tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7731159552335760887.post1090525270890839545..comments2024-03-27T20:39:04.792-04:00Comments on KILLER HOBBIES: Jealous DoggerelBetty Hechtmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14652848311122102223noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7731159552335760887.post-3465435812657458122015-08-20T08:20:39.194-04:002015-08-20T08:20:39.194-04:00That's fascinating, Ellen. I love your descri...That's fascinating, Ellen. I love your description of it!Monica Ferrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03722045113589668612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7731159552335760887.post-71639214486162436462015-08-19T20:21:55.369-04:002015-08-19T20:21:55.369-04:00I see my stories (such as they are) as landmarks i...I see my stories (such as they are) as landmarks in a vast prairie. The landmarks are the things that <i>must</i> happen; the prairie contains all sorts of interesting things that happen along the way. And the subplots happen in the vehicle we all travel in. Not quite the same -- geographic rather than geometric -- but it will do.Ellenhttp://washuu.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7731159552335760887.post-92111418696085694802015-08-19T19:19:32.835-04:002015-08-19T19:19:32.835-04:00I was kind of hoping some other writer would say, ...I was kind of hoping some other writer would say, "Hey, my brain does that, too!" so I wouldn't feel so weird.Monica Ferrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03722045113589668612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7731159552335760887.post-34964779878797055832015-08-19T15:14:17.323-04:002015-08-19T15:14:17.323-04:00How interesting that your stories have distinct sh...How interesting that your stories have distinct shapes.Christine Threshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07472999420963274439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7731159552335760887.post-20900581101906788422015-08-19T15:11:05.766-04:002015-08-19T15:11:05.766-04:00Yet another incident that should go into a future ...Yet another incident that should go into a future book! Maybe Godwin suffers THE ATTACK OF THE ANTS!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7731159552335760887.post-72708070121761016672015-08-18T21:47:00.904-04:002015-08-18T21:47:00.904-04:00I love that word "Yickie," like a cross ...I love that word "Yickie," like a cross between Yuck and Ickie. I may borrow it sometime. It's a "portmanteau" (a kind of suitcase) word, it takes several words and puts them together.Monica Ferrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03722045113589668612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7731159552335760887.post-34760063362123258952015-08-18T21:09:07.616-04:002015-08-18T21:09:07.616-04:00How fascinating that your story creation takes on ...How fascinating that your story creation takes on shapes, Monica! And how yickie it was that your computer was invaded by ants.Linda O. Johnstonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01512430135042480450noreply@blogger.com