tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28221839.post3208688074162929015..comments2024-02-12T17:59:33.534-06:00Comments on RAZORED ZEN: Year's Best Fantasy. Not!Charles Gramlichhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02052592247572253641noreply@blogger.comBlogger33125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28221839.post-67093458246341171112008-05-26T13:28:00.000-05:002008-05-26T13:28:00.000-05:00Yay for zombie western stories!!!!!!!!Yay for zombie western stories!!!!!!!!Rachel V. Olivierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08993034871233904955noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28221839.post-31726225568471923262008-05-26T13:19:00.000-05:002008-05-26T13:19:00.000-05:00Congratulations, baby!Congratulations, baby!Lana Gramlichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06975996208260144558noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28221839.post-37450927694143921812008-05-26T11:01:00.000-05:002008-05-26T11:01:00.000-05:00Shauna, I'm having fun coming up with Shai's chara...Shauna, I'm having fun coming up with Shai's character.<BR/><BR/>Greg, thanks.<BR/><BR/>Cheri, lovely. That story curdled the cream in my coffee.<BR/><BR/>Bernita, thanks. As for vampires, too many generic ones out there.<BR/><BR/>Benjibopper, thanks. And yes, if a fiction story doesn't do 'something' emotional to you then I'm not sure I see the purpose in it.<BR/><BR/>Candy, it's called "Once Upon a Time with the Dead."<BR/><BR/>ChrisEldin, thanks. I tend to read a very wide variety of stuff myself.<BR/><BR/>Dannette, yep, a zombie western featuring Cole Younger and Jesse James among others.Charles Gramlichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02052592247572253641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28221839.post-73711129775832315362008-05-26T10:02:00.000-05:002008-05-26T10:02:00.000-05:00Charles,Wow--you are prolific! Congrats on all the...Charles,<BR/>Wow--you are prolific! Congrats on all the recent pubs. <BR/><BR/>Zombie/western--sounds like a great hook!Danette Haworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13220718895967380788noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28221839.post-8100261748917438522008-05-26T10:01:00.000-05:002008-05-26T10:01:00.000-05:00Congratulations on the good news on the writing fr...Congratulations on the good news on the writing front.<BR/><BR/>I do pick up different genres depending on my mood, so I can understand your disappointment.Chris Eldinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11794946908789120139noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28221839.post-28660990951621836472008-05-26T09:21:00.000-05:002008-05-26T09:21:00.000-05:00A zombie western? Woa. Congrats!A zombie western? Woa. Congrats!cs harrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13708705800818667923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28221839.post-5994505388763872132008-05-26T09:08:00.000-05:002008-05-26T09:08:00.000-05:00congrats on all these new publications! and your ...congrats on all these new publications! <BR/><BR/>and your comments about that anthology really resonate with me. it's what i often can't stand about new literature: it's all pretty and nice and well-written but has no meaning, it doesn't hit me in the gut. it's boring.Chris Benjaminhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00402945887045545024noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28221839.post-25718622089339536582008-05-26T08:06:00.000-05:002008-05-26T08:06:00.000-05:00Congratulations, Charles!I read recently a tale th...Congratulations, Charles!<BR/><BR/>I read recently a tale that supposedly featured Irish vampires.<BR/>Unfortunately it was the same trite vampire who just happened to be Irish, a little background mythologynotwithstanding.Bernitahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05264585685253812090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28221839.post-88825543315751534142008-05-26T06:51:00.000-05:002008-05-26T06:51:00.000-05:00Many years ago I was with girlfriends in a store w...Many years ago I was with girlfriends in a store when we came upon the delicates section and found several little girls browsing the thongs. They could not have been more than seven, maybe eight. Once the mother chaperon came over and told them only to not get "the black ones, they will make you look slutty." Great parenting.Cherihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16211983897122722800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28221839.post-17884724908745915992008-05-26T06:32:00.000-05:002008-05-26T06:32:00.000-05:00yeah, Lilliput's a great little mag. Good luck!yeah, Lilliput's a great little mag. Good luck!Greghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15344808703550376121noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28221839.post-80742226206721068312008-05-26T00:16:00.000-05:002008-05-26T00:16:00.000-05:00That is so cool! I'm looking forward to Shai.That is so cool! I'm looking forward to Shai.Shauna Robertshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03871768714926149114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28221839.post-53820101085075343092008-05-25T23:30:00.000-05:002008-05-25T23:30:00.000-05:00Christina, this collection was certainly a bit pre...Christina, this collection was certainly a bit pretentious and overly complicated.