tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1173456260059938165.post4653317740397796936..comments2023-11-02T01:28:14.306-07:00Comments on Sioux's Page: Be Careful What You're Hating OnSioux Roslawskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17924021828536277618noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1173456260059938165.post-24504791182057314372013-09-08T08:27:04.553-07:002013-09-08T08:27:04.553-07:00Reality television. It's gateway television a...Reality television. It's gateway television and should be avoided at all costs.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1173456260059938165.post-29784616243042878442013-08-27T17:11:11.080-07:002013-08-27T17:11:11.080-07:00And to think that I consider most people with the ...And to think that I consider most people with the same last name as me "odd."Sioux Roslawskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17924021828536277618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1173456260059938165.post-28797290166304625362013-08-27T17:10:23.474-07:002013-08-27T17:10:23.474-07:00Lisa--A couple of summers ago I had cheese and jal...Lisa--A couple of summers ago I had cheese and jalapeno grits. They were delicious.Sioux Roslawskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17924021828536277618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1173456260059938165.post-67019805126271797742013-08-27T17:08:36.869-07:002013-08-27T17:08:36.869-07:00Beth--So THAT'S the secret to staying thin--&q...Beth--So THAT'S the secret to staying thin--"leaving" crab ragoon... ;)Sioux Roslawskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17924021828536277618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1173456260059938165.post-49979426026647012302013-08-27T13:28:13.572-07:002013-08-27T13:28:13.572-07:00Sioux... it's odd to find someone with my last...Sioux... it's odd to find someone with my last name. Artichokes are yucky no matter how they are cookedAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15305232586114163511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1173456260059938165.post-56307367750880904382013-08-26T09:56:12.787-07:002013-08-26T09:56:12.787-07:00Grits! For years I turned my nose up...the taste, ...Grits! For years I turned my nose up...the taste, texture, smell, everything. Blech. And then the morning after my youngest daughter was born I was forced to eat grits because there was nothing else. Due to timing, the hospital cafeteria had finished serving breakfast but hadn't opened for lunch. The only thing left for me was grits. I stirred in butter, added salt and pepper, grimaced, Lisa Ricard Clarohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05048410207952052295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1173456260059938165.post-37812071082795984422013-08-26T07:55:47.497-07:002013-08-26T07:55:47.497-07:00Ugh! I need to break through my own brick wall - I...Ugh! I need to break through my own brick wall - I tried and tried to write a piece for the NYMB on family, and I Just. Can. Not. Do it. I guess it just proves that I can only write when I'm inspired but something. My muse runs away when I try to force her... oh, she is just like me! The minute someone tells me to do something, I do the opposite. Or run the other way! <br />Crab rangoon I Beth M. Woodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03616567155106948675noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1173456260059938165.post-79719786384716724212013-08-25T18:47:48.032-07:002013-08-25T18:47:48.032-07:00Tammy--Try it (the chocolate is especially delicio...Tammy--Try it (the chocolate is especially delicious). It's real (almond milk) and it's spectacular.Sioux Roslawskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17924021828536277618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1173456260059938165.post-6048572271095459702013-08-25T18:21:00.906-07:002013-08-25T18:21:00.906-07:00I can sure relate to hitting a brick wall with a p...I can sure relate to hitting a brick wall with a piece. And when that happens, it's the worst block there is. Glad yours turned out well for you, though! My hated thing was tomatoes. And guess what I've been growing in the garden and eating at every meal lately? Oh, and you and Shay should get paid for advertising Silk. I must go get some....Tammyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02141883867104777688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1173456260059938165.post-62579089005682786432013-08-25T06:52:05.995-07:002013-08-25T06:52:05.995-07:00Kathy--Yes, it counts, and I was like that with ar...Kathy--Yes, it counts, and I was like that with artichokes, too. Now I fight people for the artichokes at the bottom of the salad bowl...<br /><br />Back at ya--have a great week.Sioux Roslawskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17924021828536277618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1173456260059938165.post-19575157466020782822013-08-25T06:49:34.697-07:002013-08-25T06:49:34.697-07:00I had always found artichokes to be very strange a...I had always found artichokes to be very strange and they were one of the things that my mom had didn't make. In Home Ec. we made them but I wouldn't take a taste. It wasn't until after I was married that I found a liking for them.<br /><br />Does that count?