tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8133203161912010188.post8696084418515849325..comments2023-09-30T12:20:13.362-04:00Comments on YA Fusion: Excrement My Dad SaidKatie McGarryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03484414661125386052noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8133203161912010188.post-74771221771043570552011-10-19T19:47:38.709-04:002011-10-19T19:47:38.709-04:00Lisa--I couldn't agree more. Much as I enjoy ...Lisa--I couldn't agree more. Much as I enjoy Douglas Adams' early work, the actual writing doesn't hold a candle to his later books. Tina (who also took the blog picture) made the same observation about the Outlander series.Kurt Hampehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09657898257154324404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8133203161912010188.post-86068410436434213982011-10-19T18:40:08.092-04:002011-10-19T18:40:08.092-04:00Kurt, what a great post! And what great gems from ...Kurt, what a great post! And what great gems from your Dad. You're so right about our need to experiment and challenge ourselves. It reminds me of books I've liked enough to find and backlists. More times than not, I'm impressed with how much the writer has learned since that first book.Lisa Tapphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02787266653773740495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8133203161912010188.post-48759719084373200632011-10-14T09:09:38.670-04:002011-10-14T09:09:38.670-04:00Tracy Barrett, who commented this week, has her ow...Tracy Barrett, who commented this week, has her own blog "Goodbye Day Job!" at <br />http://goodbyedayjob.blogspot.com/<br /><br />Her guest poster this week, Helen Hemphill, talked about finding your writing process. It reminded me of another of my Dad's phrases. He would say, "I would like to HAVE DONE, as opposed to, I would like TO DO." Usually that was in association with learning some new skill. And wouldn't we all like to have found our writing process, rather than flop around trying to find it.Kurt Hampehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09657898257154324404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8133203161912010188.post-6869116008203379222011-10-12T10:37:36.574-04:002011-10-12T10:37:36.574-04:00Joyce--Would it be so bad to turn into my dad? On...Joyce--Would it be so bad to turn into my dad? One word for you. Hairline.Kurt Hampehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09657898257154324404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8133203161912010188.post-66750593219953914822011-10-11T08:00:18.032-04:002011-10-11T08:00:18.032-04:00I've often heard the one year twenty times in ...I've often heard the one year twenty times in relation to teachers. I certainly am teaching very differently than I did my first year, or even five years ago. I can say the same for my writing, but not to that degree. Your dad sounds like a wise man. Would it be so bad to turn into him? As for the photo, definitely a science museum.<br /><br />Joyce<br />http://joycelansky.blogspot.comCatch My Wordshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06338761214938263819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8133203161912010188.post-86474816088657634332011-10-10T21:10:45.851-04:002011-10-10T21:10:45.851-04:00Colette--Hard to think of Dad as rocking. He had ...Colette--Hard to think of Dad as rocking. He had this sort of calm, anti-rocking demeaner that people would project all their best idea onto. He kept his mouth shut, and people gave him credit for being wise. Perhaps he was.<br /><br />Kristin--Mulligatawny translates as pepper water. You're a braver soul than I, or at least have a more heat resistant mouth. <br /><br />Natalie--Much as I like writing, vacuuming the baseboards is prefereable to some tasks. Maybe it's thinking time.Kurt Hampehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09657898257154324404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8133203161912010188.post-36851412257967217832011-10-10T19:46:59.417-04:002011-10-10T19:46:59.417-04:00I met Linda Sue Park at my first SCBWI conference....I met Linda Sue Park at my first SCBWI conference. She was very inspiring except for her advice not to clean your house. I had to stop following that piece of advice.<br /><br />I just read my first novel in verse and found I like it.Natalie Aguirrehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03756087804171246660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8133203161912010188.post-83223327948683648822011-10-10T12:34:05.325-04:002011-10-10T12:34:05.325-04:00Ah Kurt, I enjoy following your fun digressions wh...Ah Kurt, I enjoy following your fun digressions which always lead to an important theme for us to muse over. I was thinking of something else about that 20 years thing... I have been working on the same two novels for what feels like 20 years, revising again and again. It's time to start a new one.<br /><br />And on a different note, I just tried Mulligatawny soup for the first time!Kristin Lenzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04257484196449105801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8133203161912010188.post-58479333799845526832011-10-10T12:04:00.810-04:002011-10-10T12:04:00.810-04:00Fantastical post, Kurt! Your dad rocks and so do y...Fantastical post, Kurt! Your dad rocks and so do you! I'm so glad you gave writing YA a try--you have an awesome YA voice--just like your trusty crit. group knew you would!!