tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post633687696457536368..comments2024-03-28T09:08:18.131-04:00Comments on Writers Who Kill: Double Dare YouJim Jacksonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15090252530437277145noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-23452847337040511592015-02-24T22:01:27.950-05:002015-02-24T22:01:27.950-05:00Shari, my guess is that Agatha Christie was motiva...Shari, my guess is that Agatha Christie was motivated to write a top-notch story since her mother had been encouraging her to write. Nothing like a little pressure to light a fire. <br /><br />How wonderful that you went back for your masters in your forties. That's a challenge!Kara Cerisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16484336785514235707noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-79349186858710463652015-02-24T18:04:37.746-05:002015-02-24T18:04:37.746-05:00I loved these stories, Kara! I love thinking about...I loved these stories, Kara! I love thinking about Agatha Christie's sister daring her to write the story - she must have had a sense that her sister could do it. That sense of challenge is quite a motivator. Like Gloria I went back for a masters in my 40s and like Kait, I've climbed into and out of some places I shouldn't have been! A good "what the heck" keeps things interesting.Shari Randallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16425493627354028820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-33846418859813962702015-02-24T17:56:33.617-05:002015-02-24T17:56:33.617-05:00Kait, what an interesting story. I wonder why Step...Kait, what an interesting story. I wonder why Stephen and Tabitha King haven't co-authored a book. <br /><br />You piqued my curiosity about a dare to tie sheets together and exit a second story window. HmmmKara Cerisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16484336785514235707noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-1941401782808634262015-02-24T14:49:06.828-05:002015-02-24T14:49:06.828-05:00Great post - I had to laugh at the Stephen King on...Great post - I had to laugh at the Stephen King one though. Did you know he wrote for the True Confession magazines in his earlier days. He wrote and published in them, his wife (who is a fine writer in her own right) couldn't get past the editors. Now that's a go figure. Dares, you don't want to know. Lets just say I know that you can get out a second story window by tying sheets together. Thanks for a thought provoking and dynamic blog.Kaithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07758348842858993203noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-10859402626094281802015-02-24T14:35:10.390-05:002015-02-24T14:35:10.390-05:00I'm impressed you went back to school when you...I'm impressed you went back to school when you were in your forties, Gloria. Also impressive are your backpacking and writing challenges. You get "gut points" (my high school teacher used that term) for being scared but doing things anyway. I think that's the definition of bravery.<br /><br />I laughed about clogging lessons and being made to perform. Sometimes things backfire. <br />Kara Cerisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16484336785514235707noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-22397039872331675332015-02-24T14:20:17.696-05:002015-02-24T14:20:17.696-05:00KM, I'm glad your brother didn't get sick ...KM, I'm glad your brother didn't get sick from eating the berries. I wonder what they were. When I was child a friend and I challenged each other to eat mud pies made from real dirt. I don't know why in the world we did that, but we're still alive. <br />Kara Cerisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16484336785514235707noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-53419877269659602082015-02-24T14:15:36.383-05:002015-02-24T14:15:36.383-05:00Linda, I'm intrigued about the novel you'r...Linda, I'm intrigued about the novel you're writing and hope that you will be able to tell us about it one day. I'll keep my fingers and toes crossed for you!Kara Cerisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16484336785514235707noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-24553156174484553322015-02-24T13:47:01.242-05:002015-02-24T13:47:01.242-05:00Good blog, Kara. I don't remember any dares as...Good blog, Kara. I don't remember any dares as a kid, but I do know I was a champion tree climber so maybe it was because my younger brother dared me.<br /><br />I've taken risks in my life not so much on a dare as because I wanted to attain something, like deciding to go to college for the first time in my early forties to become a teacher. Was it scary? Yes because it had been 25 years since I'd graduated from high school. <br /><br />Another time I talked my friend into taking clogging lessons with me just because I thought it looked like fun. We had no idea that we would be forced to perform on stage. <br /><br />Although my younger sister didn't dare me, she did suggest we take up backpacking after reading Bill Bryson's "A Walk in the Woods." I was 60 years old at the time, but I agreed to it and kept it up for another nine years, I only stopped because she couldn't do it any longer.<br /><br />As for writing, it was a bit of a risk to decide to go Indie and not count on an agent and/or a publisher to take care of all the details. It was a risk to head to a Malice Domestic Conference without ever having gone to any conference or knowing anyone who would be there, too.Gloria Aldenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13581719606924364447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-72957134625768808382015-02-24T13:17:27.070-05:002015-02-24T13:17:27.070-05:00So good to hear about people taking risks with the...So good to hear about people taking risks with their writing. I don't think I'm to that point yet.<br /><br />My first impulse was to respond with the story about when we were kids. One type of bushes grew small red berries. We called them "poison berries" for no reason anyone could remember. One day we decided to see if they were, in fact, poison, and dared my brother Tommy to eat some. He was just a little kid, and pleased with the attention of the older kids, he ate some. Then we all sat around waiting to see if he'd die. I'm happy to report that he didn't. Not even an upset tummy. KM Rockwoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03973749764907859829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-33514873562467399242015-02-24T13:05:46.726-05:002015-02-24T13:05:46.726-05:00Fascinating, Kara! I'm writing an ambitious, r...Fascinating, Kara! I'm writing an ambitious, risky novel right now. I've told my agent that, if I can't pull it off, I'll just write another novel--I have more ideas for books than I'll have years left to write them. If I don't take this risk, though, my writing will suffer. So keep your fingers crossed for me to be able to meet the challenge I've set myself.Linda Rodriguezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11913741596693442469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-59601158459440011562015-02-24T09:02:47.762-05:002015-02-24T09:02:47.762-05:00There's a saying, "No guts, no glory.&quo...There's a saying, "No guts, no glory." Jim, I bet Doubtful Relations will reflect your risk-taking. I look forward to reading your book. <br /><br />Warren, I like how you challenge yourself to try something you've never done. I think beginning a new story is always a risky journey into the unknown. Kara Cerisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16484336785514235707noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-48083057521682856832015-02-24T08:48:10.285-05:002015-02-24T08:48:10.285-05:00Many of my best stories come after I challenge mys...Many of my best stories come after I challenge myself to attempt something I have not done before. Writing is always risky.Warren Bullhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07789270258599769915noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-56310888068342045632015-02-24T08:32:20.434-05:002015-02-24T08:32:20.434-05:00What great stories. I am working on a rewrite of D...What great stories. I am working on a rewrite of Doubtful Relations, the fourth Seamus McCree mystery and am daring myself to take risks to make it stronger. We’ll see how I do.<br /><br />~ Jim<br />Jim Jacksonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15090252530437277145noreply@blogger.com