tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-567668315717895367.post6632032513179576611..comments2024-02-25T05:03:48.092-07:00Comments on Eudaemonia: A Roar For Powerful WordsLisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00665632105920753931noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-567668315717895367.post-11240394887601148242007-12-29T20:18:00.000-07:002007-12-29T20:18:00.000-07:00Jennifer, great list! I agree with you totally.Kar...Jennifer, great list! I agree with you totally.<BR/><BR/>Karen, you're too nice.<BR/><BR/>Debra, no, thank YOU.Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00665632105920753931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-567668315717895367.post-37125943912141016352007-12-21T06:59:00.000-07:002007-12-21T06:59:00.000-07:00Lisa, you have written about important things here...Lisa, you have written about important things here. Important for you to write and important for folks to read and to think about. Thank you.debrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17676300309029588465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-567668315717895367.post-8615845433967173272007-12-20T14:22:00.000-07:002007-12-20T14:22:00.000-07:00One good turn deserves another...check out my curr...One good turn deserves another...check out my current post whenever you get a chance! K.Sustenance Scouthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12980573661955592633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-567668315717895367.post-5356101659923998082007-12-20T13:54:00.000-07:002007-12-20T13:54:00.000-07:00What a well-deserved acknowledgment of your writin...What a well-deserved acknowledgment of your writing! Congrats!<BR/><BR/>I'm always drawn to writing that shows: <BR/><BR/>1. Passion. A sense that the writer cares about her topic, her characters; they aren't merely utilitarian. Passion drives a writer to continually do the best work she can, to avoid cheap or lazy solutions, to be painstaking and deliberate.<BR/><BR/>2. Generosity of spirit. Even when a character or a situation disgusts you, you take the time and care to convey it truthfully and three-dimensionally. You look at it with wide-open eyes.<BR/><BR/>3. Trust. You don't hold the reader's hand or shove her in the direction you want her to go. You trust that she can determine things for herself, because you trust that you've done your job as a writer. You don't smash a reader over the head with things.<BR/><BR/>These are all areas where I struggle, especially the last one. I don't trust what I write enough, I know that.Jennifer Duncanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12628371104827804570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-567668315717895367.post-62431294010801553892007-12-19T22:59:00.000-07:002007-12-19T22:59:00.000-07:00Olufunke, you are one of the people who epitomizes...Olufunke, you are one of the people who epitomizes economy of words and honesty in your writing. <BR/><BR/>Kristen, your posts never fail to make me stop and really think.<BR/><BR/>Usman, thank you and excellent criteria.<BR/><BR/>Kristi, I am looking forward to your post. You are such an incredible fiction writer and one of the most well-read people I've ever met, so I can't wait.<BR/><BR/>Julie, thank you and with all of the projects that you have going, I don't blame you for not wanting to take on another. I look forward to what you have in store for Christmas.<BR/><BR/>Carleen, I don't think so, unless you count the cowardly lion -- but he came around too :)<BR/><BR/>Karen, I checked it out and I loved where you sourced your criteria. Great post, as I knew it would be.<BR/><BR/>Charles, and congratulations to you too!<BR/><BR/>Melissa, thanks and I absolutely agree.<BR/><BR/>Josephine, excellent criteria. I especially need to keep #2 in mind. I have a tendency to bludgeon description to death. I try to edit it down, but it's a challenge I'm working hard to tackle. No worries on the email at all. I figured since I the book was given to me, I'd make the offer.<BR/><BR/>Steve, Karen was the first person who popped into my head. Thank you for the kind words.Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00665632105920753931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-567668315717895367.post-81733610789223054542007-12-19T21:46:00.000-07:002007-12-19T21:46:00.000-07:00Steve, you're way up there on the list of fellow b...Steve, you're way up there on the list of fellow bloggers who are terrific for my ego! And you're way ahead of me on reading Lisa's first chapter already. I'm waiting until this week's madness has simmered down, Lisa! Can't wait!Oh, and I just posted my response to your tag. Thanks again, kiddo. K.Sustenance Scouthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12980573661955592633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-567668315717895367.post-32319241767597877462007-12-19T21:36:00.000-07:002007-12-19T21:36:00.000-07:00Lisa--Thank you for passing on the award to Karen ...Lisa--Thank you for passing on the award to Karen at Beyond Understanding. I had hoped you'd give her the award. And I need to look at your other awardees more than the brief visits I've made. <BR/><BR/>You've made an excellent start with the first chapter of The Foundling Wheel. And thank you for letting your readers know about the Dickens Challenge.steve on the slow trainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18257811143869341854noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-567668315717895367.post-73465475173673491242007-12-19T14:28:00.000-07:002007-12-19T14:28:00.000-07:00Lisa, very well said, and especially love the Kuro...Lisa, very well said, and especially love the Kurosawa quote, proof positive that the award is much deserved.