tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14194867.post1741338234175029988..comments2024-03-15T23:39:29.134-08:00Comments on Scribbit | Motherhood in Alaska: Things I Learned at BoucherconScribbithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03178711182424809035noreply@blogger.comBlogger35125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14194867.post-72859716855632246132008-08-25T11:15:00.000-08:002008-08-25T11:15:00.000-08:00Thanks for the information.I read the book.Thanks for the information.I read the book.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14194867.post-32507573364046408392007-10-20T10:15:00.000-08:002007-10-20T10:15:00.000-08:00No, not insufferable at all, but I did think it wa...No, not insufferable at all, but I did think it was pretty funny to sit in on one panel run by writers who thought editors were falling down on the job by not reading their books thoroughly enough and then to sit in on another panel of editors who complained that writers weren't sending them enough info about their books for the editors to do their work properly. <BR/><BR/>And I saw your web site, you look wonderful! No fashion police on you! :)<BR/><BR/>I'll have to give Jason Starr another chance, maybe he was just having a bad hair day :)Scribbithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03178711182424809035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14194867.post-42336043695869334862007-10-20T06:36:00.000-08:002007-10-20T06:36:00.000-08:00It's interesting to hear impressions from someone ...It's interesting to hear impressions from someone who's on the outside, so to speak. I write mysteries, and I've been to two Bouchercons, along with various other mystery conferences. Are we mystery writers really that insufferable?<BR/><BR/>As per agents/editors: anyone writing today needs an agent, unless he wants to self-publish, which someone here did say might not be a good idea and I completely agree for many reasons. <BR/><BR/>As for blogging not being a good thing, I don't know who ISN'T blogging these days so I'd be interested to know who said that.<BR/><BR/>All con food sucks.<BR/><BR/>The literary vs. genre question: always debated. I love Harry Potter and enjoyed DaVinci Code while I was reading it.<BR/><BR/>Poisoned Pen Press: I know a lot of authors published by them. They treat authors okay, no better or worse than any other publisher.<BR/><BR/>What intrigues me about your post is the general feeling that mystery authors are worse than others. I think it's just that "literary" authors don't have conferences so you don't see them all in one place at once to get an impression of them as a whole.<BR/><BR/>I know a lot of mystery authors who are humble and a lot of fun and great writers. (Jason Starr is really a nice guy, I don't know why he cut ahead of you.) We spend a lot of our time alone, in front of the computer, and if we write series, these characters really do start to seem real to us. That's why we have to go to conferences and talk to other people like us, because then we'd think we really were cracking up.<BR/><BR/>The next time I go to a conference, though, I'm going to make sure to check my appearance so a fan won't call the What Not to Wear people on me :)Karen Olsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05867709664100997228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14194867.post-68292458824017774412007-10-08T08:18:00.000-08:002007-10-08T08:18:00.000-08:004. It was funny when the writers and editors puzzl...<EM>4. It was funny when the writers and editors puzzled over the decline in reading.</EM><BR/><BR/>Yeah, stage coach drivers were the same way 100 years ago about that flash-in-the-pan horseless carriage.<BR/><BR/>As I read this I was thinking that it must have been a great place to people watch, but then you covered that too.JAMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04272374108524693575noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14194867.post-25160749271744411892007-10-07T07:39:00.000-08:002007-10-07T07:39:00.000-08:00Sounds extrememly entertaining. Lots of egos by th...Sounds extrememly entertaining. Lots of egos by the sounds.The Bravehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00282554943243721918noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14194867.post-4092128705732776182007-10-06T21:08:00.000-08:002007-10-06T21:08:00.000-08:00What a fascinating conference! Are you working on...What a fascinating conference! Are you working on a novel?? Do tell. Would you go again??<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://www.edgren.com/wordpress/" REL="nofollow">Duckabush Blog</A>Kathy in WAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17214274261673123725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14194867.post-28112894239684414622007-10-06T07:05:00.000-08:002007-10-06T07:05:00.000-08:00I sort of suspected number 9 would be the case, th...I sort of suspected number 9 would be the case, though I've never been to an event like this before. Haha!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14194867.post-45746189925677662242007-10-06T03:33:00.000-08:002007-10-06T03:33:00.000-08:00Too bad about the food.I like harry Potter myself....Too bad about the food.<BR/><BR/>I like harry Potter myself...Mary@notbefore7https://www.blogger.com/profile/17294717852179643696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14194867.post-880261020016823252007-10-05T22:38:00.000-08:002007-10-05T22:38:00.000-08:00Thanks for this. It's such an accurate picture of ...Thanks for this. It's such an accurate picture of the business side of writing. Perhaps that's why I've fled to the world of poetry, where there's no cash at stake. Oddly, everyone seems to act the same way.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14194867.post-48752100546127611372007-10-04T23:40:00.000-08:002007-10-04T23:40:00.000-08:00I think I could enter this post in your "what scar...I think I could enter this post in your "what scares me" contest -- this conference scares me! Glad you had a good time, though.Joanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06093453920666892035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14194867.post-16215832101664322802007-10-04T23:23:00.000-08:002007-10-04T23:23:00.000-08:00I loved, loved, loved this post. You nailed it rig...I loved, loved, loved this post. You nailed it right on.