tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6428924548127436782.post3301188134426185189..comments2024-02-17T10:37:34.839-08:00Comments on Ramblings of a Romance Writing Mama...: Theory on Thursday with Jenny SchwartzRachael Johnshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12162767571439344710noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6428924548127436782.post-6320959721875406822012-03-25T03:11:53.855-07:002012-03-25T03:11:53.855-07:00Rachael, I've had a lovely time visiting your ...Rachael, I've had a lovely time visiting your blog (you have the nicest people drop by) - thank you! :)Jenny Schwartzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00320451924849353120noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6428924548127436782.post-72973230414415982932012-03-25T03:11:12.863-07:002012-03-25T03:11:12.863-07:00Amanda - usually I'm so cautious about recomme...Amanda - usually I'm so cautious about recommending anything (I mean, who knows where people are at in their lives?) but Angela's self-editing online workshop is brilliant. If you get a chance to participate, go for it!<br /><br />Robyn, I couldn't agree more. It's almost like writing and writing and writing bores your internal editor/picky voice to death and then, there's space to grow your style.Jenny Schwartzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00320451924849353120noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6428924548127436782.post-67382844965637219322012-03-22T23:20:44.754-07:002012-03-22T23:20:44.754-07:00Writing often was what coaxed my style out of hidi...Writing often was what coaxed my style out of hiding. When you relax and stop trying to tick every imaginable craft box then you inevitably write what comes naturally.Robyn Thomashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09388878357754863966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6428924548127436782.post-46761693041286262772012-03-22T16:23:14.925-07:002012-03-22T16:23:14.925-07:00Great post Jenny and thanks for hosting Rach! The ...Great post Jenny and thanks for hosting Rach! The link to Angela is fab... didn't know about that one!Amanda Knighthttp://www.amandaknight.com.aunoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6428924548127436782.post-5476959529612090742012-03-22T16:10:26.795-07:002012-03-22T16:10:26.795-07:00You'll rock it, Rachael. Writing short is fun ...You'll rock it, Rachael. Writing short is fun :)Jenny Schwartzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00320451924849353120noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6428924548127436782.post-82649541336319784672012-03-22T01:48:28.418-07:002012-03-22T01:48:28.418-07:00Fabulous post - great points all of them!! I parti...Fabulous post - great points all of them!! I particularly like the writing out of your comfort zone. I'm hopeless at writing short, so am determined to try a short story or novella this year :)Rachael Johnshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12162767571439344710noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6428924548127436782.post-7645256696479157312012-03-22T00:39:28.126-07:002012-03-22T00:39:28.126-07:00LOL Coleen ... maybe I'm a writer because I ca...LOL Coleen ... maybe I'm a writer because I can't count? :)<br /><br />and for me it's any excuse to read ... makes me a terror in supermarkets, standing and reading labels ... the things you find in them! Hmm, and I think by that comment, I'm HUNGRY ;)Jenny Schwartzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00320451924849353120noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6428924548127436782.post-2585087534148475772012-03-21T21:37:14.850-07:002012-03-21T21:37:14.850-07:00Fully agree with #6. Reading is the best way to im...Fully agree with #6. Reading is the best way to improve writing, and of course it's so enjoyable.<br /><br />Thanks for the 8(!) secrets.<br />Coleentesthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04738594136372903385noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6428924548127436782.post-12017634098408064502012-03-21T17:37:05.894-07:002012-03-21T17:37:05.894-07:00I think it was reading Jim MacDonald's advice ...I think it was reading Jim MacDonald's advice to writers that convinced me ... "butt in chair and write!" ... any craft improves via practice.<br /><br />As for Aussie steampunk ... I love the cover Carina gave me, with the wonderful kangaroo. Fun! and writing Aussie steampunk lets me use my dusty history degree :)Jenny Schwartzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00320451924849353120noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6428924548127436782.post-49390857370121290182012-03-21T17:13:43.037-07:002012-03-21T17:13:43.037-07:00Jenny, I so agree with #5, the part about write of...Jenny, I so agree with #5, the part about write often. I think we learn more about writing through actually doing it than by all the craft books in the world. Your book looks intriguing! I love the idea of Aussie steampunk, too.Joan Kilbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06890072504165508460noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6428924548127436782.post-4598505704682974752012-03-21T17:12:36.456-07:002012-03-21T17:12:36.456-07:00Imelda ... I'd never thought of it like real e...Imelda ... I'd never thought of it like real estate ... but you're a hundred percent right! and I wonder sometimes if we do forget the audience sometimes in our pursuit of some other aims ... kinda like falling in love with a kitchen in a house and forgetting the house is next to a noisy highway. I loved your comment :)Jenny Schwartzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00320451924849353120noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6428924548127436782.post-55762605199213586982012-03-21T16:58:33.497-07:002012-03-21T16:58:33.497-07:00Oh and should have said, I have this waiting to be...Oh and should have said, I have this waiting to be read on the iDevice! Looking forward to it. Love the title and the cover but what got me was 'Australian steampunk'. Brilliant!Imelda Evanshttp://imeldaevans.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6428924548127436782.post-29379657792955017642012-03-21T16:56:13.574-07:002012-03-21T16:56:13.574-07:00Thoroughly agree with 2&3, Jenny. If the thre...Thoroughly agree with 2&3, Jenny. If the three rules of real estate are position, position and position, the three rules of writing are audience, audience and audience. It's true of fiction as well as copywriting.<br /><br />Also agree with the confidence bit. Own your own style. It's the unique thing you bring to a story and it is valuable. Only you can tell your story and that's what makes it special. Believe.<br /><br />Thanks for the post, Jenny and Rachael!Imelda Evanshttp://imeldaevans.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.com