tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8451768142116083239.post6870592371521592243..comments2023-10-31T10:12:37.109-06:00Comments on Working My Muse: In Awe...And Taking NotesErichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07823808700523297184noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8451768142116083239.post-23193794238766642192009-08-25T15:16:31.673-06:002009-08-25T15:16:31.673-06:00same here. I think when we start out to write, we ...same here. I think when we start out to write, we don't really understand (unless you are one of the lucky ones grown up around writers) what goes behind writing the book, so the only goal is to become published. Because that's what we THINK means to be a writer; someone paying you for your story. But the more you get involved, the more you learn about the craft and techniques, you begin Dollyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08144739453424963436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8451768142116083239.post-48937160063099777462009-08-25T14:57:31.743-06:002009-08-25T14:57:31.743-06:00I had this same epiphany after reading a passage f...I had this same epiphany after reading a passage from a Philip Pullman novel, and knew it wasn't going to be enough to be of publishable quality. I knew I wanted to be exceptional, too. Well, here's to being exceptional!<br /><br />Cheers!Tere Kirklandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13562750950130316280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8451768142116083239.post-66409298053706125532009-08-25T14:53:35.395-06:002009-08-25T14:53:35.395-06:00Hey Eric,
I'm in the middle of Time Traveller...Hey Eric,<br /><br />I'm in the middle of Time Traveller's Wife (I know everyone else read this book a long time ago!) and I'm blown away by how much work it must have been to put this novel together. The writing itself is beautiful but imagining so many encounters past and present and keeping the plot fluid. She is the 'author I want to be' of the moment (it changes about Andrea Cremerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03326332737401772239noreply@blogger.com