Comments for Amy Letinsky

Comment on Swiss Fondue by JK Fowler

JK Fowler — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 23:26:08 +0000

Hi there. Thought you might like this: http://jkfowler.com/2009/11/05/fondue/ . Cheers, JK

Comment on NaNoWriMo Day 2 by Larry Who

Larry Who — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 04:46:16 +0000

You’re doing great. Keep it up.

AL: Thanks!

Comment on Friday Funny: The Saga of Ceiling Cat by Brittney

Brittney — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 04:35:58 +0000

An Ceiling Cat say: U no can haz cheezburger Euan, cuz u r ov man, who did betraided me an stuff. U gotz problemz wit dis, u taeks it up wif ur ansestoorz lol.

I r sorry. V.V I no can haz cheezburger either.

Comment on How Arguing is my Plague and my Joy by thecatsman

thecatsman — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 17:58:23 +0000

What an utterly delightful look into someone’s personality.Yes debate and devil’s advocate two things I tend to enjoy myself.Unfortunayly most of the people in my little section of the universe just don’t understand the fun to be had this way….Good for you……I’m still trying to get one person I know to understand that a good healthy debate is not realy an argument….Do you have a stubborn streak to go along with every thing else????? I realy enjoyed reading this..

Comment on Nanowrimo Nutcase by Larry Who

Larry Who — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 00:59:59 +0000

Just do it!

Comment on NaNoWriMo Day 2 by jill

jill — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 16:41:45 +0000

LOL. The movie “Stranger than Fiction” becomes really interesting after doing Nano. When the writer meets her character come to life and exclaims that even his his shoes are as she imagined they would be floored me.
Who knew characters come with mannerisms, clothing preferences, sunglasses, and cars? Even details that you think you are just adding for filler actually play into the plot later…I had no idea that my character’s lambs wool sweater in the first scene shadowed so much.

I hope you enjoy the ride. Darn..wish I wasn’t over scheduled this month. My daughter is doing nano again too.

AL: I’d love to list Laura on my NaNoWriMo friend list, which is pretty shabby at this point. Looking to have others to spurn me on! If she’s willing to share, I’d love to have her profile name!

Comment on Nanowrimo Nutcase by jill

jill — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 18:53:44 +0000

Re:

Tweet on naming character: one of my characters changed names mid story. Be prepared to find out your characters are destined to surprise you over and over again, just like real people.

AL: “Search: character name” “replace: new character name” “apply to all.” hehe. Been there, done that. =)

Comment on Nanowrimo Nutcase by jill

jill — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 17:45:04 +0000

I saw you Nano site. Your keyboard ain’t blazin’ and smokin’ yet. Hit it girl! You can do this!!!

AL: Oh dear, you’re not going to let me stop on this, are you? Thanks!

Comment on Nanowrimo Nutcase by jill

jill — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 17:40:07 +0000

Hi Amy…It’s about time you did Nano!

I’ve done it twice. I hit my mark the first year,(got the tee shirt too!) and almost made it the second year (the second half of the story) and know what the third part will be…someday.

The experience taught me so much about story construction and plot device. The “coaches” were amazing, and it was so helpful to learn that even best selling authors have the same sticking points, the same “this is garbage” moment, and the same serendipity moments too. And that best selling novels started as a Nano project.

Writing with NO editing allowed is so freeing. Just let the story fly as it will. I’m a believer in the fact that the ONLY thing that can’t be edited is a blank page. Fill up the page fercryingoutloud…it is the ideas that count, editing can be done by someone else later.

I egged Sara into Nano…and she wrote as I wrote part II, and we swapped manuscripts later. Her story is awesome! And she kindly edited my work for me.

(I wrote about a Hannakah/Christmas event that went through Yale in modern times,and to the Hannakiah that burned while George Washington planned his Delaware Crossing. Mine was one of only about 200 novel written world wide in the religious genre that first year.
Maybe one day you would be willing to look it over and give me some critique???)

AL: I love how all these people are coming out of the woodwork to let me know they’ve done this before! It’s great to have some resources like you guys and gals! Your novel sounds very interesting…far more complex than mine is ever going to be. Maybe sometime after I settle down after this mess I can read it. =)

Comment on Nanowrimo Nutcase by Amanda

Amanda — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 15:11:59 +0000

Hurray!! I will be cheering for you and praying for you. I think this will be a great experience for you and am looking forward to hearing about your progress along the way. The starting always seems to be the fun part. It is that boggy middle that is the hardest. Happy writing!!

AL: Thanks so much Amanda! That means a lot!