tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22117802.post116683842265727506..comments2024-03-09T16:10:28.455+01:00Comments on Shameless Words: Tis the Season For Writing, Whining or Wining?S. Kearneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03976476273818980832noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22117802.post-1167559933053738402006-12-31T11:12:00.000+01:002006-12-31T11:12:00.000+01:00Love and lighted things for 07, Shameless, my frie...Love and lighted things for 07, Shameless, my friend.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22117802.post-1167549015431192742006-12-31T08:10:00.000+01:002006-12-31T08:10:00.000+01:00Hey there, Chief Biscuit, long time no hear from! ...Hey there, Chief Biscuit, long time no hear from! <BR/><BR/>It's so nice to see your pictures and titbits from home! Your photos always give me slight home sickness.<BR/><BR/>You are welcome to my very sage resolutions, which I am going to be enforcing with vigour this week, and then we'll see how we go. <BR/><BR/>It's funny because I'm currently scouting around websites for addresses for approachable NZ publishers for my NZ focused book. Gosh, where to start? <BR/><BR/>I tried to make the most of some personal contact I once had with somone at VUP but have heard nothing at all for more than five months after an email and a posted submission. I wonder what's going on there? <BR/><BR/>And the bigger houses don't seem to be moving much local fiction from new writers. I see there are some quite active smaller ones - Hazard, Reed, etc, but I wonder how much they're producing.<BR/><BR/>Bring it on, 2007!<BR/><BR/>P.S Did you get my email about checking out your other writing projects? I didn't hear back, so maybe it didn't get through.S. Kearneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03976476273818980832noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22117802.post-1167522204694234522006-12-31T00:43:00.000+01:002006-12-31T00:43:00.000+01:00Happy New Year to you!I like your resolutins - can...Happy New Year to you!<BR/>I like your resolutins - can I borrow them? I find Christmas, New Year and family around and about far too distracting for any consolidated writing - I use my blog, and website, to keep the words flowing (a little.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22117802.post-1167467331488555812006-12-30T09:28:00.000+01:002006-12-30T09:28:00.000+01:00Jessica,Ooooh, I haven't come to the sex scenes ye...Jessica,<BR/>Ooooh, I haven't come to the sex scenes yet, so I will keep my eyes peeled! <BR/><BR/>The comments from you and nmy raise the whole issue of whether good ideas can prop up writing that's not so good. I've seen many examples of this. It depends on so many things, I suppose.<BR/><BR/>My judgement is reserved on The Time Traveler's Wife, however, which is still "fun" 114 pages in.S. Kearneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03976476273818980832noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22117802.post-1167437698212995262006-12-30T01:14:00.000+01:002006-12-30T01:14:00.000+01:00I agree with nmj. Interesting idea, but the writin...I agree with nmj. Interesting idea, but the writing in TTTW is terrible. It just clunks. The dialogue is really bad too, and poorly dev't characters. And talk about badly written sex scenes. <BR/><BR/>Oy!unarexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16899161531166793753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22117802.post-1167400231726558992006-12-29T14:50:00.000+01:002006-12-29T14:50:00.000+01:00Hi Julia, and merry xmas. You know how it is in ou...Hi Julia, and merry xmas. You know how it is in our business ... the world never sleeps! I'm back on days now though ... whew! Night shifts come around every 9 weeks, so it could be worse. And I'm sure your writing will fall back into step before too long, like mine.S. Kearneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03976476273818980832noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22117802.post-1167394403428609232006-12-29T13:13:00.000+01:002006-12-29T13:13:00.000+01:00My writing regime went out of the window weeks ago...My writing regime went out of the window weeks ago!<BR/><BR/>What a clever mum Mrs. Shameless is!<BR/><BR/>Hope you're enjoying Christmas despite the night shifts.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22117802.post-1167224888374827642006-12-27T14:08:00.000+01:002006-12-27T14:08:00.000+01:00Hey Shameless, Belated Merry Christmas to you & Ha...Hey Shameless, Belated Merry Christmas to you & Happy New Year when it comes. It's a couple of years since I read TTTW, and the clever plot kept me going, but the writing just left me cold...it felt lazy to me, and I recall being irritated by the writer's propensity for lists of things (in characters' cupboards etc), and I just found the female character dull, the time traveller (can't remember his name) was funky though. I think AN is a visual artist turned novelist - I remember reading an interview and really warming to her, but I won't be rushing out for her next novel...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22117802.post-1167141526067754832006-12-26T14:58:00.000+01:002006-12-26T14:58:00.000+01:00Hi, Merry Christmas nmj. There is something specia...Hi, <BR/>Merry Christmas nmj. There is something special about the story of the Time Traveler's Wife, and that has sucked me right into the book. I haven't really noticed the writing as being one way or the other yet, but I'll let you know. I'm kind of attached to the characters already, wondering how things are going to go.S. Kearneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03976476273818980832noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22117802.post-1167138747384232312006-12-26T14:12:00.000+01:002006-12-26T14:12:00.000+01:00Ah, Shameless, why are you punishing yourself with...Ah, Shameless, why are you punishing yourself with The Time Traveller's Wife?! I thought it was a great idea, but the writing is awful!