tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-173702747791230686.post2085475041799515541..comments2023-04-02T07:19:31.692-05:00Comments on Outside the Box: Making a Few Things ClearUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-173702747791230686.post-30360479008801290002015-03-27T10:16:10.845-05:002015-03-27T10:16:10.845-05:00ROFL! Now I know why some writers stick "A No...ROFL! Now I know why some writers stick "A Novel" on the cover. But congrats on making it so real she was worried.<br /><br />Yay! I'll go hunt down your email. Thanks!Deb Salisbury, Magic Seeker and Mantua-Makerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01513482264195697450noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-173702747791230686.post-42865295169190052192015-03-27T08:57:18.826-05:002015-03-27T08:57:18.826-05:00About that whole "Write what you know" t...About that whole "Write what you know" thing? Yeah...you can "know" a lot of things, especially with research. If we all wrote what we know, there'd be no high fantasy, no SciFi. Harry Potter wouldn't exist if a single mum on welfare didn't go to a coffee shop and create a world in her imagination. No GAME OF THRONES, no DISCWORLD, no hobbits or a Lion named Aslan. There'd be no dragonriders in Pern (I NEED to reread those books now!). There would be no Dracula or Frankenstein. There would be no Tara with Rhett and Scarlett. Imagination is everything whether our stories are set in some fantastical dreamscape or rooted in the gritty reality of cops and murderers, of politics, of cowboys and pirate ships.<br /><br />For a reader to get so lost in the world created by a writer's imagination is a gift--to the author and to the reader. I want that writer when I grow up. ;)Silver Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15606837105470988646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-173702747791230686.post-10941049853017918642015-03-27T06:40:41.498-05:002015-03-27T06:40:41.498-05:00I'm glad I could give you a morning laugh, Fra...I'm glad I could give you a morning laugh, Fran! No, you never told me you tried to write, but it doesn't surprise me. I bet you had a lot of fun doing it. <br /><br />Now, I'm not saying there's nothing of me in the writing. I weave experiences and people and my opinions and history and everything in there somewhere. I can't see how someone can be a writer and not weave themselves into their work. I think the best authors write in such a way that they're in the fiction, but not so it's in your face noticeable. Thanks for the kudos!B.E. Sandersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04336115135400388268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-173702747791230686.post-15326013745201508832015-03-27T05:40:50.364-05:002015-03-27T05:40:50.364-05:00I'm giggling like a girl... Sorry but it alwa...I'm giggling like a girl... Sorry but it always makes me giggle when people confuse reality and fiction. Hell yeah, I wanted to be the first starship captain in Starfleet, I'm a member of a sci fi association who get together, dress up and pretend we're flying space ships, but that's all it is - make believe. I don't know if I've told you this, but I've started writing a book on several occasions, even got up to Chapter 8 once. I figured if I can read it, why can't I write it? The answer to that is I just can't. I can't keep myself out of it and my opinions & history colour everything I write. I can imagine the story but I can't put it down on paper. The best authors keep themselves out of it and write fiction. So kudos to you that your reader actually thought your book was about you - sign of a good story.Fran Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11079042659459259795noreply@blogger.com