Comments for Wendy Palmer

Comment on Writing rules, misapplied: kill your darlings by Brent

Brent — Sat, 26 May 2012 17:08:50 +0000

I look at this quote the same way that Andrew does. As a writer, your main objective is to get something across to your reader in a clear and precise manner. In fiction writing, you’re conveying a story to your reader; if you’re writing some kind of opinion piece, then your objective is to get that opinion across so clearly that your reader understands where you are coming from.

So, I believe that ‘killing your darlings’ refers to the process of removing those lines, or excerpts, which are so beautifully written, that they ultimately steer the reader away from whatever it is that the writer is trying to convey to the reader.

Comment on The Blade Itself by Joe Abercrombie by Karim

Karim — Fri, 25 May 2012 00:32:44 +0000

Morgan’s Black Man was also heavily diostunced at one point in time – I picked up my hardcover copy at Amazon for 6.59 It is worth keeping in mind that Black Man was a year late and Gollancz had to push the date out because Morgan was running late with the manuscript. It would not be surprising for a US publisher to wait for the second title in his Fantasy series before publishing anything. Some recent high profile examples of Fantasy authors being late with their second or later books in a series has probably not inspired confidence in the Fantasy area.

Comment on How I did by Tammy

Tammy — Wed, 23 May 2012 03:06:43 +0000

Girl you and me both! I can’t stop watching! When Lau waekld into the camera I was like HOLY CRAP I’M PREGNANT! in my best chuchii voice, if I knew what she sound like (lol). I finally understand what she feels when I watch this video. I have been doing a great job of not sexualizing these two but now it’s like uuummmm ok well I love it! l love it!

Comment on Writing round by Rita

Rita — Wed, 23 May 2012 00:47:25 +0000

Woody -If you have the copyright to the work, or if it’s pulbic domain, you can upload it. It just needs to be in the epub format. We’ll be reopening the converter soon so if you have it as HTML you’ll be able to get it into epub format. We’ll announce the converter launch on in a blog post.BTW you can actually get to your BG uploads on the iphone via Stanza by opening Stanza, opening the online catalog option, choosing BookGlutton, choosing uploads, logging in when requested, and then going all the way back out to your library (just keep backing out until you’re at Stanza’s opening screen). Going back in your uploads will show up there for you.

Comment on Daughter of the Forest by Juliet Marillier by Kar

Kar — Tue, 22 May 2012 19:34:34 +0000

Ah, Lizzy Bennett. She’s one of my favorite chreactars. She can be inspiring for what she does, but also for what she doesn’t do: she doesn’t practice the same falseness and meanness as Miss Bingley and Mrs. Hurst; she doesn’t faint like some school girl when Mr. Darcy rains on her parade. She’s also a source of inspiration because she experiences the pain of having been prideful and prejudiced, and lives through it (and gets the guy too!). Just as she helps readers decide how to be, she also shows them how not to be.

Comment on Never let me go by Kazuo Ishiguro by Dhaneesh

Dhaneesh — Tue, 22 May 2012 18:07:16 +0000

I find that Guardian article, and the idea that sapculetive fiction will be accepted into the canon quite silly. The canon is alive with sapculetive fiction. Classics include: Beowulf, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Aesop, Apuleius, 1001 Nights, The Brothers Grimm, Gulliver’s Travels, Frankenstein, Baron Munchausen, Stevenson, Plato’s Timaeus, The Icelandic Sagas, Hawthorne, Poe, Dante And more recently Ishiguro, Murikami, Auster, Amis (Kingsley and Martin), Julian Barnes, Attwood, Nicola Barker, Mikhail Bulgakov, Jorge Luis Borges, Vonnegut, William Burroughs, Ballard, Will Self, Calvino, Jonathan Lethem Genre is essentially just a marketing tool. Good books are good books.

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Comment on Writing rules, misapplied: kill your darlings by Andrew Esposito

Andrew Esposito — Wed, 09 May 2012 22:44:26 +0000

I think the context of Faulkner’s ‘kill your darlings’ is more so pieces of writing that the writer loves that are not condusive to the story and really should be edited. ‘Killing your darlings’ is the acceptance of the author that despite their love of certain dialogue or scenes, it is best for the progress of the manuscript to delete them (re-posted due to silly typos!)

Comment on Writing rules, misapplied: kill your darlings by Andrew Esposito

Andrew Esposito — Wed, 09 May 2012 22:40:47 +0000

I think the contect of Faulkner’s ‘kill your darlings’ is moreso pieces of writing that the writer loves, however these pieces are not condusive to the story and really should be edited. ‘Killing your darlings’ is the acceptance ofthe author that despite their love of certain dialogue or scenes, it is best for the progress teh manuscript to delete them

Comment on Choosing your point-of-view characters by Ingrid Abisambra

Ingrid Abisambra — Wed, 09 May 2012 13:01:55 +0000

It certainly does. Many thanks!