Comments on: One of the Open Secrets of Grant Writing and Grant Writers: Reading http://blog.seliger.com/2009/04/16/one-of-the-open-secrets-of-grant-writing-and-grant-writers-reading/ Wed, 28 Jul 2010 12:49:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Linda Gray http://blog.seliger.com/2009/04/16/one-of-the-open-secrets-of-grant-writing-and-grant-writers-reading/comment-page-1/#comment-7252 Linda Gray Mon, 20 Apr 2009 13:39:28 +0000 http://blog.seliger.com/?p=232#comment-7252 Thank you for this on time article. Because I have on occasion read and reviewed grant proposals, I definitely appreciate your analogy of both writing and reading. I have learned so much from you! Thank you for this on time article. Because I have on occasion read and reviewed grant proposals, I definitely appreciate your analogy of both writing and reading. I have learned so much from you!

]]> By: Isaac http://blog.seliger.com/2009/04/16/one-of-the-open-secrets-of-grant-writing-and-grant-writers-reading/comment-page-1/#comment-7248 Isaac Mon, 20 Apr 2009 12:30:02 +0000 http://blog.seliger.com/?p=232#comment-7248 After reading the first draft of this post, I suggested Jake lay down for a while, as he seemed to have worked himself into a frenzy over the subject of no reading versus some reading versus close reading versus . . . well, you've gotten the idea from reading his post. So, it was with some surprise that I found myself (here it comes) "reading" the Sunday New York Times yesterday, when I came across Maureen Dowd's column. Ordinarily, I don't read her column, as she is usually even too cynical for a inherently cynical and grizzled grant writer like me. This time, however, the headline caught my eye because it used the term "arugulance," which I learned is shorthand for the arrogance of the grow local/buy local/shop at Whole Paycheck movement. As luck would have it, I had been writing a federal grant proposal over the weekend for a client that plans to expand access for low-income folks to a nearby urban farmers' market to reduce obesity, et al. There in the Times I find the perfect term to sum up my project concept. Jake, I stand corrected. I guess I should stop watching Idol and '50s Westerns and get a subscription to some esoteric periodicals instead. After reading the first draft of this post, I suggested Jake lay down for a while, as he seemed to have worked himself into a frenzy over the subject of no reading versus some reading versus close reading versus . . . well, you’ve gotten the idea from reading his post. So, it was with some surprise that I found myself (here it comes) “reading” the Sunday New York Times yesterday, when I came across Maureen Dowd’s column. Ordinarily, I don’t read her column, as she is usually even too cynical for a inherently cynical and grizzled grant writer like me.

This time, however, the headline caught my eye because it used the term “arugulance,” which I learned is shorthand for the arrogance of the grow local/buy local/shop at Whole Paycheck movement. As luck would have it, I had been writing a federal grant proposal over the weekend for a client that plans to expand access for low-income folks to a nearby urban farmers’ market to reduce obesity, et al. There in the Times I find the perfect term to sum up my project concept. Jake, I stand corrected. I guess I should stop watching Idol and ’50s Westerns and get a subscription to some esoteric periodicals instead.

]]> By: Michael Leza http://blog.seliger.com/2009/04/16/one-of-the-open-secrets-of-grant-writing-and-grant-writers-reading/comment-page-1/#comment-7148 Michael Leza Fri, 17 Apr 2009 16:50:13 +0000 http://blog.seliger.com/?p=232#comment-7148 Thanks for the links, I'm always looking for new stuff to read. Bureaucratic Language in Government & Business sounds interesting, I'm going to go see if the library has it before I buy it. I never realized people were afraid of reading certain things in fear of being somehow corrupted. The whole concept is strange. If you're that heavily influenced by reading one (or even a few) books, your problem isn't being polluted, its that you're not reading enough. Thanks for the links, I’m always looking for new stuff to read. Bureaucratic Language in Government & Business sounds interesting, I’m going to go see if the library has it before I buy it.

I never realized people were afraid of reading certain things in fear of being somehow corrupted. The whole concept is strange. If you’re that heavily influenced by reading one (or even a few) books, your problem isn’t being polluted, its that you’re not reading enough.

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