tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34861243.post7766873840366666167..comments2024-01-20T12:32:41.342-05:00Comments on Paint, Poems and Ponderings: Excerpt from a novel in process A Generous Absencesukipoethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09351851210507048174noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34861243.post-90670634870356713022008-03-07T04:23:00.000-05:002008-03-07T04:23:00.000-05:00Suki, I'm here again to tell you your story is sti...Suki, <BR/>I'm here again to tell you your story is still with me. I couldn't part with it... This shows it's been a powerful one from the begining.<BR/>Maybe it wants to come out of the box. Think your story wants to start a journey in your readers' minds... Please let it do so... It's all ready ...human beinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09232419187783429903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34861243.post-7324199489312427362008-03-06T22:56:00.000-05:002008-03-06T22:56:00.000-05:00Excellent so far.........we await the next install...Excellent so far.........we await the next installment......Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03964291132366262298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34861243.post-55695766773885012002008-03-06T15:24:00.000-05:002008-03-06T15:24:00.000-05:00thank you Britt-Arnhild. The words every writer w...thank you Britt-Arnhild. The words every writer wants to hear: "I want more." Yes, this is an unpublished book I have written. I have 300 pages. It needs to be revised and has been siting quietly in a box for a few years.sukipoethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09351851210507048174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34861243.post-82205705393099826122008-03-06T12:36:00.000-05:002008-03-06T12:36:00.000-05:00Suki, this is great. Is it a book you are writing ...Suki, this is great. Is it a book you are writing or one you have written?<BR/><BR/>I want more......Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34861243.post-30897695664211259972008-03-06T07:54:00.000-05:002008-03-06T07:54:00.000-05:00Elizabeth, hello. I'd love to bounce ideas off ea...Elizabeth, hello. I'd love to bounce ideas off each other. Am often in writer's groups but not up here in the northcountry. That IS a lot of Elizabeth's. You broke the pattern with Claudia.<BR/><BR/>Lynn thanks for your comments. It's always good to know whether readers are, or a not, drawn into the book right at the get go. I just read an editor's comments tht she knows after the first few pages if she will like/buy the book.<BR/><BR/>Annie that Gibran quote is exquisite. I'll have to copy it out. And thanks for the comment re: having Anna stay and talk more with Mrs. Mornay. She talks more at another point but it is mostly about her self.<BR/><BR/>Andrea, thanks for diving in and your kind words, printing it out to re;read. I find it so hard to read long pieces on the computer and am endlessly printing out my novel so I can hold it even though I know it is sort of "old fashioned."<BR/><BR/>Cris thanks for you cheering me on. Probably I have already spent 3 years on the book. I finished this draft just as I heard about having to leave my 20 year rental and I havent had the focus to work on it since. The mind focus. But yes, novels can often take 10 years or more in the formation. Paintings too. In fact, I see so many similarities in the process of both paintings and fiction writing.sukipoethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09351851210507048174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34861243.post-11707016380648573162008-03-06T02:38:00.000-05:002008-03-06T02:38:00.000-05:00Dear Suki,I just got up and grabbed my morning-ene...Dear Suki,<BR/>I just got up and grabbed my morning-energy-drink :) and let the cat out onto the balcony and turned on the computer as always, before going out to exercise.<BR/>Now, what an absolute pleasure to dive into your novel, which really pulls us in right from the start. I savoured your words!<BR/>I will print this out and re-read it from paper, it is precious!<BR/>Have a wonderful day, and hopefully we can read more soon?<BR/>AndreaAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12602563148936673366noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34861243.post-70753915816434682502008-03-06T00:21:00.000-05:002008-03-06T00:21:00.000-05:00Oh.. I just assumed since you were always reading ...Oh.. I just assumed since you were always reading and sharing what you have read it was someone elses you had bought in that stack of books you showed. <BR/>You should get it going and finish it. If I can finish a painting I started three years ago you can finish this. :)Cris, Artist in Oregonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15067969984221375853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34861243.post-40115392777058749012008-03-05T22:52:00.000-05:002008-03-05T22:52:00.000-05:00If Anna had stayed to talk with Mrs. Mornay, that ...If Anna had stayed to talk with Mrs. Mornay, that would have honored the old woman . . . We must remember to talk and listen carefully for life to have its richness.<BR/><BR/>And I thought about Kahil Gibran's quote, "For what is it to die but to stand naked in the wind and to melt into the sun?"Anniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08273873865160002759noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34861243.post-61418631209155787582008-03-05T22:14:00.000-05:002008-03-05T22:14:00.000-05:00Wow, I was caught up from the first paragraph went...Wow, I was caught up from the first paragraph went on reading...saw how long it was, scrolled back up to see who wrote this, realized then it was YOU, then went on to read the rest. Great details, pictures painted, personalities being drawn...life and death...baby born...to Mrs. M's announcing she is not long for this world, Anna's denial...<BR/>Very well done, definitely kept my interest. I too want more.<BR/>Good luck with your re-write, I hope you get all the encouagement you need to keep going. Thanks for sharing!Lynn Cohenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12094038275377357886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34861243.post-22483327941624037832008-03-05T17:32:00.000-05:002008-03-05T17:32:00.000-05:00Dear Suki PoetI will read your novel excerpt after...Dear Suki Poet<BR/>I will read your novel excerpt after dinner.<BR/>Maybe we could bounce ideas off each other.<BR/>I will order your book as soon as I can.<BR/>Yes, having two Elizabeths is difficult.<BR/>Elizabeth Freeman is a super artist and also English. We 'met' through Merisi's blog.<BR/>My mother and aunt were both elizabeth, as is my sister in law and my cousin's daughter.<BR/>My daughter is Claudia - couldn't stand any more Elizabeths......Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03964291132366262298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34861243.post-30905757694816856162008-03-05T15:41:00.000-05:002008-03-05T15:41:00.000-05:00Cris Dear. This is from a novel I have written, (...Cris Dear. This is from a novel I have written, (about 300 pages long) though it has not been published. I am needing to revise it especially the end as it was to be a trilogy and now I want it to be complete in itself.<BR/><BR/>Human being, oh thank you so much for your comments. I will share more soon. Maybe by sharing it on the blog, I can get myself enthused about revising it. Of course i have revised it a million times already, but as said above I need to rethink the ending especially.sukipoethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09351851210507048174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34861243.post-39316551148877594182008-03-05T14:56:00.001-05:002008-03-05T14:56:00.001-05:00PS. Is this a new paperback or an old book you fou...PS. Is this a new paperback or an old book you found?Cris, Artist in Oregonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15067969984221375853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34861243.post-4929376641118969152008-03-05T14:56:00.000-05:002008-03-05T14:56:00.000-05:00Sounds like a good book. I was pulled into the sto...Sounds like a good book. I was pulled into the story immediately. keep us posted on how good the rest of it is.Cris, Artist in Oregonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15067969984221375853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34861243.post-84228559707047201712008-03-05T14:37:00.000-05:002008-03-05T14:37:00.000-05:00Wow wow wow!Suki, what a treasure!Your pen is magi...Wow wow wow!<BR/>Suki, what a treasure!<BR/>Your pen is magical.... How beautifully you can create the mood and atmosphere.... I can't wait to read the rest. Are you going to share the rest with us?<BR/><BR/>Oh Suki! I loved that part the grandmother was talking about death:<BR/> 'No matter what happens, you're still on the same carpet.' <BR/><BR/>This image is unique ...so original.... The analogy between the life after death and the patterns on the carpet.human beinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09232419187783429903noreply@blogger.com