<BR/><BR/>3 things:<BR/><BR/>1. Never bore. Never confuse.<BR/><BR/>2. When you stop to describe something, you have <I>stopped</I>.<BR/><BR/>3. The best books are about a character struggling between two extremely diffucult choices, both with dire consequences and high stakes.<BR/><BR/>Sorry I haven't returned your email - school was a bitch, but that's no excuse. Thanks, but no need to send me that "Away" book, I can get it from my library..... I'm determined to go lean and mean when it comes to # of books I let in the house since I'm planning on moving in 2009.Josephine Damianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17952030380866201241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-567668315717895367.post-38607182499302740632007-12-19T13:27:00.000-07:002007-12-19T13:27:00.000-07:00Great award - congratulations!Let's see...staying ...Great award - congratulations!<BR/><BR/>Let's see...staying TRUE to your voice is one that I think powerful writing needs. And using the five senses is a must.Melissa Amateishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16086267508858187716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-567668315717895367.post-46508594947300247392007-12-19T10:07:00.000-07:002007-12-19T10:07:00.000-07:00Great three choices. And congrats on the award.Great three choices. And congrats on the award.Charles Gramlichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02052592247572253641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-567668315717895367.post-55872902296406071722007-12-19T09:08:00.000-07:002007-12-19T09:08:00.000-07:00Good point, Carleen! I once saw an all-woman band ...Good point, Carleen! I once saw an all-woman band in Nashville called Ethel and the Shameless Hussies (remember the song The Streak? "Ethel, you shameless hussy!"). Anyhoo, I agree lions have no use for shame, and neither should we. <BR/><BR/>Thanks, Lisa!! K.Sustenance Scouthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12980573661955592633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-567668315717895367.post-77170798131720607652007-12-19T08:18:00.000-07:002007-12-19T08:18:00.000-07:00Gracias! I love being part of a club with the wor...Gracias! I love being part of a club with the words "shameless lions" in it. (Are there any other kind? :))Carleen Bricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01433203126527081458noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-567668315717895367.post-49406980803791893692007-12-19T06:45:00.000-07:002007-12-19T06:45:00.000-07:00Lisa,Congratulations - and love the distinctive po...Lisa,<BR/><BR/>Congratulations - and love the distinctive points you've made re writing. <BR/><BR/>btw- only just checked emails and replied to yours. Not going for Tims challenge, too steep a gradient at the moment, but have set up my own fun one for Christmas....virtual nexushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11955335598875413324noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-567668315717895367.post-91557930481000803692007-12-19T06:23:00.000-07:002007-12-19T06:23:00.000-07:00Oh my gosh, thank you! I haven't blogged about wr...Oh my gosh, thank you! I haven't blogged about writing in a while, so this will be inspirational!Yogamumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02736784200874589271noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-567668315717895367.post-91276820643286832922007-12-19T05:02:00.000-07:002007-12-19T05:02:00.000-07:00Lisa, if anyone deserves this award- has to be you...Lisa, if anyone deserves this award- has to be you.<BR/>So keep on roaring.<BR/>For me, style, structure and the idea behind words is what makes prose powerful.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-567668315717895367.post-53645202485792973692007-12-19T05:01:00.000-07:002007-12-19T05:01:00.000-07:00Lisa,thank you for this! I'm honored to be in such...Lisa,<BR/>thank you for this! I'm honored to be in such stellar company.kristen spinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12099514779097752438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-567668315717895367.post-71898202635518900042007-12-19T04:53:00.000-07:002007-12-19T04:53:00.000-07:00lisa, thank you very much. i so agree with your li...lisa, thank you very much. i so agree with your list--especially on the economy of words and honesty.olufunke grace bankole:https://www.blogger.com/profile/12770537948565532234noreply@blogger.com