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22117802.post-1167002761457672832006-12-25T00:26:00.000+01:002006-12-25T00:26:00.000+01:00Jefferson and Atyllah,Thanks for your messages. I ...Jefferson and Atyllah,<BR/>Thanks for your messages. I hope you both have a wonderful Christmas.S. Kearneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03976476273818980832noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22117802.post-1166994267873018612006-12-24T22:04:00.000+01:002006-12-24T22:04:00.000+01:00Write when the words are there and the muse moves ...Write when the words are there and the muse moves you. Yes, there is discipline involved but there's also no point in trying to force yourself to write when you're not in the flow of the story.<BR/>As for getting published - develop a really, really thick skin and keep trying. And yes, balancing time... hmm, that can be a tough one!<BR/><BR/>Have a wonderful Christmas!<BR/><BR/>(Love those flashing graphics - well done, mum!)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22117802.post-1166991865261596182006-12-24T21:24:00.000+01:002006-12-24T21:24:00.000+01:00Merry Christmas, Shameless. I hope you have a mar...Merry Christmas, Shameless. I hope you have a marvelous 2007. :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22117802.post-1166902180251478292006-12-23T20:29:00.000+01:002006-12-23T20:29:00.000+01:00There's nothing like that sharing spirit over Chri...There's nothing like that sharing spirit over Christmas, Lynne :)S. Kearneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03976476273818980832noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22117802.post-1166892528315116432006-12-23T17:48:00.000+01:002006-12-23T17:48:00.000+01:00Shameless's mom's decorations are now up on my blo...Shameless's mom's decorations are now up on my blog in my latest posting. Thanks, Shameless. And, thank you, Mom!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22117802.post-1166890561868549022006-12-23T17:16:00.000+01:002006-12-23T17:16:00.000+01:00Lynne: I'm always finding Oscar in these positions...Lynne: <BR/><BR/>I'm always finding Oscar in these positions, and I just can't resist the shot. <BR/><BR/>Happy Holidays.unarexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16899161531166793753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22117802.post-1166888654363232672006-12-23T16:44:00.000+01:002006-12-23T16:44:00.000+01:00Nancy,Could be a good time to write Christmas caro...Nancy,<BR/>Could be a good time to write Christmas carols/poems?<BR/><BR/>Minx, <BR/>You are a Christmas elf!<BR/><BR/>Jessica,<BR/>Yes, that film is on my list of things to do now, thanks to your review.<BR/><BR/>and Lynne, yes, feel free to grab the flashing Christmas graphics. I'm sure mum would be honoured.S. Kearneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03976476273818980832noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22117802.post-1166885102067107682006-12-23T15:45:00.000+01:002006-12-23T15:45:00.000+01:00Shameless, I feel the same way about the time I am...Shameless, I feel the same way about the time I am spending in front of the computer. Look! I'm doing it again. I, too, want to organize my time better, but I like to post my visitors' comments as quickly as possible, so I am always dropping by the computer to check...and there goes another hour!<BR/><BR/>I'm just finishing up a vignette that I am going to force on everyone before Christmas dinner in Connecticut. It's a bit grim. It is set somewhere in Europe two months after the end of WWI at Christmas time and is based on a story my great, great aunt told me. (Should make for a lot of laughs around the dinner table. Heh heh!) <BR/><BR/>Those flashing Christmas images by your mother are FABULOUS! Is it OK to steal them?<BR/><BR/>Jessica, that cat is so funny!<BR/><BR/>Merry Christmas and Happy Holiday! (My official "card" is on my blog.) <BR/><BR/>Lynne AKA The Wicked Witch of PublishingAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22117802.post-1166883699081696362006-12-23T15:21:00.000+01:002006-12-23T15:21:00.000+01:00Thanks for the post (& link) Shameless, and I do h...Thanks for the post (& link) Shameless, and I do hope you get around to watching that film. It's especially nice on Christmas Eve. In the US it's a Classic, so it's hard to imagine this film not being pressed into your brain, but many over here, esp. in their 30's haven't watched it because of it's 'sappy' reputation, which I tried to show by way of my review, that the artistic quality in the film has been overlooked.unarexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16899161531166793753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22117802.post-1166873892120275562006-12-23T12:38:00.001+01:002006-12-23T12:38:00.001+01:00Well, glad you got all that off your chest. Now, s...Well, glad you got all that off your chest. Now, stop phaffing around and get back to what you like doing best - writing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22117802.post-1166873882468778722006-12-23T12:38:00.000+01:002006-12-23T12:38:00.000+01:00I wouldn't be able to summon up the concentration ...I wouldn't be able to summon up the concentration needed to write for the next three days. But I did write this morning.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com