tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post6196806030680571638..comments2023-10-25T05:30:54.507-04:00Comments on Oh Get A Grip!: Chirp, chirp, squack!Ashe Barkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03390519279886657608noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-84108343765590015432010-06-21T12:05:40.664-04:002010-06-21T12:05:40.664-04:00Ash -- I see your double and raise you a triple.
...Ash -- I see your double and raise you a triple.<br /><br />"Well I aint never not gonna do it." Yeah ... top that!<br /><br />*snicker* I actually heard a quadruple, but it was so damn convoluted that I don't remember it.Michelle Houston/Houston Michaelshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04046927781480479979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-85874603864440953272010-06-20T11:56:15.689-04:002010-06-20T11:56:15.689-04:00Hi Michelle,
Sorry I'm late in getting here t...Hi Michelle,<br /><br />Sorry I'm late in getting here this week. <br /><br />I love your point about miscommunication. When I was studying I was given the following cool example of the dangers of miscommunication.<br /><br />A lecturer was delivering a speech on grammar. "In conclusion," he said, "we can see that, whilst a double negative can usually be interpreted as a negative, there is never such confusion with a double positive."<br /><br />A student from the back said, "Yeah, yeah."<br /><br />Best,<br /><br />AshAshley Listerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11997769708965362938noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-17042001433623319002010-06-19T20:37:03.142-04:002010-06-19T20:37:03.142-04:00Kathleen -- I can definitly agree with that. Some ...Kathleen -- I can definitly agree with that. Some of the reviews that have come out, I look at and wonder just whose book they were reading, cause it didn't sound like mine.<br /><br />Garce -- Yeah, it is amazing how the news can be differently interpretted. Me, I just wonder what happened to them covering things beyond doom and gloom. I like the occasional "hero" or "feel good" news piece. But those are few and far between.<br /><br />Lisabet -- It can certainly be fun to set up the characters interpreting things differently. I wrote one of my shifter stories set as a "get back together" story set after a big miscommunication.Michelle Houston/Houston Michaelshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04046927781480479979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-38545423841597680372010-06-18T23:19:57.977-04:002010-06-18T23:19:57.977-04:00Hello, Michelle,
Insightful post, and a great pho...Hello, Michelle,<br /><br />Insightful post, and a great photo, too!<br /><br />I find that miscommunications can provide fruitful starting points for stories. I just submitted a tale in which a young woman doesn't really understand that her new master views her as something more than just his slut. He never says anything more, in words, and she's predisposed to believe he's just toying with her, because she thinks he's still in love with his old flame. The slip in communication almost drives them apart (but since this is erotic romance, of course it doesn't...;^) ) <br /><br />Warmly,<br />LisabetLisabet Saraihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05162514190572269660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-25995900008743617922010-06-18T16:38:16.499-04:002010-06-18T16:38:16.499-04:00What you say about people reading into your words ...What you say about people reading into your words is true. People tend to see what they want.<br /><br />A liberal, when i listen to Fox News I hear hard core right wing propaganda. When my Uncle Tony, a conservative, hears Fox News he hears fairness and balance. Weird.<br /><br />GarceGarceushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11160407485298015371noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-76011511565426415282010-06-18T12:30:11.529-04:002010-06-18T12:30:11.529-04:00I've always like Mike's tag line too.
Wh...I've always like Mike's tag line too. <br /><br />While it's nice to have a reader on the same page (heh) as you, I like to hear reader's take on things. Sometime it's quite different from what I imagined, but it's still wonderful. Other times I'll wonder how bad their reading skills are.Kathleen Bradeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06347913255760493335noreply@blogger.com