Comments on: Can You Hear Me?

By: Sin

Sin — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 02:29:33 +0000

Santa I’m so glad you found your voice early on and knew what to look for in your manuscript! Sometimes I have a hard time taking out the historical sentence structuring. LOL. I read a lot of historicals and you can tell I’ve read a historical when you read some paragraphs. It’s hard to weed that out. When I read it back to myself, I hear myself narrate it. But when you read it, you hear something totally different. It’s just fascinating to me.

By: Sin

Sin — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 02:26:13 +0000

Irish- sometimes the road to find our voice is the hardest one to take. I’m sure you have a voice. You have to develop it for it to get stronger. I never knew I had a voice until a couple of years ago and someone wrote me a review which told me “you have a strong voice” and I wrote back, “No. Actually I sound like a six year old on helium.” LOL

My writing isn’t nearly as sarcastic as I am. I guess maybe that’s something that has to be developed as well.

By: Santa

Santa — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 01:54:37 +0000

Sin - that was amazing!

I do hear an author’s voice when I am reading a book. I think more so now in this era of cyber exchanges and, most certainly, since I’ve met some of my favorites and found their ‘ways’ to be reflected in their work.

As to my own voice and especially in this particular manuscript I found my voice early on. I am writing about things that are in my life on a daily basis so it is very close to who I am. I did have to distill it in the beginning to take away the historical reader in me.

By: Irisheyes

Irisheyes — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 00:45:11 +0000

Awesome, Sin! I was riveted… and I knew it was you! I’m getting to know everyone’s voice here and it’s kinda neat to play the guessing game before you get to the siggy line!

I don’t know if I have a voice or not. I know if I do have one it’s probably on the lighter side. I would look back at my early stuff and think it was kind of Polyanna-ish, but I’m not sure whether that’s cause I was like that then and I’ve grown or not. I can be sarcastic, but more so in person than in my writing. It’s an interesting subject to ponder.

By: terrio

terrio — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 21:58:34 +0000

I’m sure there was some English in there somewhere but you lost me after the toast. I caught back up at the benefits part. That sounds interesting.

But the rest is all gibberish. LOL!

By: Quantum

Quantum — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 21:36:42 +0000

As The Cap’n handed me the bottle may I offer a toast “to joyful voices everywhere….bottoms up”

I can’t stand it!
The ignorance of basic science among some romance writers both amuses and appals.

The universe is full of electromagnetic waves!They are everywhere. They carry the info in your radio, TV and Telephone. The inside of your head is buzzing with them and they may be closely involved with consciousness. Even your heart generates these waves. And don’t forget the microwaves, radio waves, x-rays, gamma-rays and light waves arriving from space to say nothing of artificial light, sun ray lamps, hospital scanners…..the list is endless and, trust the Cap’n to think of food, the microwave oven.

OK rant over. I blame it on the teachers. Leading edge science is all about discovery and is so incredibly exciting that few top notchers want to be bothered with teaching basics. The subject is consequently badly presented unless you happen to have an inspirational teacher.

If I had half an hour of your time, I’m sure that I could demonstrate that science is good for you and perhaps convince you to learn more or at least marry a scientist to teach you more. Better understanding of how the universe ticks might even expand your horizons plot-wise and give you an edge in the cutthroat romance market place.

There might also be other benefits but I prefer not to reveal those.

By: Sin

Sin — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 19:33:21 +0000

I suppose the point I was trying to convey in my blog and didn’t get close to was that voices are something you have to learn to love. It’s like looking in the mirror every day and hating what you see, but someone sees the beauty in your eyes. That bright shining light that is portrayed when you talk about something you love. A writing voice is like that. You have to learn to love and accept yours before anyone else can. And it’s a part of learning how to write the way you were meant to write.

By: Hellion

Hellion — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 19:14:43 +0000

Unless you’re Gilbert Godfrey. His voice…not so beautiful.

But Janga’s writing is lyrical…and gorgeous! (But it makes me think of Marsha Moyer rather than Emily Dickinson…but I can see the draw. “Because I could not stop for Death, he kindly stopped for me…”)

By: Kathy

Kathy — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 18:40:06 +0000

I have an edge? Is it the edge of a cutlass or a peg leg? LOL. Thanks, Sin. You made my day!

Whew! Thanks to Hellion for helping me post to the blog again. Me ship was starting to sink from all me tears.

By: Sin

Sin — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 18:38:18 +0000

Janga, I’m an Emily Dickinson fan myself. I could never get anywhere close to have that lyrical voice. You shouldn’t be self-concious about your voice. You can develop it more, but your voice is your voice. It’s beautiful no matter what.