tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post8888733919846764966..comments2024-03-28T11:30:46.101-04:00Comments on Murder is Everywhere: The Time In BetweenOvidia Yuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05749549092493567689noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-49673834069918578302012-08-05T16:22:35.335-04:002012-08-05T16:22:35.335-04:00"Call me Ismael" has been used and it ha..."Call me Ismael" has been used and it has been read by millions of students under duress and by greater millions of students who never read past the first line. Every English teacher in the United States recognizes every line from the Cliff Notes edition.<br /><br />People who read Tim Hallinan are always ready and more than willing to read everything he writes. Can the same be said of Herman Melville? How many of the aforementioned students have read MOBY DICK more than once? I would guess only English teachers who have to try to get a new group each year to even open the book.<br /><br />Nathaniel Hawthorne has more enthusiastic fans than Melville.Bethhttp://www.murderbytype.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-75933723072028236012012-08-05T14:06:46.368-04:002012-08-05T14:06:46.368-04:00Whatever you're cooking up, I know you're ...Whatever you're cooking up, I know you're a writer because if I go to Amazon, there you are. And you'e also listed in my library catalog. Maybe you need to be writing to remember, and to feel whole, but whatever the story, you are a writer. Okay, now that you've whetted our appetites, and our curiosity, keep noodling and think about what pleasure awaits you-and us :)lil Glucksternhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09288522126331817172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-1711153132323989032012-08-05T13:16:55.333-04:002012-08-05T13:16:55.333-04:00You've done it, Jeff. Poke goes undercover as...You've done it, Jeff. Poke goes undercover as a Catskills resort comic. Brilliant. <br /><br />Everett, this is amazing advice. Gosh, the things that are available on the Internet. Problem is that I'm caught up in a whirlwind of non-writing activity for reasons that will be obvious in a week or two, and I know that if I get too involved I'll just have to pull the plug and go back to the other stuff. Sniff, sniff. Poor me.Timothy Hallinanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00551263887774445511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-62040937185958545702012-08-05T12:05:39.723-04:002012-08-05T12:05:39.723-04:00So, why AREN'T you writing?
To paraphrase you...So, why AREN'T you writing?<br /><br />To paraphrase your own words back at you:<br /><br />When you're stuck, write. Even if it's nonsense, descriptions of irrelevant objects, write. Sooner or later something will click.<br /><br />When you start a book, you rarely know where it's going. Sometimes you write 30,000 words before you figure it out, and may end up throwing out 29,000 of those words. But those 30,000 help you figure it out, help you get started.<br /><br />A bad page is NOT the enemy, a BLANK page is the enemy.<br /><br />A writer writes.<br /><br />So why aren't you writing?<br /><br />(Okay, okay, I know, you have to recharge your batteries now and then, but really, why aren't you writing?)<br /><br />And never fear, you ARE a writer, and you WILL write again. And soon. Otherwise, I may have to grow my nose hairs really long, change my name to Murphy and hunt you down...Everett Kaserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12371555243187874414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-35447060365976277962012-08-05T05:02:41.910-04:002012-08-05T05:02:41.910-04:00There is no one who articulates the essence of the...There is no one who articulates the essence of the writing experience better than you, Tim. And by the way, I think you've hit upon a perfect chapter heading for the writer's state of mind when not pounding out the paper: "Call me Schlemiel."Jeffrey Sigerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00718317707555064653noreply@blogger.com