Comments for Letters from the Manor http://ebookmanor.wordpress.com A writer's struggles and triumphs Mon, 14 Sep 2009 07:03:56 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on Just For Fun by ebookmanor http://ebookmanor.wordpress.com/2009/09/09/just-for-fun/#comment-142 ebookmanor Mon, 14 Sep 2009 07:03:56 +0000 http://ebookmanor.wordpress.com/?p=232#comment-142 I could very well have ruined it had I not set it aside. I also find it important to have those little secondary projects just to keep me writing. I could very well have ruined it had I not set it aside. I also find it important to have those little secondary projects just to keep me writing.

]]> Comment on Let the Roast Rest by ebookmanor http://ebookmanor.wordpress.com/2009/08/19/let-the-roast-rest/#comment-141 ebookmanor Mon, 14 Sep 2009 06:49:43 +0000 http://ebookmanor.wordpress.com/?p=228#comment-141 Oh absolutely!! ;) Oh absolutely!! ;)

]]> Comment on Just For Fun by Laura Best http://ebookmanor.wordpress.com/2009/09/09/just-for-fun/#comment-140 Laura Best Thu, 10 Sep 2009 10:29:24 +0000 http://ebookmanor.wordpress.com/?p=232#comment-140 Enjoying the process doesn't always happen with a story so when it does it makes more a very enjoyable time. Sounds like you're having a good time while THE SECRET DIARY is setting. Letting a story set is so important!! Enjoying the process doesn’t always happen with a story so when it does it makes more a very enjoyable time. Sounds like you’re having a good time while THE SECRET DIARY is setting. Letting a story set is so important!!

]]> Comment on Let the Roast Rest by Laura Best http://ebookmanor.wordpress.com/2009/08/19/let-the-roast-rest/#comment-139 Laura Best Thu, 10 Sep 2009 10:25:49 +0000 http://ebookmanor.wordpress.com/?p=228#comment-139 Thanks. I will definitely look these authors up. My son keeps insisting that fantasy is the best kind of fiction and takes much more imagination to write. He may be right. Thanks. I will definitely look these authors up. My son keeps insisting that fantasy is the best kind of fiction and takes much more imagination to write. He may be right.

]]> Comment on Let the Roast Rest by ebookmanor http://ebookmanor.wordpress.com/2009/08/19/let-the-roast-rest/#comment-138 ebookmanor Wed, 09 Sep 2009 11:46:50 +0000 http://ebookmanor.wordpress.com/?p=228#comment-138 I only really started reading fantasy when I picked up Harry Potter several years ago. To me I found the enormous tomes intimidating and when I did actually open one, a tad boring. Now I've found quite a few authors that have really pulled me in and I found fantasy doesn't have to be a long slog through someone else's world building. Try Philip Pullman, Naomi Novik, Charlaine Harris, Angie Sage. There are others but I can't think of them just now. The names listed are a mixture of YA and regular fiction but these authors certainly helped me find my way to loving fantasy. I only really started reading fantasy when I picked up Harry Potter several years ago. To me I found the enormous tomes intimidating and when I did actually open one, a tad boring. Now I’ve found quite a few authors that have really pulled me in and I found fantasy doesn’t have to be a long slog through someone else’s world building.

Try Philip Pullman, Naomi Novik, Charlaine Harris, Angie Sage. There are others but I can’t think of them just now. The names listed are a mixture of YA and regular fiction but these authors certainly helped me find my way to loving fantasy.

]]> Comment on Let the Roast Rest by Laura Best http://ebookmanor.wordpress.com/2009/08/19/let-the-roast-rest/#comment-137 Laura Best Thu, 20 Aug 2009 22:11:33 +0000 http://ebookmanor.wordpress.com/?p=228#comment-137 Reading your post I realize that I've never really read fantasy/scifi. I'm sure I'm missing out on plenty of wonderful stories. I may just have to remedy that in the near future. Reading your post I realize that I’ve never really read fantasy/scifi. I’m sure I’m missing out on plenty of wonderful stories. I may just have to remedy that in the near future.

