tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9791523.post4450127071453277920..comments2024-03-04T03:40:11.172-05:00Comments on No rules. Just write.: The self-satisfied authorBrenda Coulterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13528691681455659296noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9791523.post-38065694707787467602008-04-28T17:14:00.000-04:002008-04-28T17:14:00.000-04:00Marvin, are you the doctor from the Faith*in*Ficti...Marvin, are you the doctor from the Faith*in*Fiction boards? I haven't been over there in quite a while, so it sure is nice to see you here. <BR/><BR/>Thanks for your kind comment about my book.Brenda Coulterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13528691681455659296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9791523.post-18929472445110955172008-04-26T16:54:00.000-04:002008-04-26T16:54:00.000-04:00Here's a little 'snort' for you Brenda. I still re...Here's a little 'snort' for you Brenda. I still remember reading your 'Finding Hope.' And it was a delightful story.<BR/><BR/>As for my book, I have probably read it seven or eight times. I am enchanted by how what I created now has a life of its own.MD Brauer, MDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04120726155923228091noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9791523.post-32724128972613436382008-04-23T15:25:00.000-04:002008-04-23T15:25:00.000-04:00Jan--Thank you!Trudy, I find lots of flaws in my b...Jan--Thank you!<BR/><BR/>Trudy, I find lots of flaws in my books when I read them. <I>Lots.</I> Not just printing and editing errors, but things I'd have done differently if I had known then what I know now. But I'm proud of my work because it was the best I could do at that point in time.<BR/><BR/>Ruth--yes, I'm blogging with a vengeance now! Good to see you here.Brenda Coulterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13528691681455659296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9791523.post-91889822127000107252008-04-21T17:17:00.000-04:002008-04-21T17:17:00.000-04:00Hi Brenda,Glad to see you're back (with a vengeanc...Hi Brenda,<BR/>Glad to see you're back (with a vengeance by all the posts you've written).<BR/>Interesting topic and quote by Laura Kinsale--one of my favorite historical romance writers. I'll have to pop over to that blog to read the rest of what she says.<BR/>I used to enjoy reading my own books, and hope as the previous comment says, to enjoy them again sometime in the future. As deadlines have come ever closer to each other, I enjoy rereading my work up to the line edit stage, but something happens when a few weeks later I get the galleys, while I'm deep in the middle of another story, and suddenly, I've just read that older story just one too many times. So, when I receive the book, I just don't have the heart nor the time to read it again.<BR/>But I do think if I ever have a breather again, I will enjoy revisiting my characters, and as you say, reliving the creation of them.<BR/>RuthAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9791523.post-85747660498399335192008-04-21T13:10:00.000-04:002008-04-21T13:10:00.000-04:00Oh, I wish I felt this way. I write what I write b...Oh, I wish I felt this way. I write what I write because these are the kinds of stories I love to read: I love the book while I'm writing about it and while I'm thinking about it. But when I read one of my published books, all I can see are the flaws. I wish I could have the joy of rereading it but I can only see the things that don't work, that fall flat, once it's actually printed and between covers. So I write for the love of writing, but I publish so that hopefully some reader, somewhere, will find in the book what I hoped to find by writing it.<BR/><BR/>I truly envy any writer who can get pleasure from rereading her own published work. (I do find it's not so bad if I go back to it after a long time. But not TOO long -- I made the mistake (?) of being published when I was quite young, and if I go back now and read things I wrote in my 20s it is just cringeworthy).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9791523.post-67090186227439366612008-04-21T12:31:00.000-04:002008-04-21T12:31:00.000-04:00yes "FINDING HOPE" was very good, have read it abo...yes "FINDING HOPE" <BR/><BR/>was very good, <BR/>have read it about 10 times so far!<BR/><BR/><BR/>me for one am glad you like to write! cause I like to read!<BR/><BR/>have a great day! :)<BR/><BR/>janjelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09468151130326112121noreply@blogger.com