tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post8910430205300500089..comments2024-03-29T03:28:22.296-05:00Comments on Writing In The Crosshairs: GYSPY_ALL RIGHT HUMANS, HERE'S HOW YOU WRITE A BESTSELLERRoland D. Yeomanshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00338410857990551352noreply@blogger.comBlogger27125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-48210134245760614312011-01-30T16:57:11.947-06:002011-01-30T16:57:11.947-06:00Thanks for the nice words, Words Crafter. Food Guy...Thanks for the nice words, Words Crafter. Food Guy is feeling some better -- still weak, still coughing (I tell him to cover his mouth around me! I certainly do not need his human kooties!)<br /><br />Your kitties, I bet, already know how to write. They just send notes to one another behind your back! lol. Just kidding. They're probably afraid you'' draft them into writing for them like Food Guy did with me.Roland D. Yeomanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00338410857990551352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-16708199633905180772011-01-30T16:26:33.472-06:002011-01-30T16:26:33.472-06:00Gypsy is so wise. Lots of good stuff to keep in mi...Gypsy is so wise. Lots of good stuff to keep in mind here. Love the idea of a built in shit detector. And I wouldn't do any deep contemplation if a pile of rock and decaying bodies were about to fall on me, either. <br /><br />Can you come teach my kitties how to write? Hope Food Guy is feeling better!The Words Crafterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14520267901489487512noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-20507269566223508722011-01-26T20:37:03.576-06:002011-01-26T20:37:03.576-06:00Dominic : I pinned a note to Food Guy's shirt ...Dominic : I pinned a note to Food Guy's shirt to remind him about the blogfest. <br />And yes, sometimes, life near the bayou where FG lives gets "interesting." Zombies aren't just food for Hollywood out here, let me tell you. But I have the moves and the grooves. No shambling zombie is gonna make munchies out of this feline princess!<br /><br />VR : I have to admit that I enjoy this gig as muse. But my paws get sore from these blasted keys. No worry about me staging a coup. But thanks for worrying about Food Guy. I know he appreciates it -- and so do I. I need my beauty sleep!Roland D. Yeomanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00338410857990551352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-62193462973083597902011-01-26T18:58:44.830-06:002011-01-26T18:58:44.830-06:00I must say, Gypsy, this is stellar advice. Is it j...I must say, Gypsy, this is stellar advice. Is it just my imagination or are you enjoying your stand-in gig? You aren't planning a coup while Food Guy is down and out are you? No, of course not. You have way too much class for that. Don't forget, we're trusting in you to take care of our boy.VR Barkowskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04927993233682731113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-26990056876277056452011-01-26T17:46:23.607-06:002011-01-26T17:46:23.607-06:00when you're surrounded by corpses Gypsy?!!! *e...<i>when</i> you're surrounded by corpses Gypsy?!!! *edges away from keyboard*<br /><br />Very wise advice Gypsy, thank you!<br /><br />Can you thank Food Guy for entering my blogfest and mention to him that it starts this Friday and runs through the weekend. (I know how easy it to lose track! lol)<br /><br />Oh and tell Food Guy I hope he feels better soon.Dominic de Mattoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05171145945316152596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-24409939041188229462011-01-26T17:17:12.860-06:002011-01-26T17:17:12.860-06:00SH : I know that when I'm surrounded by corpse...SH : I know that when I'm surrounded by corpses, swearing and moving are the two things at the top of my list!Roland D. Yeomanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00338410857990551352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-13147885248952130692011-01-26T17:14:02.150-06:002011-01-26T17:14:02.150-06:00Thanks for the wonderful advice. You're right,...Thanks for the wonderful advice. You're right, that woman surrounded by corpses should've been swearing or trying to move :)Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13545002086680505220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-68631673609971431812011-01-26T16:45:19.270-06:002011-01-26T16:45:19.270-06:00Imagery Imagined : Thanks for liking my post. And ...Imagery Imagined : Thanks for liking my post. And yes, I'm trying to get Food Guy better. I even gave him some of my catnip!Roland D. Yeomanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00338410857990551352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-78313753119975077692011-01-26T16:43:55.955-06:002011-01-26T16:43:55.955-06:00Su : When Food Guy is gone, I write my own blog. S...Su : When Food Guy is gone, I write my own blog. Sorry, for felines only. That's where I get my practice. <br /><br />Good writing is distilling. Everything that contributes to the transformation of your character to what she started out as to what she will become ... keep. Anything else that simply restates something already said or is simply pretty ... leave out. At least that's what us cats say.