tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6000518581959626200.post8096439308114719571..comments2023-10-26T06:33:50.775-05:00Comments on E.J. Wesley, Author: Writers: You Are What You ReadAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00273059558675234923noreply@blogger.comBlogger30125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6000518581959626200.post-17582836797908770802015-09-29T23:35:13.846-05:002015-09-29T23:35:13.846-05:00I say many thanks to Mr. admin website I read this...I say many thanks to Mr. admin website I read this, because in this website I know a lot of information information that I did not know before his<br /><br /><a href="http://ow.ly/NaYYB" rel="nofollow">Pengobatan Penyakit Kulit Herbal</a> <br /><a href="http://ow.ly/Nb3vF" rel="nofollow">Obat Infeksi Kulit</a> <br /><a href="http://ow.ly/NaWwx" rel="nofollow">Cara Menghilangkan Flek Paru Paru</a>keishkaylaaazzalea@gmail.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01381564380919953330noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6000518581959626200.post-39810753879565194672011-06-22T21:04:02.311-05:002011-06-22T21:04:02.311-05:00I like Lisa's question: who knows if our muses...I like Lisa's question: who knows if our muses are steering us to certain books so we can borrow, um, learn from them?<br /><br />Although, as Picasso said, "Good artists borrow; Great artists steal." Look at Wm Shakespeare. All his plots came from other writers (or history--one of the best writers of all.) We read and absorb and of course some of the stuff will seep into our writing. Each generation of writers builds on the ones before. As it should be.Anne R. Allenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02420000168356370825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6000518581959626200.post-76744034107513024372011-06-20T08:27:48.654-05:002011-06-20T08:27:48.654-05:00Yeah, I have the same question as above.Yeah, I have the same question as above.Sweet Lilyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04613556729394471187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6000518581959626200.post-36918658514754101652011-06-19T19:10:00.055-05:002011-06-19T19:10:00.055-05:00Are we emulating the authors we love, or are we se...Are we emulating the authors we love, or are we seeking out books to read that are like the ones we want to write?Lisa Nowakhttp://lisanowak.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6000518581959626200.post-88723191165538658722011-06-19T18:29:50.602-05:002011-06-19T18:29:50.602-05:00I hope that my favorite writers (Tim O'Brien, ...I hope that my favorite writers (Tim O'Brien, Raymond Carver, Lorrie Moore) will rub off on my writing more!<br /><br />I usually read literay fiction and I do write literary fiction, as well. Though I try to branch out from my usual genre, as well.<br /><br />Thanks from your newest follower!<br />-Miss GOP<br />www.thewritingapprentice.comMiss Good on Paperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12322651575015033263noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6000518581959626200.post-32416953979312382112011-06-19T09:41:45.687-05:002011-06-19T09:41:45.687-05:00Love this post - so very true. I read a mixture of...Love this post - so very true. I read a mixture of horror, fantasy, sci fi and quirky realism. I've always seen the magic in life and that is what I write about. Favourite authors include Stephen King, Clive Barker, Neil Gaiman, Baroness Orczy, Mary Shelley and Douglas Adams. The more I write, the more I see how my stories are very much based in the flawed characters that people them.Fihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01321354657419642710noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6000518581959626200.post-37996474382137469312011-06-19T06:19:04.658-05:002011-06-19T06:19:04.658-05:00the image, LOL (!)
this is so true.
