http://blazeauthors.com/blog/2009/05/11/voices-in-my-head/ Red Hot Reads Thu, 17 May 2012 01:51:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://blazeauthors.com/blog/2009/05/11/voices-in-my-head/#comment-1730 Candace Havens Wed, 13 May 2009 14:08:48 +0000 http://blazeauthors.com/blog/?p=630#comment-1730 I consider eavesdropping research, and I even tell other people to do it. :-) Through the years it's given me some really wonderful dialogue and ideas for characters. I consider eavesdropping research, and I even tell other people to do it. Through the years it’s given me some really wonderful dialogue and ideas for characters.

]]> http://blazeauthors.com/blog/2009/05/11/voices-in-my-head/#comment-1717 Rebekah Wed, 13 May 2009 03:13:37 +0000 http://blazeauthors.com/blog/?p=630#comment-1717 That is great! Thanks! That is great! Thanks!

]]> http://blazeauthors.com/blog/2009/05/11/voices-in-my-head/#comment-1703 Colleen Tue, 12 May 2009 16:33:46 +0000 http://blazeauthors.com/blog/?p=630#comment-1703 Congrats Rebekah!!! (*) Congrats Rebekah!!! (*)

]]> http://blazeauthors.com/blog/2009/05/11/voices-in-my-head/#comment-1696 Joanne Rock Tue, 12 May 2009 12:57:24 +0000 http://blazeauthors.com/blog/?p=630#comment-1696 ****The thread winner is Rebekah! ****I've sent her an email note, but Rebekah, all you need to do is email me at joanne@joannerock.com with a mailing address and I'll get your book out to you asap! ****The thread winner is Rebekah! ****I’ve sent her an email note, but Rebekah, all you need to do is email me at joanne@joannerock.com with a mailing address and I’ll get your book out to you asap!

]]> http://blazeauthors.com/blog/2009/05/11/voices-in-my-head/#comment-1695 Joanne Rock Tue, 12 May 2009 12:53:22 +0000 http://blazeauthors.com/blog/?p=630#comment-1695 Thanks, Jody! And I wish I was better about writing down phrases I hear or book ideas that come to mind... I forget things way too quickly. I had a great memory until my mid twenties. Right along the time those kids of mine started arriving. Then my sharp mind started back-pedaling and hasn't stopped!! But using a notebook would help so much if I could just get in the habit. Thanks, Jody! And I wish I was better about writing down phrases I hear or book ideas that come to mind… I forget things way too quickly. I had a great memory until my mid twenties. Right along the time those kids of mine started arriving. Then my sharp mind started back-pedaling and hasn’t stopped!! But using a notebook would help so much if I could just get in the habit.

]]> http://blazeauthors.com/blog/2009/05/11/voices-in-my-head/#comment-1694 Rebekah Tue, 12 May 2009 05:00:28 +0000 http://blazeauthors.com/blog/?p=630#comment-1694 I have always been a quiet observer. Don't push me into the spotlight; I am perfectly content to watch others. One of my favorite places to "people watch" is when shopping. I like to get shopping done as soon as possible but my mom and four sisters seem to have mastered shopping from dawn to dusk. That leaves me sitting on a bench in the middle of the crowded shopping mall. If I am not reading a book I people watch. And I find it fun. Watching husbands reluctantly holding their wife's bags, teens casually strolling with their moms while trying to appear as cool as possible, boyfriend and girlfriend holding hands and so wrapped up in each other that they hardly notice anyone else, preteen girls in groups giggling about boys, boys in groups hitching up their pants every few seconds, harried mothers with toddlers screaming for a desired toy, and grandmothers in tennis shoes getting their exercise by walking the mall. There are so many different people and it is fascinating to watch each and every one of them! People are so entertaining! :-) I have always been a quiet observer. Don’t push me into the spotlight; I am perfectly content to watch others. One of my favorite places to “people watch” is when shopping. I like to get shopping done as soon as possible but my mom and four sisters seem to have mastered shopping from dawn to dusk. That leaves me sitting on a bench in the middle of the crowded shopping mall. If I am not reading a book I people watch. And I find it fun. Watching husbands reluctantly holding their wife’s bags, teens casually strolling with their moms while trying to appear as cool as possible, boyfriend and girlfriend holding hands and so wrapped up in each other that they hardly notice anyone else, preteen girls in groups giggling about boys, boys in groups hitching up their pants every few seconds, harried mothers with toddlers screaming for a desired toy, and grandmothers in tennis shoes getting their exercise by walking the mall. There are so many different people and it is fascinating to watch each and every one of them! People are so entertaining!