<BR/><BR/>Travis, exactly. You want some tension, some potential conflict and danger or else why are you reading?<BR/><BR/>Shauna, thanks. By the way, I'm working on a character named Shai, who will fit the mold you made a request for in the Taleran book I'm working on.<BR/><BR/>Josephine Damian, and I never thought of fantasy as any other way until one time I was doing a websearch on fantasy "markets" and found a whole bunch of crazy stuff I never expected to find.<BR/><BR/>Greg, thanks. I submitted a bunch of poetry today, including to Lilliput REview. I liked the samples I got.Charles Gramlichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02052592247572253641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28221839.post-41764642494446637102008-05-25T23:25:00.000-05:002008-05-25T23:25:00.000-05:00(1) Thanks for the link to Ello's blog. Interesti...(1) Thanks for the link to Ello's blog. Interesting post. I'll be interested in reading the follow-up interview with Dr. Durham.<BR/><BR/>(2) Congratulations on your sales. <BR/><BR/>(3) I certainly understand what you're saying professional/industrial abhorence of anything potentially "ominous." I'm afraid that pre-audiences gravitate towards tales that they think readers will like--never mind that readers would probably like more diverse fare. <BR/><BR/>As for me, I'm not really into the fantasy genre. So I wouldn't really know what to expect from a fantasy story.X. Dellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17561609651507566271noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28221839.post-69120920371934799522008-05-25T23:14:00.000-05:002008-05-25T23:14:00.000-05:00Charles, congrats on the acceptance and publicatio...Charles, congrats on the acceptance and publication! I'll definitely stay away from that "fantasy" anthology.Greghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15344808703550376121noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28221839.post-7616718855826077582008-05-25T22:57:00.000-05:002008-05-25T22:57:00.000-05:00Charles: Kudos on the sales!You know when I first ...Charles: Kudos on the sales!<BR/><BR/>You know when I first heard the "fantasy" genre talked up I thought it was books about, well, err... you know, <I>fantasies</I> - naughty thoughts! lol Took me quite some time to get that it was about witches and warlords, Merlin-types and dragons. Stuff like that.Josephine Damianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17952030380866201241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28221839.post-45419581186247639042008-05-25T21:37:00.000-05:002008-05-25T21:37:00.000-05:00Charles - just checking in. I'll read properly lat...Charles - just checking in. I'll read properly later (it's 3.30am here!). Just wanted to say thanks for dropping by, hope you are doing ok, I am thinking of you and sending good thoughts your way and....<BR/><BR/>....get a cat. Really. But get a kitten. Babies grow with you. (If you are planning on coming this side of the pond Bubble is pregnant... *grin*)<BR/><BR/>*hug* for you. (Just cos you're in biker leathers doesn't mean you can't have hugs! lol)Cathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01247084030899971480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28221839.post-69615549049714234622008-05-25T21:22:00.000-05:002008-05-25T21:22:00.000-05:00Congratulations on the sale and the publications!T...Congratulations on the sale and the publications!<BR/><BR/>Thanks for the alert about Ello's blog on Wednesday. I've sent notes to some relatives and friends with daughters in case they're interested in the discussion. I plan to stop by, too, even though I don't have any daughters, because it's such a troubling issue.Shauna Robertshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03871768714926149114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28221839.post-20284208067687617422008-05-25T19:08:00.000-05:002008-05-25T19:08:00.000-05:00It seems to me that a writer gets his readers to i...It seems to me that a writer gets his readers to invest a little more in the characters and the story if there are ominous things waiting in the wings.