Comments for Flatiron Writers http://www.flatironwriters.com/site Writers hiding in the mountains Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:09:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on Creating Your Writing Life by My Writing Life: A graphic | Flatiron Writers http://www.flatironwriters.com/site/workshop/#comment-17 My Writing Life: A graphic | Flatiron Writers Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:09:17 +0000 http://www.flatironwriters.com/site/?page_id=66#comment-17 [...] Main menu Skip to primary content Skip to secondary content Writing Life Workshop [...] [...] Main menu Skip to primary content Skip to secondary content Writing Life Workshop [...]

]]> Comment on Used To Could by AYUSA - WNC and Upstate SC http://www.flatironwriters.com/site/2011/03/11/used-to-could/#comment-14 AYUSA - WNC and Upstate SC Fri, 11 Mar 2011 22:26:25 +0000 http://www.flatironwriters.com/site/2011/03/11/used-to-could/#comment-14 This is funny--in every place I've lived in, you need to immediately learn where the "Old Sears Building" was--it's a landmark in every town! This is funny–in every place I've lived in, you need to immediately learn where the "Old Sears Building" was–it's a landmark in every town!

]]> Comment on What’s In A Title? Everything. by robert http://www.flatironwriters.com/site/2009/11/20/what%e2%80%99s-in-a-title-everything/#comment-13 robert Fri, 08 Oct 2010 16:03:28 +0000 http://www.flatironwriters.com/site/2009/11/20/what%e2%80%99s-in-a-title-everything/#comment-13 Well! The Lord sure does move in mysterious ways! Great essay, and a fascinating tale about the search for a book title. I guess it should involve something evocative, but not too esoteric. :-)<br /><br />It was your reference to Hugh Stowell's beautiful prayer hymn that caught my attention this morning--today marking the 145th anniversary of his death. You can find out more about him, and the significance of the mercy seat, on my daily hymn blog Wordwise Hymns for this morning.<br /><br />Congratulations on getting your book accepted for publication. Will you forgive a brief "commercial" in return? With the arrival of fall, we begin to think of the Christmas season up ahead. If you do not have a good book on the subject of our Christmas carols, I encourage you to take a look at mine, <i>Discovering the Songs of Christmas</i>. In it, I discuss the history and meaning of 63 carols and Christmas hymns. The book is available through Amazon, or directly from Jebaire Publishing. (Might make a great gift too!) Well! The Lord sure does move in mysterious ways! Great essay, and a fascinating tale about the search for a book title. I guess it should involve something evocative, but not too esoteric. :-)

It was your reference to Hugh Stowell's beautiful prayer hymn that caught my attention this morning–today marking the 145th anniversary of his death. You can find out more about him, and the significance of the mercy seat, on my daily hymn blog Wordwise Hymns for this morning.

Congratulations on getting your book accepted for publication. Will you forgive a brief "commercial" in return? With the arrival of fall, we begin to think of the Christmas season up ahead. If you do not have a good book on the subject of our Christmas carols, I encourage you to take a look at mine, Discovering the Songs of Christmas. In it, I discuss the history and meaning of 63 carols and Christmas hymns. The book is available through Amazon, or directly from Jebaire Publishing. (Might make a great gift too!)

]]> Comment on Finding, No, Making Time to Write by Thea Swanson http://www.flatironwriters.com/site/2009/02/14/finding-no-making-time-to-write/#comment-6 Thea Swanson Sun, 14 Jun 2009 01:03:19 +0000 http://www.flatironwriters.com/site/2009/02/14/finding-no-making-time-to-write/#comment-6 Thank you for your words on finding time to write, Heather. I'm a mother of three, a wife of an Orthodox Christian priest, and a teacher, so I empathize. I also can imagine being there on your mother's shoulder, egging her on. Yes, we writers find time, no matter what. You might find me, when re-reading a story I think I'm finished with, on my bathroom linoleum with the door locked and the fan going so no one can break the flow of my final read. Write on! And visit my new blog on writing: theaswanson.blogspot.com<br /><br />Best,<br />Thea Thank you for your words on finding time to write, Heather. I'm a mother of three, a wife of an Orthodox Christian priest, and a teacher, so I empathize. I also can imagine being there on your mother's shoulder, egging her on. Yes, we writers find time, no matter what. You might find me, when re-reading a story I think I'm finished with, on my bathroom linoleum with the door locked and the fan going so no one can break the flow of my final read. Write on! And visit my new blog on writing: theaswanson.blogspot.com