]]> http://blazeauthors.com/blog/2009/05/11/voices-in-my-head/#comment-1692 Jody Lynn Allen Tue, 12 May 2009 01:39:13 +0000 http://blazeauthors.com/blog/?p=630#comment-1692 You can hear some interesting conversations when you do a little snooping in the coffee shop huh. that conversations was one-sided sure, but very priceless. I loved the bit about the psychic, (if she was a psychic why didnt she know there wasnt any eggs???) sorry, my mind started running with that one, and that's the fun part. Tkaing what you hear and running with it, your mind can come up with some fun stuff. And no, people dont care what they say in public on the cells anymore, even if children are around. there is no shame. And i dont think i know any writers that don't eavesdrop or write down snippets of conversations, or just interesting phrases. I have a lot of those just waiting for the right conversation in a book. cool topic, and i think your hubby sounds like fun. jody :-D You can hear some interesting conversations when you do a little snooping in the coffee shop huh. that conversations was one-sided sure, but very priceless. I loved the bit about the psychic, (if she was a psychic why didnt she know there wasnt any eggs???)
sorry, my mind started running with that one, and that’s the fun part. Tkaing what you hear and running with it, your mind can come up with some fun stuff. And no, people dont care what they say in public on the cells anymore, even if children are around. there is no shame.
And i dont think i know any writers that don’t eavesdrop or write down snippets of conversations, or just interesting phrases. I have a lot of those just waiting for the right conversation in a book.
cool topic, and i think your hubby sounds like fun.
jody

]]> http://blazeauthors.com/blog/2009/05/11/voices-in-my-head/#comment-1691 Virginia Hendricks Tue, 12 May 2009 01:02:19 +0000 http://blazeauthors.com/blog/?p=630#comment-1691 I am always highly amused at people's conversations. I am always highly amused at people’s conversations.

]]> http://blazeauthors.com/blog/2009/05/11/voices-in-my-head/#comment-1689 Joanne Rock Mon, 11 May 2009 23:00:49 +0000 http://blazeauthors.com/blog/?p=630#comment-1689 Oh Anne, that's priceless. Now there's a bonafide character. I love big personalities (see blog post re: Cha-Ka immitating mate). So fun to watch. The quiet ones are a challenge to figure out. But the psychic in need of an egg? She could walk right into a book and take it over, no problem. Oh Anne, that’s priceless. Now there’s a bonafide character. I love big personalities (see blog post re: Cha-Ka immitating mate). So fun to watch. The quiet ones are a challenge to figure out. But the psychic in need of an egg? She could walk right into a book and take it over, no problem.

]]> http://blazeauthors.com/blog/2009/05/11/voices-in-my-head/#comment-1688 Joanne Rock Mon, 11 May 2009 22:56:35 +0000 http://blazeauthors.com/blog/?p=630#comment-1688 Colleen, this was my entertaintment in the high school lunchroom. When all else failed for conversational topics, why not fill in the blanks for what they were saying across the room at another table? Teens are so wonderfully emotive that there was never a lack for potential storylines. Colleen, this was my entertaintment in the high school lunchroom. When all else failed for conversational topics, why not fill in the blanks for what they were saying across the room at another table? Teens are so wonderfully emotive that there was never a lack for potential storylines.

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