tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post790797937091440952..comments2024-03-25T05:17:05.202-05:00Comments on Writing In The Crosshairs: MAGIC, HORROR, AND OTHERWORLD BEAUTYRoland D. Yeomanshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00338410857990551352noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-43206796333881670932010-07-11T22:48:03.842-05:002010-07-11T22:48:03.842-05:00I can not argue with your genre choices. Most of t...I can not argue with your genre choices. Most of those caught my attention early on, especially magic, history and things of a sci fi/paranormal order. Add psychology and criminology with a healthy smatter of good old fashioned drama and action and I am sold.<br /><br />And what amazing quotes. Someone I should put on my to read list. Thanks Roland. <br /><br />ANd I agree with Vatche. King is always a favorite of mine. I just like how he thinks. ANd we are the most dangerous of beasts on this rock, that I am sure.Nicole Murrayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09605448429334684845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-45322201875260950992010-07-11T22:15:27.976-05:002010-07-11T22:15:27.976-05:00Hey, Roland!
I'm going to add all those books...Hey, Roland!<br /><br />I'm going to add all those books you mentioned onto my TBR list, they all sounded awesome. I remember reading my first Lovecraft story and just being amazed by the atmosphere and darkness that Lovecraft created. <br /><br />I'm especially going to add Lord of the Light to my list. It's great to hear what influenced you to be the writer and reader that you are today. <br /><br />One of my biggest influences is probably Stephen King, because he taught me that there are scary monsters that can be created from the human imagination, but the scariest of all creatures is a human being. <br /><br />Write on!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-64404263737897175192010-07-11T14:54:46.493-05:002010-07-11T14:54:46.493-05:00Revealing influences on your work Roland. You lea...Revealing influences on your work Roland. You learned your writing lessons well.<br /><br />Though I don't write fantasy - yet, I'm still debating it - Stephen R Donaldson, Terry Brooks, Anne McCaffrey, Jack Chalker, are all some of my earliest reading experiences, and drew me to the love of swords, sorcery, and beautiful other worlds.<br /><br />You've put me in a nostalgic mood . .<br /><br />I hope you are feeling better after your hectic courier runs. Hows the eye - healing without permanent affliction I hope. <br /><br />You take care and get some much deserved rest.<br /><br />.........dholedolorahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08715849844092553699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-52716725560089471432010-07-11T10:35:48.478-05:002010-07-11T10:35:48.478-05:00I read anything and everything as a child, but wha...I read anything and everything as a child, but what sparked my imagination and eventual desire to write was the Chronicles of Narnia, Watership Down, and The White Dragon - all with elements of fantasy or science fiction. It was a world I could only see in my mind that spured my writing.<br />And sci-fi artwork inspires me as well.L. Diane Wolfehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06425864276166334896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-10043846257762449292010-07-11T09:57:01.557-05:002010-07-11T09:57:01.557-05:00Frank Frazetta and Luis Royo are two of my favorit...Frank Frazetta and Luis Royo are two of my favorite artists. I used to buy Heavy Metal magazine for the amazing artwork more than the stories contained within, although there were some stories which were pretty good as well. There is a website I visit often than has probably thousands of collected works by these artists and greats like Alan Lee. It is devoted to fantasy and science fiction art, and I can lose hours of my life there as I travel around in beauty.<br /><br />I'm thinking you haven't noticed, but you need to read my latest blog. I have something for you.Christi Goddardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08590491851753709622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-50552528210147168902010-07-11T09:47:31.413-05:002010-07-11T09:47:31.413-05:00Again, I bow to your mastery of the written word. ...Again, I bow to your mastery of the written word. Sigh. Oh that I could reach back in to the dark recesses of a mind that holds close its memories. In time. Thank you for sharing yours and for the questions that would unlock mine.<br /><br />Frazetta. Wow.<br /><br />~Olivia<br /><a href="http://www.thatrebelwithablog.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow">that rebel with a blog</a>Olivia J. Herrell, writing as O.J. Barréhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01107021392937169669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-22656633511010844122010-07-11T09:37:24.922-05:002010-07-11T09:37:24.922-05:00Sigh. Lovecraft. For me, the elements that drew me...Sigh. Lovecraft. For me, the elements that drew me in were horror, darkness, the grotesque. Never caught me without a Stephen King, a Lovecraft, a Peter Straub, and (before I tired of her story-destroying long-winded-ness) Anne Rice. And every time I pick up a new book, what draws me back in are those same elements, that atmosphere, that moodiness, that darkness. Sigh.Zoe C. Courtmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00642503770758938774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-37013135547897565892010-07-11T06:35:24.632-05:002010-07-11T06:35:24.632-05:00Gosh - thanks for the insight into Frank Frazetta&...Gosh - thanks for the insight into Frank Frazetta's artwork and snippets of his life! And I love the quotes from Roger Zelazny - especially the one about libraries being walls of words - that is just so apt.<br /><br />Thanks for sharing what inspires you to the written work - I remember reading Beau Geste and thinking what a hero - the kind I'd love to be able to write about!<br /><br />Take care<br />xOld Kittyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13185547869183611159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-69020239717713690862010-07-11T05:14:41.608-05:002010-07-11T05:14:41.608-05:00Now I'm gonna have to go find Lord of Light. A...Now I'm gonna have to go find Lord of Light. After Mythology, after LOTR and Narnia, I'd say the Thomas Covenant Chronicles by Stephan R Donaldson. Thomas Covenant captured my heart like no one had. He was pathetic but tried to be so much more and he succeeded-in another world. He was the first character I mourned. I couldn't believe what Donaldson did to him. Terry Brooks, then the Dragonlance Series. My favorite characters were Raistlin, the cruel dark mage, and Tass the Kinder. Koontz's Einstein showed me that real intelligence existed anywhere, we just need to be able to see and hear. I love the doomed hero who fights evil against impossible odds. Koontz taught me that sometimes they win. Sometimes they don't-but they have hope. Ideals like honor and integrity capture me-I grew up with deceit and betrayal. War-because no one fought for me-I fight for those who cannot. Shield-because I've learned that I will survive. *I kept going and had to delete and stop. You tend to draw out of me...your words are magic that ensnare and compel. I'm gonna also have to do a post about characteristics of my favorite characters and why.<br /><br />I hope you got some rest and that your eye is all better. Please forgive the rambling reply...The Words Crafterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14520267901489487512noreply@blogger.com