tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29864506.post5278740812862466919..comments2023-11-03T05:49:10.841-04:00Comments on Storytelling Rules: Top Ten...Maureen McGowanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00494408580378817045noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29864506.post-47634695708485831352010-08-05T16:36:59.179-04:002010-08-05T16:36:59.179-04:00Aieee!!!! Ear worm!!! No I'm going to be walki...Aieee!!!! Ear worm!!! No I'm going to be walking around humming "Single Ladies" for the rest of the week!Eileenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09803986849921870941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29864506.post-29342172862151774322010-08-05T16:05:47.378-04:002010-08-05T16:05:47.378-04:00Oh I can totally Beyonce it up.... All the Single ...Oh I can totally Beyonce it up.... All the Single Ladies is like my anthem.<br /><br />I do the "uh uh oh, oh oh oh, uh uh oh, oh oh" part... really well :)Stephanie Doylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17448686465587131952noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29864506.post-57458201769185887152010-08-05T16:02:12.267-04:002010-08-05T16:02:12.267-04:00sounds like such an interesting conference...
And...sounds like such an interesting conference...<br /><br />And Steph, would love have seen you beyoncing it up at the Hqn party... <br /><br />Come to Toronto soon...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29864506.post-43591514776123354812010-08-05T14:18:33.942-04:002010-08-05T14:18:33.942-04:00Yep, that pretty much sums up the conference! Grea...Yep, that pretty much sums up the conference! Great meeting you, Stephanie:)Maria Geracihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02296473703226019932noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29864506.post-55548215518587182892010-08-05T10:39:36.216-04:002010-08-05T10:39:36.216-04:00Oh, definitely gotta thank my blog sisters here. T...Oh, definitely gotta thank my blog sisters here. Talk about voices of sanity in the chaos! <br /><br />After hearing all the contradictory (and often downer stuff) at the conference, I developed a new publishing philosophy. It's "Whatever."<br /><br />I can't do anything about the economy or what bookstores are stocking of Internet piracy. So . . . whatever.Eileenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09803986849921870941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29864506.post-49097533333990884562010-08-05T09:55:08.041-04:002010-08-05T09:55:08.041-04:00Yes - I'm officially on facebook. Trying to fi...Yes - I'm officially on facebook. Trying to figure out the landscape and such.<br /><br />Twitter might be next but not until I master the first.<br /><br />What's funny so far all the people who want to be friends... other romance writers!<br /><br />Guess we all attended the same workshop!Stephanie Doylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17448686465587131952noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29864506.post-39712227207349884762010-08-05T09:33:09.137-04:002010-08-05T09:33:09.137-04:00Steph, you can dance woman! I've been there w...Steph, you can dance woman! I've been there with you at the HQ party. And I'm up you to send me chapters any time you want - I LOVE that story. I now have a vested interest in it being sold and published! <br /><br />Every year I've been to National (and I went to my first one in - gulp - 1993 or 1994) the info has been contradictory. At least about the industry. It's like trying to listen to analysts dissect the stock market or something . Again, all we can control is to write the best book we can. And I still have a quote from La Nora above my computer. It's from a talk she gave. It says "How Bad Do You Want It?" In other words, tough crap if you have to put your butt in the chair and write and you'd rather be shopping or swimming or outside or drinking (had to throw that one in!)<br /><br />Glad to see you on Facebook Steph! What's next, Twitter?Karen Wnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29864506.post-55372344804893377532010-08-05T09:17:20.357-04:002010-08-05T09:17:20.357-04:00Unless ending with a question is bad, because it&#...Unless ending with a question is bad, because it's insincere, or pandering... the panels were hugely contridactory. Eileen walked out of one because her head was going to explode and I left soon after for the same reason. We're looking for a light in the darkness, something concrete to work towards and stil STILL the only real truth - write a good book. The rest you just can't count on.<br /><br />I do love a list, Steph - I think you looked great - drink in hand, doing it up Beyonce style. I loved that.Molly O'Keefehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15171236688541657736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29864506.post-17799164477422445412010-08-05T09:04:22.514-04:002010-08-05T09:04:22.514-04:00Great post, Stephanie. And I'd like to thank e...Great post, Stephanie. And I'd like to thank everyone on this blog, and our followers and my other CP's for putting up with my angst.<br /><br />I went to the Ontario Science Centre with my niece yesterday and they had this big exhibit on bias and point of view... and it put the conference into perspective for me. (along with your post).<br /><br />We heard 3 or 4 talks all on the same topic. One from a publisher, one from two big authors, one a panel of major agents, one a panel of editors... and they all said contradictory things. <br /><br />Bias. Point of view. Also the uncertainty right now, I guess... but even talking about the status quo they contradicted each other. Fascinating.Maureen McGowanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00494408580378817045noreply@blogger.com