Comments on: Saturday Chit-Chat (March 31)

By: Janelle

Janelle — Sun, 01 Apr 2007 06:06:35 +0000

It’s nice to know that some people DID read NICK OF TIME, LOL! Like I said, it was only available through mail-order, so the distribution on the book wasn’t that big!

Lori, I have to agree with you that we have, hands down, THE BEST visitors and posters!

By: Patricia

Patricia — Sun, 01 Apr 2007 03:42:50 +0000

Janelle, I read NICK OF TIME (& still have it), & really enjoyed it. In spite of your trauma in writing it, I think you did a great job. I also have read several others in that series, & enjoyed almost all of them. It was a clever (& different) concept.

Patricia A.

By: Gigi

Gigi — Sun, 01 Apr 2007 01:30:54 +0000

Hi Monkeys,

I can so totally understand how life could affect a story you are trying to write.
Carly~ I hope everyone’s health and attitudes get better real soon.
Janelle~ I never would have known that Nick of Time gave you any problems at all. I also understand how the rested mind works so much better than a stressed out noggin.
Leslie~ I sure would have hated to do another book in a series. i know these are fun for me to read. Written by different authors, but having the same characters to a certain degree. I think I would be totally lost.
Julie~I can’t believe you have problems. I think your books have a great flow to them.

Al I can say is that I wouldn’t know from the finished book that any of you ladies had trouble with a certain story.:doggie:

By: Jodie

Jodie — Sun, 01 Apr 2007 00:11:52 +0000

See, I can somewhat justify it as research!! Somewhat!

I really do learn a lot from everyone here and so I can say I’ve been researching. Thanks for all your invaluable help!!

By: Lori Borrill

Lori Borrill — Sat, 31 Mar 2007 23:43:49 +0000

LOL Janelle. I enjoy coming by and I “try” not to stick my foot in my mouth too often–but I’m so good at it!

I do have to say, though, that I keep getting drawn here not only because the PlotMonkeys themselves are a great group of women, but….pssst….between you and me, I think you’ve got the best visitors.

By: Janelle

Janelle — Sat, 31 Mar 2007 23:13:59 +0000

Jodie - I think that the internet consumes about 50% of a writer’s life, especially when it comes to procrastination, LOL! Seriously. I know whenever I don’t feel like writing (which is, like, everyday!), I’ll jump online to check my email, read blogs, etc., and before you know it, 3 hours have passed! And those three hours really, truly, should have went toward my page count for the day!

By: Jodie

Jodie — Sat, 31 Mar 2007 23:05:51 +0000

Lori, hopefully you’ll be able to leave the FT and make writing your FT job -if that’s what you’d like. I’m sure the blog did take a lof time. Jeez, I’m on here half a dozen times a day just to check and see what everyone else has to say and is doing.

One other thing Janet E. said was, writers will do anything and everything to get out of writing. Glad I’m not alone in that too. Whenever I get stuck I think, “I’ll jump online and see what’s happened in the last 5 minutes since I was on there.”

Like now.

By: Janelle

Janelle — Sat, 31 Mar 2007 21:30:35 +0000

Lori, we love that you come by and visit, along with our regular posters!

By: Donna M

Donna M — Sat, 31 Mar 2007 20:49:29 +0000

Plotmonkeys, this discussion makes me appreciate each book I read even more. Your blood, sweat & tears are giving us all good reading material. Thanks.
Lori, glad to see you here & glad you are writing. Please continue.
Have a great weekend everyone.
Take care,
Donna M

By: Lori Borrill

Lori Borrill — Sat, 31 Mar 2007 17:50:06 +0000

Jodie, that’s awesome! I’m glad you’re getting such great feedback on your writing. And on the “good spots”, I’ve had that response too–people who think the heroine is “me”, which can be a little mortifying. I tell them, “Trust me, I wasn’t thinking me when I wrote it!” But it’s one of the many things we learn to get over if we want to be writers.

You know, I loved my blog and was sorry to see it go. Unfortunately, it sucked up too much of my time. With a FT job, family, and an editor looking for more work, life got too stressful and I had to cut something out. Maybe some day if I’m lucky enough to lose the day job I can bring it back, but until then, I’ll have to simply leach onto everyone else’s blogs (like the poor Plot Monkeys).