tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5779183012658025206.post3503201299686726132..comments2024-03-09T02:15:11.120-08:00Comments on Eric W. Trant: When are you ~finished~ with your book?Eric W. Tranthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13842968931062056407noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5779183012658025206.post-28587180881299449792012-02-03T10:49:09.327-08:002012-02-03T10:49:09.327-08:00What I find frustrating is when someone comes alon...What I find frustrating is when someone comes along, takes an old classic, attempts to write a sequel (which has very little to do with the original), uses their own voice (not that of the author) and then wonders why no one enjoyed it. <br /><br />Once we put something on paper and send it out to the universe it remains unfinished forever. <br /><br />Great post.<br />Jenny @ <a href="http://pearsonreport.ca" rel="nofollow">Pearson Report</a><br />Co-Host of the <a href="http://www.a-to-zchallenge.com" rel="nofollow">Blogging from A to Z Challenge.</a>Pearson Reporthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05422640826640133140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5779183012658025206.post-55819850951619852042012-02-03T04:51:27.184-08:002012-02-03T04:51:27.184-08:00Our writing is like a living thing - always growin...Our writing is like a living thing - always growing, always changing. As you pointed out, it might never be finished.L. Diane Wolfehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06425864276166334896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5779183012658025206.post-21361520691340684032012-02-02T20:32:55.159-08:002012-02-02T20:32:55.159-08:00Q: When are you finished with yourself?
A: When y...Q: When are you finished with yourself?<br /><br />A: When you die.<br /><br />Q: And when will that be?<br /><br />A: When you are finished.Wine and Wordshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06778785233226804217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5779183012658025206.post-76506825660391989892012-02-01T21:22:56.497-08:002012-02-01T21:22:56.497-08:00Why don't you just cheer me up Eric :)
Actual...Why don't you just cheer me up Eric :)<br /><br />Actually, I have a published short story in an e-zine, and sometimes I wonder if anyone has ever read it - besides the publisher. I'd say that story is definitely finished :)<br /><br />I hope your book is never finished, by these standards. I can see a future generation sitting in an English class and groaning as the teacher brings out your novel and instructs the class to write a three page essay on what the author meant by this passage or that section. "Why did the author feel the need to have his MC write "Percy was here" in the moon dust?" <br /><br />Hehehe.<br /><br />.......dholedolorahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08715849844092553699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5779183012658025206.post-19075808697157534012012-02-01T15:08:04.654-08:002012-02-01T15:08:04.654-08:00It's interesting, I am a big "finisher&qu...It's interesting, I am a big "finisher", which is that I get a lot of satisfaction out of finishing and completing projects, and writing is always difficult for me because of that. I have to finally walk away from the things I've written, instead of endlessly revising, and think of it as a time capsule that accurately records the person I was at the exact moment when I finished that living, breathing draft.<br /><br />But no, we are never finished.Phoenixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07477498671080132176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5779183012658025206.post-12018557199228701392012-02-01T13:14:18.263-08:002012-02-01T13:14:18.263-08:00I never looked at it quite this way before. Though...I never looked at it quite this way before. Though I think it depends on whether or not your book survives physically. I suspect much great writing has been lost in fires or some such thing.<br /><br />I really enjoyed this post. Thanks!<br /><a href="http://annbestblog.wordpress.com/" rel="nofollow"><i>Ann Best, Author of In the Mirror & Other Memoirs</i></a>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5779183012658025206.post-88951144787858094152012-02-01T10:03:22.933-08:002012-02-01T10:03:22.933-08:00When are you finished with your children, Eric? Ne...When are you finished with your children, Eric? Never, right? Our books in a very sense are our "children of our minds, our souls." And when are we finished with our minds, our souls?<br /><br />Great post, RolandRoland D. Yeomanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00338410857990551352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5779183012658025206.post-43423425009646834292012-02-01T09:30:31.323-08:002012-02-01T09:30:31.323-08:00Ha! Yeah, I don't think I'm ever totally f...Ha! Yeah, I don't think I'm ever totally finished with my books...there's always something to do with them even after they're published (marketing, etc). I think it's just a matter of finding a balance and being able to step forward and move on to the next project, too.Laura Josephsenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04239501665574945313noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5779183012658025206.post-29760321685429456682012-02-01T08:22:49.488-08:002012-02-01T08:22:49.488-08:00Funny post. I used to have the mindset that at som...Funny post. I used to have the mindset that at some point I would be finished with a book, when it was published. But that 'published' book still isn't finished. The sequel is coming and I want to revamp it, change the cover, etc.<br />Now, I can totally see that when I'm dead, hell it might not even be finished then either!<br /><br />Thanks-EChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09359075647077590741noreply@blogger.com