Comments on: In the Beginning http://www.maggierobinson.net/2008/03/10/in-the-beginning/ Author of Historical Romance Tue, 07 Feb 2012 16:50:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Maggie Robinson http://www.maggierobinson.net/2008/03/10/in-the-beginning/comment-page-1/#comment-1818 Maggie Robinson Thu, 13 Mar 2008 10:17:00 +0000 http://www.maggierobinson.net/2008/03/10/in-the-beginning/#comment-1818 Funny, Irish, I used to live in my imagination a lot too. Then along came the childrearing years. Now I'm back to indulging my fantasies. The best of all worlds! Funny, Irish, I used to live in my imagination a lot too. Then along came the childrearing years. Now I’m back to indulging my fantasies. The best of all worlds!

]]> By: irisheyes http://www.maggierobinson.net/2008/03/10/in-the-beginning/comment-page-1/#comment-1817 irisheyes Thu, 13 Mar 2008 00:36:00 +0000 http://www.maggierobinson.net/2008/03/10/in-the-beginning/#comment-1817 I started writing in journals in my late teens early twenties. Lots of angst going on that needed to get out of my head and onto paper (or just out of my head, really). I didn't start writing for fun, or fiction, as it were, until just about 5 or 6 years ago. I would see movies, TV shows or read books that I thought I could improve upon (not too full of myself, am I!) and so I went at it.<br/><br/>I've always had stories floating around in my head. I would make up stories all the time when I was growing up - lived in my imagination a lot. After I started reading romances again the stories started up again. Now I just write that floating around stuff down. I started writing in journals in my late teens early twenties. Lots of angst going on that needed to get out of my head and onto paper (or just out of my head, really). I didn’t start writing for fun, or fiction, as it were, until just about 5 or 6 years ago. I would see movies, TV shows or read books that I thought I could improve upon (not too full of myself, am I!) and so I went at it.

I’ve always had stories floating around in my head. I would make up stories all the time when I was growing up – lived in my imagination a lot. After I started reading romances again the stories started up again. Now I just write that floating around stuff down.

]]> By: Maggie Robinson http://www.maggierobinson.net/2008/03/10/in-the-beginning/comment-page-1/#comment-1816 Maggie Robinson Wed, 12 Mar 2008 22:25:00 +0000 http://www.maggierobinson.net/2008/03/10/in-the-beginning/#comment-1816 Aww, Janga. I'm blushing and grateful. I started with poetry too, something about a hunter and his dog and a log as I recall, LOL. Not quite up to your standards.<br/><br/>Ely,I thought the quote was pretty great myself. I used to pretend and talk to myself all the time as a kid, and now I can do it all in the name of writing.<br/><br/>Terrio, you've made such incredible progress this past year! I am in awe (and of course you named a character after me *w*) Aww, Janga. I’m blushing and grateful. I started with poetry too, something about a hunter and his dog and a log as I recall, LOL. Not quite up to your standards.

Ely,I thought the quote was pretty great myself. I used to pretend and talk to myself all the time as a kid, and now I can do it all in the name of writing.

Terrio, you’ve made such incredible progress this past year! I am in awe (and of course you named a character after me *w*)

]]> By: Janga http://www.maggierobinson.net/2008/03/10/in-the-beginning/comment-page-1/#comment-1815 Janga Wed, 12 Mar 2008 20:30:00 +0000 http://www.maggierobinson.net/2008/03/10/in-the-beginning/#comment-1815 I started writing when I was very young, and I can remember making up bits of rhyme and story even before I could write them down. Poetry was my genre though. I wrote the usual very bad angsty teen drivel and lots of derivative pieces that show the influence of Dickinson and Eliot. But I was still in my teens when I knew writing poems was a necessary part of my life. It still is.<br/><br/>And every time something--be it poem, novel, blog, or letter-- shows what a gifted, caring writer can do with language, I learn something. Nothing improves my writing like reading the good stuff in any genre. I have learned a great deal from Emily Dickinson and Virginia Woolf and Mary Chapin Carpenter and Nora Roberts and Margaret Maron and Eloisa James and Lee Smith and too many others to ever list them all. (Maggie Robinson is on my list.) I started writing when I was very young, and I can remember making up bits of rhyme and story even before I could write them down. Poetry was my genre though. I wrote the usual very bad angsty teen drivel and lots of derivative pieces that show the influence of Dickinson and Eliot. But I was still in my teens when I knew writing poems was a necessary part of my life. It still is.

