Comments on: Time Travel & Mistakes–Would We Change the Past? Should We? https://authorkristenlamb.com/2013/04/time-travel-mistakes-would-we-change-the-past-should-we/ Author, Blogger, Social Media Jedi Sun, 05 May 2013 11:12:26 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.6 By: Sunday Sampler for May 5, 2013 | shanjeniah https://authorkristenlamb.com/2013/04/time-travel-mistakes-would-we-change-the-past-should-we/#comment-32507 Sun, 05 May 2013 11:12:26 +0000 http://warriorwriters.wordpress.com/?p=11013#comment-32507 […] Time Travel and Mistakes- Would We Change the Past? Should We? – Kristen Lamb explores the role of mistakes in our lives, how they shape us, and how to make the most of them. Oh, and my brother-in-law owns a Delorean. He bought it on Ebay. I’ve touched it. Seriously. […]

]]> By: The Cone of Shame–Not Just for Pets Anymore | Kristen Lamb's Blog https://authorkristenlamb.com/2013/04/time-travel-mistakes-would-we-change-the-past-should-we/#comment-32506 Wed, 24 Apr 2013 16:37:18 +0000 http://warriorwriters.wordpress.com/?p=11013#comment-32506 […] lady Leanne Shirtliffe, who was supposed to be my FRIDAY guest post, was probably all WTH? when I wrote about wanting a DeLorean so I could go back in time and kick my own @$$ for being stupid instead of posting her seriously funny guest piece and talking about her on-line humor-writing […]

]]> By: Author Kristen Lamb https://authorkristenlamb.com/2013/04/time-travel-mistakes-would-we-change-the-past-should-we/#comment-32505 Tue, 23 Apr 2013 17:57:08 +0000 http://warriorwriters.wordpress.com/?p=11013#comment-32505 In reply to Denise McInerney.

Awww, THANKS, Denise! *hugs*

]]> By: aspoonfulofsnarky https://authorkristenlamb.com/2013/04/time-travel-mistakes-would-we-change-the-past-should-we/#comment-32504 Tue, 23 Apr 2013 15:59:03 +0000 http://warriorwriters.wordpress.com/?p=11013#comment-32504 I really love reading your blog posts 🙂 They’re always beautifully insightful.

This one had me reliving the scene from Meet the Robinsons when they were celebrating failure. Best scene ever!

Keep moving forward!

]]> By: David Erickson https://authorkristenlamb.com/2013/04/time-travel-mistakes-would-we-change-the-past-should-we/#comment-32503 Tue, 23 Apr 2013 15:43:14 +0000 http://warriorwriters.wordpress.com/?p=11013#comment-32503 Sad to say, I often think about how things would’ve turned out different (not necessarily better) if i’d made different choices.
Time Travel is a favorite topic of mine and I write about it often.

]]> By: Denise McInerney https://authorkristenlamb.com/2013/04/time-travel-mistakes-would-we-change-the-past-should-we/#comment-32502 Tue, 23 Apr 2013 15:28:06 +0000 http://warriorwriters.wordpress.com/?p=11013#comment-32502 Great blog post! Hmm, there are a few things I’d go back and change, mostly opportunities I missed because I was too afraid to take a chance at the time. But then again, I learned valuable life lessons from that behavior. So maybe I wouldn’t go back after all. I now teach workshops on Improv Techniques for Writers, focused on squelching the pesky inner critic that darn near crippled my own writing. And I’m developing a blog of my own, partly based on the workshop. Your book, “Are You There, Blog? It’s Me, Writer,” has been a tremendous help. Thank you, Kristen! You are always inspirational and give me the courage to wade ever-deeper into the social media waters.

]]> By: Author Kristen Lamb https://authorkristenlamb.com/2013/04/time-travel-mistakes-would-we-change-the-past-should-we/#comment-32501 Tue, 23 Apr 2013 01:31:44 +0000 http://warriorwriters.wordpress.com/?p=11013#comment-32501 In reply to tamarknochel.

LOL. Thanks. HUGE compliment ((HUGS))

]]> By: tamarknochel https://authorkristenlamb.com/2013/04/time-travel-mistakes-would-we-change-the-past-should-we/#comment-32500 Tue, 23 Apr 2013 00:54:05 +0000 http://warriorwriters.wordpress.com/?p=11013#comment-32500 Kristin, my husband is getting really tired of me saying, “this one time, on Kristin Lamb’s blog….”
I seem to always be quoting you! I’m a Bible study teacher with a blog and I get so much inspiration from YOUR blog! “Never look at the wall” couldn’t have said it better myself! The more we focus on us and our shortcomings, the more those things manifest in it lives!

]]> By: Naomi https://authorkristenlamb.com/2013/04/time-travel-mistakes-would-we-change-the-past-should-we/#comment-32499 Mon, 22 Apr 2013 14:07:42 +0000 http://warriorwriters.wordpress.com/?p=11013#comment-32499 There are some things I would love to go back and change, because I can see the damage that was done to other people and to myself. My version of changing the past is changing the future. I respond differently to things, reevaluate my desires to make sure they are filled with good motivations and I hope that over time I will continue to see myself in a better light because my actions define me as someone who is careful with others. By being careful with others, I take care of me too.

]]> By: Deb Atwood https://authorkristenlamb.com/2013/04/time-travel-mistakes-would-we-change-the-past-should-we/#comment-32498 Mon, 22 Apr 2013 01:52:12 +0000 http://warriorwriters.wordpress.com/?p=11013#comment-32498 I probably would jump on the time travel ship. What haunts me are the little things–a generous gesture that could have helped someone or a kind word I failed to utter. Mostly these missed opportunities are because I wasn’t aware of the need until later. Or I misunderstood the person or misread the situation. There are half a dozen small injuries (that loom large in my mind) I would go back and rectify if only I could.

Maybe that’s why time travel as a fictional construct fascinates me. No surprise my novel features someone who made a monstrous choice that haunts her, and for which she must find a solution. Who says we can’t live vicariously through our characters?

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