tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37870345.comments2023-03-13T00:53:25.860-07:00Writer's WavelengthSamAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11957168329971743563noreply@blogger.comBlogger304125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37870345.post-40966264620951511762017-11-19T13:09:18.535-08:002017-11-19T13:09:18.535-08:00Thanks my dear. Your bravery and consistent effort...Thanks my dear. Your bravery and consistent effort to not only survive but to persevere is an insulation. Thank you and keep up the good work.Samhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17921489094813123307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37870345.post-61777580386906050792016-05-29T22:42:16.778-07:002016-05-29T22:42:16.778-07:00The "real world" so often has little roo...The "real world" so often has little room for dreamers, and all writers are, at root, dreamers. Good for you for being kind to your younger self!Ayeshalanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06940819237695738813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37870345.post-58098152711454524802016-01-31T03:30:15.460-08:002016-01-31T03:30:15.460-08:00I totally agree, Cindy.
Blogging and other social...I totally agree, Cindy.<br /><br />Blogging and other social media make contact with your audience, so that they remember you when the book comes out.<br /><br />Blogging helps show up and publish, which can be important for some people who are more reticent about letting their work get out.<br /><br />Blogging helps test your material and see what's working for people.<br /><br />Some people even blog their books, coming up with a workable first draft of related blog posts.<br /><br />The problem with 10 Tips for Writers is that writers are of all different stripes and personalities. Possibly the author of that piece has found blogging to be too distracting from her books. But it seems like "bad for me" is a long way from "mistake for you." Like a celiac sufferer standing in the bread aisle shouting, "Don't buy bread!"Jan Bearhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14375319036573497176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37870345.post-4490829661200245852015-03-08T11:20:11.160-07:002015-03-08T11:20:11.160-07:00Great post, Cindy! I like to mix it up myself. I h...Great post, Cindy! I like to mix it up myself. I have two books of essays on my bedside right now (Sarah Ruhl's, and Barbara Drake's latest) alongside Amy Poehler's Yes Please (almost finished with that one) and the current fiction, Molly Gloss's latest, and Forgive Me if I've Told You This Before by Karelia Stetz-Waters.Sandra de Helenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12511871017361931054noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37870345.post-40480981253089000462015-02-19T15:33:50.846-08:002015-02-19T15:33:50.846-08:00I'm going to come off as nitpicky as hell here...I'm going to come off as nitpicky as hell here, I know. I beg forgiveness.<br /><br />I have no intention of watching the film nor reading the books either. Never did. Same with all of Twilight. But ... it's "Fifty Shades of GrEy."<br /><br />Are you suggesting that we as women should not try to take things that are "damaged and damaging" and reinvent them? Do you genuinely believe that it is never successful? I have a friend (a few years older than I, in fact) who took up pole dancing as exercise and art, purely for her own pleasure and benefit, a few years ago. She is one of the smartest, self-assured people I know. I've thought about trying it myself, if only I were a bit more coordinated. Do you think she and I are just deluding ourselves somehow?<br /><br />I agree we should examine our narratives. Some of the ones that you cite here are, perhaps, more complex than what you seem to be suggesting, namely, "casting the woman in the role of the object." I haven't watched "Weird Science" myself, but I have it from someone who has that as the story unfolds, the "object" ends up having very much a will and mind of her own, and ends up giving her creators far more than they ever bargained for. (And this applies to the 1985 original; can't speak at all to the remake.) As for "Blade Runner," while it is true that all the female characters in the film are androids, it is possible (maybe even probable, if you watch a cut other than the original theatrical) that the male lead is an android as well, and simply doesn't know it. Even without that angle, to simply reduce it to "woman as object" and therefore a bad thing, is to do the film a great disservice, I think. <br /><br />Stories with objectionable content, themes or tropes may still have value. Even if they have no other redeeming features, I think they can prompt us to examine ourselves, what we find beautiful, exciting, stimulating, frightening, disturbing, objectionable. Is that not the purpose of art? I took your opening to be that the film of "Fifty Shades of Grey" has done exactly that. Perhaps if we are fortunate it will prompt people to bring that same focus to the source novels.Ayeshalanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06940819237695738813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37870345.post-7161999706917150792014-12-27T05:51:40.775-08:002014-12-27T05:51:40.775-08:00I find it very difficult to slip in and out so eas...I find it very difficult to slip in and out so easily. I guess I'm the opposite. I want to be able to drift off into a creative stupor but I am distracted by the things going on around me. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15901684621715980573noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37870345.post-21601793825898398702014-12-05T21:52:13.868-08:002014-12-05T21:52:13.868-08:00Indeed, indeed. Welcome to the conversation, Micae...Indeed, indeed. Welcome to the conversation, Micaella!Cynthia J. McGeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00117497921942534828noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37870345.post-70025308409241817572014-12-04T03:15:52.734-08:002014-12-04T03:15:52.734-08:00One of the best books I ever read. A great premise...One of the best books I ever read. A great premise to begin with. I worried about the kids I this story. Beautifully done.<br /><a href="http://www.landforsaleinalaska.net" rel="nofollow">I like this site :: Alaska Real Estate for sale</a>Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00118707550077647899noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37870345.post-14767042356629350132014-08-31T22:43:10.600-07:002014-08-31T22:43:10.600-07:00Cindy, thanks for sharing about this novella by Ca...Cindy, thanks for sharing about this novella by Capote. I was forced to read his "In True Blood" for a college journalism class, and it turned me off of Capote. As an impressionable college kid, his realistic writing left nothing to the imagination, and I couldn't banish the creepy images from my mind. Now, decades later, I can appreciate his writing ability.Susan, who is paddling her own canoehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13142007331479435341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37870345.post-48306851848515483202014-08-14T06:42:07.794-07:002014-08-14T06:42:07.794-07:00That does strike me as well.
I have encountered ...That does strike me as well. <br /><br />I have encountered many pieces which took my breath away and I can't think of most. I started a page a while back so that whenever I remember one, I would put it there. I only have two so far, but you're welcome to see which ones they are. <a href="http://matrix-hole.blogspot.com/p/blog-page_8.html" rel="nofollow">My favorites!</a>Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15901684621715980573noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37870345.post-91307102010477081332014-08-08T11:59:45.671-07:002014-08-08T11:59:45.671-07:00I love how you yourself got specific in telling us...I love how you yourself got specific in telling us the how. This is the very thing I'm working on, so your lesson hits home this morning. Sandra de Helenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12511871017361931054noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37870345.post-40820701668334043722014-07-07T04:46:36.588-07:002014-07-07T04:46:36.588-07:00I tend to correlate the number of "big" ...I tend to correlate the number of "big" words with the size of the author's ego. I don't care how smart you are. I care about the story. It's what I paid for.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15901684621715980573noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37870345.post-35179119246487509562014-06-18T07:01:31.760-07:002014-06-18T07:01:31.760-07:00This comment has been hidden from the blog.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15901684621715980573noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37870345.post-54199701132974239642014-05-15T13:52:40.553-07:002014-05-15T13:52:40.553-07:00Great post! Been reading a lot about the implicati...Great post! Been reading a lot about the implications of your hard drive dying. Thanks for the info here!Lost Datahttp://www.fireproof.