]]> Comment on Remember the Small Stuff by ebookmanor http://ebookmanor.wordpress.com/2009/08/11/remember-the-small-stuff/#comment-136 ebookmanor Wed, 19 Aug 2009 06:45:33 +0000 http://ebookmanor.wordpress.com/?p=225#comment-136 Believe me, I have dozens of stories where I've simply been unable to leave it alone and I've spent so much time on the editing I've not been able to get it finished. It's been over twelve months since I started actually writing this story seriously. I got the idea for it about two years before that. I can't say it's speeded anything except that this second draft has come a little more easily since I knew the story so well. The organisation part is more of a trial and error scenario. I'm learning how to be a better writer as I write. I hope things are going well with your current draft. Just rmeember, the story won't ever finish unless you manage to just write it all down, regardless of the actual wording. It's hard but as I've come to realise, important. Believe me, I have dozens of stories where I’ve simply been unable to leave it alone and I’ve spent so much time on the editing I’ve not been able to get it finished.

It’s been over twelve months since I started actually writing this story seriously. I got the idea for it about two years before that. I can’t say it’s speeded anything except that this second draft has come a little more easily since I knew the story so well. The organisation part is more of a trial and error scenario. I’m learning how to be a better writer as I write.

I hope things are going well with your current draft. Just rmeember, the story won’t ever finish unless you manage to just write it all down, regardless of the actual wording. It’s hard but as I’ve come to realise, important.

]]> Comment on Remember the Small Stuff by Laura Best http://ebookmanor.wordpress.com/2009/08/11/remember-the-small-stuff/#comment-135 Laura Best Sun, 16 Aug 2009 00:53:56 +0000 http://ebookmanor.wordpress.com/?p=225#comment-135 For some reason I find it very difficult to write that first draft from start to finish without looking back. Maybe someday I'll make it to that place. I'm not there yet. You sound very organized. I have a feeling that really speeds things up along the way. For some reason I find it very difficult to write that first draft from start to finish without looking back. Maybe someday I’ll make it to that place. I’m not there yet. You sound very organized. I have a feeling that really speeds things up along the way.

]]> Comment on First Impressions Last by ebookmanor http://ebookmanor.wordpress.com/2009/07/10/first-impressions-last/#comment-134 ebookmanor Tue, 14 Jul 2009 03:21:22 +0000 http://ebookmanor.wordpress.com/?p=222#comment-134 When a spark of an idea presents itself I'll immediately write it down. If I think it'll make a good story I'll then nut out a few paragraphs. I'm a terrible planner so I have to try very hard not to just rush in. If I do it usually ends with me running out of steam and my story left floundering with no where to go. Had I known my blog was going to generate interest I would have done as you asked ages ago Eric. I'm very much a novice when it comes to the internet so you'll have to bear with me I'm afraid. I will do my utmost to get your requests up and running as soon as possible. If you're interested then I guess others might be too. I'm the same Laura. If the book hasn't got me by the time I've read the first page I usually put it straight back down. But I sometimes wonder as writers are we more judgmental when it comes to reading those first few paragraphs? When a spark of an idea presents itself I’ll immediately write it down. If I think it’ll make a good story I’ll then nut out a few paragraphs. I’m a terrible planner so I have to try very hard not to just rush in. If I do it usually ends with me running out of steam and my story left floundering with no where to go.

Had I known my blog was going to generate interest I would have done as you asked ages ago Eric. I’m very much a novice when it comes to the internet so you’ll have to bear with me I’m afraid. I will do my utmost to get your requests up and running as soon as possible. If you’re interested then I guess others might be too.

I’m the same Laura. If the book hasn’t got me by the time I’ve read the first page I usually put it straight back down. But I sometimes wonder as writers are we more judgmental when it comes to reading those first few paragraphs?

]]> Comment on First Impressions Last by Laura Best http://ebookmanor.wordpress.com/2009/07/10/first-impressions-last/#comment-133 Laura Best Sun, 12 Jul 2009 02:13:06 +0000 http://ebookmanor.wordpress.com/?p=222#comment-133 I have, in the past, bought a book because of the cover and blurb. I also check out the first few paragraphs. I don't necessarily need to be hooked by the first line but I can usually tell in those first few paragraphs if I'm going to enjoy it. I have, in the past, bought a book because of the cover and blurb. I also check out the first few paragraphs. I don’t necessarily need to be hooked by the first line but I can usually tell in those first few paragraphs if I’m going to enjoy it.

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