<BR/><BR/>Imagine LOTR without the spectre of The Ring and its impact on the Ring Bearer?Travis Codyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06192526507760146748noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28221839.post-57993182809966450432008-05-25T18:14:00.000-05:002008-05-25T18:14:00.000-05:00Congratulations on the story. I think I have a col...Congratulations on the story. I think I have a collection of "Best Fantasy" but I only read one story in it. It was good, a bit confusing, I need to reread it again.LoveRundlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01177659277273835858noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28221839.post-38426564461511617592008-05-25T15:29:00.000-05:002008-05-25T15:29:00.000-05:00Lisa, you're right, and I hope some discussion wil...Lisa, you're right, and I hope some discussion will happen on Wednesday about how too many parents are shirking responsibilities. Of course, the parents are only one, albeit a major influence on their kids.<BR/><BR/>Marmitetoasty, I've heard Coben is really good. I'll have to give him a try.<BR/><BR/>Michelle, exactly. TV is where to go for pablum. The problem as I see with the media is that they feed too many young girls the idea that to be 'free' and 'independent' you need to be ??? This takes away their free choices.<BR/><BR/>SQT, I'd personaly hate to be bringing up a young girl right now. It definitely gets harder all the time.<BR/><BR/>Laughingwolf, I will see you there.Charles Gramlichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02052592247572253641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28221839.post-48677528398936174682008-05-25T15:24:00.000-05:002008-05-25T15:24:00.000-05:00i hope to be there, should be highly informative.....i hope to be there, should be highly informative....laughingwolfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08873675614347328116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28221839.post-68341709867548670432008-05-25T11:17:00.000-05:002008-05-25T11:17:00.000-05:00I need to go over and read Ello's post. I have an ...I need to go over and read Ello's post. I have an 8-year-old daughter and the way young girls are being sexualized scares me to death.SQThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04251030404220909306noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28221839.post-61096962047662078262008-05-25T08:22:00.000-05:002008-05-25T08:22:00.000-05:00I'm with you on the troubled thing -- if I wanted ...I'm with you on the troubled thing -- if I wanted pablum, I'd watch television (and do watch television when I want something relaxing). It occurs to me that reading is a medium of engagement, not total escape. Thanks for the heads up on the Lolita factor. Although I'm a big advocate for women (emphasis on women not girls) expressing their sexuality any way they choose, it disturbs me deeply to see clothes at Target marketed to ten year olds that would not be out of place at the strip clubs on Eight Mile. It ruins childhood in some fundamental way and sets a bad precedent -- nowhere to go and nothing fun to look forward to like make-up or crazy clothes when one gets of the age to wear them because of choice, not because of some creepy societal norm.Michelle's Spellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15769666862403600253noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28221839.post-166809858794694092008-05-25T02:32:00.000-05:002008-05-25T02:32:00.000-05:00Ive tried reading fantasy stories but I really str...Ive tried reading fantasy stories but I really struggle, Im more into at the moment Harlen Coben and Kathy Reich... crime investigation stories.... maybe Im really a police pathologist at heart LOL...... ok ok I always love a nice romantic story once in a while.... thats the fantasty part lmfao...<BR/><BR/>Contrats with the sale....<BR/><BR/>xMarmiteToastyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02536695634856882487noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28221839.post-20611584343997677712008-05-25T00:28:00.000-05:002008-05-25T00:28:00.000-05:00Congratulations on the new stories in print! I'll ...Congratulations on the new stories in print! I'll be at Ello's too. The topic is so creepy to me and I'm curious about author's focus on the media as the culprit who is sexualizing children. Although the media is to blame to a point, parents are the ones who are ultimately letting little girls dress provocatively, paint their nails, pierce their ears and wear makeup.Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00665632105920753931noreply@blogger.com