tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17536279.post8118761955745471758..comments2024-03-08T00:23:07.688-08:00Comments on HICK CHIC: The fine line between the WRITER and the WRITTENHeidi the Hickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00639479864903922047noreply@blogger.comBlogger28125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17536279.post-91915269071008825462007-09-19T05:21:00.000-07:002007-09-19T05:21:00.000-07:00Today I am going to go over the first two chapters...Today I am going to go over the first two chapters to make sure they are awesome as opposed to adequate. Then look out secret agents!<BR/><BR/>I really appreciate everybody's comments- this is so interesting!Heidi the Hickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00639479864903922047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17536279.post-42547537916758269932007-09-18T21:36:00.000-07:002007-09-18T21:36:00.000-07:00I love being offended. Hit me with your best shot...I love being offended. Hit me with your best shot. I don't think of the author either unless the stuff I'm reading is pure genius.captain corkyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10782650450297504567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17536279.post-9354324528367561822007-09-18T20:21:00.000-07:002007-09-18T20:21:00.000-07:00i don't think of the writer much, either... unless...i don't think of the writer much, either... unless it's billed as a memoir. <BR/><BR/>that's not entirely true. i don't think about where the story came from. if it's a good story, i marvel at how it was created, but i don't really worry about whether it was true or not. <BR/><BR/>unless it's billed as a memoir.<BR/><BR/>and even then, i don't care much. i just enjoy a good read. <BR/><BR/>which is why i'm here.terryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02758974079951716931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17536279.post-50723099013459915372007-09-18T17:19:00.000-07:002007-09-18T17:19:00.000-07:00I`M DONE BLOGGING FOR GOOD MY EMAIL ADDY IS creatu...I`M DONE BLOGGING FOR GOOD MY EMAIL ADDY IS creature-features@hotmail.comDINKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10085125084133236262noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17536279.post-26384477224713171952007-09-18T11:44:00.000-07:002007-09-18T11:44:00.000-07:00Well Amethyst, I'm kind of amazed that anything co...Well Amethyst, I'm kind of amazed that anything coherent comes out of my head. It's pretty crowded in there...<BR/><BR/>Kari, I fully intend to WRITE IN THE BARN!! Especially my next project! I don't know if you'll come back to read this but I miss you too and hope you and the family and horses are all well and happy!!!!<BR/><BR/>KC I'm really glad you made a comment today! You're the only person here who has read it, and only one of three people commenting who knows me in real life! (four including Jethro.) I love it that you saw shades of me in each character. Makes me feel like I accomplished one of my goals. <BR/><BR/>Ok. More editing! I'm a third of the way through!<BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/>Also it's looking like it'll be barn clothes with bathrobe over top. Maybe I should have special barn pajamas in the future.Heidi the Hickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00639479864903922047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17536279.post-36779600014645798782007-09-18T10:57:00.000-07:002007-09-18T10:57:00.000-07:00I never really wonder about the author and where t...I never really wonder about the author and where they get their ideas from. If I liked it I will talk about it for a while and I will read other books by that author, but I have never put much thought into it. I read your book and I never thought to ask which one was you, I guess because I saw shades of you in each character. There isn't onw distinct person that matches you exactly..:.KC.:. the brown eyed girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13257881761763820872noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17536279.post-17827811696206674302007-09-18T10:23:00.000-07:002007-09-18T10:23:00.000-07:00I vote to go wireless and write IN. THE. BARN. How...I vote to go wireless and write IN. THE. BARN. How awesome would that be? Totally, I'd say.<BR/><BR/>BTW, I miss the heck outta you. I still don't have the net just using my sister's. So, I'll just pop in from time to time.Kari Evanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13595672667690913208noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17536279.post-82512507553930214062007-09-18T07:58:00.000-07:002007-09-18T07:58:00.000-07:00If its a realy good book, with an amazing plot, I ...If its a realy good book, with an amazing plot, I always am amazed how this could come out of someone's head... I am in awe of great writers!Anitahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03151961559080472585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17536279.post-36270877222280680402007-09-18T07:33:00.000-07:002007-09-18T07:33:00.000-07:00It looks like, so far, readers are all saying that...It looks like, so far, readers are all saying that it's the story that matters.