tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3171335861022545509.post7298164570440561334..comments2018-10-26T01:14:52.104-07:00Comments on Root, Page, and Gold: Shush, Slush. Hush.Jessica Lindsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12210850155571710389noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3171335861022545509.post-28773382594634310572010-07-14T11:02:20.109-07:002010-07-14T11:02:20.109-07:00Miss you, Jes! Hope you're well!Miss you, Jes! Hope you're well!Jennie Baileyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02088195986628533511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3171335861022545509.post-18101402841177329022010-07-03T14:00:57.997-07:002010-07-03T14:00:57.997-07:00Talk about slush! ;-) Can I ever just do a short...Talk about slush! ;-) Can I ever just do a short, normal comment on your blog. Sheesh!Jennie Baileyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02088195986628533511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3171335861022545509.post-74322296364613889532010-07-03T14:00:20.010-07:002010-07-03T14:00:20.010-07:00I keep going because I have to. I cracked open th...I keep going because I have to. I cracked open this rock and I now have to polish the inside until it shines to see what I have - for me! I need to know where my characters are going, how things will turn out for them. I focus on that when the voices in my head start up. This rewrite was tough - good chapter, bad chapter, okay chapter, GREAT chapter (there were actually a few of those, which surprised me). Just when I start to feel down about it, I would get to the next chapter - my characters would be loud and clear! they would make me laugh! I could see the vision clearly again. Those were the chapters that saved me. That and Elana Johnson saying repeatedly in my head "finish strong!" She shared her numbers with us and it made everyone feel better. All those rejections and she kept going. Because she told the voices to shut up or learned to ignore them completely, she has a book coming out in 2011. When I feel down, I think of her or I go back and read one of my stronger chapters (I'm still in script writing mode and keep typing 'scene' then have to go back and change it to 'chapter').<br /><br />Jes, I love your writing style. I love love love your blog. You capture people so well. I look forward to author's visiting your area because I feel like I was actually there listening to them when I read your coverage. Your seed is worth planting and watering and nurturing because you do have a unique voice. You have tremendous talent. I can hardly wait till it sprouts and grows tall because I want to read it!!<br /><br />Jason, I will comment on your Rolltar blog later. Your writing style is unique as well although it does remind me a bit of Patrick Rothfuss. I hope you have read and liked him. I certainly do. You grabbed me and I was in the inn enjoying my mead when a certain one eyed cat started mewing loudly and wouldn't stop until I took her outside. I was actually so engrossed I was ignoring her quite well until my neighbor popped her head over the fence and yelled, "Are you going to take her out or not?" Oops. She has one eye and we live in coyote country so she can't be outside alone. I have to harness and leash her and walk her...and this is a total overshare. I can hardly wait to read the rest of it, though.<br /><br />Safe and happy 4th of July to you both!Jennie Baileyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02088195986628533511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3171335861022545509.post-30711474578268586062010-06-24T18:53:57.961-07:002010-06-24T18:53:57.961-07:00Actually what people who are NOT Jessica realize a...Actually what people who are NOT Jessica realize after they read her stuff is that it is subtly poetic, unique, and at times stream-of-consciousness-esque. In other words, her style is original, just as her ideas are original. <br /><br />And, yes, I can too be objective. <br /><br />She is a great writer. She's great because the stuff she writes you absolutely cannot read from anyone else. That's my two cents.<br /><br />Now... if you really want slush... read my Rolltar blog -- http://rolltar.blogspot.com/ -- and don't say I didn't warn you.The DMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04949193769503112765noreply@blogger.com