tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529128955266044151.post3675377679903979232..comments2023-10-31T10:59:03.023-04:00Comments on INKSPOT Crime Fiction Blog | A Place for Mystery, Mayhem, Writing and Life: Guest Blogger Donna Andrews On: "If You're not Using That"Linda O. Johnstonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01512430135042480450noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529128955266044151.post-414370537216476442008-10-31T09:23:00.000-04:002008-10-31T09:23:00.000-04:00Hi Donna, Thanks for stopping here. I just asked a...Hi Donna, <BR/><BR/>Thanks for stopping here. I just asked a man yesterday if I could steal the line he was using. He was carrying a huge bag of stuff around the International Quilt Festival for his wife. She bought my books and said. "Give them to the CEO." He said, "That's me. I Carry Everything Out."<BR/><BR/>What a guy. And he probably works for a lot less than most. Without a golden parachute.Terri Thayerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09953154767532970027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529128955266044151.post-29973626972017102822008-10-30T21:47:00.000-04:002008-10-30T21:47:00.000-04:00Donna's tales are always good for a laugh! If you ...Donna's tales are always good for a laugh! If you haven't read any of her books yet, you're in for a treat. I can never get through one without laughing out loud at least once! And I'm a grump!jbstanleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05839153589205692508noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529128955266044151.post-27057714867235636672008-10-30T17:19:00.000-04:002008-10-30T17:19:00.000-04:00Welcome Donna! LOVE the title of your latest book....Welcome Donna! LOVE the title of your latest book.<BR/><BR/>So true about having great and not-so-great memories waiting in the wings to use in future books. I just put a very painful one of mine in the book I'm currently working on, and managed to play it for laughs.Sue Ann Jaffarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09984054116933714621noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529128955266044151.post-84023920401159138502008-10-30T12:14:00.000-04:002008-10-30T12:14:00.000-04:00Wow. To go through life with a name that's very ne...Wow. To go through life with a name that's very nearly Tinsel Town. <BR/><BR/>Whoever ends up stealing this name, the character has to be an actor who is just waiting for "the call."G.M. Malliethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13805971625496094303noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529128955266044151.post-53723759726971336892008-10-30T11:47:00.000-04:002008-10-30T11:47:00.000-04:00No no, I'm using Tinsley Brown!Not really. :-)Tho...No no, I'm using Tinsley Brown!<BR/><BR/>Not really. :-)<BR/><BR/>Though I wonder, now, when we'll see her...Hank Phillippi Ryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17420701704169428286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529128955266044151.post-62243252091901548652008-10-30T11:29:00.000-04:002008-10-30T11:29:00.000-04:00Donna, it was so nice meeting you at Bouchercon. T...Donna, it was so nice meeting you at Bouchercon. Thanks for taking the time to visit with us on InkSpot. <BR/><BR/>I really enjoyed chatting with you about the challenges of working with both technical and non-technical folks. Hmmmm... I think that concept might just end up in my next Black Widow book. It could be about a programmer named Tinsley Brown.<BR/><BR/>Best of luck with the new book!Felicia Donovanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03556232226152556397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529128955266044151.post-18127173296261075142008-10-30T11:13:00.000-04:002008-10-30T11:13:00.000-04:00Hi, Donna! How wonderful to have you as our guest ...Hi, Donna! How wonderful to have you as our guest today!<BR/><BR/>Pretty much everything that happens to me during the course of the year it takes to write a book ends up in that book, but in a form unrecognizable to anyone but me. Conversations, observations, things I've seen or heard...in it goes. I never ask permission because it's not necessary - the end result is so far distant from the reality.<BR/><BR/>It is a very strange process, and the reason I don't need to keep a diary. It's all in the book.<BR/><BR/>Great blog topic here. Looking forward to your latest!G.M. Malliethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13805971625496094303noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529128955266044151.post-3348136113566041492008-10-30T10:20:00.001-04:002008-10-30T10:20:00.001-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Hank Phillippi Ryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17420701704169428286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529128955266044151.post-11852497141378005022008-10-30T10:20:00.000-04:002008-10-30T10:20:00.000-04:00Donna--you're so right! (Okay, as usual.) I've def...Donna--you're so right! (Okay, as usual.) I've definitely had that moment with other writers where someone says something..and then..the silence. As everyone realizes they've just heard a really good plot idea. Or snippet of conversation. Or even a good name. (("I'm Tinsley Brown, I'll be your waiter tonight." Hmmm..we all say. Tinsley Brown. Great name. Then, the silence.)<BR/><BR/> <BR/>I'm a reporter, and it happens with us too, in my other world. Which is just all congenial, and just as competitive. We'll be all be chatting, and someone will say something--and we'll all realize that's a lead into a potentially hot news story.<BR/><BR/>So--who gets to write it?<BR/><BR/>But usually? In both worlds, it all works out.<BR/><BR/>Can't wait to read your latest!Hank Phillippi Ryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17420701704169428286noreply@blogger.com