tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post4986911330991137966..comments2024-03-28T12:01:31.049-04:00Comments on Writers Who Kill: Can you brag about your dog--for 10 pages?Jim Jacksonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15090252530437277145noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-47822208375043485262011-05-18T09:19:38.996-04:002011-05-18T09:19:38.996-04:00Well, I don't have a dog, but I did write seve...Well, I don't have a dog, but I did write several stories using my son and daughter-in-law's cat as a character, both in mystery and romance fiction. They sold and were published. So animals can inspire us to write good fiction. You would be surprised how many people love their pets more than their children!<br /><br />Best,<br /><br />Jacqueline Seewald<br />THE TRUTH SLEUTH--published today by Five Star/Gale in hardocverJacqueline Seewaldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09177500620940251009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-7067186814744909772011-05-17T18:12:16.369-04:002011-05-17T18:12:16.369-04:00My first indication that I might be a good writer ...My first indication that I might be a good writer was for a piece I wrote about our Cocker Spaniel in 8th grade. The teacher read it to the class as an example of how to do the assignment correctly (describe something without telling what it was)! I turned bright red, but I WAS proud. Good ole dogs!Kaye Georgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05596677617002735674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-11705636080626821802011-05-17T17:43:28.208-04:002011-05-17T17:43:28.208-04:00The leader of one critique group I took used to te...The leader of one critique group I took used to tell us, never respond to a piece of criticism with, "but that's what really happened."Pauline Alldredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00847008019331163905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-49164964110517378552011-05-17T13:51:12.949-04:002011-05-17T13:51:12.949-04:00I agree with Warren--reality is overrated. Realit...I agree with Warren--reality is overrated. Reality is what I do when I have to.E. B. Davishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16746747050278597888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-22144607773110384772011-05-17T12:02:10.826-04:002011-05-17T12:02:10.826-04:00For real? Reality is overrated. As I writer, I&#...For real? Reality is overrated. As I writer, I'm interested in improving reality, as I did above.Warren Bullhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07789270258599769915noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-38284905357763042132011-05-17T11:31:39.165-04:002011-05-17T11:31:39.165-04:00Jackie Gleason talked about a doggie card for real...Jackie Gleason talked about a doggie card for real or are you pulling my leg?<br />My husband wouldn't let me go meet him--he's all business and wouldn't think to let me tag along, knowing I would be taking notes!Dee Hendershot Gatrellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11315751626223107417noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-48491606153706042852011-05-17T10:16:18.059-04:002011-05-17T10:16:18.059-04:00Robert Parker was a professor in the English Depar...Robert Parker was a professor in the English Department where I went to college. There were also several published poets on the faculty. There was one woman who had tenure and Jews were the only minority represented. In small graduate classes, I could see that male students were being groomed to rise through the ranks and take the place of tenured faculty when they retired.<br /><br />I therefore wrote a series of stories featuring women. I never published them but learned about character development and conflict through those attempts.Pauline Alldredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00847008019331163905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-66098858851234131482011-05-17T08:45:06.443-04:002011-05-17T08:45:06.443-04:00Sort of like EB I shared an office with another ps...Sort of like EB I shared an office with another psychologist who wrote e-books. I thought if he could do, so could I. He is a good writer, though.<br /><br />PS So that's the doggie card Jackie Gleason kept talking about.Warren Bullhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07789270258599769915noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-87898271537017146672011-05-17T07:06:00.793-04:002011-05-17T07:06:00.793-04:00I'm embarrassed to say that I had very negativ...I'm embarrassed to say that I had very negative reasons for starting to write. My problem is one of confidence, but when I read a "big time-big selling" author whose work was just crap, it was enough to make me think that I could do better. <br /><br />Of course it's much harder than it looks. I still think that particular author has written one or two good books and the rest is drek.<br /><br />My first novel (which now I don't even count) featured myself as the main character and a childhood friend as my "sidekick." Is that typical or what!E. B. Davishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16746747050278597888noreply@blogger.com