tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-757509958916289741.post4878367916317306175..comments2023-05-01T07:08:33.419-06:00Comments on Text Crumbs: Lines of Demarcationcarolwriterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01256696323017219424noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-757509958916289741.post-50701345354469793652008-01-31T01:56:00.000-07:002008-01-31T01:56:00.000-07:00I am continually amazed and dismayed when I pick u...I am continually amazed and dismayed when I pick up something that involves magic and yet there are no political or religious underpinnings. <BR/><BR/>I suppose the suspension of disbelief is expected, but that's the difference between merely reading a book and *experiencing* a book.Valtinenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07396812634321790739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-757509958916289741.post-24712552065291455702008-01-22T09:10:00.000-07:002008-01-22T09:10:00.000-07:00stephen said:Too much fantasy completely ignores t...stephen said:<BR/><I>Too much fantasy completely ignores the point, as if everything else exists in a vacuum.</I><BR/><BR/>Exactly so. It isn't enough to define the pieces of the world. You must consider the logical interconnections - or at least enough to make a coherent whole.carolwriterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01256696323017219424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-757509958916289741.post-37126992446839047592008-01-20T23:55:00.000-07:002008-01-20T23:55:00.000-07:00Aha! So I'm not clueless. This will be fun. I am ...Aha! So I'm not clueless. This will be fun. I am working up a new novel (well, still fixing the old one while working up a new one). It will be fun to do this together.<BR/><BR/>DiDi Francishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02794691680957644984noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-757509958916289741.post-3109029524133572792008-01-20T21:22:00.000-07:002008-01-20T21:22:00.000-07:00Hey, Di! (For those who don't know, this is the au...Hey, Di! (For those who don't know, this is the author extraordinaire of <I>The Cipher</I> and the "Path of" series from Roc.)<BR/><BR/>The blog is a new venture - only a few days old - prompted by my need to get a handle on this new project.carolwriterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01256696323017219424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-757509958916289741.post-88751850682073519072008-01-20T21:13:00.000-07:002008-01-20T21:13:00.000-07:00Hiya!I didn't know you were keeping a blog. I am, ...Hiya!<BR/><BR/>I didn't know you were keeping a blog. I am, apparently, clueless.<BR/><BR/>DiDi Francishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02794691680957644984noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-757509958916289741.post-81156486751303874262008-01-20T19:20:00.000-07:002008-01-20T19:20:00.000-07:00It surprises me when religion shows up in what I w...It surprises me when religion shows up in what I write. It shouldn't, because it always does. It's always important even when you think it doesn't matter. Same with politics. I hate writing politics because I feel I'm no good at it, but it's necessary...<BR/><BR/>I love that you ask tough questions in your books. You make me think while enjoying myself.<BR/><BR/>Do your ideas usually show up when you're in the middle of something else? *g*Etoilinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02348484666219343927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-757509958916289741.post-64565345781730461342008-01-20T16:04:00.000-07:002008-01-20T16:04:00.000-07:00Which means I need to come up with some answers fo...<I>Which means I need to come up with some answers for what people in my created cultures believe and how it fits with the magical structure I'm developing.</I><BR/><BR/>Nicely said. Too much fantasy completely ignores the point, as if everything else exists in a vacuum.Stephenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00219023897626648057noreply@blogger.com