tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7986595816238301046.post4416479684437233984..comments2024-03-28T05:28:28.567-04:00Comments on Editorial Anonymous: Why I Hate Inanimate Objects Almost as Much as Your Dog and Your GrandchildEditorial Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06294247222893767117noreply@blogger.comBlogger80125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7986595816238301046.post-89922425782940825452022-06-16T10:46:59.457-04:002022-06-16T10:46:59.457-04:00YSL Bags , Prada Sale , Golden Goose Outlet , Bale...<a href="https://www.ysloutletslo.com/" rel="nofollow"><b>YSL Bags</b></a> , <a href="https://www.pradaoutletpo.com/" rel="nofollow"><b>Prada Sale</b></a> , <a href="https://www.goldens-gooses.com/" rel="nofollow"><b>Golden Goose Outlet</b></a> , <a href="https://www.balenciagaoutletbo.com/" rel="nofollow"><b>Balenciaga Outlet</b></a> , <a href="https://www.airjordans1s.com/" rel="nofollow"><b>AJ 1</b></a> , <a href="https://www.burberryoutletbo.com/" rel="nofollow"><b>Burberry Handbags</b></a> , <a href="https://www.dioroutletdo.com/" rel="nofollow"><b>Dior Sale</b></a> Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7986595816238301046.post-5051941856455280462021-09-10T03:13:40.985-04:002021-09-10T03:13:40.985-04:00Would you be interested in exchanging links?
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If you could do somethi...Can I ask you a question?<br /><br />If you could do something else, start over, and do something else with your life, what would it be?<br /><br />If I were a friend of yours, and I didn't know that you had a blog, and you told me you did, and then I read it, I would feel concerned, because it's obvious that you're furious and deeply frustrated with all the idiot novice-writers with whom your job forces you to come into contact. And that frustration has turned into scornful bitterness. Do you see that?<br /><br />Why not do something else?<br /><br />You're smart, at least in the sense that you know how to construct a sentence. (I teach in a literature dept at Harvard and I know a decent sentence when I see one. So do you). But you're not smart enough to know when you're unhappy. And girl, your job is making you pretty unhappy. Why not do something else?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7986595816238301046.post-3551930629216013172009-09-25T10:10:49.206-04:002009-09-25T10:10:49.206-04:00Thanks for the laugh! I needed it after reading E...Thanks for the laugh! I needed it after reading Edward Tulane. Which is about a mute quadriplegic bunny in a world full of randomly cruel people.<br /><br />Weepy grownups, nostalgic for the days before child labor laws and the ADA might like it, but kids? What's to like about a protagonist who is completely frozen while bullies strip him naked and throw him off an ocean liner?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7986595816238301046.post-36765539115050548742009-09-21T13:37:31.764-04:002009-09-21T13:37:31.764-04:00preach it sister! I wish I could send this link to...preach it sister! I wish I could send this link to a few aspiring authors I know...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7986595816238301046.post-19610104183875681232009-09-11T11:17:14.134-04:002009-09-11T11:17:14.134-04:00This is a fabulous post...I actually snorted while...This is a fabulous post...I actually snorted while reading!<br /><br />As an aside...getting onto EA because of her use of the word "fuck" is rather ridiculous, isn't it? Yes, she is a children's book editor. But she is also an adult. I'm a preschool teacher...I also use the word fuck quite often. Not in class, of course, but when children are not present. As far as I know, there are no second graders reading this blog...why do we care if EA said fuck?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7986595816238301046.post-47936826160495000942009-09-11T01:56:57.946-04:002009-09-11T01:56:57.946-04:00Having illustrated a number of books in which NOTH...Having illustrated a number of books in which NOTHING HAPPENS, I found this post hysterical. The swearing was icing on the cake.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7986595816238301046.post-91768625458744013182009-09-10T12:59:00.891-04:002009-09-10T12:59:00.891-04:00I would have to say I agree with you. Stories abou...I would have to say I agree with you. Stories about nothing or that have too many boring details aren't what I like to read. I think you are correct. Most people don't want to read something that has a main character that doesn't do anything. So props to you for telling people like it is.Pandahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15676652240737592696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7986595816238301046.post-61879861431771131902009-09-10T10:25:15.204-04:002009-09-10T10:25:15.204-04:00Aside from your spicy language, you are right!
Us...Aside from your spicy language, you are right!<br /><br />Use this post as Creative Writing 101 for aspiring authors, because -- as far as I have seen, read and sighed -- most writers have their protagonist 'whispering' -- a lot. And they are 'animated objects'. They have dreams. Big-time dream sequences. Like actions in dreams are much stronger than in real life, real time. Weak protagonists, wimpy ones, who don't do much to inspire readers. Well, if a leaf, a rock, a shawl can spice up a story in their unique way, make us wide-eyed with surprises, then Viva Inanimate Objects!<br /><br />Cheers!Khanh Hahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17792652854956979002noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7986595816238301046.post-62970191421801715472009-09-10T10:22:03.561-04:002009-09-10T10:22:03.561-04:00Aside from your spicy language, you are right!
