tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post7914369262659801457..comments2024-03-25T05:17:05.202-05:00Comments on Writing In The Crosshairs: APRIL 28 -- STAND UP, YOUR FATHER'S PASSINGRoland D. Yeomanshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00338410857990551352noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-37743840023507537212014-04-28T16:41:45.704-05:002014-04-28T16:41:45.704-05:00How great that Harper Lee came to visit you and Ca...How great that Harper Lee came to visit you and Capt. McCord. I know I would like his dark eyes too. It is clear she does. Ingerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02924736131382149056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-91936185475223756972014-04-28T15:53:46.817-05:002014-04-28T15:53:46.817-05:00Chrys:
Harper is one of a kind. :-) Mark Twain say...Chrys:<br />Harper is one of a kind. :-) Mark Twain says so!Roland D. Yeomanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00338410857990551352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-2054581356591901152014-04-28T11:58:35.893-05:002014-04-28T11:58:35.893-05:00I think Harper Lee's visit on your blog is my ...I think Harper Lee's visit on your blog is my favorite so far, and the other ghosts didn't make it easy. Chrys Feyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11955009490266358041noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-51053568919057284412014-04-28T11:26:17.106-05:002014-04-28T11:26:17.106-05:00The band Atticus Finch was/or is a Christian Rock...The band Atticus Finch was/or is a Christian Rock band. I haven't kept up with them in years since moving away from Houston. I went to church with Schon Alkire the bassist, and helped roadie in the Houston area.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06208969934278199592noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-78807924293888109992014-04-28T11:12:23.039-05:002014-04-28T11:12:23.039-05:00Helena:
Thanks for the kind words here and on your...Helena:<br />Thanks for the kind words here and on your blog. Whatever it takes to draw attention to your books, I lack -- in spades! :-)<br /><br />I have resigned myself to writing without notice for the rest of my life -- as my cancer surgeries prove: there are worse fates!<br /><br />I'm glad you liked Harper Lee's words to us on her birthday.<br /><br />Elephant's Child:<br />Truth often breaks my heart in non-fiction. Reality is too often cruel and callous. :-(<br /><br />David:<br />What kind of music did the band, Atticus Finch, play?<br /><br />Alex:<br />Yes, unlike reality, fiction has to make sense!<br /><br />She helped her friend, Truman Capote, write IN COLD BLOOD -- going from place to place, helping him research and question those involved.<br /><br />Up until that point, she had been writing a book focusing on ordinary small town life. She never took back up writing after her work with IN COLD BLOOD.<br /><br />Perhaps she thought that her book of the ordinary would never appeal after the extremes of IN COLD BLOOD.<br /><br />D.G.:<br />As children we are wet cement -- as we age it takes more to make an impact on us: and it is usually chiseling experiences that do it.<br /><br />We usually realize how precious certain aspects of childhood were when we cannot go back and say Thank You.<br /><br />Life is odd in its twists and turns. Trust your own instincts with your scenes. Write YOUR book not someone else's. :-)<br /><br />Robin:<br />I will probably not even be discovered after I am gone! Enjoy the writing journey for just spinning a tales for a few. :-)Roland D. Yeomanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00338410857990551352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-52932900116052979082014-04-28T10:05:20.573-05:002014-04-28T10:05:20.573-05:00I loved TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD (as did anyone who h...I loved TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD (as did anyone who has read it, I believe). I always wondered why he didn't write another novel. I suppose that too much success can be as daunting as too little. So many prolific writers didn't garner ANY real success in their lifetime. It was only many years later that the world "discovered" them.Robinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14932408372240147454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-57495205886466849842014-04-28T09:36:29.181-05:002014-04-28T09:36:29.181-05:00Childhood does shape us to some extent, some love ...Childhood does shape us to some extent, some love their childhood and the small towns, some feel stifled and just want to get away. This effect of how we feel about our childhood we can't see until we get some distance from it. <br /><br />Re-reality vs life:<br />I wrote a scene for a suspense tale in a courtroom, a beta reader said that it couldn't happen,(she is a published author of historical fiction) but a week or so later, it did happen in the news, and I knew of other incidences. Life is stranger than fiction and more deadly.<br /><br />Too bad Harper Lee only wrote one book, but sometimes it's enough.D.G. Hudsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06213237734772028645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-89993739095796597932014-04-28T09:14:41.639-05:002014-04-28T09:14:41.639-05:00Reality is always more interesting (or strange) th...Reality is always more interesting (or strange) than fiction.<br />Never wrote another book? How odd.Alex J. Cavanaughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09770065693345181702noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-7518618042122322742014-04-28T08:06:39.034-05:002014-04-28T08:06:39.034-05:00I used to help a band called 20/20 Blind they chan...I used to help a band called 20/20 Blind they changed their name to 'Atticus Finch". Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06208969934278199592noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-4239692057399951752014-04-28T00:45:59.325-05:002014-04-28T00:45:59.325-05:00How right she is. And truth is frequently more fa...How right she is. And truth is frequently more fabulous than fiction. More frightening, more touching, more heart warming. And often stranger...Elephant's Childhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06650565833097914052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-54818520544225106612014-04-28T00:27:10.255-05:002014-04-28T00:27:10.255-05:00I loved this visit from Harper Lee. By writing ab...I loved this visit from Harper Lee. By writing about her childhood she truly wrote a classic.<br /><br />Garrison Keillor wrote a lovely piece for National Geographic about growing up in Minneapolis, and he captured that intense sense of place and people and memory, and how these things shape us.<br /><br />By the way, my dear Roland, you are a wonderful writer who should have thousands of readers for your stories! I ranted a little bit to you on my own blog about this matter. You should know that you are damn fine at what you do.Helenahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14967821142796562697noreply@blogger.com