tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8733289016000331233.post4695905568809137857..comments2024-03-28T05:05:30.116-04:00Comments on mainewords: Words to ponder...mshatchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06308916014310536449noreply@blogger.comBlogger29125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8733289016000331233.post-24665005385388814682014-05-30T23:31:36.121-04:002014-05-30T23:31:36.121-04:00I do, a kid's book I wrote. Came across it ag...I do, a kid's book I wrote. Came across it again today. The Happy Whiskhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13438469476168485775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8733289016000331233.post-77944955742678029982014-05-30T01:22:08.296-04:002014-05-30T01:22:08.296-04:00I have several abandoned projects that deserve to ...I have several abandoned projects that deserve to be abandoned. Sheesh! I also have one project that I'm determined to resurrect if I can just figure out a decent plot ... so I'm pondering it as I work on my current WIP. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07735576044552810103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8733289016000331233.post-14248876698657193572014-05-29T17:46:13.538-04:002014-05-29T17:46:13.538-04:00I hear you on the NA; I have an old story (complet...I hear you on the NA; I have an old story (complete but unrevised) that totally fits into the NA market but was written before NA was a genre. Good luck with your submission!mshatchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06308916014310536449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8733289016000331233.post-59826422532342144912014-05-29T17:44:54.569-04:002014-05-29T17:44:54.569-04:00Exactly right!Exactly right!mshatchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06308916014310536449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8733289016000331233.post-91362664051631725302014-05-29T17:44:38.379-04:002014-05-29T17:44:38.379-04:00Ideas are not my problem. I have too many to count...Ideas are not my problem. I have too many to count! I should send you one...hmm, what sort of idea would you like?mshatchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06308916014310536449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8733289016000331233.post-87529653669712850992014-05-29T17:43:55.982-04:002014-05-29T17:43:55.982-04:00Ah, the proverbial back burner. I'm familiar w...Ah, the proverbial back burner. I'm familiar with that place. When I don't know what to write I often return to some of my earlier works. mshatchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06308916014310536449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8733289016000331233.post-52535466406996836522014-05-29T17:42:59.068-04:002014-05-29T17:42:59.068-04:00It's possible that works are meant to be aband...It's possible that works are meant to be abandoned, that writing them is part of the process that helps us get better. But I do have a few I'd dearly like to resurrect. They're pretty darn rough though!<br />mshatchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06308916014310536449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8733289016000331233.post-78422995216576793552014-05-29T17:40:28.960-04:002014-05-29T17:40:28.960-04:00I think I have at least one of those.I think I have at least one of those.mshatchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06308916014310536449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8733289016000331233.post-35777077488988130102014-05-29T17:40:08.707-04:002014-05-29T17:40:08.707-04:00I want to get back to all of them but there's ...I want to get back to all of them but there's the little thing called time...mshatchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06308916014310536449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8733289016000331233.post-8624804940135021512014-05-29T17:39:16.798-04:002014-05-29T17:39:16.798-04:00That's the rub, eh?That's the rub, eh?mshatchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06308916014310536449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8733289016000331233.post-76149174132403266182014-05-29T14:07:37.781-04:002014-05-29T14:07:37.781-04:00Hi, Marcy,
YOU bet I do! As a matter of fact I ju...Hi, Marcy,<br /><br />YOU bet I do! As a matter of fact I just revamped a short story I had written a few years ago and entered it in a magazine contest. It's a cool N/A contemporary piece, written before N/A was born. LOL...<br /><br />FANTASTIC quote BTW!Michael Di Gesuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17047267262428143113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8733289016000331233.post-41744056811047966852014-05-29T13:51:37.901-04:002014-05-29T13:51:37.901-04:00Yes, some I will never write, others I may try to ...Yes, some I will never write, others I may try to write, and more still that I'll give a definite go at.TWWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15883841292987180140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8733289016000331233.post-54464442482268943612014-05-29T07:24:40.776-04:002014-05-29T07:24:40.776-04:00I'm with Robin. Never say never. Right now th...I'm with Robin. Never say never. Right now though, the idea seems hard.Lizahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16170701034715108039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8733289016000331233.post-62523053773378925972014-05-28T18:01:52.737-04:002014-05-28T18:01:52.737-04:00None of my stories are abandoned. They're all ...None of my stories are abandoned. They're all on the back burner for "one day" --you know, when time permits me to spend time with my lovelies that may otherwise never deserve to see the light of day? (That was a long sentence.)Crystal Collierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03912469552483168148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8733289016000331233.post-63538273978699422242014-05-28T17:26:57.845-04:002014-05-28T17:26:57.845-04:00My first two series have never seen the light of d...My first two series have never seen the light of day. One day I'll reinvent them and get them out there. I think it's part of the creative process. Anyway, they're not yet ready for prime time.M Paxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14096697282530998519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8733289016000331233.post-65380911955273473292014-05-28T17:15:24.243-04:002014-05-28T17:15:24.243-04:00I have an almost complete novel in a drawer. I don...I have an almost complete novel in a drawer. I don't know that I will ever return to it. But I won't say Never...Robinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14932408372240147454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8733289016000331233.post-35399678116707196932014-05-28T14:42:46.584-04:002014-05-28T14:42:46.584-04:00I plan to get back to each and every one of my sto...I plan to get back to each and every one of my stories that currently sit, fallow. Well, maybe not that one, but it might make it in another form into another story someday...Liz A.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16531953467834426316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8733289016000331233.post-36497504148415188842014-05-28T14:34:08.614-04:002014-05-28T14:34:08.614-04:00I have at least three abandoned children. I want t...I have at least three abandoned children. I want to get back to them but newer projects keep getting in the way.Susan Gourley/Kelleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02669793865290876168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8733289016000331233.post-6918364611643333562014-05-28T13:40:52.590-04:002014-05-28T13:40:52.590-04:00poor little bookorphans....poor little bookorphans....DEZMONDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14127166104359407763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8733289016000331233.post-57211773463795793982014-05-28T13:40:41.832-04:002014-05-28T13:40:41.832-04:00I've done that! In fact, my current project wa...I've done that! In fact, my current project was in part stolen from an earlier unfinished work.mshatchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06308916014310536449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8733289016000331233.post-11571440085022456122014-05-28T13:39:58.144-04:002014-05-28T13:39:58.144-04:00I always imagine my characters languishing, stuck ...I always imagine my characters languishing, stuck forever where I left them.mshatchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06308916014310536449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8733289016000331233.post-83651279171806681092014-05-28T13:39:31.421-04:002014-05-28T13:39:31.421-04:00Me too!Me too!mshatchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06308916014310536449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8733289016000331233.post-10205817945051352672014-05-28T13:39:18.342-04:002014-05-28T13:39:18.342-04:00You know I didn't want to hear that answer - a...You know I didn't want to hear that answer - and yeah, I'm thinking of Evie.mshatchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06308916014310536449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8733289016000331233.post-43621599661520189372014-05-28T13:38:37.607-04:002014-05-28T13:38:37.607-04:00And sometimes the spark isn't big enough to su...And sometimes the spark isn't big enough to sustain a novel.mshatchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06308916014310536449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8733289016000331233.post-74918939474324861582014-05-28T11:37:48.347-04:002014-05-28T11:37:48.347-04:00Of course I have abandoned stories. This is a good...Of course I have abandoned stories. This is a good reminder to mine them later for ideas.Michael Offutt, Phantom Readerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10557969104886174930noreply@blogger.com