tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post3480216831950618582..comments2024-03-25T09:56:16.164+00:00Comments on An Awfully Big Blog Adventure: New Year's Revolution - N M BrowneUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-59023741038834891392009-01-13T22:27:00.000+00:002009-01-13T22:27:00.000+00:00i could probably use an alternate version of Cathe...i could probably use an alternate version of Catherine the Great in there somewhere...Nickyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15442269757463713048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-44072571138241194762009-01-13T21:55:00.000+00:002009-01-13T21:55:00.000+00:00I'm sure if they put that glam new photo on the ba...I'm sure if they put that glam new photo on the back it will sell shedloads!<BR/><BR/>What hasn't been done already?<BR/><BR/>I think love affairs with centaurs would be really awkward.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-61110961024244507152009-01-13T14:17:00.000+00:002009-01-13T14:17:00.000+00:00If you write romance, you have to put up with a lo...If you write romance, you have to put up with a lot of reviews saying 'sappy ending'. I still think it's worth it...Marie-Louise Jensenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18006940874591015786noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-48181571757071567702009-01-13T13:24:00.000+00:002009-01-13T13:24:00.000+00:00Interesting conundrum. I feel that the subject of ...Interesting conundrum. I feel that the subject of a story - what I call in my private language the 'about-ness' of a story – is the biggest mirage. People are always saying things like 'Wizard stories are big now' - 'The hot topic is teenage secret agents' - 'It's vampires' - 'It's dark fairies' etc. No. It is, and it has always been, how well the story is told. I realised this very late, in my teens, when I was reading piles of fantasy and wondering why it didn't move me as Tolkien had done. Then I stumbled into other genres and realised that genre meant nothing to me: only the story and the characters could decide whether I liked it or not. Who cares if it's a wand, a sonic screwdriver or a ballpoint pen? The story is the thing, always the story.Nick Greenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11307045090887391553noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-74854096941822990712009-01-13T13:15:00.000+00:002009-01-13T13:15:00.000+00:00In my notes I just have written down: 'Red hair an...In my notes I just have written down: 'Red hair and green eyes--avoid stereotypes. Write against type.' There are an awful lot of red haired protagonists in fantasy books, I suppose.Lucy Coatshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16774389681477698245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-9939476427445700702009-01-13T12:26:00.000+00:002009-01-13T12:26:00.000+00:00Why no red hair? Does it make it hard to cast the ...Why no red hair? Does it make it hard to cast the star of the inevitable film of your best seller? Good luck, Nicky!Stroppy Authorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16560035800075465845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-22847017751582135882009-01-13T11:13:00.000+00:002009-01-13T11:13:00.000+00:00Mary H, in one of her EXTREMELY useful Fantasy Wor...Mary H, in one of her EXTREMELY useful Fantasy Workshops seminars, advises against red hair in heros/heroines as well as any defining birthmarks. Naturally, I totally forgot about this when I created a feisty heroine with red hair, a birthmark like a cloverleaf and different coloured eyes. I know you'll write a good 'un whatever she looks like, Nicky. You always do!Lucy Coatshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16774389681477698245noreply@blogger.com