<br /><br />My YA novel started as an experiment. While i'd been working at PB for awhile, I finally decided to start the YA that had been in my head for several years. I took a chance and submitted 30 pgs. to a critiqued contest and finaled on my very first try. That gave me the courage to give myself permission to write the rest of it and eventually led to me getting an agent. <br /><br />Hopefully, both our experiments will lead us to publication: )Colette Ballardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11883069918152729422noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8133203161912010188.post-79570461320819612252011-10-10T11:50:23.818-04:002011-10-10T11:50:23.818-04:00Vicky-thanks for the complement, and yes, you need...Vicky-thanks for the complement, and yes, you need to come to the conference and hang out with the crowd. <br /><br />Court-only in Epcot would Disney admit to excrement. But as you said, that's not in Nashville. Thanks for commenting, keep coming back.<br /><br />Tracy-you get the gold star. Tina got some great pictures of me playing on the Low Gravity Simulator, too. And like you, I look forward to reading my YA. Which means I have to finish the frickin thing.<br /><br />Alison-I can wrap my head around the idea of changing my writing style, but I can't imagine what it's like to change your native drawing style. <br /><br />Elana-who knows, maybe you'll find a style that's even more "You." Writing my YA allowed me to add adult elements that are part of me but didn't fit in my middle-grade stories.Kurt Hampehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09657898257154324404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8133203161912010188.post-2692826460758507332011-10-10T11:22:07.635-04:002011-10-10T11:22:07.635-04:00I need to experiment more. At the conference I wen...I need to experiment more. At the conference I went to on Thursday, this became very apparent to me. It's hard, though, I want to write what I've always written. I'm comfortable there, and it feels fun. <br /><br />But yeah. Gotta think outside the box.Elana Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05877856005992028912noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8133203161912010188.post-12591994125668094552011-10-10T11:13:16.722-04:002011-10-10T11:13:16.722-04:00I guess I fall more into the "you sometimes C...I guess I fall more into the "you sometimes CAN learn an old woozle new tricks" catagory, but I prefer the "You DO love to do it...... so DO IT already!" spot right now.(grin) I've finally come to the realization that if publishers aren't gonna publish the way I've loved to illustrate from my "first year".....I've gotta develop a new style I luv to do for the next twenty or in other words....find a new style to love AND "love the one you're with". OK.... that's all the bad puns and references I've got for a Monday morning! Great post Kurt, and great giggles for a Monday!Alison Lynehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09608490230942995768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8133203161912010188.post-2511195844888459262011-10-10T11:08:54.743-04:002011-10-10T11:08:54.743-04:00Adventure Science Center in Nashville?
Great post...Adventure Science Center in Nashville?<br /><br />Great post, Kurt! Throwing challenges at yourself is the way to keep your writing fresh. "Easy reading is damn hard writing," as Nathaniel Hawthorne said. Can't wait to read your YA!Tracy Barretthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17668453323039794253noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8133203161912010188.post-48526661016766762932011-10-10T10:14:27.469-04:002011-10-10T10:14:27.469-04:00Okay that's not in Nashville, but it has that ...Okay that's not in Nashville, but it has that look to it.Courthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07560849638238349115noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8133203161912010188.post-55049739579132415802011-10-10T10:10:53.447-04:002011-10-10T10:10:53.447-04:00I'm thinking the picture is from Disney at Epc...I'm thinking the picture is from Disney at Epcot. <br /><br />Great post!Courthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07560849638238349115noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8133203161912010188.post-53108113719939364812011-10-10T09:21:36.650-04:002011-10-10T09:21:36.650-04:00Ha! Love this post. One of these days, I'm goi...Ha! Love this post. One of these days, I'm going to make it to a midsouth conference!Vicky Alvear Shecterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17570828339389206203noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8133203161912010188.post-72716193370664983082011-10-09T18:15:55.796-04:002011-10-09T18:15:55.796-04:00Katie, creating an opposite-gender character is a ...Katie, creating an opposite-gender character is a double challenge. First you have to write it, and then your opposite-gender audience has to identify with it. I guess that's why female superheroes look like they do--guys are writing for guys.<br /><br />Bethany, thanks for the kind words. Keep writing that sequel--like Katie said, I have to know how it ends.Kurt Hampehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09657898257154324404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8133203161912010188.post-46077847621313190132011-10-09T14:59:48.407-04:002011-10-09T14:59:48.407-04:00Well, I've never written a sequel before. But ...Well, I've never written a sequel before. But I'm trying. And I also love your YA, so you'd better finish it...soon. :Dbethany griffinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14837470719905329431noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8133203161912010188.post-11657094298483948412011-10-09T14:56:09.197-04:002011-10-09T14:56:09.197-04:00Oh, Kurt. What a fabulous blog post! I laughed at ...Oh, Kurt. What a fabulous blog post! I laughed at your father's comments. And I believe what you are saying is true: as a writer we need to experiment. <br /><br />Noah and Echo,characters from PUSHING THE LIMITS, were an experiment. I had no idea if I could write from a boys POV. I'm glad I took the chance because the risk is leading to publication.<br /><br />As a person who has read your YA pages: Yes, it is fantastic. And you will continue with this experiment because I have to know how it ends.Katie McGarryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03484414661125386052noreply@blogger.com