tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2932500187353859270.post3504010291334912260..comments2024-02-13T15:37:51.463-05:00Comments on Ellis Vidler's Unpredictable Muse: When Mayzie Flies the CoopEllis Vidlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11918353154644739285noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2932500187353859270.post-4764022192020481952012-02-10T12:36:24.607-05:002012-02-10T12:36:24.607-05:00Thank you for another excellent article. The place...<b>Thank you for another excellent article. The place else could anybody get that type of information in such a perfect approach of writing? I've a presentation subsequent week, and I am at the search for such information.</b><br><a href="https://sites.google.com/a/cheaper.goodcheaplow.objs.biz/best-buy-electronics-fan-shop-sportinggoods-on-sale/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2932500187353859270.post-72894282777259223122012-01-30T22:16:18.695-05:002012-01-30T22:16:18.695-05:00Cheryl, taking notes is great as long as you don&#...Cheryl, taking notes is great as long as you don't get caught! :-)<br /><br />Nancy, do you take physical notes, too, or just remember the dialogue in your head?Lois Winstonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01866423986250423199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2932500187353859270.post-77023597664739277412012-01-27T09:48:09.727-05:002012-01-27T09:48:09.727-05:00Hi Lois,
Your books sound like a lot of fun. As f...Hi Lois,<br /><br />Your books sound like a lot of fun. As for the eavesdropping, that's where I get a lot of my dialogue, LOL!Nancy Lauzonhttp://chickdickmysteries.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2932500187353859270.post-90080797431146583112012-01-27T07:26:33.599-05:002012-01-27T07:26:33.599-05:00Death By Killer Mop Doll sounds like my kind of bo...Death By Killer Mop Doll sounds like my kind of book! <br /><br />Totally agree about the eavesdropping. Over the years I've done my fair share of it, sitting in shopping malls for hours on end listening in to conversations. <br /><br />Oh, and forget the mental notes, I also take physical notes! Too much good fodder to leave it to my foggy memory. LOLCheryl Wrighthttp://www.cheryl-wright.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2932500187353859270.post-47446702971481660192012-01-25T08:20:19.104-05:002012-01-25T08:20:19.104-05:00Glad you liked it, Tonya!Glad you liked it, Tonya!Lois Winstonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01866423986250423199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2932500187353859270.post-39397040262294089902012-01-24T22:13:25.314-05:002012-01-24T22:13:25.314-05:00LOVE this post! I'm always looking for ways to...LOVE this post! I'm always looking for ways to kick that muse in the you-know what!! Thanks, Lois!Tonya Kappeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14252788425268305047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2932500187353859270.post-17379817527725829162012-01-24T20:23:07.847-05:002012-01-24T20:23:07.847-05:00Vonnie, it's your muse. You can name it whatev...Vonnie, it's your muse. You can name it whatever you want. ;-DLois Winstonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01866423986250423199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2932500187353859270.post-1260219988273109522012-01-24T20:06:09.619-05:002012-01-24T20:06:09.619-05:00Lois, I have never thought of naming my muse. Perh...Lois, I have never thought of naming my muse. Perhaps that could help me! Let me see...something unfriendly, complex...and I know the muses were all women, but I kind of like the idea of a male muse. Thinking on it.Vonnie Hugheshttp://www.vonniehughes.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2932500187353859270.post-15621658873793431342012-01-24T18:40:50.861-05:002012-01-24T18:40:50.861-05:00One of my grandmothers was an Academy Award level ...One of my grandmothers was an Academy Award level eavesdropper and that was even after she didn't have a party line. (I still regret blowing the whistle on her when she had my aunt set up. She was right. She needed to know.) <br /><br />Someday I am going to fictionalize both of my grandmothers as a detective agency. <br /><br />I loved this post. <br /><br />--BrendaW.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2932500187353859270.post-41916588991810550772012-01-24T17:06:43.682-05:002012-01-24T17:06:43.682-05:00Thanks for inviting me, Ellis!Thanks for inviting me, Ellis!Lois Winstonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01866423986250423199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2932500187353859270.post-23258381703878213172012-01-24T16:36:00.231-05:002012-01-24T16:36:00.231-05:00Lois, good ideas. I guess you could hang out in th...Lois, good ideas. I guess you could hang out in the sort of place your characters might go for your "research" or eavesdropping. Hmmm, could I justify a visit to a nice restaurant on that basis?<br />I'm enjoying the post and the comments. Thanks!Ellis Vidlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11918353154644739285noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2932500187353859270.post-62206662210302997812012-01-24T14:08:44.060-05:002012-01-24T14:08:44.060-05:00Jeff, whatever you call it, if it works for you, t...Jeff, whatever you call it, if it works for you, that's what's important.