tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-133132309124375119.post814534605216638813..comments2024-03-26T07:33:18.502-04:00Comments on WordWranglers: ...I give to you and you give to me...Margiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03843006118151762550noreply@blogger.comBlogger24125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-133132309124375119.post-76722903624450683892015-06-17T06:26:38.808-04:002015-06-17T06:26:38.808-04:00Aw, Margie... What a pretty way of putting it. I&#...Aw, Margie... What a pretty way of putting it. I'm reading two right now, by Anne Gracie and Laura Drake, that are doing that with pages.Liz Flahertyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06794565644883272260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-133132309124375119.post-11448687186789853652015-06-16T20:07:29.735-04:002015-06-16T20:07:29.735-04:00Promise, Promise : ) I have such a tin ear--it'...Promise, Promise : ) I have such a tin ear--it's heartening to hear I'm not the only one. I love Carolyn's last line above me..ditto that. I am so in awe of that skill. But I am also in awe of writers--like yourself--who make me feel, make me cry, or make me laugh. Writer's who have lyrical voices that make the page sing...Margiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03843006118151762550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-133132309124375119.post-50373754600059132302015-06-16T13:34:17.179-04:002015-06-16T13:34:17.179-04:00I am, too, Carolyn. How can they tell a story so b...I am, too, Carolyn. How can they tell a story so beautifully and heartrendingly in three minutes when it takes me 75K words?! I"m so glad you like One More Summer--it is such a special book to me. Thanks for coming by.Liz Flahertyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06794565644883272260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-133132309124375119.post-52841161320812788632015-06-16T09:56:27.758-04:002015-06-16T09:56:27.758-04:00Liz, you are one of the writers who can just reach...Liz, you are one of the writers who can just reach inside me and pull out the emotions. One More Summer is one of my favorite books. I know it will touch my emotions but also there is happiness through all the heartbreak. I also love music but cannot make or write it. I am in awe of songwriters who can take words and make them sing to us. <br />Carolyn McCutcheonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04505732730959271307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-133132309124375119.post-27772329352084233532015-06-16T06:24:13.756-04:002015-06-16T06:24:13.756-04:00Me, too. :-)Me, too. :-)Liz Flahertyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06794565644883272260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-133132309124375119.post-90060958365031178052015-06-16T06:22:40.272-04:002015-06-16T06:22:40.272-04:00Thank you for coming by!Thank you for coming by!Liz Flahertyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06794565644883272260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-133132309124375119.post-47097202521358795622015-06-15T22:08:32.628-04:002015-06-15T22:08:32.628-04:00I'm always surprised when a reader 'gets&#...I'm always surprised when a reader 'gets' what I was feeling when I write a certain scene. I hope readers feel what I want them to feel but I'm still surprised when they do. :) Angelina Jamesonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00051842039568305586noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-133132309124375119.post-28795564949672414272015-06-15T15:27:08.654-04:002015-06-15T15:27:08.654-04:00I believe your final paragraph has it so right, Li...I believe your final paragraph has it so right, Liz. As artists, we are both givers and receivers. Wonderful post.stanaleihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13401676830848281687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-133132309124375119.post-39894323937741348272015-06-15T13:29:20.440-04:002015-06-15T13:29:20.440-04:00I've done that, too. It is amazing, isn't ...I've done that, too. It is amazing, isn't it? But I know my husband hears--and feels--it differently from what I do.Liz Flahertyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06794565644883272260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-133132309124375119.post-28469570832584657552015-06-15T13:28:20.434-04:002015-06-15T13:28:20.434-04:00I don't know, Hebby--I think dancing IS music....I don't know, Hebby--I think dancing IS music. (In addition to my tin ear, I also have two left feet.)Liz Flahertyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06794565644883272260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-133132309124375119.post-38018050803817670312015-06-15T13:27:32.162-04:002015-06-15T13:27:32.162-04:00Thanks for coming by, D. I am often surprised when...Thanks for coming by, D. I am often surprised when readers don't get what I'm trying to get across--after all, it's perfectly clear to me! :-)Liz Flahertyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06794565644883272260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-133132309124375119.post-68350368315520916722015-06-15T12:28:07.945-04:002015-06-15T12:28:07.945-04:00Hi, Liz, I don't know that I could identify de...Hi, Liz, I don't know that I could identify dead spots. Once, Handsome and I went to a Sarah Brightman concert. Because of the seating layout, our spots were changed...for the better! We were within a heartbeat of the stage and could see all fantastically. She sang several songs which I literally felt in my chest and in my body. Absolutely awesome experience.Vicki Batman, sassy writerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13846704675542248648noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-133132309124375119.post-17394248908909926202015-06-15T12:25:08.920-04:002015-06-15T12:25:08.920-04:00I