tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529128955266044151.post4283742166834681723..comments2023-10-31T10:59:03.023-04:00Comments on INKSPOT Crime Fiction Blog | A Place for Mystery, Mayhem, Writing and Life: Guest Blogger Elizabeth Zelvin: Where do stories come from?Linda O. Johnstonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01512430135042480450noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529128955266044151.post-17683458497897965562009-09-28T18:24:43.587-04:002009-09-28T18:24:43.587-04:00lovely post, Liz ... a look with humor, empathy (o...lovely post, Liz ... a look with humor, empathy (of course!) and psychiatric insight at that awful ?, ''Where do you get your ideas???''<br />I'll known the answer from now on: They're a gift from my unconscious. <br />Best, Deborah Sharp<br />And, PS: someone kept one of your stories for all those years since h. school? Only my mama did that for me.Deborah Sharphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01575491644343480392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529128955266044151.post-4380850577784551882009-09-26T09:52:54.104-04:002009-09-26T09:52:54.104-04:00Thanks, everyone. There's a horrid fascination...Thanks, everyone. There's a horrid fascination in reading the early stuff--and now, having gotten a blog piece out of it, I'm glad it still exists. I wasn't humorless as a kid, but that ironic distance from one's own behavior has to ripen over time. And I do think teenagers tend to revel in Sturm und Drang. :)Elizabeth Zelvinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13944424094949207841noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529128955266044151.post-80545252005952769192009-09-25T22:09:52.957-04:002009-09-25T22:09:52.957-04:00Hi, Liz! Very interesting writing comments.
Rega...Hi, Liz! Very interesting writing comments.<br /><br />Regarding high school kids--I think they have great senses of humor, and I'll bet you did, too. We're always so hard on ourselves in retrospect.Julia Buckleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10270211923343731659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529128955266044151.post-11453347893030291842009-09-25T10:52:33.991-04:002009-09-25T10:52:33.991-04:00Interesting reading. Liz. Maybe I need some thera...Interesting reading. Liz. Maybe I need some therapy to figure out where my ideas come from. (And for lots more too, I'm sure.)Keith Raffelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02926077627965529183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529128955266044151.post-81243194570467200992009-09-25T09:48:34.170-04:002009-09-25T09:48:34.170-04:00I read my diaries from high school sometimes and w...I read my diaries from high school sometimes and wince most of the way through. I wrote a lot in high school, but I seemed less melodramatic with my writing than my journaling. Sounds like you had an interesting blast from the past!<br /><br />Elizabeth<br /><a href="http://mysterywritingismurder.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow"> Mystery Writing is Murder</a>Elizabeth Spann Craighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15625595247828274405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529128955266044151.post-31827054346473194432009-09-25T09:35:51.155-04:002009-09-25T09:35:51.155-04:00Alan - Totally with you. My misguided attempts in...Alan - Totally with you. My misguided attempts in HS at writing poetry are really best forgotten.G.M. Malliethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13805971625496094303noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529128955266044151.post-15192116301382329022009-09-25T09:29:24.119-04:002009-09-25T09:29:24.119-04:00Liz, always great to see and hear from you. Best o...Liz, always great to see and hear from you. Best of wishes, and virtual hugs.Joanna Campbell Slanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01951637123269159053noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529128955266044151.post-47968930357469516562009-09-25T09:27:45.324-04:002009-09-25T09:27:45.324-04:00Welcome, Elizabeth. I love the cover of your book!...Welcome, Elizabeth. I love the cover of your book! Quite an eye catcher.Sue Ann Jaffarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09984054116933714621noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529128955266044151.post-46003154394431213082009-09-25T09:22:06.903-04:002009-09-25T09:22:06.903-04:00Hi Liz, thanks for guest blogging today. Nice post...Hi Liz, thanks for guest blogging today. Nice post. It must have been very (very!) interesting reading something you'd written in high school. I think I'd be afraid to!Alan Orloffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03695574442723430347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529128955266044151.post-85866180817534173442009-09-25T06:26:52.055-04:002009-09-25T06:26:52.055-04:00Hi Liz. Great story. Your new title and cover are ...Hi Liz. Great story. Your new title and cover are eyecatching. Best of luck with your upcoming release!!Lisa Borkhttp://www.lisabork.comnoreply@blogger.com