quote:OSC suffered a mild stroke on Saturday 1 January 2011. He is now back home, retraining his brain so that the fingers of his left hand strike the keys he's aiming for. He will not be responding to most emails because his typing time must be devoted to finishing his fiction. But he is grateful for your good wishes and he promises not to die with any series unfinished.
For the foreseeable future, OSC will not make any public appearances or undertake any travel. Since his speech is unimpaired, he will still conduct radio and recorded interviews.
Scott, if you're looking at any of this, I wish you a speedy recovery and future good health. I think we all know that a little setback like this won't keep you down. Feel better.
And since we probably don't say it often enough; thank you for setting up such a wonderful resource in Hatrack. Lots of learning is going on thanks to you. And I thank you personally for last summer's Boot Camp in Utah. My writing has grown immensely since then. (Trina - Sandfishing)
Here's to you! Get well soon!
Posted by lostdog (Member # 9343) on :
Please, take care and get well.
Posted by KayTi (Member # 5137) on :
Get well soon!
Posted by JenniferHicks (Member # 8201) on :
Our thoughts are with you. Here's wishing you a speedy recovery.
Posted by LDWriter2 (Member # 9148) on :
I will add my well wishes too Mr. Card, in case you might read it. Only know you through some of your novels...I need to get the book on writing, but I appreciate this site a lot. Just might be the best writing site I've been on.
From what was stated on another thread I hope you still are suppose to make a full recovery.
Posted by Meredith (Member # 8368) on :
Get well, soon.
Posted by aspirit (Member # 7974) on :
Mr. Card, I owe you a great deal for your fiction, this site, and writing advice you have provided over the years. Please take care of yourself. May your wife or children bring you a lime yogurt and listen to whatever stories you feel like telling (if that's not already a part of their routines).
Posted by PB&Jenny (Member # 9200) on :
Ditto! Posted by Wordcaster (Member # 9183) on :
Our prayers are with you. You are truly an inspiration to aspiring writers.
Posted by Natej11 (Member # 8547) on :
My best wishes on a full recovery, OSC. Your books remain near the top of my list for some of the best books I've read, and I hope and pray you'll have many years ahead of you of writing and guiding novice authors.
Posted by MartinV (Member # 5512) on :
A speedy recovery to you.
Posted by Robert Nowall (Member # 2764) on :
Best wishes for a speedy recovery.
Posted by Osiris (Member # 9196) on :
I wish you a full and speedy recovery, Mr. Card.
Posted by micmcd (Member # 7977) on :
Best wishes!
Posted by RoxyL (Member # 9096) on :
Prayers and good thoughts for you and your family. And thank you for all you do through this site and in your work. Get well soon.
Posted by Tiergan (Member # 7852) on :
Get Well Soon.
Posted by InarticulateBabbler (Member # 4849) on :
Even if he doesn't read our well wishes here, he knows. He's been updating--as he can--on Facebook, and our sentiments here are multiplied there.
He'll be entertaining us for a long time yet.
Posted by philocinemas (Member # 8108) on :
I first discovered Orson Scott Card through audiobooks, which eventually brought me to Hatrack and later to one of his writers' camps. These efforts in helping aspiring writers have made an indelible difference in my own writing, and for that, I owe him immense gratitude.
Mr. Card, if you do read this, I hope your full health returns to you quickly and that you will take good care of yourself during your healing time. You have touched many lives for the better, and we look forward to you continuing to do so.
Chuck Moore
Posted by Smaug (Member # 2807) on :
Dear Scott,
My thoughts and prayers are with you for a speedy recovery. I so enjoy reading your stories, and your great and persuasive articles as well.
Posted by Crystal Stevens (Member # 8006) on :
You've been a wonderful influence on my own writing endeavors, Mr. Card, and this site has been a Godsend in helping my writing bloom. I've enjoyed the comraderie and the people I've met here in the Writer's Workshop and can't thank you enough for creating this site that is the best writing forum online bar none.
Here's wishing you a full recovery with many great years ahead.
Ginger Karns
Posted by WouldBe (Member # 5682) on :
Looking forward to hearing that you've fully recovered.
Posted by PB&Jenny (Member # 9200) on :
Dear Mr. Card, as my ever correct wife has pointedly pointed out, 'Ditto' just will not cut it to express my best wishes for your speedy recovery. As a fellow LDS'er, I should know better (even if I was in a hurry).
So, after removing the splinters of the 2 X 4 she used on me to convey her point, I do pray for a speedy recovery for you and peace and strength for your family to be with you through this trying time in your life. This is all temporary, i.e., all things will pass.
God bless and Godspeed.
Posted by History (Member # 9213) on :
I will also add my well wishes and hope for a speedy and full recovery. We have a tradition of saying misheberach, a prayer for health, that I hope you will not object my including for you in my daily prayers.
May the One who was a source of blessing for our ancestors, bring blessings of healing upon Mr. Orson Scott Card, a healing of body and a healing of spirit. May those in whose care he is entrusted be gifted with wisdom and skill, and those who surround him be gifted with love and trust, openness and support in their care. And may he be healed along with all those who are in need. Blessed are You, Source of healing.
Respectfully, Dr. Bob
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Posted by Gan (Member # 8405) on :
I was very sad to hear about this. You're a great inspiration to me, Mr. Card. I wish you the speediest of recoveries.
Jon
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Posted by Nick T (Member # 8052) on :
My best wishes for someone whose influence upon the field is staggering.
Nick T
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Posted by Reziac (Member # 9345) on :
Think of the opportunity to retrain your brain any way you want! New brains for old, that's our motto.
Oh, and get well soonest.
Posted by TaoArtGuy (Member # 8857) on :
Best wishes for a speedy and full recovery.
Posted by Pyre Dynasty (Member # 1947) on :
I've considered myself a writer for a long time, but it wasn't until I came across your writings and took your class, Scott, that I really grew up as a writer. Not just from your fiction but in your reviews, essays, and acknowledgements, it seems like everything you write shepherds other writers. Your worldwatch essays once got me through a particularly hostile rhetoric class.
Heal.
Posted by MikeL (Member # 9138) on :
Please get well, and be careful. Prayers and best wishes to you.
Posted by Foste (Member # 8892) on :
I wish you a speedy recovery! Don't strain yourself.
Posted by andersonmcdonald (Member # 8641) on :
Yes, do get well. And finish the next Pathfinder book please!
Posted by genevive42 (Member # 8714) on :
It seems he's keeping a good sense of humor about it. No surprise there. Here's the latest - from Uncle Orson himself.
