tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29864506.post3615796328643946213..comments2023-11-03T05:49:10.841-04:00Comments on Storytelling Rules: When It's Time to Let Go...Maureen McGowanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00494408580378817045noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29864506.post-37254926087051261052011-01-21T17:10:14.638-05:002011-01-21T17:10:14.638-05:00I understand about the no names thing. And I agree...I understand about the no names thing. And I agree. But damn...I wish I knew which author you were talking about.Rebeccanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29864506.post-36552261679127093372011-01-21T08:53:02.731-05:002011-01-21T08:53:02.731-05:00Sinead thanks for the recommendation! I've alr...Sinead thanks for the recommendation! I've already got it plugged into my wish list.Stephanie Doylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17448686465587131952noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29864506.post-42631226691430711812011-01-20T16:26:53.207-05:002011-01-20T16:26:53.207-05:00All the time!!! All the time!! Authors I've lo...All the time!!! All the time!! Authors I've loved who have fallen off my radar for no other reason but that the thrill was gone. We are the hardest customers to please - without a doubt - and your favorite author has probably written your favorite book - there's simply no way they can match that time and time again - or bring something new to the table each time. <br /><br />And I often find those old books that made me love the genre - should I read them now, it just doesn't work, so as not only my tastes have changes, but I've grown up - those things I loved aren't going to be so lovely any more.<br /><br />I agree don't name names, but I will be emailing you off loop....Molly O'Keefehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15171236688541657736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29864506.post-56393599324214140282011-01-20T16:18:18.098-05:002011-01-20T16:18:18.098-05:00It's so sad when an author you love breaks you...It's so sad when an author you love breaks your heart. It's happened to me as well. <br /><br />But Steph, I've read a book recently you might enjoy. The Iron King. Not to be confused with the Iron Duke.<br />A great YA.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29864506.post-8118615238271508302011-01-20T15:16:50.881-05:002011-01-20T15:16:50.881-05:00I usually post a thank you for good reviews, but i...I usually post a thank you for good reviews, but ignore the bad ones.Eileenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09803986849921870941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29864506.post-74431142407266282102011-01-20T14:45:19.231-05:002011-01-20T14:45:19.231-05:00Yes, I'm not as worried about criticizing Holl...Yes, I'm not as worried about criticizing Hollywood writers as novelists. Might be a double standard, but it's mine. :)<br /><br />That said, the director of Lymelife e-mailed me after I blogged about his movie a few years ago. Freaked me out. But was also kind of cool. <br /><br />I'm currently trying to decide whether to comment on the book blogs that have listed my upcoming releases as to be reviewed. Is that stalkerish or friendly. Can't decide.<br /><br />I didn't even go to see The Happening, Steph (or the Airbender one) so perhaps I have given up on M. Night. Lady in the Water was the last one I saw...Maureen McGowanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00494408580378817045noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29864506.post-87378966086214703092011-01-20T14:26:07.144-05:002011-01-20T14:26:07.144-05:00Oh, yeah. We can totally diss M. Night. For that m...Oh, yeah. We can totally diss M. Night. For that matter, Calista FLockhart and Jim Carrey give me the heebie jeebies, too. THey don't even have to open their mouths.<br /><br />Now that aside, I know exactly what you mean about the quality slipping. Or maybe it's not even the quality, maybe it's the heart. We are all, at a certain level, craftspeople and we know how to construct a sentence (although sometimes I wonder about myself).<br /><br />What tends to be missing is the feeling of authenticity. In the post you talk about really exploring the emotion of the scene. I agree, that's what really gets lost.Eileenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09803986849921870941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29864506.post-71494488143744429102011-01-20T14:19:36.942-05:002011-01-20T14:19:36.942-05:00Yes - no names. But film directors and stars I thi...Yes - no names. But film directors and stars I think we can agree are exempt! <br /><br />I'm not likely to run into M.Night at the next RWA conference so I can agree with Maureen... although for me Maureen it was The Happening rather than Lady in the Water. <br /><br />How did M. Night watch that movie and say to himself... yeah, this is good. <br /><br />And Eileen I agree repeatable themes isn't the issue. That will always be there. And those themes often times are part of the experience I'm buying.<br /><br />It's just that I can see the pace with which this book was written. The time that was taken to do it. These "big" books sometimes come off as a first draft at best. <br /><br />I can see it a lot actually in "big time" authors. They hit it big... then suddenly the quality has to drop off. And I get it. Authors are now called upon to deliver more and fast.<br /><br />In part it makes me also angry at the publisher and the editor. I guess the bottom line is when you get to a certain point $$$ drives the publishing train rather than creation.Stephanie Doylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17448686465587131952noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29864506.post-61127585047070944332011-01-20T14:02:33.461-05:002011-01-20T14:02:33.461-05:00I think we all have themes that we return to over ...I think we all have themes that we return to over and over, whether or not we mean to, but I also think that's different from writing the same story again and again.<br /><br />The pressure is so high to write two, three books a year, I think eventually we get a little threadbare. I don't know what the answer is. There is no way to support a family on one book a year for a midlist author, but I wonder if I'll ever be anything but if I can't take the time to make my stories as fabulous as I want them to be.<br /><br />And absolutely no naming names on things like this. I totally agree with that.Eileenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09803986849921870941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29864506.post-19854797614017570882011-01-20T13:56:29.374-05:002011-01-20T13:56:29.374-05:00Kathy,
That's interesting. For me once I like...Kathy,<br /><br />That's interesting. For me once I like someone's book - I try to read everything from that author hoping I'm going to get the same. I think I fall in love with the voice and I find that can carry over.<br /><br />But then again sometimes they just hit with that book and then everything else seems like a disappointment.Stephanie Doylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17448686465587131952noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29864506.post-13182359835111387082011-01-20T13:55:41.921-05:002011-01-20T13:55:41.921-05:00You know, I think we should all get a chance to fa...You know, I think we should all get a chance to fail once and a while.<br /><br />I've had that experience more with filmmakers. M. Night has broken my heart more than once, but I'm still hopeful every time I hear he has a new film. But I admit not in the way I was before Lady in the Water...Maureen McGowanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00494408580378817045noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29864506.post-36131258061514676832011-01-20T13:34:32.906-05:002011-01-20T13:34:32.906-05:00For me, it's been a matter of me changing in m...For me, it's been a matter of me changing in my reading tastes, I think. There's only one author I've read everything she's ever written - I've followed her from genre to genre.<br /><br />But my list of all-time favorite books are often the only book that I love from an author - now that's disappointing. You love this one book so much and so you think you'll read everything they've ever written and the others just don't click with you.<br /><br />And I agree with you - we don't need to name names.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29864506.post-91634098664349714422011-01-20T09:33:04.120-05:002011-01-20T09:33:04.120-05:00Steph, I've had to do this with several big au...Steph, I've had to do this with several big authors over the years. And two of them broke my heart also - I have every single flippin' book they ever wrote. <br /><br />I won't name names either. Sigh.Karen Whiddonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10669628257477406166noreply@blogger.com