Comments on: “C” is BACK! http://hollylisle.com/c-is-back/ read with hunger, write with joy, live with passion Tue, 07 Feb 2012 16:33:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: zoomerbeth http://hollylisle.com/c-is-back/comment-page-1/#comment-7970 zoomerbeth Mon, 12 May 2008 06:15:09 +0000 http://hollylisle.com/writingdiary2/?p=4299#comment-7970 PS--I hope any tornados missed you. PS–I hope any tornados missed you.

]]> By: zoomerbeth http://hollylisle.com/c-is-back/comment-page-1/#comment-7969 zoomerbeth Mon, 12 May 2008 06:12:24 +0000 http://hollylisle.com/writingdiary2/?p=4299#comment-7969 Hi Holly! Happy Mother's Day! I have two questions for you. First, when all your (aka my) projects are on "C" level and all of them are pulling equally, how do you (aka I) decide which one to write first? Second, I was just looking at the cutaway side view of the Tonk Warship you posted (http://www.hollylisle.com/jpg/tonk_wolfship_side_cutaway.jpg) and I just HAVE to ask... WHY is the bathroom at the back end of the ship??? Am I reading the diagram wrong or is there some other reason? And will it matter? :) Zoomerbeth Hi Holly!
Happy Mother’s Day!

I have two questions for you. First, when all your (aka my) projects are on “C” level and all of them are pulling equally, how do you (aka I) decide which one to write first?

Second, I was just looking at the cutaway side view of the Tonk Warship you posted (http://www.hollylisle.com/jpg/tonk_wolfship_side_cutaway.jpg) and I just HAVE to ask… WHY is the bathroom at the back end of the ship??? Am I reading the diagram wrong or is there some other reason? And will it matter? :)

Zoomerbeth

]]> By: Gabriele http://hollylisle.com/c-is-back/comment-page-1/#comment-7968 Gabriele Sun, 11 May 2008 19:24:54 +0000 http://hollylisle.com/writingdiary2/?p=4299#comment-7968 I think you could call <i>Kings and Rebels</i> my secret project, only it's not so secret since I sometimes post snippets. But it's definitely the one thing I can't let go despite lots of it sucks because there are <i>some</i> aspects that I love enough to keep returning to it. Since I write out of order and with no outline, I can tamper with scenes when I feel like it. It has morphed from historical fiction into an epic alternate historical fantasy sword and sorcery (don't ask) and will definitely be more than one book. When I'm in a good mood I refer to it as my ASOIAF, when I'm fighting with it, it's the Ever Meandering Mess I Should Abandon and Finish my Roman Empire Trilogy Instead. :) I think you could call Kings and Rebels my secret project, only it’s not so secret since I sometimes post snippets. But it’s definitely the one thing I can’t let go despite lots of it sucks because there are some aspects that I love enough to keep returning to it. Since I write out of order and with no outline, I can tamper with scenes when I feel like it.

It has morphed from historical fiction into an epic alternate historical fantasy sword and sorcery (don’t ask) and will definitely be more than one book. When I’m in a good mood I refer to it as my ASOIAF, when I’m fighting with it, it’s the Ever Meandering Mess I Should Abandon and Finish my Roman Empire Trilogy Instead. :)

]]> By: DasteRoad http://hollylisle.com/c-is-back/comment-page-1/#comment-7967 DasteRoad Sun, 11 May 2008 17:55:36 +0000 http://hollylisle.com/writingdiary2/?p=4299#comment-7967 I've never published anything, and I still consider myself an utter amateur at writing, but I think I have a secret project too, which I labeled as "Infinity" back when I first thought of it, together with the dearest friend of mine (when we were, like, 16 or something O_o). I suppose it would fit in your "secret project" definition, because even if more than 10 years have passed, I'm still excited to work upon it now, and it just has an electric vibe for me: I feel I just can't let it go, even if I've fiddled with the plot one hundred times. Recently I've started the n-th revision on the first book, and one of the many reasons I have to thank you, Holly, is that this is the first time that I'm doing a revision actually *knowing what I'm doing* :) I’ve never published anything, and I still consider myself an utter amateur at writing, but I think I have a secret project too, which I labeled as “Infinity” back when I first thought of it, together with the dearest friend of mine (when we were, like, 16 or something O_o). I suppose it would fit in your “secret project” definition, because even if more than 10 years have passed, I’m still excited to work upon it now, and it just has an electric vibe for me: I feel I just can’t let it go, even if I’ve fiddled with the plot one hundred times. Recently I’ve started the n-th revision on the first book, and one of the many reasons I have to thank you, Holly, is that this is the first time that I’m doing a revision actually *knowing what I’m doing* :)