<br /><br />Thanks, Ann. I try to keep Food Guy healthy, but he insists on answering those pesky blood run calls in the pouring rain and freezing cold!<br /><br />Kitty : Thank you and say HELLO to Charlie for me, too. I try to get Food Guy to listen to my wisdom, but he insists on doing it his way. Male humans! LOL.<br /><br />Eric : I know what you mean. When you write (if you're in the groove, it seems as if you writing down something that you remember happening to you.) And trust me, sometimes I have a hard time understanding me ... especially understanding why I did something after the fact. LOL.Roland D. Yeomanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00338410857990551352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-88549107456059337232011-01-26T16:38:26.411-06:002011-01-26T16:38:26.411-06:00This comment has been removed by the author.imagery imaginedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07291852147832887334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-36083266699919985922011-01-26T16:38:25.913-06:002011-01-26T16:38:25.913-06:00get well soon!! Food Guy,
and nice post Gypsy Cat....get well soon!! Food Guy,<br />and nice post Gypsy Cat.imagery imaginedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07291852147832887334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-69503081633899604672011-01-26T16:11:42.617-06:002011-01-26T16:11:42.617-06:00I say that all the time: Write first for yourself,...I say that all the time: Write first for yourself, write again for others.<br /><br />So true.<br /><br />I also say I NEVER write fiction. EVERYTHING I write is true. It must be.<br /><br />Otherwise, why would I write it.<br /><br />That's why I dig your style, Roland, and reading your post. You're better at thinking my thoughts than I am! At least I understand yours.<br /><br /> - EricEric W. Tranthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13842968931062056407noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-14878922772026520712011-01-26T16:01:38.209-06:002011-01-26T16:01:38.209-06:00Gypsy you gorgeous beauty! You are just amazing!!!...Gypsy you gorgeous beauty! You are just amazing!!! Thank you for these fabulous no-nonsense tips on how to get a novel worthy of being one!! Yay!!<br /><br />Please look after Food Guy! I hope he gets better and rests! Take care<br />xOld Kittyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13185547869183611159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-59519615396039718262011-01-26T14:34:18.159-06:002011-01-26T14:34:18.159-06:00Great tips here, thanks. Hope Food Guy is feeling...Great tips here, thanks. Hope Food Guy is feeling better soon!Annhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07524878248746427258noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-74556170486538492852011-01-26T14:30:00.991-06:002011-01-26T14:30:00.991-06:00Gypsy, great post! And I admire your typing skills...Gypsy, great post! And I admire your typing skills! Is that why cats walk across keyboards? To practise?<br /><br />So, do you have a sense of where the line is between "real life" and "too much like life"? I have a hard time writing exciting things that could presumably happen to me without verging into the really boring stuff that actually <i>does</i> happen to me.Suhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11862479925124552922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-43319824706177598742011-01-26T13:32:41.966-06:002011-01-26T13:32:41.966-06:00Michael : You do have a point. He'd be mostly ...Michael : You do have a point. He'd be mostly gristle anyway! I'll take care of him. I always do. Sigh, put-upon princess me.Roland D. Yeomanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00338410857990551352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-53640706061545738212011-01-26T13:20:53.502-06:002011-01-26T13:20:53.502-06:00Ah, Gypsy,
But does he taste like your favorite:T...Ah, Gypsy,<br /><br />But does he taste like your favorite:Tuna. <br /><br />Food guy tells me how finicky you can be...<br /><br /><br />MichaelMichael Di Gesuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17047267262428143113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-18780491096614448482011-01-26T13:07:13.335-06:002011-01-26T13:07:13.335-06:00Michael : I love Food Guy, grumpiness and coughing...Michael : I love Food Guy, grumpiness and coughing and all. Sigh, I guess I will curl up to him, after all. But he goes and dies on me, and he's Gypsy-Kibbles.<br /><br />Nothing personal, Food Guy, but a girl has to eat! LOL.Roland D. Yeomanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00338410857990551352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-79634503374185989912011-01-26T13:05:23.592-06:002011-01-26T13:05:23.592-06:00Rosie C : Do go back to his contest. The paragraph...Rosie C : Do go back to his contest. The paragraphs are educational and fun. That girl's prose was good ... it was just the mindset of her heroine that rang not true ... let me outta the way of two tons of rock and corpses!! Thanks for writing me. A gypsy princess gets lonely with just Food Guy sick or driving those blood runs.Roland D. Yeomanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00338410857990551352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-7886841100260422242011-01-26T13:05:09.089-06:002011-01-26T13:05:09.089-06:00Gypsy....
