tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post5280052222649083593..comments2024-03-28T18:40:05.789-04:00Comments on Writers Who Kill: Agony or Ecstasy?Jim Jacksonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15090252530437277145noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-59456351327053184312014-06-28T23:28:51.962-04:002014-06-28T23:28:51.962-04:00Vinnie, thanks so much for being with us at WWK. B...Vinnie, thanks so much for being with us at WWK. Best wishes to you in your writing.Paula Gail Bensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08843350597811462936noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-4581866093806321302014-06-28T16:34:12.482-04:002014-06-28T16:34:12.482-04:00Thanks for all your comments. Guy de Maupassant sa...Thanks for all your comments. Guy de Maupassant said, "Whether we are describing a king, an assassin, a thief, an honest man, a prostitute, a nun, a young girl, or a stall holder in a market, it is always ourselves that we are describing.Vinnie/www.vinniehansen.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-40917829988274843712014-06-28T15:41:06.947-04:002014-06-28T15:41:06.947-04:00I can't wait to read your story!I can't wait to read your story!Vinnie/www.vinniehansen.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-12212152055088175572014-06-28T13:12:45.865-04:002014-06-28T13:12:45.865-04:00Well said Vinnie. I too teeter on that edge....am ...Well said Vinnie. I too teeter on that edge....am I sharing my insanity on the page, or is it insane if I do not write, or then again, do I find my sanity in writing? It is all grist I suppose. There is no place, no time, or question, no relationship, no circumstance, or situation, that does not lend itself to a story.Micahnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-91059218504778537642014-06-28T11:49:16.781-04:002014-06-28T11:49:16.781-04:00Welcome to WWK, Vinnie. I write because I have to....Welcome to WWK, Vinnie. I write because I have to. There was a long period when I was raising four kids in less than five years that my writing consisted mostly of letters to my sisters away at college. After the death of my oldest son to cancer at the age of eighteen, I turned to poetry. It helped the grieving process. Now I write poetry, books, short stories, letters, blogs and keep a daily journal. I can't not write. Crazy? Some would think so because I'm always grumbling about not enough time. :-)Gloria Aldenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13581719606924364447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-45552474710940452342014-06-28T10:20:39.458-04:002014-06-28T10:20:39.458-04:00I really don't know what I would have done aft...I really don't know what I would have done after my bone marrow transplant because of Multiple myeloma if I had not been able to write about ordeal.Warren Bullhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07789270258599769915noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-19889281449487211532014-06-28T09:28:20.428-04:002014-06-28T09:28:20.428-04:00There's a saying that there's a very fine ...There's a saying that there's a very fine line between insanity and genius. While I wouldn't claim genius status for most writers, I do think the same is true for the creative mind. And most writers feel compelled to express their creativity in writing.<br /><br />All of our writing is an expression of who we are and what we have experienced. We all reach into our bags of experience, as well as our imaginations, to write our stories.KM Rockwoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03973749764907859829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-83373668067601723902014-06-28T04:43:19.392-04:002014-06-28T04:43:19.392-04:00Welcome to Salad Bowl Saturday, Vinnie. I find tha...Welcome to Salad Bowl Saturday, Vinnie. I find that much of my writing is an exploration at one level or another of questions that I am interested in.<br /><br />The most recent instance of my stealing from my past revolved around moving to a new school up north bringing with me an accent from the south. That incident and some related school issues found resolution in the short story I wrote that was accepted for the forthcoming Guppy Anthology, <i>Fish or Cut Bait</i>.<br /><br />~ Jim<br />Jim Jacksonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15090252530437277145noreply@blogger.com