<br /><br />Robin, hope you enjoy the book!<br /><br />Carl, that's quite true. There are many reasons why an author can have writer's block, and what you suggest is certainly one of them.Lois Winstonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01866423986250423199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2932500187353859270.post-55258233705997754162012-01-24T13:20:53.110-05:002012-01-24T13:20:53.110-05:00Good advise. Here's another POV. Consider that...Good advise. Here's another POV. Consider that you are "blocked" because you are trying to get a character to do something totally out of character. In several workshops where I have suggested that, removing a character altogether often works to cleal the muses channel.carl brookinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16400731716746662544noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2932500187353859270.post-62191396565416356102012-01-24T11:57:52.354-05:002012-01-24T11:57:52.354-05:00Great post, Lois! This gives me the idea to eavesd...Great post, Lois! This gives me the idea to eavesdrop on my characters. Put two or three at a dinner table and give them a topic, a la Coffee Talk with Linda Richman, and let them "discuss."<br /><br />p.s. I already have a copy of Mop Doll and started it. Fun!Robin Allenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16373722202559066388noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2932500187353859270.post-12954105474096313252012-01-24T10:44:59.869-05:002012-01-24T10:44:59.869-05:00LOL, Lois. I do the same thing -- though at diff....LOL, Lois. I do the same thing -- though at diff. PLACES -- but I don't call it 'eavesdropping'. To me, it's people watching and people listening.<br />Often, it's ONE-SHOT --- someone I'll prob. never see again in a thousand years. But frequently enough, there are people I see again and again ... and I take note of their tics. It's fascinating. <br />And, as you jeff7salterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00530506418169450704noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2932500187353859270.post-4072721758307952972012-01-24T10:13:19.639-05:002012-01-24T10:13:19.639-05:00Thank you, Donnell, bj, Nathan, Jane, and Jacqueli...Thank you, Donnell, bj, Nathan, Jane, and Jacqueline for stopping by and commenting. <br /><br />Donnell, we do what we have to do when on deadline! ;-D<br /><br />Nathan, I hope you're writing all those stories you tell your daughter down.<br /><br />Jane, I like your idea.<br /><br />Jacqueline, doesn't matter much what you call it as long as it works for you!Lois Winstonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01866423986250423199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2932500187353859270.post-21219665079449855882012-01-24T10:08:20.118-05:002012-01-24T10:08:20.118-05:00Hi, Lois and Ellis,
An enjoyable post! I prefer t...Hi, Lois and Ellis,<br /><br />An enjoyable post! I prefer to call eavesdropping "observing."<br />It's a good euphemism for what writer constantly do. We look and we listen. A good way to get inspiration.Jacqueline Seewaldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09177500620940251009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2932500187353859270.post-35024499305227036252012-01-24T09:39:07.893-05:002012-01-24T09:39:07.893-05:00I just hate to wait too (who doesn't?). With ...I just hate to wait too (who doesn't?). With my older ears eavesdropping isn't always easy in a noisy environment. So sometimes, when I'm in a crowd, I try to imagine the backgrounds of the people around me. That exercise certainly hones in on my powers of observation and it does make the time go faster. Thanks for the great post!Jane Rnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2932500187353859270.post-49057055277639840982012-01-24T08:36:52.518-05:002012-01-24T08:36:52.518-05:00Nice post. My muse is my daughter, Kendy, who ins...Nice post. My muse is my daughter, Kendy, who insists that I tell her a new story every day on the way to work.<br /><br />I already own <i>mop</i> so no contest for me!Nathan Rudyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01956198816518223996noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2932500187353859270.post-1769877514649142662012-01-24T08:36:32.244-05:002012-01-24T08:36:32.244-05:00Lois, your books sound like must-reads for me. Th...Lois, your books sound like must-reads for me. This concept of eavesdropping was an assignment in a novel writing class and I have to confess being a little uncomfortable at first but getting into it when I found humor in the conversation.bjhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08489009541316310697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2932500187353859270.post-5620642898075091142012-01-23T22:31:22.251-05:002012-01-23T22:31:22.251-05:00Hi, Ellis, Hi, Lois, great post as usual. This ha...Hi, Ellis, Hi, Lois, great post as usual. This had me smiling. As one who hates to wait, and can't wait to get back to my keyboard, I can attest that the hairdress IS the best place to eavesdrop -- according to my hairdresser, they should replace the Better Business Bureau, because they simply hear everything, good or bad, on every business out there. Trust me, we talk about incompetent Donnell Ann Bellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07943037206984648849noreply@blogger.com