tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post5484014262271591266..comments2024-03-29T03:28:22.296-05:00Comments on Writing In The Crosshairs: IS DEATH THE INK OUR PAGES NEED?Roland D. Yeomanshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00338410857990551352noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-54021726413647766612012-07-26T19:45:42.512-05:002012-07-26T19:45:42.512-05:00Heather:
Thanks. That means a lot coming from you....Heather:<br />Thanks. That means a lot coming from you.<br /><br />Angela:<br />I was always angry at Dumbledore. He only paid lip service in being uncomfortable in placing Harry and his friends at risk. I believe his brother might have had a valid reason in being furious with him.<br /><br />Michael:<br />It is not the music we listen to but the lessons we take from it that matter. I agree with you: we can only change ourselves. We must become the change we would see in the world.<br /><br />Family counseling is so much harder than those on the outside seem to believe ... just as teaching is right now.<br /><br />Thanks for visiting and caring enough to chat over the cyber-fence. RolandRoland D. Yeomanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00338410857990551352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-73940094139578264512012-07-26T18:42:19.750-05:002012-07-26T18:42:19.750-05:00I've worked in the psych field since 1985 and ...I've worked in the psych field since 1985 and seen my share of shtuff. One aspect of my counseling of others is dealing with parents who have kids who are troubled in one way or another. These parents feel like they failed their children. "But what about your other son? Didn't you say he was an awesome kid? You raised them both the same way didn't you?" Of course they did. Some parents protect. Others expose. Sometimes it doesn't matter what we do.<br /><br />As authors we need to write like we want and what we want. Do any of us really believe we have any control over anything in the world other than our own actions? I choose to read and write in a positive way. Was there death in my book? Yes. Bloody gore? No. IMO most of the sex I see on TV and in the movies could be left out and not affect the storyline at all. Sometimes we can't turn a blind eye to evil though. <br /><br />Enough of my rant except I will admit that I have listened to the devil's music, "Heavy Metal", my entire life. Hmmm, never killed anyone though. Not gonna either.Michael Horvathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06490946095047002839noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-59032470704948855462012-07-26T12:54:32.173-05:002012-07-26T12:54:32.173-05:00Pollyanna was cute. This world? Not so much. On...Pollyanna was cute. This world? Not so much. One of the popular things about Harry Potter was and is the dark undertone ever present. Harry was no Pollyanna. He didn't get to see the world in shades of rainbows. But when dealt the dark hand, he held light with his wand, good friends and the light of hope that made him and others overcomers of evil.Angela Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03324366495151363782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-46206264775426048442012-07-26T10:28:14.515-05:002012-07-26T10:28:14.515-05:00The new cover for RITES OF PASSAGE is amazing! I l...The new cover for RITES OF PASSAGE is amazing! I love it!!!Heatherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05130733681254163610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-15373577516308261512012-07-26T08:11:21.968-05:002012-07-26T08:11:21.968-05:00Alex:
I agree wholeheartedly. I read a book by an ...Alex:<br />I agree wholeheartedly. I read a book by an author I usually enjoy, but he spent so much time inside the head of the sadistic killer as he was killing that I skimmed through those sections to see how it ended ... but I stopped reading his books after that.<br /><br />He has since changed, and I so I have started reading his newest novella which is a bit ragged but entertaining.<br /><br />Thanks for buying each and every one of my books, Alex. It means a lot!Roland D. Yeomanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00338410857990551352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-62572792163136027052012-07-26T07:08:43.296-05:002012-07-26T07:08:43.296-05:00I agree. We should show that people can triumph ov...I agree. We should show that people can triumph over evil. I'd never put anything really dark in my books, but I do show characters overcoming challenges in the same style as Star Wars.Alex J. Cavanaughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09770065693345181702noreply@blogger.com