These are all fantastic heroes. I didn't know ...These are all fantastic heroes. I didn't know about Murasaki Shikibu, that is a really great one.<br /><br />GracexxxAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15142148464977784683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1008145630280152430.post-50411366091363735072014-04-16T01:04:20.013+01:002014-04-16T01:04:20.013+01:00Happy birthday! :) Hope you have a good one!
I do...Happy birthday! :) Hope you have a good one!<br /><br />I don't know about literary heroes... let's see. Maybe L. M. Montgomery whose life's passion was writing. Or maybe Charlotte Bronte who wrote a letter to her literary idol asking for a critique of her work and was told "Writing is for men, get back in the kitchen" (paraphrasing). So she wrote a little thing called 'Jane Eyre' under a male pen name and achieved huge success. Or perhaps it's Murasaki Shikibu, who wrote what is considered to be the first novel over 1000 years ago at a time when women weren't supposed to know how to read or write. She wrote a naughty little romance called 'The Tale of Genji' for the Empress, despite being told by the monks of the time that she was going to hell for it. "You don't know me; I do what I want." Is what I imagine she told them.N J Magashttp://njmagas.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.com