it's al...the image, LOL (!) <br /><br />this is so true.<br /><br />it's also discouraging ~ well, i so wish i could write like my faves writers and absorb their brilliance somehow.<br /><br />i love that quote about how easy reading is hard writing. i have heard it before but had forgotten it.Nomeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07995363401476834241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6000518581959626200.post-85925256699590440872011-06-17T05:16:37.087-05:002011-06-17T05:16:37.087-05:00Hmmm... difficult to say. Back before I started wr...Hmmm... difficult to say. Back before I started writing seriously, I read a lot of Johanna Lyndsey romance books. I loved her voice. I think, if anything, my voice resembles hers just an eensy weensy bit... but only because I read her so much, how could i not?<br />But actual writing style? Nah. Imagination-wise and world building-wise I'v learned from the best, and even then, I wouldn't say you could pick it out in my stories, but the inspiration is there for me.<br />I caught up on your last couple of posts. You rund agood blog here, EJ. ;) Always have.PK HREZOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11650153097981426833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6000518581959626200.post-36258864892800890832011-06-16T11:24:25.276-05:002011-06-16T11:24:25.276-05:00I'd really like to write a cross between Roald...I'd really like to write a cross between Roald Dahl and Enid Blyton, so I am trying to introduce more MG reads in and fewer picture books. <br /><br />Yes that picture is gross!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6000518581959626200.post-24395359327752996832011-06-16T10:07:17.601-05:002011-06-16T10:07:17.601-05:00Spaceballs!
I find little things popping up from ...Spaceballs!<br /><br />I find little things popping up from fave movies and writers. For example, I love intertwined plots, so I try to write them. And I think my voice is a little affected by some of the YA I read.Claire Dawnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14354840714847021685noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6000518581959626200.post-15129345334178032712011-06-16T01:51:37.227-05:002011-06-16T01:51:37.227-05:00Hi E.J.,
I must admit, I have an ulterior motive ...Hi E.J.,<br /><br />I must admit, I have an ulterior motive for this particular visit to your blog, but first, GREAT POST! I fully expect a ride on that jet!! <br /><br />Personally, I have to make a very conscious effort NOT to let aspects of my favorite stories trickle into mine. (Especially JK's!I've had to strike out whole lines...er...pages...in the past!) :)<br /><br />Anyway, on to my nefarious scheme! I'm wondering if you'd be willing to do me a HUGE favor!!! I'm putting on "The Four Hundred Hours to Four Hundred Days Blog Party" at the end of this month, to celebrate the release of the second book in my Lor Mandela Series, FOUR HUNDRED DAYS, and I'm looking for wonderful bloggers (like you, of course)to help me out! I wanted to see if perhaps you'd like to participate. Here's the link with all of the info: http://wovenstrands.wordpress.com/2011/06/14/join-us-on-the-400-hours-to-four-hundred-days-tour/ I really hope you can join us! I think it's gonna be lots o' fun!!!<br />Thanks a bunch!!! Lisa CarrollThey Call Me L. Carrollhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15111218020538930475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6000518581959626200.post-4852187439720436392011-06-16T00:45:53.663-05:002011-06-16T00:45:53.663-05:00This is a great post. I really enjoyed reading it...This is a great post. I really enjoyed reading it. <br /><br />That said, my writing philosophy is "What Would Joss Whedon Do?"M.J. Fifieldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15626475963328519693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6000518581959626200.post-86224131289253199602011-06-15T19:32:36.024-05:002011-06-15T19:32:36.024-05:00I love flawed narrators, and I do find that when I...I love flawed narrators, and I do find that when I am developing a main character she always has some major flaw that almost pushes her into unlikable territory. So, yeah, I do write about the characters I like to read about.<br /><br />Great post! I loved your big lightbulb.Jessica Lovehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382996481558671385noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6000518581959626200.post-59473890251085297022011-06-15T15:11:03.000-05:002011-06-15T15:11:03.000-05:00I read a variety of genres so I'm not sure wha...I read a variety of genres so I'm not sure what ones have influenced my writing. Something I'll have to pay attention too. Great post!raisingmarshmallowshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11042942174027281627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6000518581959626200.post-60905945797559684642011-06-15T12:48:51.700-05:002011-06-15T12:48:51.700-05:00I like your mother-son dialogue. Very cute!I like your mother-son dialogue. Very cute! Intangible Heartshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05047040538015079182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6000518581959626200.post-83286094313733336612011-06-15T11:24:47.613-05:002011-06-15T11:24:47.613-05:00Very interesting to think about. I definitely emul...Very interesting to think about. I definitely emulate the themes of my favorite authors, which is what attracted me to them in the first place. I love being able to look at my shelves and know that my "collection" of books is purely based on my personality.Elena Solodowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03037029195682225565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6000518581959626200.post-55232356082842426802011-06-15T10:50:50.910-05:002011-06-15T10:50:50.910-05:00So...Pizza the hut? Totally gross! Ha!
