tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5439941893980599296.post8045833630817347917..comments2023-09-24T07:49:19.084-04:00Comments on Games By Design Has Moved!: A new windChristopher M. Parkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16719365007524426389noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5439941893980599296.post-63207175639123846842007-04-11T12:28:00.000-04:002007-04-11T12:28:00.000-04:00Annalisa,I did indeed find Anne Mini though Miss S...Annalisa,<BR/>I did indeed find Anne Mini though Miss Snark. The link from Miss Snark didn’t exactly have the most positive of connotations with it, so generally I haven’t been mentioning that. Anne Mini seems a bit outspoken (in a way that I think is great), and I have no doubt that this is why she is having some problems with PWGA (or whatever the acronym actually is). To me, they seemed really unreasonable, but at least that seems to have mostly blown over for her by now.<BR/><BR/>Anyway, there definitely isn’t anything quite like getting into the flow. Very rewarding, and part of why I love writing. A lot of my recent frustration has been a continual inability to get into the flow. Glad to hear that your strep has passed, you’re feeling rested and better, and back into the swing of things! Sometimes breaks are longer than we want, but necessary. Glad things are going well for you!<BR/><BR/>ChrisChristopher M. Parkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16719365007524426389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5439941893980599296.post-52164412732829538572007-04-11T12:14:00.000-04:002007-04-11T12:14:00.000-04:00Ahhh, there's nothing like getting into a flow, is...Ahhh, there's nothing like getting into a flow, is there? To create my best work it's pretty much necessary for me to tap into the flow. My mom is like that too. It's almost like going into a trance sometimes and then you look up after a while and realize you've written all this great stuff! What fun!<BR/><BR/>Did you find Anne Mini's blog thanks to Miss Snark? That's how I found it and I'm soaking up her wisdom as well. Thanks for pointing toward her manuscript series of posts. I might not have found them for a while otherwise.<BR/><BR/>I'm excited to hear about your progress with ALDEN RIDGE. You continue to be an inspiration!<BR/><BR/>(Got over my strep throat, went on vacation, and now I'm finally back in the swing of things! Took me long enough.)Annalisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16063622062103016823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5439941893980599296.post-86534814439557649952007-04-11T09:23:00.000-04:002007-04-11T09:23:00.000-04:00Karen:Thanks for the encouragement, as always! I d...Karen:<BR/>Thanks for the encouragement, as always! I definitely feel the same way, that becoming a better writer is the main thing.<BR/><BR/>Rob:<BR/>I'm with you; OSC is my favorite author ever. I never did get into Alvin Maker too much, but ENDER'S GAME has been my favorite book since I was a kid. I'll definitely have to try out SONGMASTER; I've heard of it before, but never have read it. I also still need to read ENCHANTMENT by him. <BR/><BR/>My point wasn't that XENOCIDE was a bad book, just that it could never have been someone's debut. In his own foreward, OSC calls it his "most talky book," and he also notes that he tried to write it as a story called Philotes much earlier in his career, but that his editor vetoed that. I think that XENOCIDE is exactly what it needed to be, and is a truly great book, but even OSC realized that it was the sort of book that could only occur after his career had thoroughly taken off.Christopher M. Parkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16719365007524426389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5439941893980599296.post-74691553814576339142007-04-11T08:30:00.000-04:002007-04-11T08:30:00.000-04:00You probably don't mean for this to be a forum on ...You probably don't mean for this to be a forum on the merits of Orson Scott Card, but I love the guy's books. Just awesome. The Ender series and teh Alvin Maker series I especailly enjoy, and the Shadow series is all right. I believe Ender's Game is one of the best science fiction books ever, but I enjoy the rest of the books that follow it just as much. If you haven't read it, check out a book by him called "Songmaster."Rob Brookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17801731504529816056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5439941893980599296.post-42507970633401248802007-04-11T04:39:00.000-04:002007-04-11T04:39:00.000-04:00Hey Chris, what a great post. Thanks for sharing y...Hey Chris, what a great post. Thanks for sharing your progress. It sounds like you're definitely heading in the right direction and that, no matter what happens after you've finished this MS, you're becoming a better writer every step of the way. And that's the most important thing (though publication would be nice, too!).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com