tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post5449157043963362179..comments2023-10-25T05:30:54.507-04:00Comments on Oh Get A Grip!: The Monster at the End of This BookAshe Barkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03390519279886657608noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-88317056281596920532014-04-10T09:48:02.395-04:002014-04-10T09:48:02.395-04:00Sometimes we scare ourselves, don't we? I appl...Sometimes we scare ourselves, don't we? I applaud your courage in sticking to this book and getting it finished. Some part of you needed to write it.Lisabet Saraihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05162514190572269660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-35254787393808576392014-04-09T18:37:25.999-04:002014-04-09T18:37:25.999-04:00I love this post, Giselle, and am dying to take a ...I love this post, Giselle, and am dying to take a look at Monstrous Obsession when it comes out. <br /><br />For what it's worth, I can be pretty prolific when I get going, but I find that I still have to let go of the idea that I can write X words per day, day in and day out. Some projects get personal and force me to slow down. Some excite me and make me burn up the page. I know what you're saying about the slow pace—I've felt the pain and shame of that when something is taking way longer than I "know" it should, and longer than I can afford for it to take. Sometimes I'm sorry I started that particular story and wonder why I didn't pick something lighter, easier. I try to tell myself that it's slow because it's important, though, because it's doing something to me. <br /><br />I hope you're feeling better, and I also hope it feels like you've produced something interesting that's worth it to you. :) Annabeth Leonghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07455191827664110878noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-38230914152511310362014-04-04T14:10:00.421-04:002014-04-04T14:10:00.421-04:00Just as every great invention ever made had to be ...Just as every great invention ever made had to be thought of first, every possible bad thing/kink has been thought of by someone. Most of us never act on these dark fantasies. Writers get to "go there" and still defend themselves as, "It's just fiction! I'm not like that!" But in reality, we all have that potential. Scary to contemplate, even scarier to confront.<br /><br />Hope you feel better now that it's done.Fiona McGierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13495707848048468428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-29972828814143458242014-04-03T17:54:18.323-04:002014-04-03T17:54:18.323-04:00And I just realized I should have blogged about th...And I just realized I should have blogged about the movie MONSTER. Somebody else do that, okay? That's such a great film.Giselle Renardehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15955755448116234634noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-82201674673690577782014-04-03T17:53:31.747-04:002014-04-03T17:53:31.747-04:00My biggest problem in writing the kind of epic stu...My biggest problem in writing the kind of epic stuff a lot of readers like is that I don't have a black & white/good vs. evil worldview. I'm not sure I believe in evil. It certainly doesn't sit well with me when people (generally people with mental illnesses) are classified as evil. That's like taking every human quality that person has and dumping it in the trash.Giselle Renardehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15955755448116234634noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-73492956145387001962014-04-03T16:29:04.726-04:002014-04-03T16:29:04.726-04:00Maybe we're set on imagining monsters so that ...Maybe we're set on imagining monsters so that we can claim a "normal" status for ourselves. The whole superhero thing puzzles me more, but I guess if we're going to gave bad entities more powerful than ourselves, we need to have good ones, too. Sacchi Greenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10801164916418570059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-91734654471384452462014-04-03T13:59:43.946-04:002014-04-03T13:59:43.946-04:00Cute post, Giselle, as I'm sure the story isn&...Cute post, Giselle, as I'm sure the story isn't. Your rate of writing is sure faster than mine; that's the difference between a pro and a dilettante.Daddy Xhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12927663248424944119noreply@blogger.com