You bad girl, although wise, you are no...Gypsy....<br /><br />You bad girl, although wise, you are not very nice to food guy. <br /><br />Now I know you would never listen to mere human, but this time I think you should. If food guy doesn't get well you will not eat...<br /><br />Really?<br /><br />So I suggest you jump onto the bed, snuggle up to food guy, and purr like your life depends on it ... because it does.<br /><br /><br />Listen to this friend of food guy. NOW!Michael Di Gesuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17047267262428143113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-77298772775376423982011-01-26T13:02:16.867-06:002011-01-26T13:02:16.867-06:00Wendy : Beta readers are good. But as humans, they...Wendy : Beta readers are good. But as humans, they bring their own sense of what it means to write a novel to your words ... not your sense. Listen to them but listen to your instincts more. Walk away from your novel for a bit. Write a short story or the first chapter to another novel, then go back. You will see it in new ways. But I'm just a cat. LOL.<br /><br />Heather : Yes, Food Guy edits the same way as if he were the editor or agent. He envies you going to that conference. Me, too. Beautiful princesses are always a hit at parties.<br /><br />Donea : I rolled the can of chicken soup by Food Guy's bed. After that hint, he's on his own! I wish you success in getting published! Thanks for writing me. I get lonely here with just Food Guy for grumpy company!Roland D. Yeomanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00338410857990551352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-24823041997152234232011-01-26T13:00:21.766-06:002011-01-26T13:00:21.766-06:00Wow, apparently I need to get back to Bradsford...Wow, apparently I need to get back to Bradsford's page and read some more of those paragraphs. I'm with Gypsy on getting the hell outta the way!<br /><br />Great advice. Thanks for entertaining us and yourself through the snoring. Healthy wishes to the Food Guy!RosieChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07911305246379355484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-45652866117235385772011-01-26T12:50:23.659-06:002011-01-26T12:50:23.659-06:00Gypsy, you are indeed wise! Great tips here that ...Gypsy, you are indeed wise! Great tips here that I'm writing down for (near) future use. Real writing and getting that emotion on every page...I'm working on it. Make sure you leave some hot chicken noodle soup for Food Guy! :)Donea Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15393184831994368021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-37584377359133749232011-01-26T12:46:22.579-06:002011-01-26T12:46:22.579-06:00Sorry to hear Food-Guy is out with bronchitis but ...Sorry to hear Food-Guy is out with bronchitis but we do love your posts Gypsy! ;) Excellent point on looking at your words as if it's the first time. I like to edit as if I'm an editor considering buying the novel.Heatherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05130733681254163610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-32348333069633675542011-01-26T12:42:10.740-06:002011-01-26T12:42:10.740-06:00Look at your words as if seeing them for the first...Look at your words as if seeing them for the first time. Ah, that's the trick. That's why I've come to the conclusion that after this last revision, I'm going to need a beta reader. I know every detail so well that my brain sometimes skims over obvious mistakes. I'm too close to it.<br /><br />Hope you are feeling better soon. Gypsy might grumble, but I'll bet she loves it.Wendy Tyler Ryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10841984342368861282noreply@blogger.com