<br /><br />Have a super week,<br /><br />Kathy M.Oregon Gifts of Comfort and Joyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07171271956883698673noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1173456260059938165.post-8294422689604538342013-08-24T21:30:33.917-07:002013-08-24T21:30:33.917-07:00Cathy--MANY people have gotten into serious troubl...Cathy--MANY people have gotten into serious trouble when they started with Sioux... ;)<br /><br />I revise a lot too. And I believe in marinating. Let the story sit for a few days, and go back and work on it some more.<br /><br />And it's not necessary to apologize. We all have busy lives. Sometimes I read and don't get a chance to comment. I call it a "read-by" (instead of a Sioux Roslawskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17924021828536277618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1173456260059938165.post-29919854497424783672013-08-24T17:08:09.569-07:002013-08-24T17:08:09.569-07:00Oooooh, I love crab. Any way, any how. I don't...Oooooh, I love crab. Any way, any how. I don't think I ate vegetables till I was grown. Wait. I ate broccoli, but that was about it.<br /><br />As for writing make-overs, I wouldn't sell anything if I hadn't got beyond the rewrite. I do a lot of revising. A lot, a lot. :-)<br /><br />P.S. Sorry to be late, catching up here. The battery on Precious won't hold a charge and so when IAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1173456260059938165.post-88244411109652666532013-08-24T07:28:28.603-07:002013-08-24T07:28:28.603-07:00Pat--I hated mayonnaise, until I went to France an...Pat--I hated mayonnaise, until I went to France and made mayonnaise. And dipped artichoke leaves into the mayo and immediately fell in love with it.<br /><br />Fishy-fish? I completely agree with you.Sioux Roslawskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17924021828536277618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1173456260059938165.post-48666935301163567772013-08-24T06:12:12.750-07:002013-08-24T06:12:12.750-07:00When I was a kid my mom would make those pizza kit...When I was a kid my mom would make those pizza kit (Chef-Boyardee) box thingies, where you mixed the dough, pressed it in the pan, poured on the sauce and added toppings. I used to think it smelled like dirty feet baking...ugh! Now, of course, I adore pizza. And Crab Rangoon. And chocolate cake. And...well, dang it I guess I adore just about anything edible, except for fishy-tasting fish.<br /><Pat Wahlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01138619912065680084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1173456260059938165.post-51135230824826945192013-08-24T04:26:37.217-07:002013-08-24T04:26:37.217-07:00Shay--I'm with you. I didn't try Silk for ...Shay--I'm with you. I didn't try Silk for a long time (how do they milk those almonds?) but my daughter introduced me to it. The chocolate is like a dessert drink...Sioux Roslawskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17924021828536277618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1173456260059938165.post-91435767813999056492013-08-23T20:03:27.193-07:002013-08-23T20:03:27.193-07:00Silk. It's like milk, but better. I love the c...Silk. It's like milk, but better. I love the chocolate best, but the almond is good, too. I resisted trying it for ages cos I thought it probably tasted awful. Boy was i wrong.Fireblossomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07040525704916368792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1173456260059938165.post-71929948357341166572013-08-23T19:27:20.497-07:002013-08-23T19:27:20.497-07:00I usually like to rework something, and see if I c...I usually like to rework something, and see if I can transform it enough to sell it elsewhere.<br /><br />But sometimes, if the story starts to look sucky, I'm done with it.Sioux Roslawskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17924021828536277618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1173456260059938165.post-32560593379834047102013-08-23T17:47:09.596-07:002013-08-23T17:47:09.596-07:00Vegetable soup. It always looked like a steaming p...Vegetable soup. It always looked like a steaming pot of garbage. Now I make my own. It's real, and it's spectacular.<br /><br />I am not fond of re-working. I'd sooner throw that baby right out with the bath, and make a new one. That's figuratively speaking, of course. I don't mind tightening up a story, or clarifying. But I hate to lop off chunks of it, or turn it every whichValhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13025832536749983018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1173456260059938165.post-60979348392991217722013-08-23T04:46:20.189-07:002013-08-23T04:46:20.189-07:00Claudia--Okra and I had the same relationship. Now...Claudia--Okra and I had the same relationship. Now I love it.<br /><br />Good luck with your submissions. And hopefully, when they "bite," you won't get mixed up with your stories like I did...Sioux Roslawskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17924021828536277618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1173456260059938165.post-34680227341022043702013-08-23T04:14:43.869-07:002013-08-23T04:14:43.869-07:00Okra! Hated it as a child and love it now.
I coul...Okra! Hated it as a child and love it now. <br />I could relate to your rewrite situation. I did that very thing last week. Because I have such a busy September and lots due then, I really scrambled to get things out. So far good nibbles from editors but no promises. Have a good weekend...Bookiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12043111213031211794noreply@blogger.com