Us...Aside from your spicy language, you are right!<br /><br />Use this post as Creative Writing 101 for aspiring authors, because -- as far as I have seen, read and sighed -- most writers have their protagonist 'whispering' -- a lot. And they are 'animated objects'. They have dreams. Big-time dream sequences. Like actions in dreams are much stronger than in real life, real time. Weak protagonists, wimpy ones, who don't do much to inspire readers. Well, if a leaf, a rock, a shawl can spice up a story in their unique way, make us wide-eyed with surprises, then Viva Inanimate Objects!<br /><br />Cheers!Khanh Hahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17792652854956979002noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7986595816238301046.post-29828431095783936232009-09-09T14:43:45.905-04:002009-09-09T14:43:45.905-04:00Okay, the post was hilarious, and the comments eve...Okay, the post was hilarious, and the comments even more-so. <br /><br />I have four kids and twenty three nieces/nephews. I am literally surrounded by kids, and I promise, not a single one of them would touch a book about an inanimate object. Not even if you paid them in gummy bears and chocolate. Why? Because objects that do nothing are...BORING! <br /><br />No kid wants to be bored, and those that do don't know any differently. The only people who buy those types of books are old people who remember stories like that from their childhood. And for that matter, those same people don't have a clue of what kind of active, excellent books are available in place of boring things like "The Giving Tree." <br /><br /><br />Thanks for the laugh, as well as the advice.Nichole Gileshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12536148445303996747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7986595816238301046.post-74967325402194211312009-09-09T02:55:44.413-04:002009-09-09T02:55:44.413-04:00I agree with this. Even characters who move aroun...I agree with this. Even characters who move around and do things -- sometimes you just don't care.<br /><br />It's a fun exercise on how you can stretch your creative limbs, writing about inanimate objects. But I can understand where you're coming from.<br /><br />I've recently started following you, so I'll read back. I enjoyed this. And the title was great.April Wildehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16412401764658695539noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7986595816238301046.post-24315956686151371372009-09-08T23:27:56.005-04:002009-09-08T23:27:56.005-04:00Minus the swear words, this post totally made me l...Minus the swear words, this post totally made me laugh. I loved it. And, for whatever it's worth, I totally agree. I like characters - not the accesories- to run the show.Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16390956322434938751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7986595816238301046.post-84032014916958315022009-09-08T23:09:58.423-04:002009-09-08T23:09:58.423-04:00EA you are pure awesomeness!EA you are pure awesomeness!Tina Lynnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05914428134837892539noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7986595816238301046.post-725217035545029632009-09-08T19:02:24.340-04:002009-09-08T19:02:24.340-04:00None of my three boys will even LOOK at Edward Tul...None of my three boys will even LOOK at Edward Tulane. Not that that has anything to do with anything other than one comment but I thought there was something wrong with us.<br /><br />I guess not.sarihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16144333694009700155noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7986595816238301046.post-699896694286342842009-09-08T17:54:11.959-04:002009-09-08T17:54:11.959-04:00Hilarious!
The comments are even funnier! The unpu...Hilarious!<br />The comments are even funnier! The unpublished trying to tell you they are right and you are wrong! HAHAHA!!! I LOVE IT!!!!!MARY IN SCOTLAND https://www.blogger.com/profile/04390613561715464322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7986595816238301046.post-91370916928037440282009-09-04T01:37:48.139-04:002009-09-04T01:37:48.139-04:00I totally get this! It's akin to other bits o...I totally get this! It's akin to other bits of advice when I first began writing. I have to say, the advice seems to have paid off! I sent out query letters in later August (2008) and signed a publishing contract in November (2008).<br /><br />Now, I'm anxiously waiting to see how well it will do when it is released...<br /><br />Jill EdmondsonJillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05152599507268946811noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7986595816238301046.post-25254091576611766612009-09-02T16:58:59.313-04:002009-09-02T16:58:59.313-04:00I don't think EA is being fair to our poor lit...I don't think EA is being fair to our poor little leaf. The ACTION a leaf who is scared to let go can take is LETTING GO and FALLING. This can represent a huge change in character. In addition to the previously mentioned "Little Yellow Leaf", don't forget the classic "Fall of Freddie the Leaf", which has sold millions of copies. Neither book is exactly my taste, but their stories are not as pathetic as EA described.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7986595816238301046.post-54009500806076200912009-09-02T16:10:14.707-04:002009-09-02T16:10:14.707-04:00Anon 5:07-- yeah, I call those books "Grandma...Anon 5:07-- yeah, I call those books "Grandma Picture books" --They're not aimed at the pre-schooler, they're aimed at the grandma who gets teary eyed while browsing in the bookstore and buys the book as a gift because SHE liked it.<br /><br />"Guess how much I love you" falls into the same catagory.<br /><br />"Runaway Bunny" is saved from similar schmaltziness b/c the illustrations are so much fun (i.e. Bunny as Sailboat)<br /><br />I've noticed that a lot of the people who try to sell me on schmaltzy books say 'But toddlers love them!" -- I tend to be suspicious of any statement that takes toddlers as a monlithic group-- all of my toddlers have had strong preferences for picture book subject matter. And those preferences seldom match an adult's! <br /><br />(Hmm.... can anyone recommend a good picture book about a shark that eats cute cuddly creatures, btw-- that's how my almost-2-year-old's tastes are running at the moment....)Deirdre Mundyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14357363160387734552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7986595816238301046.post-78025290343380794432009-09-02T13:30:08.464-04:002009-09-02T13:30:08.464-04:00Gee, the list of what we can't write keeps gro...Gee, the list of what we can't write keeps growing.<br />Squirrels. pandas, geese, my beloved dead dog, inanimate objects, my twinkly old grandma.<br /><br />what's left?<br /><br />Oh, yeah. Well written charactersshellnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7986595816238301046.post-28231032050949847102009-09-01T18:26:07.881-04:002009-09-01T18:26:07.881-04:00I was already laughing (in a cynical, sharing way)...I was already laughing (in a cynical, sharing way) at the end of the post. But the comments just took over and now I can't stop guffawing loudly.Sylviahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05925593802209715440noreply@blogger.com