tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1173456260059938165.post8491312571191754001..comments2023-11-02T01:28:14.306-07:00Comments on Sioux's Page: Writing Outside of Your BoxSioux Roslawskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17924021828536277618noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1173456260059938165.post-79624501435835797052013-01-24T05:20:18.306-08:002013-01-24T05:20:18.306-08:00I don't think I'm destined to be published...I don't think I'm destined to be published. I once had a manuscript selected by a lesbian book publisher who told me that she liked my work but that I needed to add several sex scenes, especially a shower sex scene. I heard where she was coming from and had researched her company well, so knew that many of their listings were romances, but in the end, I just couldn't throw in a bunch Mariahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05049511202014141182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1173456260059938165.post-55675050298237698472013-01-21T16:36:47.734-08:002013-01-21T16:36:47.734-08:00Donna--I am sure you will be just as successful at...Donna--I am sure you will be just as successful at script-writing as you are about fiction and creative nonfiction.<br /><br />Is it a script for a play? I'd love to hear more about it, as there is a book I'd love to develop into a movie script, but it's way out of my box as well. Perhaps I can pick up some tips from you as you're writing it/when you're finished with it?Sioux Roslawskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17924021828536277618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1173456260059938165.post-80291094254375872222013-01-21T16:11:10.084-08:002013-01-21T16:11:10.084-08:00Your post demonstrates how important it is for wri...Your post demonstrates how important it is for writers not to get discouraged by rejection.<br /><br />Last year I moved out of my comfort zone by tapping into the spiritual side of my writing and started a writers' group in my parish. This year I'm going to write a script--something new for me. Donna Volkenannthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04540727800410234483noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1173456260059938165.post-39133119675528823792013-01-20T17:22:06.836-08:002013-01-20T17:22:06.836-08:00Val--
If my box was as nifty as yours, I'd st...Val--<br /><br />If my box was as nifty as yours, I'd stay in it as well. However, I think the more trips you make, sneaky and stealthy, into the land of contests and publication, the more success you will encounter.<br /><br />It's inevitable. Sioux Roslawskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17924021828536277618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1173456260059938165.post-24939910569395638712013-01-20T17:15:33.625-08:002013-01-20T17:15:33.625-08:00I like it here in my nonfiction box. But I suddenl...I like it here in my nonfiction box. But I suddenly have an urge to try a bit of fiction featuring a burly truck driver named Stan.<br /><br />The decision to start writing a couple of years ago brought me out of my box. I had so much fun blogging every day, I figured I might as well venture into the land of contests. A couple of quick successes made me think I might actually succeed.Valhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13025832536749983018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1173456260059938165.post-87943136403779082472013-01-20T16:06:36.607-08:002013-01-20T16:06:36.607-08:00Re-reading my "Fifty Shades of Santa" su...Re-reading my "Fifty Shades of Santa" submission, there was more snarky and smart a** than romance. Thankfully, I edited it more carefully than I do my blog comments. ;)Sioux Roslawskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17924021828536277618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1173456260059938165.post-24835170958414104412013-01-20T15:59:08.993-08:002013-01-20T15:59:08.993-08:00Now THAT I believe! ;) Burly, with hamhocks for ha...Now THAT I believe! ;) Burly, with hamhocks for hands, right?Sioux Roslawskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17924021828536277618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1173456260059938165.post-74418695007609466492013-01-20T15:57:54.301-08:002013-01-20T15:57:54.301-08:00Lisa--Thanks for the vote of confidence when it co...Lisa--Thanks for the vote of confidence when it comes to snarkiness. Re-reading it, there was more snarky than <br /><br />It was Cupid's Quiver. The length was 2,500-5,000 (or maybe 7,000). I think you saw it on Donna's blog or Lynn's and commented that you didn't have anything long enough. It's Pat Smith's Welkin Press.<br /><br />She might be doing more. You could Sioux Roslawskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17924021828536277618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1173456260059938165.post-29494526809961137112013-01-20T15:57:33.053-08:002013-01-20T15:57:33.053-08:00I'm actually a burly truck driver named Stan!I'm actually a burly truck driver named Stan!Maude Lynnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03669688074743095866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1173456260059938165.post-41451472863757153242013-01-20T13:41:19.602-08:002013-01-20T13:41:19.602-08:00First - I'd love to read your snarky no-mance....First - I'd love to read your snarky no-mance. I bet it's awesome. Second - I DO write romance. What is this market? I've not found a short story market for romance, except for the occasional contest. Guess I'm looking for love in all the wrong places. :)Lisa Ricard Clarohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05048410207952052295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1173456260059938165.post-64734704600504197862013-01-20T11:28:41.375-08:002013-01-20T11:28:41.375-08:00Alan Rickman is amazing. Alan Rickman is amazing. Fireblossomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07040525704916368792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1173456260059938165.post-20655800334680839842013-01-20T08:58:26.455-08:002013-01-20T08:58:26.455-08:00Romance Writers of America will pants us, is more ...Romance Writers of America will pants us, is more likely.Sioux Roslawskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17924021828536277618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1173456260059938165.post-76976149584052946692013-01-20T08:57:30.292-08:002013-01-20T08:57:30.292-08:00Shay--That is one my favorite movies, although Ala...Shay--That is one my favorite movies, although Alan Rickman almost steals the show. (I adore him. He was brilliant in the otherwise-stupid Robin Hood movie with Kevin Costner. Rickman was the only reason to watch it.) <br /><br />Yeah, you know how to use forms and despite you being loyal to their constraints, you bend them to fit your creative will.<br /><br /> Sioux Roslawskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17924021828536277618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1173456260059938165.post-26276047709638237232013-01-20T08:25:25.298-08:002013-01-20T08:25:25.298-08:00Romance writers of America will pant after us when...Romance writers of America will pant after us when you and I get those stories published. Wait and see. Linda O'Connellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15982895073903619018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1173456260059938165.post-41823224156292627782013-01-20T08:20:05.063-08:002013-01-20T08:20:05.063-08:00You'll never pin this rap on me, copper!
(che...You'll never pin this rap on me, copper!<br /><br />(chews on a Twizzler as if it were a cigar)<br /><br />A while ago, I resolved to try more form poetry. Free verse is my thing, but I like to be like Quigley, in "Quigley Down Under". After winning a rigged gunfight, using a colt revolver after having said he wasn't partial to them, his dying opponent looks up at him with a Fireblossomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07040525704916368792noreply@blogger.com