tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8052003455667869062.post2858199190833075823..comments2024-01-17T22:00:41.839-08:00Comments on Full Throttle and F**k It: Tell the Truth and Shame the DevilSteve Malleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17561234111786788616noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8052003455667869062.post-63581130355702172162007-03-19T14:18:00.000-07:002007-03-19T14:18:00.000-07:00Thanks for the kind words, all.Spoon, it's because...Thanks for the kind words, all.<BR/><BR/>Spoon, it's because we make so much up that we need to stay true. If the people don't sound real and believable, the made-up sstory falls apart. <BR/><BR/>And Avery, my parents have had years and years of naked women in my sketchbooks and sexually explicit art on public exhibit to get used to the deviant they raised. <BR/><BR/>They still beat their chests anyway when they got that first book. I'm off the Christmas card list, but they seem to like me okay otherwise.Steve Malleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17561234111786788616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8052003455667869062.post-48834374486322664952007-03-19T07:50:00.000-07:002007-03-19T07:50:00.000-07:00It seems a fairly common fear for writers to think...It seems a fairly common fear for writers to think their parents will read their work and then begin beating their chests, tearing their hair and wondering how they happened to raise such degenerates. I know it was (sometimes still is) mine. I guess I forget to give them credit for having lived an entire life before becoming instant saints via my birth.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8052003455667869062.post-74210665384645432532007-03-19T06:52:00.000-07:002007-03-19T06:52:00.000-07:00But the thing is...we have some great writers, man...But the thing is...we have some great writers, many of which never experienced the things they write about. Is it not just that they can take what they know and use it to write the stuff they haven't experienced well, that's where the truth in it will come from. Like, can you not imagine that cop/pimp accidentally killing his Mrs and how it would go down, assuming it did? That way, you only imagine and make up stuff to a point, the rest is real and in your frame of reference. I know i know, easier said than done...Itsnopicknickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04531244357207614387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8052003455667869062.post-87822757972608014142007-03-17T18:15:00.000-07:002007-03-17T18:15:00.000-07:00Good post. I was looking through some WIPs last ni...Good post. <BR/><BR/>I was looking through some WIPs last night, telling myself to get off my lazy butt and finish one of them. I opened one, not expecting to find much--an abandoned work that I didn't really think was worth much--and found it held it my attention far more than the rest, and was much better than I had remembered it. <BR/><BR/>After some moments, I figured out why: it was <I>real</I>. It was based on one of my own experiences, and it was far better than the others that I had just made up.<BR/><BR/>73K words is nothing to sneeze at - congratulations.RK Sterlinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01034917381901499281noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8052003455667869062.post-25199388943240421782007-03-17T11:06:00.000-07:002007-03-17T11:06:00.000-07:00Yes, good post. Being true to oneself has always b...Yes, good post. Being true to oneself has always been my mantra. The deepest truths are usually found in darkness.cs harrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13708705800818667923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8052003455667869062.post-31160470848291082172007-03-17T08:45:00.000-07:002007-03-17T08:45:00.000-07:00A friend suggested recently that I should try to w...A friend suggested recently that I should try to write a paranormal romance, which are big these days. Said friend knows I like fantasy and Sci-fi and horror. But even though those elements are involved with that genre I know there's no way in Hell I could legitimately pull off such a book. It wouldn't be true to me. Good post.Charles Gramlichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02052592247572253641noreply@blogger.com