love music, too, and one of my biggest regrets w...I love music, too, and one of my biggest regrets was I chose to take dancing as a child rather than learn to play a musical instrument. The rest of my family knew how to play an instrument, but I decided to be different and wished later that I'd learned when I was younger.Hebby Romanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15358048827480613517noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-133132309124375119.post-88043871415248053792015-06-15T12:19:25.553-04:002015-06-15T12:19:25.553-04:00You got me with music. I am quite passionate about...You got me with music. I am quite passionate about it, but I can't sing a note. I think I can hear it, but who knows? Emotions in writing? It's my weak spot. I know what I'm trying to get across, but find it hard to get on paper. Your stories are always emotional.<br />D~D'Annhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05333880627045486088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-133132309124375119.post-15569358516469035772015-06-15T11:38:03.376-04:002015-06-15T11:38:03.376-04:00I've never considered that before, Mary. I gue...I've never considered that before, Mary. I guess I want both. Thanks for coming by!Liz Flahertyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06794565644883272260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-133132309124375119.post-62789016346335333012015-06-15T11:36:59.725-04:002015-06-15T11:36:59.725-04:00Hers is my favorite version, too, Luanna. I hate c...Hers is my favorite version, too, Luanna. I hate changing thoses scenes, too!Liz Flahertyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06794565644883272260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-133132309124375119.post-77663533616278721652015-06-15T09:57:32.451-04:002015-06-15T09:57:32.451-04:00I love music and it definitely moves me. I wish I ...I love music and it definitely moves me. I wish I could compose and play it. But like you I have to "settle" for writing and trying to express emotion that way. I think that's the point of most art. Not just to make us think, but to make us feel. Mary Gillgannonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03576518364465232493noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-133132309124375119.post-18879819616368063532015-06-15T09:37:12.703-04:002015-06-15T09:37:12.703-04:00I just love making myself cry when I write, and th...I just love making myself cry when I write, and those are the scenes I leave alone during revisions and edits. I'm deathly afraid of stripping away the emotion by changing a word or two. Leonard Cohen's Hallelujah as sung by k.d. lang gives me goosebumps and makes my throat get all tight and sore, every time.Luanna Stewarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11594016051931769407noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-133132309124375119.post-43867443216665069022015-06-15T09:26:15.450-04:002015-06-15T09:26:15.450-04:00Thank you, my friend--we do tend to hear alike, do...Thank you, my friend--we do tend to hear alike, don't we?Liz Flahertyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06794565644883272260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-133132309124375119.post-12059597900740866062015-06-15T09:10:19.430-04:002015-06-15T09:10:19.430-04:00You know this is a great post, but I disagree with...You know this is a great post, but I disagree with you about you,as a reader, having a tin ear to other writer's emotions. You don't at all--you feel other writer's more than anyone I know. It's part of what drew me to you as a dear friend and a kindred spirit--that indefinable ability to relate on almost any level with me. The tin ear thing, though, I totally get! Me too! I love to sing along with the car radio and in church with a couple of hundred other people, but I'm just along for the ride, so to speak. My sister, who sings in the choir, is always right there with the music and my husband is like Duane with his own Alvarez. He hears the subtleties, but I only hear good music. Thanks, as always, you make me think!Nanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08809913527142033733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-133132309124375119.post-21207640991670052712015-06-15T09:03:28.967-04:002015-06-15T09:03:28.967-04:00I've always been emotional, to the amusement o...I've always been emotional, to the amusement of my older siblings. Unlike the tin ear, I've always been kind of glad for it. Liz Flahertyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06794565644883272260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-133132309124375119.post-41453744133069481662015-06-15T08:42:07.725-04:002015-06-15T08:42:07.725-04:00It seems like the older I get, the more emotional ...It seems like the older I get, the more emotional I get. Has anyone else noticed this? I think it must be hormones.Sandra Daileyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08061923642210002206noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-133132309124375119.post-1600453076528685352015-06-15T08:28:15.238-04:002015-06-15T08:28:15.238-04:00LOL. I'm right there with you, Kristi. Hallmar...LOL. I'm right there with you, Kristi. Hallmark needs to market tissues!Liz Flahertyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06794565644883272260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-133132309124375119.post-69992380094637328892015-06-15T08:17:52.434-04:002015-06-15T08:17:52.434-04:00Great post, Liz. I always hope readers find the em...Great post, Liz. I always hope readers find the emotions that I feel when I'm writing, but I cry at television commercials so...who knows? Kristina Knighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13674920511835640874noreply@blogger.com