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37870345.post-45888487672296041282014-03-09T16:16:22.105-07:002014-03-09T16:16:22.105-07:00Excellent analysis and reportage, Cindy! I enjoyed...Excellent analysis and reportage, Cindy! I enjoyed reading this so much.Sandra de Helenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12511871017361931054noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37870345.post-49443145958325920122014-02-23T18:49:51.412-08:002014-02-23T18:49:51.412-08:00Great idea, Heidi. Though I am tempted to go for a...Great idea, Heidi. Though I am tempted to go for a more public, shared and silly celebration.Cynthia J. McGeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00117497921942534828noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37870345.post-58545530210547974942014-02-23T08:57:04.775-08:002014-02-23T08:57:04.775-08:00Celebrate with a total pampering at a spa - a way ...Celebrate with a total pampering at a spa - a way to feel totally "in" your body, to feel the wonder that is the physical machine you get to inhabit for this go 'round. Have them pay special attention to your hands and your scalp - the epicenters of your writing talent and production. HeidiLevyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16633421514097550823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37870345.post-49609458441494174942014-01-12T11:32:17.346-08:002014-01-12T11:32:17.346-08:00I wouldn't call myself a narcissist, but I do ...I wouldn't call myself a narcissist, but I do have narcissistic tendencies. That means someone might mistaken me for a narcissist if they didn't know me well. I think as long as I'm writing honestly, and not indulging my ego, then it's a healthy way to communicate with the world. <br /><br />Writing is therapeutic for me. I love to write out my thoughts and get them down where I can see them. Once I see my words and read them to myself, I understand a lot more about myself. <br /><br />There's nothing more fulfilling to me than to run into an old friend in a pub and have them say to me, "Oh my goodness! It's been such a long time. I love your blog. I can relate to so much of what you have to share."<br /><br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15901684621715980573noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37870345.post-2118767278207214642014-01-12T10:20:56.739-08:002014-01-12T10:20:56.739-08:00I like that, David. I think it captures the tensio...I like that, David. I think it captures the tension between the two ideas I was wrestling with above. I think, also, I have to separate the act of writing from the effort to create a writing career - two very different animals.Cynthia J. McGeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00117497921942534828noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37870345.post-6355801768365151622014-01-12T08:00:47.458-08:002014-01-12T08:00:47.458-08:00Anthony Storr.
I always screw up his name.Anthony Storr. <br /><br />I always screw up his name.David Millstonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03572137506121239769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37870345.post-67905924410157335322014-01-12T06:02:59.280-08:002014-01-12T06:02:59.280-08:00I like the idea that writers are 'extraverted ...I like the idea that writers are 'extraverted solitaires,' as I think Antony Stores, calls them. That's better than "narcissistic," which I think misses the mark.David Millstonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03572137506121239769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37870345.post-60129802463986509592013-12-13T13:49:51.023-08:002013-12-13T13:49:51.023-08:00I appreciate you sharing this blog post.Really loo...I appreciate you sharing this blog post.Really looking forward to read more. Great.dell webcamhttp://www.rrpartsdirect.com/dell-webcam-microphone-modules/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37870345.post-37345231532904873362013-11-24T08:54:21.573-08:002013-11-24T08:54:21.573-08:00You and Shakespeare don't have the same excuse...You and Shakespeare don't have the same excuse. You are so very alive! I'm grateful for THAT. Remember, writers are always writing, even when we appear to be sleeping, watching TV, teaching class, crying in our cups. Just like making soup. A person may not think there is soup happening when we are at the store buying vegetables, but it is still soup because it's there in our minds. Soup may never be "published" or it will eventually be "published." All depends on how long it has to simmer, whether too many cooks get involved, and when the world is ready for it. Go, Cindy!Sandra de Helenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12511871017361931054noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37870345.post-28139930186185102182013-11-23T16:44:23.729-08:002013-11-23T16:44:23.729-08:00Thanks for joining the conversation, Perry. I'...Thanks for joining the conversation, Perry. I'm glad the post proved helpful.Cynthia J. McGeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00117497921942534828noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37870345.post-26778342800341675402013-11-20T05:09:46.974-08:002013-11-20T05:09:46.974-08:00Thank you for the "log jam" metaphor. I&...Thank you for the "log jam" metaphor. I'm a counselor/minister. This your description of removing the logs helped me understand struggles I personally have in preparing creative ways to communicate truths intersecting log jams in the lives of my audience as well. ThanksAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13397763899165911417noreply@blogger.com