tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27691111.post4384955274500506490..comments2023-07-18T07:27:08.516+00:00Comments on Siren Voices: the fifth horsemanSpence Kennedyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11183848895584919812noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27691111.post-41595870074123425722009-10-11T18:52:08.805+00:002009-10-11T18:52:08.805+00:00Hey KMKat!
I tell you who else is great at dialogu...Hey KMKat!<br />I tell you who else is great at dialogue: Charles Bukoswki. But he's even rougher than EL in many respects. A dodgy geezer by all accounts, but I love his writing. xSpence Kennedyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11183848895584919812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27691111.post-14135455117876197092009-10-11T17:37:03.339+00:002009-10-11T17:37:03.339+00:00I especially loved the cars bouncing off your wind...I especially loved the cars bouncing off your windscreen like hailstones, but I'm shallow like that. :-) And your descriptions of Aidan. "...as houses burst ito gragments around him, and people run screaming into the streets."<br /><br />Trickster is a great role model for a writer.<br /><br />And Elmore Leonard writes the best dialog EVAH!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27691111.post-89488054428206867712009-10-08T10:33:03.434+00:002009-10-08T10:33:03.434+00:00Hey Gia!
Yep - it's always okay to say it'...Hey Gia!<br />Yep - it's <i>always</i> okay to say it's a great post (heh heh heh). Thanks! <br />Lovely as he is, I'm not sure I'd want Aidan in my head, though (<i>shiver</i>). <br /><br />Hi Jo<br /><i>Homework</i>. Argh! That's something that puts me off doing any more studying. It's bad enough trying to help the girls with theirs...<br /><br />And who is this 'Dragon Lady'? Will she be marking the homework? If she doesn't like it, I can imagine her holding it up in front of the class and breathing on it. xx<br /><br />Hey Gerry<br />I do like that American Noir thing. I've been reading some Elmore Leonard lately - fantastic.<br /><br />Interesting about the Trickster. I've always thought about that figure as someone who had 'access all areas' - someone who could move from light to dark, with nothing out of bounds. A playful, unpredictable figure. Def a good patron saint for anyone - comedian, painter, writer, singer - anyone trying to turn something creative out of everyday experience.Spence Kennedyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11183848895584919812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27691111.post-44361209648497177642009-10-08T01:50:59.270+00:002009-10-08T01:50:59.270+00:00As I read this post I thought it had a certain Ame...As I read this post I thought it had a certain American Noir sensibility. You're very good at the telling detail. The accumulating pile of facts. The poker face that melts. You use elements of American style when it suits you to do so, but the true value of what you write is that it comes out of your own experience and your own view of the world. It has a strong sense of place.<br /><br />Margaret Atwood describes the writer as Trickster. I find that an accurate and liberating image.<br /><br />Keep writing.Gerryhttp://torchlakeviews.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27691111.post-75207853059752504822009-10-07T22:21:31.163+00:002009-10-07T22:21:31.163+00:00Hey Spence,
Struggling with homework, so I thought...Hey Spence,<br />Struggling with homework, so I thought I'd read your 'stuff' instead.<br />Such vivid descriptiveness.<br />"He would be marked down for clear blue eyes, gently freckled skin and that particularly engaging brand of innocent mischievousness you only ever see in children aged about twenty-five." I love this bit.<br />Wow!<br />Ok, I'm off to bed, feeling more than useless and have 'Dragon Lady' tomorrow.<br />x jolulu's missiveshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00137536605784710186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27691111.post-32625006417695519662009-10-07T21:39:06.550+00:002009-10-07T21:39:06.550+00:00Is it okay to say that was a great post? You alwa...Is it okay to say that was a great post? You always manage to bring Aidan and friends (!) into my head with such great descriptions I feel I can almost touch them! Thanks for sharing your stories with me! (as if I am the only one who stops by for a read!)Gia's Spothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09482742283418885642noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27691111.post-60646693969048436072009-10-07T19:58:17.722+00:002009-10-07T19:58:17.722+00:00Thanks BW! It's really very kind of you to be ...Thanks BW! It's really very kind of you to be so encouraging.<br /><br />There are lots of things about writing that I find difficult. One of them is not <i>over</i> writing, being too purple-prosey. My favourite writers (mostly American, I have to say) always crack on with the story, but manage to come up with new and interesting ways of putting across a scene. That's something I'd definitely aspire to.<br /><br />Thanks for the comment about the last post, too. It was particularly difficult to write, but I wanted to get something down. I hope your father didn't suffer unduly, and everything went as well as can be expected at times like these. xxSpence Kennedyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11183848895584919812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27691111.post-49991365557201322592009-10-07T18:51:53.621+00:002009-10-07T18:51:53.621+00:00"A pervasive drizzle has rolled in off the se..."A pervasive drizzle has rolled in off the sea and mugged the streets of all vitality." <br /><br />Fabulously descriptive. You make me smile, Spence. Does this sort of thing come to you effortlessly? It sure reads that way.<br /><br />As to the last post regarding the death of your father: I wanted to comment, but found I couldn't. It was very well-written, but it so shook and moved me (it brought back the weeks of my own father's final illness) that I couldn't think of what to say. Now? I'll just say thank you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com