<BR/><BR/>Except for us writer types who can't get away from it.<BR/><BR/>Even for fellow writers though, it's the story that matters. A writer's job then, is to make our readers forget us!<BR/><BR/>Good to know...good to know...Heidi the Hickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00639479864903922047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17536279.post-75028751840240617682007-09-18T02:52:00.000-07:002007-09-18T02:52:00.000-07:00I dont think of the wirter, although i always read...I dont think of the wirter, although i always read about the author in the inside cover, i just read and enjoy, usually read a lot of books by the same writer so hope you going to get lots published, and i vote for barn clotheskatyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12771905454120068595noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17536279.post-25884176639574928772007-09-17T22:02:00.000-07:002007-09-17T22:02:00.000-07:00Forgive me. But I had to give you my work...Y'all...Forgive me. But I had to give you my work...<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://www.fileden.com/files/2007/9/15/1433958/Y%27all%20Chickenhawks%20to%20Me%20-%20by%20Elmo.mp3" REL="nofollow">Y'all Chickenhawks to Me - by Elmo (MP3)</A><BR/><BR/>(If you have trouble with the link, right click and "save target as")Elmohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09406957781233956580noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17536279.post-84524126329792954602007-09-17T19:43:00.000-07:002007-09-17T19:43:00.000-07:00If the story makes me get lost in it, I don't give...If the story makes me get lost in it, I don't give a fig whether it's based on the writer's life, loosely or otherwise.<BR/><BR/>And you must stick with barn clothes. You will be happier in them. :0)LadyBroncohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06183579333201986066noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17536279.post-89121114451496646252007-09-17T19:13:00.000-07:002007-09-17T19:13:00.000-07:00I'm in agreement - don't wanna think about the wri...I'm in agreement - don't wanna think about the writer, because then the characters become les "themselves". And I vote for the robe - over the barn clothes. Don't want you to catch a chill.rainehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11147663549502347536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17536279.post-57803763569020640052007-09-17T18:50:00.000-07:002007-09-17T18:50:00.000-07:00hahaha! OOps!!That was me up there! Somebody for...hahaha! OOps!!<BR/><BR/>That was me up there! <EM>Somebody</EM> forgot to sign out when he checked his gmail!<BR/><BR/>Dern kids!Heidi the Hickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00639479864903922047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17536279.post-46522233848898675312007-09-17T18:49:00.000-07:002007-09-17T18:49:00.000-07:00Hi David! I'm on my way over!(I think this will b...Hi David! I'm on my way over!<BR/><BR/>(I think this will be a conversation that keeps on going...!)Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04644050440775294288noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17536279.post-43120623351080262072007-09-17T18:35:00.000-07:002007-09-17T18:35:00.000-07:00Hey Heidi, great space you have here. What reall...Hey Heidi, great space you have here. What really struck me from our conversation was that I do not have characters and story lines running around in my head. So I thought a little, sat down and wrote some stuff that kind of sounded similar to what you said here. Maybe I'll post it over at my <A HREF="http://www.indiefaith.blogspot.com" REL="nofollow">blog </A> so you can come visit me too!<BR/><BR/>I also have increasing fears of eventually publishing stories that flow at least in part from experience (I don't think my current line of work will help the matter:))Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17045950595392790139noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17536279.post-8612342756302242162007-09-17T14:19:00.000-07:002007-09-17T14:19:00.000-07:00Yeah, Pirate, thanks for the visual and the snicke...Yeah, Pirate, thanks for the visual and the snicker! <BR/><BR/>I don't have Combat boots though, being a pacifist anabaptist and all. Can I swap for barn boots?<BR/><BR/><BR/>Sherry the Millhousecat- I agree, it must be a writer thing to imagine the author too much. I guess we can't turn it off.<BR/><BR/>The general idea so far is...if it's really good writing, you know, cuz you can write real good and stuff, then the reader is transported and doesn't think of who wrote it.<BR/><BR/>That's what I want to be...Heidi the Hickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00639479864903922047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17536279.post-58556786565043106422007-09-17T14:14:00.000-07:002007-09-17T14:14:00.000-07:00Oh, and you should always write in a diaphenous pe...Oh, and you should always write in a diaphenous peignoir while wearing combat boots.