Comments on: On Writing – Resources That Work http://tumblemoose.com/on-writing-resources-that-work/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=on-writing-resources-that-work A passion for writing, a passion for books Mon, 06 Sep 2010 21:21:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Doug C. http://tumblemoose.com/on-writing-resources-that-work/comment-page-1/#comment-84 Doug C. Sun, 19 Oct 2008 00:17:25 +0000 http://tumblemoose.com/?p=93#comment-84 I notice you have one of those "four-posts-ago" CommentLuv plugins [grin]. <abbr><em>Doug C.´s last blog post..<a href="http://www.dcblog.net/2008/10/hacking-related-posts.html" rel="nofollow">Hacking Related Posts</a></abbr></em> I notice you have one of those “four-posts-ago” CommentLuv plugins [grin].

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]]> By: Doug C. http://tumblemoose.com/on-writing-resources-that-work/comment-page-1/#comment-83 Doug C. Sun, 19 Oct 2008 00:14:22 +0000 http://tumblemoose.com/?p=93#comment-83 It was annoying the proof reader in me :) <abbr><em>Doug C.´s last blog post..<a href="http://www.dcblog.net/2008/10/hacking-related-posts.html" rel="nofollow">Hacking Related Posts</a></abbr></em> It was annoying the proof reader in me :)

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]]> By: george http://tumblemoose.com/on-writing-resources-that-work/comment-page-1/#comment-82 george Sat, 18 Oct 2008 23:43:49 +0000 http://tumblemoose.com/?p=93#comment-82 Hey Doug, Around here it's perfectly ok to **talk** your own book! George Hey Doug,

Around here it’s perfectly ok to **talk** your own book!

George

]]> By: Doug C. http://tumblemoose.com/on-writing-resources-that-work/comment-page-1/#comment-81 Doug C. Sat, 18 Oct 2008 22:43:55 +0000 http://tumblemoose.com/?p=93#comment-81 [ahem] Sorry about the typo above. I meant, "...seriously <i>tackling</i> my own book..." <abbr><em>Doug C.´s last blog post..<a href="http://www.dcblog.net/2008/10/hacking-related-posts.html" rel="nofollow">Hacking Related Posts</a></abbr></em> [ahem] Sorry about the typo above. I meant, “…seriously tackling my own book…”

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]]> By: Doug C. http://tumblemoose.com/on-writing-resources-that-work/comment-page-1/#comment-79 Doug C. Sat, 18 Oct 2008 22:17:53 +0000 http://tumblemoose.com/?p=93#comment-79 I have been a fan of Mr. King since I was a kid and I first came across his short story Children of the Corn which I discovered while flipping through my Dad's Playboy magazine (and they say no one reads the stories). Later when I was at the bookstore I asked if there were any books by Stephen King (this was long before anyone knew who he was) and the clerk said they only had one - Night Shift. I still have that book and I believe the best description of King (and writing) comes from the Forward by John D. MacDonald, "If you want to write, you write. The only way to learn to write is by writing..." How true. This is the approach I took in my early days when my Mom (God bless her) brought home a very large Underwood N0. 7 typewriter and plunked it down in front of me. I began to write. My inspiration came from books I had already read and my own wild imagination. King of course being at the top of this list, especially his wonderful short stories like Trucks and The Last Rung on the Ladder. I bought On Writing a while ago and I still read it every now and then, because no matter what anyone says about Mr. King he is good at what he does. Another book that I highly recommend in this regard is Anne Lamott's excellent Bird by Bird. These books have helped spur me on in my own writing endeavors and especially now that I am seriously talking my own book, The Road to Damascus. I have been a fan of Mr. King since I was a kid and I first came across his short story Children of the Corn which I discovered while flipping through my Dad’s Playboy magazine (and they say no one reads the stories). Later when I was at the bookstore I asked if there were any books by Stephen King (this was long before anyone knew who he was) and the clerk said they only had one – Night Shift. I still have that book and I believe the best description of King (and writing) comes from the Forward by John D. MacDonald, “If you want to write, you write. The only way to learn to write is by writing…” How true.

This is the approach I took in my early days when my Mom (God bless her) brought home a very large Underwood N0. 7 typewriter and plunked it down in front of me. I began to write. My inspiration came from books I had already read and my own wild imagination. King of course being at the top of this list, especially his wonderful short stories like Trucks and The Last Rung on the Ladder.

I bought On Writing a while ago and I still read it every now and then, because no matter what anyone says about Mr. King he is good at what he does. Another book that I highly recommend in this regard is Anne Lamott’s excellent Bird by Bird. These books have helped spur me on in my own writing endeavors and especially now that I am seriously talking my own book, The Road to Damascus.

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