]]> By: wolverine http://hollylisle.com/c-is-back/comment-page-1/#comment-7966 wolverine Sun, 11 May 2008 08:08:05 +0000 http://hollylisle.com/writingdiary2/?p=4299#comment-7966 I have a 'secret' project too. Strangely enough, it's also got a 'letter code'; M+D. It's not 100% secret, as I've discussed it on FM occasionally, but it's the one I've kept going back to over about 3-4 years. And it doesn't matter how long I let it sit, I know I'll go back to it again. Hope you have immense fun and joy with 'C'! Wolverine I have a ‘secret’ project too. Strangely enough, it’s also got a ‘letter code’; M+D. It’s not 100% secret, as I’ve discussed it on FM occasionally, but it’s the one I’ve kept going back to over about 3-4 years. And it doesn’t matter how long I let it sit, I know I’ll go back to it again.

Hope you have immense fun and joy with ‘C’!

Wolverine

]]> By: Cher http://hollylisle.com/c-is-back/comment-page-1/#comment-7965 Cher Sat, 10 May 2008 18:32:22 +0000 http://hollylisle.com/writingdiary2/?p=4299#comment-7965 Thanks for the inspiration! I have a "C" project as well that I thought of way back when I first started writing and didn't have the skills to write the story. Now I do. I should get crackin' huh? :-) Cher Thanks for the inspiration! I have a “C” project as well that I thought of way back when I first started writing and didn’t have the skills to write the story. Now I do. I should get crackin’ huh? :-)

Cher

]]> By: klharrds http://hollylisle.com/c-is-back/comment-page-1/#comment-7964 klharrds Sat, 10 May 2008 07:48:06 +0000 http://hollylisle.com/writingdiary2/?p=4299#comment-7964 Hi Holly, I have a moleskin or two and I think they are great no matter the money they cost. I tend to write as much on scraps and notes and post-it's as I do in the actual book so the little folder at the back and the elastic binder are a must for me It's nice to hear that the secret project is up and running again. I loved 'PR'. Is the new secret branching out into another genre too? ICKLE SPOILER - BTW, I just finished Hunting the Corrigan's Blood and loved it! I want Caddy 2 now damn it! I don’t suppose that the lost love on the brainstorming might be Badger? Good Luck with the project. Hi Holly,

I have a moleskin or two and I think they are great no matter the money they cost. I tend to write as much on scraps and notes and post-it’s as I do in the actual book so the little folder at the back and the elastic binder are a must for me

It’s nice to hear that the secret project is up and running again. I loved ‘PR’. Is the new secret branching out into another genre too?

ICKLE SPOILER – BTW, I just finished Hunting the Corrigan’s Blood and loved it! I want Caddy 2 now damn it! I don’t suppose that the lost love on the brainstorming might be Badger?

Good Luck with the project.

]]> By: tkeller http://hollylisle.com/c-is-back/comment-page-1/#comment-7963 tkeller Sat, 10 May 2008 00:36:36 +0000 http://hollylisle.com/writingdiary2/?p=4299#comment-7963 Holly, I'd never really thought of it as a secret project...but that's an awesome way to look at it, and I will now do so. Mine is not publishable--it's a fanfic--but I love writing it and I use it as a way to work on some of my weak points, like fight scenes. (Nothing like a superhero fanfic to make you work on that.) Holly,

I’d never really thought of it as a secret project…but that’s an awesome way to look at it, and I will now do so. Mine is not publishable–it’s a fanfic–but I love writing it and I use it as a way to work on some of my weak points, like fight scenes. (Nothing like a superhero fanfic to make you work on that.)

]]> By: InkGypsy http://hollylisle.com/c-is-back/comment-page-1/#comment-7962 InkGypsy Fri, 09 May 2008 19:14:18 +0000 http://hollylisle.com/writingdiary2/?p=4299#comment-7962 Secret projects are great for reminding me why I want to keep writing when my current project is busting my brain cells... I have to wonder: Genre - Genie in the Bottle - does that mean it's a 'surprise genre'? (aka we'll find out when the book is released) Secret projects are great for reminding me why I want to keep writing when my current project is busting my brain cells…

I have to wonder: Genre – Genie in the Bottle – does that mean it’s a ‘surprise genre’? (aka we’ll find out when the book is released)

]]> By: dpace17 http://hollylisle.com/c-is-back/comment-page-1/#comment-7961 dpace17 Fri, 09 May 2008 16:45:55 +0000 http://hollylisle.com/writingdiary2/?p=4299#comment-7961 You've inspired me to take a look at some old ideas and manuscripts I have and use them for writing exercises but with no particular purpose. I've never seen or owned a moleskin notebook, I'll have to look them up when I go to the bookstore next. You’ve inspired me to take a look at some old ideas and manuscripts I have and use them for writing exercises but with no particular purpose.

I’ve never seen or owned a moleskin notebook, I’ll have to look them up when I go to the bookstore next.

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