<BR/><BR/>I always wanted to write a book until so many authors I encountered turned me off the experience (I had enough drama working in opera, thanks). I find that blogging is the perfect venue for me, anyway. <BR/><BR/>I would have loved that conference. Mysteries are my favorite genre, I think.Loralee Choatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16055102094371755499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14194867.post-61087290184137460622007-10-04T23:11:00.000-08:002007-10-04T23:11:00.000-08:00I'm giggling at #1. Happy TT.I'm giggling at #1. Happy TT.pussrebootshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02167235847991793325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14194867.post-43708290247225725662007-10-04T21:10:00.000-08:002007-10-04T21:10:00.000-08:00Hello! At least I know I have until I'm at least 5...Hello! At least I know I have until I'm at least 50 to write my great novel :-). That takes the pressure off!Norahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16507644743409364179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14194867.post-18173889281435635252007-10-04T19:57:00.000-08:002007-10-04T19:57:00.000-08:00Oh that sounds like a great place for people-watch...Oh that sounds like a great place for people-watching and you describe it so well I feel like I was there... :) You really made me laugh!<BR/><BR/>Oh and I love DaVinci Code and Harry Potter too... :)Debhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03806252705199445407noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14194867.post-70318855090049244322007-10-04T19:46:00.000-08:002007-10-04T19:46:00.000-08:00How fun. I love people watching and that sounds l...How fun. I love people watching and that sounds like a great group to watch. Thanks for sharing it with us.Ice Creamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10720267761985766740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14194867.post-51999467221107680152007-10-04T19:20:00.000-08:002007-10-04T19:20:00.000-08:00i love #12 and think you're just the one to write ...i love #12 and think you're just the one to write that book...knock their socks off:-) thanks for the great post.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14194867.post-6201243960394638762007-10-04T18:10:00.000-08:002007-10-04T18:10:00.000-08:00That's the best coverage of a writer's conference ...That's the best coverage of a writer's conference I've ever read. Funny and smart and real. Well done. I love your comment about the publishing world in blog-nial. When will they realize the revolution is already over. Can't wait to read your best seller, "The Butcher of Bouchercon." Go with Poisoned Pen Press. Not because I know anything about them. Just love the name.Theresahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05899794817816658435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14194867.post-49593418512624077822007-10-04T17:40:00.000-08:002007-10-04T17:40:00.000-08:00Not very encouraging news for those of us who woul...Not very encouraging news for those of us who would like to someday, maybe, possibly, conceivably write mysteries.Carinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12976869000808518440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14194867.post-84404585635883925812007-10-04T17:16:00.000-08:002007-10-04T17:16:00.000-08:00LOL at the whole post and especially b/c our book ...LOL at the whole post and especially b/c our book club picked a Cormac McCarthy book and I was letting my husband read it first. But he gave up after a couple of pages, reading me a sentence that went something like this: "I lifted the binoculars and glassed over the dessert." There was probably more to it, but we immediately returned the book to Borders!ChiefFamilyOfficerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03056844077936226008noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14194867.post-50374712363050504902007-10-04T14:28:00.000-08:002007-10-04T14:28:00.000-08:00Sounds like you had a good time. And, I can say t...Sounds like you had a good time. And, I can say that I saw the same thing at RWA! Isn't it funny how much these conference are so much alike?<BR/><BR/>Happy TT!Denise Patrickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18134480528920517406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14194867.post-57659392671077103912007-10-04T13:46:00.000-08:002007-10-04T13:46:00.000-08:00This is the best post on writers and writing I've ...This is the best post on writers and writing I've read in years...the sheer realism (and the idea for a novel---why don't you write it?---) just rocked. Love the description of the demon-infested writer whose book you (and now I) WON'T be buying.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14194867.post-65511602898318288492007-10-04T11:34:00.000-08:002007-10-04T11:34:00.000-08:00Obviously I shall have to change the name of the d...Obviously I shall have to change the name of the detective hero of the story I’m about to write. From what you say, Wolfgang Lopez just won’t cut it. And I am very nervous about writers who get too involved with their characters, or talk about them as though they have real lives. They are just invented people in a story, and they will do what you tell them to, not the other way around. I meta writer a few years ago who went on and on about how his characters tell him how the story should go, and I was reminded of a film I once saw about a ventriloquist who was under the spell of his dummy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14194867.post-37208135483764708312007-10-04T11:22:00.000-08:002007-10-04T11:22:00.000-08:00Great imagery in this post. I could see the whole...Great imagery in this post. I could see the whole thing, though I've never attended a conference like this. Would be SO much fun! And in Anchorage, to boot!Jennahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16015165553390298826noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14194867.post-39583203340072149082007-10-04T10:52:00.000-08:002007-10-04T10:52:00.000-08:00My impression of the Da Vinci code is that it was ...My impression of the Da Vinci code is that it was a great book, which was terribly written. I think it could have been better, epic even. Nothing wrong with Harry though. If Rowling is indeed writing a mystery novel as has been rumored, those writers were probably reacting out of fear and envy.Memarie Lanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03289584923725420572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14194867.post-52035607913445782472007-10-04T08:36:00.000-08:002007-10-04T08:36:00.000-08:00Maddy--I just went because it was in town and I wa...Maddy--I just went because it was in town and I was nursing my wounds after being unable to attend Blogher this summer :)<BR/><BR/>I enjoy mysteries though and went to the Left Coast convention back in 2001 when it was here in town as well, though I was newer to writing back then so I think that one proved to be more informative for me. A lot of the stuff I heard here was stuff I already knew.<BR/><BR/>Mama Luxe, you're absolutely right about why agents serve a purpose, nowadays EVERYONE has a manuscript and editors are swamped. I attended a panel discussion with a group of editors and was just surprised at the contrast between the older, more experienced editor (Barbara Peters) working for a small publishing house and the younger women working for the bigger guys in NYC. Interesting.Scribbithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03178711182424809035noreply@blogger.com