Comments on: Blog Chain: Who Do You Write For?

By: margie

margie — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 11:29:30 +0000

Thanks for the welcome! Really looking forward to the next chain.
And, yes, I’m all for less stress and anxiety. Not that hard for me to get stressed and anxious so the less things that exacerbate it the better.

By: Kat

Kat — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 17:55:19 +0000

Welcome to the Blog Chain! I think you’re right about following a trend being a detriment. It causes waaay too much stress. Great post!

By: Cole Gibsen

Cole Gibsen — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 02:24:12 +0000

Awesome first post on the chain! So glad you joined

By: Amanda Bonilla

Amanda Bonilla — Sun, 18 Apr 2010 20:03:23 +0000

Great post! If you stick to what you love to write, you can’t lose. Your heart has to be in it 100%! Welcome to the blog chain!

By: Michelle McLean

Michelle McLean — Sat, 17 Apr 2010 22:17:52 +0000

Great first post, Margie! I agree, we should write what we love. I also think if there are issues, from a marketing stand point, that those are things that can be worked with in the publisher editing stage. If the story is good, the rest can be tweaked Welcome to the chain!

By: Sandra Almazan

Sandra Almazan — Sat, 17 Apr 2010 18:56:35 +0000

Welcome to the blog chain! It’s funny how some stories and characters speak to you more than others, isn’t it? I have a character who’s such a “drama king” it makes it hard for me to work on any other stories but his.

By: bjanderson

bjanderson — Sat, 17 Apr 2010 15:03:07 +0000

Awesome post! And I always freak out about another book like mine coming out before I get mine finished. What I really hate is reading a book that’s already out and has similarities to my own. Eek!

By: Shannon Morgan

Shannon Morgan — Sat, 17 Apr 2010 00:57:57 +0000

The fear of a similar book coming out before mine freaks me out. Hurrah for motivation.

Heh-heh.

I like your last line, too. I try to write stories I’d want to read. Once I’m started, I’m usually to interested in my characters’ fates to give up on them.

By: Robin of My Two Blessings

Robin of My Two Blessings — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 02:22:35 +0000

Congratulations on joining the blog chain. I like your motto “write what you love and the rest will follow”

By: Kate Karyus Quinn

Kate Karyus Quinn — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 19:39:23 +0000

Welcome to the blog chain! It’s interesting how some ideas will speak to us as writers while others… just don’t do it at all.

By: Michelle Hickman

Michelle Hickman — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 17:48:29 +0000

Great post! Welcome to the blog chain!

Run out of ideas? Hush! Never speak of such a terrible thing:) I do see your point. Basically a person needs to write and not worry about the trend. Worry for the book and always listen to the characters.

By: Shaun

Shaun — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 15:51:58 +0000

Awesome post. Sometimes I wish I WOULD run out of ideas so that I can focus on the ones I’ve already got. But I know what you mean about writing out of your element. I have some great plot-driven ideas but my strength lies in my characters, so those are the books I tend to write best.

Welcome to the chain! We’re glad you’re here

By: Adventures in Children's Publishing

Adventures in Children's Publishing — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 12:19:17 +0000

Very interesting question, and I like your answer. I believe what so many others have said. If you write something well enough, and you are persistent enough, trends don’t matter. Good luck with both your novels!