I find my...So...Pizza the hut? Totally gross! Ha! <br />I find myself reading a lot of YA paranormal and fantasy. So...obviously I write the same. ;) I do like my historical fiction too, but I could never write it. And contemporary is great. I'm sort of playing around with an idea for one of those.<br />Great post! It really made me think! :)Chantele Sedgwickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07920913211842919013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6000518581959626200.post-38389701080440013382011-06-15T10:21:56.354-05:002011-06-15T10:21:56.354-05:00Great post! I noticed after I started reading a to...Great post! I noticed after I started reading a ton of Charlaine Harris, that my novel drastically went to a shorter, blunter style of dialogue. Now I have some MAJOR editing to do! Lol.Krisztina Cliftonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10083709968500243900noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6000518581959626200.post-58106153999447780182011-06-15T10:08:40.355-05:002011-06-15T10:08:40.355-05:00People say I write like Erin Evonovich. Never read...People say I write like Erin Evonovich. Never read any of her work b/c her book covers are hideous. So, after I've published my first book, I'll read her stuff.shellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09596621767297173021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6000518581959626200.post-44631065278767709352011-06-15T07:08:28.875-05:002011-06-15T07:08:28.875-05:00Hey E.J.! I think you really hit it. After taking ...Hey E.J.! I think you really hit it. After taking a step back from from my work I realize that what I read really does reflect in my writing. Oh, by the way, Pizza the Hut was priceless!Lizzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16762224763285823556noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6000518581959626200.post-5541220569597644632011-06-15T07:05:27.168-05:002011-06-15T07:05:27.168-05:00I do watch what I read because what I read invaria...I do watch what I read because what I read invariably influences my writing. I'm bilingual and I've not allowed myself to read any German literature until my book manuscript is done because reading German messes with the English channels in my head. I'll think of great German turns of phrase and that is counterproductive.Annette Gendlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03006606888883773812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6000518581959626200.post-44980025960299473902011-06-15T00:42:44.660-05:002011-06-15T00:42:44.660-05:00Pizza the Hut was one of my fave characters ever ;...Pizza the Hut was one of my fave characters ever ;) Love how he ended... heheTrishahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16927558937796802496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6000518581959626200.post-52587298486488474252011-06-14T21:17:43.119-05:002011-06-14T21:17:43.119-05:00definitely. I especially noticed this when I first...definitely. I especially noticed this when I first started writing -- whatever I was writing tended to take on a similar voice to the author I was devouring at the moment (I went through phases. let's just say, during the Uglies/Scott Westerfeld phase, lots of people fell off of high objects...).<br />but as my writing developed, I noticed less influence creeping in, because I was coming in to my own voice? I still see inspiration everywhere, of course. just less directly obvious, I think...Ellenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17202494819302527977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6000518581959626200.post-9177352965730207822011-06-14T20:48:19.983-05:002011-06-14T20:48:19.983-05:00I wish I was as talented a writer as some of the a...I wish I was as talented a writer as some of the authors I read. I tend to write some pretty dark stuff, so I am more apt to read something more comical or upbeat. That way I am less apt to depress myself with both my reading and my writing :)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10736441732672508192noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6000518581959626200.post-12311885218231233672011-06-14T19:35:24.395-05:002011-06-14T19:35:24.395-05:00Even now Pizza the Hut makes me want to gag.Even now Pizza the Hut makes me want to gag.PT Dillowayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09394481476862013009noreply@blogger.com