tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529128955266044151.post7945619389879234139..comments2023-10-31T10:59:03.023-04:00Comments on INKSPOT Crime Fiction Blog | A Place for Mystery, Mayhem, Writing and Life: Literary Road KillLinda O. Johnstonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01512430135042480450noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529128955266044151.post-1627088011635343992007-11-21T12:16:00.000-05:002007-11-21T12:16:00.000-05:00Mark - Yesterday I felt as you describe. Today I'm...Mark - Yesterday I felt as you describe. Today I'm thinking the manuscript is not so bad. It literally changes from day to day and the hard thing is to tell if it's just my mood of the moment or if it's the manuscript!<BR/><BR/>I think being plain tired has a lot to do with it--I'm coming into the home stretch on this one and I've read it a few dozen times by now, one way and another.G.M. Malliethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13805971625496094303noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529128955266044151.post-78288748678040650592007-11-20T13:50:00.000-05:002007-11-20T13:50:00.000-05:00What's that address, Joe?Mark, great post. Freezin...What's that address, Joe?<BR/><BR/>Mark, great post. Freezing in the headlights and not moving is what gets you killed. Dashing across the road and taking chances is what gets you from here to there and maybe to the bucks and doe.Felicia Donovanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03556232226152556397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529128955266044151.post-29759577081653064872007-11-20T11:14:00.000-05:002007-11-20T11:14:00.000-05:00I wake up every morning at 4:00 AM scared to death...I wake up every morning at 4:00 AM scared to death that the fraud police will beat down my door and charge me with Hacking in the First Degree.Joe Moorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00028401465567502250noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529128955266044151.post-18700971896351504672007-11-20T09:56:00.000-05:002007-11-20T09:56:00.000-05:00I'm with you Sue Ann. I was listening to an inter...I'm with you Sue Ann. I was listening to an interview with Paul Newman (I want to be him when I grow up) say that he always is scared on the set - and he wants it that way. Being scared means it's important to you. That you want to get it right. The minute it isn't scary anymore, you've lost your edge.Mark Combeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01270361794228887282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529128955266044151.post-78164129018053701102007-11-20T09:32:00.000-05:002007-11-20T09:32:00.000-05:00Great timing with the post, Mark! You hit the deer...Great timing with the post, Mark! You hit the deer right on the noggin. I'm just about done with my 4th Odelia Grey novel and even though my draft readers, who I trust to not give me lip service, love it and think it's even better than #3, I'm still filled with doubt. I guess that's natural for a writer. Our real worry should start the day we think we've written a "masterpiece" because then we probably have written the drivel we fear.<BR/><BR/>Make room in the bushes for your pals, Bambi.Sue Ann Jaffarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09984054116933714621noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529128955266044151.post-52405649139392773472007-11-20T09:12:00.000-05:002007-11-20T09:12:00.000-05:00So I've finally come full circle.My 9th grade Engl...So I've finally come full circle.<BR/><BR/>My 9th grade English teacher, Doug Ricketts, once commented that you can't trust review blurbs, the ones that say:<BR/><BR/>"Tantalizing and fresh!"<BR/><BR/>Because the full quote was:<BR/><BR/>"As tantalizing and fresh as road kill."Mark Terryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09410424046477699059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529128955266044151.post-84052296400257465372007-11-19T23:39:00.000-05:002007-11-19T23:39:00.000-05:00I think it was Julie Smith who said, "Don't get it...I think it was Julie Smith who said, "Don't get it right, get it written." In other words, worry about making it good in a later draft.<BR/><BR/>And when it comes to deer on the highway, I highly recommend reading Cynthia Kaplan's Leave the Building Quickly wherein she wonders why deer ignore the rules of natural selectionKeith Raffelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02926077627965529183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529128955266044151.post-43715008235576279172007-11-19T23:08:00.000-05:002007-11-19T23:08:00.000-05:00Literary roadkill--what an image! I know the feel...Literary roadkill--what an image! <BR/><BR/>I know the feeling, Mark. The only way to conquer it is to keep my seat in the seat 'til I write past the fear. For that day. <BR/><BR/>When I require a change of scene, I get into my Mazda and try not to hit a deer.Nina Wrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01951320004034298217noreply@blogger.com