Best,
Thea

]]> Comment on Abigail De Witt: On Writing by Juliff http://www.flatironwriters.com/site/2009/01/20/abigail-de-witt-on-writing/#comment-15 Juliff Tue, 19 May 2009 22:25:33 +0000 http://www.flatironwriters.com/site/2009/01/20/abigail-de-witt-on-writing/#comment-15 Abigail made a huge impact on me when I took her creative writing class at Appalachian. In fact, I've even passed on her advice about using sensory detail to a friend of mine who is 120 pages into her first novel. Thanks Abigail! Abigail made a huge impact on me when I took her creative writing class at Appalachian. In fact, I’ve even passed on her advice about using sensory detail to a friend of mine who is 120 pages into her first novel. Thanks Abigail!

]]> Comment on How to Get There: Thoughts on Writing Stories by "Carly Dawn Kickslaw" http://www.flatironwriters.com/site/2009/01/13/how-to-get-there-thoughts-on-writing-stories/#comment-5 "Carly Dawn Kickslaw" Wed, 28 Jan 2009 23:22:00 +0000 http://www.flatironwriters.com/site/2009/01/13/how-to-get-there-thoughts-on-writing-stories/#comment-5 This is fascinating. Thank you! This is fascinating. Thank you!

]]> Comment on Stereotype or Verisimilitude? by toby heaton http://www.flatironwriters.com/site/2008/12/08/stereotype-or-verisimilitude/#comment-4 toby heaton Sun, 25 Jan 2009 03:31:00 +0000 http://www.flatironwriters.com/site/2008/12/08/stereotype-or-verisimilitude/#comment-4 One of the fun things to do as a writer is to take one of your characters - e.g. a rich man, and put him a trailer where you might expect to find a beer drinking redneck. It's a good way to make the stereotype work for you. One of the fun things to do as a writer is to take one of your characters – e.g. a rich man, and put him a trailer where you might expect to find a beer drinking redneck. It’s a good way to make the stereotype work for you.

]]> Comment on Stereotype or Verisimilitude? by pagelatham http://www.flatironwriters.com/site/2008/12/08/stereotype-or-verisimilitude/#comment-3 pagelatham Tue, 09 Dec 2008 01:25:00 +0000 http://www.flatironwriters.com/site/2008/12/08/stereotype-or-verisimilitude/#comment-3 Heather, I liked it all too. Isn't saying normal people would not be so interested in language and vocabulary in a sense stereotyping? Anyway, I could be biased...I also have fond memories of those same back issues, and I think my cousin rocks! Plus, in some areas of the south, having azaleas in front of a single wide is considered an upgrade! Heather, I liked it all too. Isn’t saying normal people would not be so interested in language and vocabulary in a sense stereotyping? Anyway, I could be biased…I also have fond memories of those same back issues, and I think my cousin rocks! Plus, in some areas of the south, having azaleas in front of a single wide is considered an upgrade!

]]> Comment on Stereotype or Verisimilitude? by "Carly Dawn Kickslaw" http://www.flatironwriters.com/site/2008/12/08/stereotype-or-verisimilitude/#comment-2 "Carly Dawn Kickslaw" Tue, 09 Dec 2008 01:09:00 +0000 http://www.flatironwriters.com/site/2008/12/08/stereotype-or-verisimilitude/#comment-2 Heather--I like it all. The azealeas, the trailer, the Reader's Digest. I dont think sterotype...I think "real"...and I think the Digest reference is, if anything, sweet and deserving of respect for that character. Maybe as a Southerner I dont know my Southern stereotypes well enough. :) Heather–I like it all. The azealeas, the trailer, the Reader’s Digest. I dont think sterotype…I think “real”…and I think the Digest reference is, if anything, sweet and deserving of respect for that character. Maybe as a Southerner I dont know my Southern stereotypes well enough. :)

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