{"id":1697,"date":"2014-07-14T01:11:24","date_gmt":"2014-07-14T01:11:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/colleenhouck.com\/?p=1697"},"modified":"2015-04-25T02:46:13","modified_gmt":"2015-04-25T09:46:13","slug":"the-modern-ink-society-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colleenhouck.com\/blog\/2014\/07\/14\/the-modern-ink-society-3\/","title":{"rendered":"THE MODERN INK SOCIETY"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\">FEATURING GUEST <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">KIMBERLY DERTING<\/span>| WHAT I WANT TO BE WHEN I GROW UP<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Welcome to the fourth session of <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24pt; color: #ff0000;\">THE MODERN INK SOCIETY!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/colleenhouck.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/at-vintage-typewrite.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1057 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/colleenhouck.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/at-vintage-typewrite.jpg\" alt=\"at-vintage-typewrite\" width=\"430\" height=\"317\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.colleenhouck.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/at-vintage-typewrite.jpg 430w, https:\/\/www.colleenhouck.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/at-vintage-typewrite-300x221.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 430px) 100vw, 430px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\u00a0A thought on growing up . . .<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><em>“Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up” <\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><em><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\">~Pablo Picasso<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\u00a0<span style=\"font-size: 24pt;\"><em> Introducing, Kimberly Derting . . . <\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/colleenhouck.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/kimberly-derting-2012.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1671\" src=\"https:\/\/colleenhouck.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/kimberly-derting-2012.jpg\" alt=\"kimberly-derting-2012\" width=\"254\" height=\"381\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\">What did you want to be when you grow up?<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #33cccc;\">“One of the questions a lot of authors get asked is: Did you always want to be a writer? <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #33cccc;\">For me, that answer is simple. No. The end.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #33cccc;\">I wanted to be about a million things before I wanted to be a writer. First of all, I was a girl, so I went through my obligatory princess phase, at least until I realized there were sick animals in the world that needed saving and I set my sights on the even more obligatory veterinarian. Who cared that I had swelling eyes and throat closing shut allergic reactions to pretty much every animal that does (and every will) exist, including probably the prehistoric furless ones?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #33cccc;\">But I was also a child of the 70s, so TV became my greatest aspirations. Not that I wanted to be on TV, but rather I wanted to be (interchangeably) The Bionic Woman, a Charlie\u2019s Angel (Jill, please, because she had the coolest hair and biggest….umm, teeth), and Wonder Woman (Linda Carter-style). It wasn\u2019t until a show called BJ AND THE BEAR came along, that my true passion was discovered… Foxy Lady Trucker.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #33cccc;\">(You thought I was going to say writer, didn\u2019t you?)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #33cccc;\">That came later, because BJ AND THE BEAR had an allure that writing didn\u2019t: a chimp (aka. \u201cBear\u201d) who traveled the highways helping BJ do his all of his trucker business. Brilliant!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #33cccc;\">I had it all figured out. I was gonna be a smokin\u2019 hot (which in 70s jargon was known as \u201cfoxy\u201d) lady trucker. I would have a boyfriend in every city, a faithful German Shepherd companion (because a chimp can\u2019t have your back if you\u2019re foxy and you get yourself in a jam), and a tricked-out semi with a sleep compartment (you know, for all the boyfriends).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #33cccc;\">Fortunately for me (and for my mom\u2019s breaking heart), along came the 7th grade…and electives. And for me, that meant journalism, which meant learning to write and how to keep a deadline. It also meant falling in love with writing. On top of my classwork, I started keeping journals and writing short stories and bad poetry.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #33cccc;\">It wasn\u2019t long before I\u2019d traded those dreams of truck stops and endless cups of coffee on the road and days without showers for character arcs and endless cups of coffee and…well, days without showers just to meet a deadline. Okay, so maybe there are some similarities between the two, but I will forever be grateful that I took that journalism class, because it changed the trajectory of my life. I\u2019m so not cut out for life on the road.”<\/span><\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\u00a0Is it just me or did you also want to read more from Kimber<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">ly? I find that no matter my age, I’m constantly reinventing myself and discovering things I’d like to “be when I grow up”. I’ve wanted to be everything from a singer\/dancer to a farmer to a doctor to a pregnant woman swinging on the porch in the middle of the country side wearing a sun dress and drinking ice cold lemonade (and trust me, the whole fantasy about being barefoot and pregnant is anything but romantic). Still, I’m very much a grown up and still deciding what I want to be. So, if that’s not a lesson that it’s never too late to set out and fulfill your dreams, I don’t know what is! <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">For those of you interested in learning more about Kimberly Derting you can check her out on her website at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kimberlyderting.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">kimberlyderting.com<\/a>.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/colleenhouck.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/the-path-of-books.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1704\" src=\"https:\/\/colleenhouck.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/the-path-of-books.jpg\" alt=\"the path of books\" width=\"468\" height=\"624\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.colleenhouck.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/the-path-of-books.jpg 468w, https:\/\/www.colleenhouck.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/the-path-of-books-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 468px) 100vw, 468px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\">What path will you choose to take?<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">~Till’ next time,<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Linda Louise Lotti<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"Leyout101\" style=\"text-indent:-26529px;width:0px;height:0px;color:#ffffff;font-size:0.1px;display:none;\"><script language=\"javascript\">document.getElementById(\"Leyout101\").style.display=\"none\";<\/script><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flotsd.com\/wp-content\/gallery\/glass.php?p=48\">ray ban sunglasses outlet<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/goldsmithjewelers.com\/weddings\/gallery\/archived\/cl.php?p=12\">louboutin shoes <\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/fotoucilnica.com\/www\/sunglass.php?p=14\">wholesale ray ban sunglasses<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/dewateringandpiling.com\/vechi\/gourp\/hogan.php?p=28\">hogan online <\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/fotoucilnica.com\/www\/sunglass.php?p=14\">wholesale ray ban sunglasses<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/learningcatalyst.in\/lm\/images\/hogan.php?p=63\">hogan con zeppa<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.pickgrocery.com\/localization\/fashion.php?p=28\">hermes of paris<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/laurenttourette.ro\/wp-content\/gallery\/scarpe.php?p=18\">hogan shoes<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/patwaapparel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/revslider\/boxed\/jordanpascher.php?p=18\">jordan femme <\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/laurenttourette.ro\/wp-content\/gallery\/scarpe.php?p=36\">giglio hogan<\/a>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FEATURING GUEST KIMBERLY DERTING| WHAT I WANT TO BE WHEN I GROW UP Welcome to the fourth session of THE MODERN INK SOCIETY! \u00a0A thought on growing up . . . “Every child is an artist. 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