<BR/><BR/>It's what I do.<BR/><BR/>yeharrBalloon Piratehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11886701214651190332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17536279.post-50837246335061774032007-09-17T14:12:00.000-07:002007-09-17T14:12:00.000-07:00Do you mean do I wonder which of the characters ar...Do you mean do I wonder which of the characters are really the author in disguise? Hardly ever. Of course, that may be due in part to what I tend to read, which is speculative fiction and fantasy. <BR/><BR/>I don't really wonder which of Anansi's two sons is most like Neil Gaiman.<BR/><BR/>I don't care if Terry Pratchett is more like Sam Vimes, Rincewind, or the Librarian (ook).<BR/><BR/>I never consider how much of Larry Niven is in Louis Wu or Gil Hamilton.<BR/><BR/>When I'm reading--actually letting the words seep from the page into my brain--I don't think of the writer at all.<BR/><BR/>That is, if the writer's done a good job, I don't. If not, I wonder how much the writer got paid to slap out this dreck. <BR/><BR/>However, I just finished a novel by Larry Doyle, called "I love you Beth Cooper!" and I've mused a bit over which of the protagonists might be more like the Author. <BR/><BR/>I reccomend the book by the way. <BR/><BR/>yeharrBalloon Piratehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11886701214651190332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17536279.post-75605207253394219762007-09-17T13:48:00.000-07:002007-09-17T13:48:00.000-07:00I always think about the writer, but then, I'm a w...I always think about the writer, but then, I'm a writer. I like to try to imagine their motivation. And if there is a jacket photo, I try to picture them as a <I>writer</I>. And I always think that the characters are at least loosely based on the people we know or knew. All of mine are in some way...<BR/><BR/>So I say, stick with barn clothes so I can better see you when I read your first book.millhousethecathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02587306359908028904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17536279.post-17465071290080378422007-09-17T13:17:00.000-07:002007-09-17T13:17:00.000-07:00Coffeypot- read what stuff?Biddie- if I fool you t...Coffeypot- read what stuff?<BR/><BR/>Biddie- if I fool you then I will feel like a genius. I don't think I'll be able to fool YOU though...<BR/><BR/>Tod has permission to second guess.<BR/><BR/>4 dinners...maybe I should go in with some of your attitude! Not all though. I can't pull off all your attitude!Heidi the Hickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00639479864903922047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17536279.post-86033827793846871562007-09-17T10:46:00.000-07:002007-09-17T10:46:00.000-07:00Just write it. We'll read it. Nobody worth owt'll ...Just write it. We'll read it. Nobody worth owt'll get offended.<BR/><BR/>'Avin a bash meself next year. I'll be pissed of if nobody gets offended!FOUR DINNERShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15675014976854343039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17536279.post-64843774412162779342007-09-17T09:48:00.000-07:002007-09-17T09:48:00.000-07:00I don't think of the author either. I just get cau...I don't think of the author either. I just get caught up in a good storyline. Of course if I did know the author it would be rude not to second guess wouldn't it?<BR/><BR/>I vote barn clothes!Michael Colvinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14539967401687648985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17536279.post-26764968671354940282007-09-17T08:55:00.000-07:002007-09-17T08:55:00.000-07:00Hey Heidi, I have to say, I don't usually think of...Hey Heidi, I have to say, I don't usually think of the writer until after I'm done the book. And even that's a recent thing. I think when I was younger, I just read the books, blissfully unaware of the person behind the book. How rude of me. More recently, I find myself checking in to the author, looking for some extra tidbits to tell the kids about because, pathetically, a lot of my reading is to them. At least they're up to wanting to read interesting novels and such now. <BR/><BR/>Happy editing...Bonnihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12823321141183113841noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17536279.post-59131209513495801422007-09-17T08:53:00.000-07:002007-09-17T08:53:00.000-07:00I get lost in the story, too. I very seldom wonder...I get lost in the story, too. I very seldom wonder whether or not the story is based on his/her real life. <BR/> With you, it's different. I will know what's true (or true-ish) and what is made up...I think that I will, anyway. <BR/> I vote for the bathrobe, if it's comfy and not stinky. bathrobes rock.Biddiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07745873261311850810noreply@blogger.com