tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1628814011025215047.post6006467247231333098..comments2023-11-30T07:21:38.040-08:00Comments on Writers in Residence: The Long and the Short of it….by Rosemary LordBonnieShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12642142065722406733noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1628814011025215047.post-9888778416548733202015-11-14T05:28:20.696-08:002015-11-14T05:28:20.696-08:00Rosemary, a beautifully expressed, thoughtful post...Rosemary, a beautifully expressed, thoughtful post about writing in our own individual preferred style. As you point out, writers are too often swayed by trends. Please honor all of us by publishing Lottie's story ASAP, She has lingered in the shadows long enough! ill amadiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08146648805003753184noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1628814011025215047.post-90062571072632447052015-07-24T10:57:55.910-07:002015-07-24T10:57:55.910-07:00Thanks, dear Kate. I'm getting there!Thanks, dear Kate. I'm getting there!Rosemary Lordnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1628814011025215047.post-61431424849759655642015-07-24T08:17:59.335-07:002015-07-24T08:17:59.335-07:00You need to finish Lottie because I really need to...You need to finish Lottie because I really need to read it! Great post, Rosemary!Kate Thorntonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16449435177807306686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1628814011025215047.post-10983081897409924292015-07-23T21:00:46.988-07:002015-07-23T21:00:46.988-07:00Great to hear from you, Alice. I realize my charac...Great to hear from you, Alice. I realize my characters inhabit me... and their vocabulary takes over. Didn't mean to send everyone looking for their dictionaries. But isn't it great to discover new words - even if my finds are from a century ago! Rosemary Lordnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1628814011025215047.post-38337012193787738042015-07-23T20:51:41.403-07:002015-07-23T20:51:41.403-07:00Thanks, Miko. Good point: We have to really 'l...Thanks, Miko. Good point: We have to really 'listen' to our characters and respect what pace works for them and the time/world they live in.Rosemary Lordnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1628814011025215047.post-8022043762965885632015-07-23T13:22:21.173-07:002015-07-23T13:22:21.173-07:00Great post, Rosemary. I don't always comment, ...Great post, Rosemary. I don't always comment, but I do follow Writers in Residence with interest and often pick up helpful tips from your articles. Due to Rosemary's piece, I learned a new word. I thought it was just me - - English not being my mother language - - but now I notice that I am not the only one looking up "frippery" in the dictionary.Alice Zogghttp://www.alicezogg.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1628814011025215047.post-15255357089998071042015-07-23T08:15:31.138-07:002015-07-23T08:15:31.138-07:00Wonderful post, Rosemary. I couldn't agree wit...Wonderful post, Rosemary. I couldn't agree with you more, especially when I recall my critique group's reaction to my sequel to 'A Petal In The Wind'. Many argued my character "would have known", while others, including me, understood that she might have "known" in 2014, but not 1914. Still, writers always have to remind themselves, it's not about me, it's about them - the characters - who, what and 'when' they are. Thanks for the reminder.Miko Johnstonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02877203657513631557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1628814011025215047.post-86802240416203087922015-07-22T20:20:17.351-07:002015-07-22T20:20:17.351-07:00A great post, Rosemary. Also, sorry for the earlie...A great post, Rosemary. Also, sorry for the earlier technical difficulties!Jacqueline Vickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17066655287551999883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1628814011025215047.post-76785226647547945412015-07-22T19:56:33.966-07:002015-07-22T19:56:33.966-07:00Thanks, Gayle. Yes, the tone needs to fit the time...Thanks, Gayle. Yes, the tone needs to fit the time and place. Perhaps that's why sometimes we put down a book without finishing it. Because it doesn't fit. But what a wonderful array of such different books, different styles and different authors we have to choose from -- whatever fits our mood. Hooray for writers, I say!Rosemary Lordnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1628814011025215047.post-47702074809371234522015-07-22T19:49:22.009-07:002015-07-22T19:49:22.009-07:00Gee whiz!! (Is that American enough, Jackie?!) I&#...Gee whiz!! (Is that American enough, Jackie?!) I'm so glad you enjoy the journey into my 1920s world of Old Hollywood. Fun, Isn't it? And frippery abounds in those fascinating days of yore....<br />I love the Victoria Thompson Gaslight Mysteries, too: New York in 1900. And thanks for such encouragement.... now back to my umpteenth edit of Lottie's adventures. <br />Rosemary Lordnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1628814011025215047.post-64742214999058796352015-07-22T19:40:26.387-07:002015-07-22T19:40:26.387-07:00And I'm so glad you do write in the style you ...And I'm so glad you do write in the style you do, Mad. Your own voice is what makes "Counsel of Ravens" such a satisfying read. Your opening line: "If a starlit night could be called beautiful....." got me hooked. So I'm glad you can "only write one way"....Rosemary Lordnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1628814011025215047.post-22115723860989384722015-07-22T19:32:30.404-07:002015-07-22T19:32:30.404-07:00What an interesting challenge, Bonnie - to write &...What an interesting challenge, Bonnie - to write "Gone With The Wind" in today's staccato style. Not sure I would want to read it though. But maybe that's just me. I loved the evocative words and descriptions that Margaret Mitchell must have lost sleepless nights over. ...Rosemary Lordnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1628814011025215047.post-41106744122778745482015-07-22T17:13:05.427-07:002015-07-22T17:13:05.427-07:00Let's hear a round of applause for different s...Let's hear a round of applause for different styles. How boring bookstores and libraries would be if we all wrote the same way. And fitting the tone of the book to its time and place is the only way to write that story. Let someone else write that other story. They all can be good. And look how much we learn from all those journeys through books. A great post, Rosie.GBPoolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12190573764848658894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1628814011025215047.post-6076356726558781152015-07-22T16:56:23.448-07:002015-07-22T16:56:23.448-07:00Oh, my gosh, what a wonderful post. READERS! Can y...Oh, my gosh, what a wonderful post. READERS! Can you see why we Writers in Residence urge our fellow British friend to finish her Lottie Topaz mystery? Can you just imagine that world of sweet-smelling orange groves, silent movies with those elaborate costumes, trolley cars, an occasional speakeasy, lost diaries, and murder under the Hollywoodland sign?<br />Thanks, Rosemary, for being our inspiration too. PS: I just read the word "frippery" in a Victoria Thompson Gaslight Mystery book. <br />Splendid, my dear!Jackie Houchinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01753758587434594531noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1628814011025215047.post-53962890446964156432015-07-22T14:54:20.107-07:002015-07-22T14:54:20.107-07:00Rosemary, loved this post. I could identify with s...Rosemary, loved this post. I could identify with so much of it, starting with train rides and mental images flowing. Agree with you and Bonnie, the story you're telling should dictate the style. Unfortunately, I can only write one way, so I better write stories that fit that style! <br /><br />PS Love the word "frippery," had to look it up--marvelous imagery. Actually marvelous imagery in your whole post. I'm smiling...M.M. Gornellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05610211516010193111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1628814011025215047.post-5276813891675494032015-07-22T14:22:06.284-07:002015-07-22T14:22:06.284-07:00You're so right, Rosie, that the story you'...You're so right, Rosie, that the story you're telling should dictate the style. I can't imagine "Gone with the Wind" written by Paula Hawkins; it would lose its magic. On the other hand, I share your angst at sometimes having to "kill my darlings" for the sake of story momentum. It's a challenge, but as we've often said, if it were easy, everyone could do it. Nice post--thanks!BonnieShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12642142065722406733noreply@blogger.com