And every time something–be it poem, novel, blog, or letter– shows what a gifted, caring writer can do with language, I learn something. Nothing improves my writing like reading the good stuff in any genre. I have learned a great deal from Emily Dickinson and Virginia Woolf and Mary Chapin Carpenter and Nora Roberts and Margaret Maron and Eloisa James and Lee Smith and too many others to ever list them all. (Maggie Robinson is on my list.)

]]> By: Elyssa Papa http://www.maggierobinson.net/2008/03/10/in-the-beginning/comment-page-1/#comment-1814 Elyssa Papa Wed, 12 Mar 2008 19:56:00 +0000 http://www.maggierobinson.net/2008/03/10/in-the-beginning/#comment-1814 Love the quote, Maggie. <br/><br/>I've written since I can remember... I definitely remember writing things at six. <br/><br/>It's more like what don't I learn? I learn something every day. And thanks to some CPs (*w*), they catch all the mistakes I don't; which more often than not is a lot. Love the quote, Maggie.

I’ve written since I can remember… I definitely remember writing things at six.

It’s more like what don’t I learn? I learn something every day. And thanks to some CPs (*w*), they catch all the mistakes I don’t; which more often than not is a lot.

]]> By: terrio http://www.maggierobinson.net/2008/03/10/in-the-beginning/comment-page-1/#comment-1813 terrio Wed, 12 Mar 2008 15:58:00 +0000 http://www.maggierobinson.net/2008/03/10/in-the-beginning/#comment-1813 I totally knew that was Foghorn. I love him!<br/><br/>I fell in love with writing in the 7th Grade (thank you Ms. Bernabee!). But I didn't start seriously writing until little over a year ago. My biggest problem is verbs. I'm afraid I write the way I talk which means I'm even more annoying than I realized. I totally knew that was Foghorn. I love him!

I fell in love with writing in the 7th Grade (thank you Ms. Bernabee!). But I didn’t start seriously writing until little over a year ago. My biggest problem is verbs. I’m afraid I write the way I talk which means I’m even more annoying than I realized.

]]> By: Maggie Robinson http://www.maggierobinson.net/2008/03/10/in-the-beginning/comment-page-1/#comment-1812 Maggie Robinson Tue, 11 Mar 2008 22:43:00 +0000 http://www.maggierobinson.net/2008/03/10/in-the-beginning/#comment-1812 Tiff, poo on the critics!<br/><br/>Bernard, I took a persuasive writing class, but clashed with my professor dreadfully. I didn't persuade him of a thing, LOL.<br/><br/>Foggy, spelling bee champ here. *w* Tiff, poo on the critics!

Bernard, I took a persuasive writing class, but clashed with my professor dreadfully. I didn’t persuade him of a thing, LOL.

Foggy, spelling bee champ here. *w*

]]> By: Tiffany Kenzie http://www.maggierobinson.net/2008/03/10/in-the-beginning/comment-page-1/#comment-1811 Tiffany Kenzie Tue, 11 Mar 2008 16:41:00 +0000 http://www.maggierobinson.net/2008/03/10/in-the-beginning/#comment-1811 Interesting... what is my problem? apparently my characters aren't likeable enough. They lack an emotional depth that makes them believably in love... I'm working on correcting that. Interesting… what is my problem? apparently my characters aren’t likeable enough. They lack an emotional depth that makes them believably in love… I’m working on correcting that.

]]> By: BernardL http://www.maggierobinson.net/2008/03/10/in-the-beginning/comment-page-1/#comment-1810 BernardL Tue, 11 Mar 2008 13:16:00 +0000 http://www.maggierobinson.net/2008/03/10/in-the-beginning/#comment-1810 I wrote my first novel after taking a creative writing class at the junior college I attended after the service. Being a big fan of Robert E Howard's Conan, I wrote a fantasy bringing a Conan type warrior forward in time. Back in those days you had to send the whole manuscript out with return postage. Dropping inactive verbs whenever possible ranks as the number one writing rule I learned back then. I wrote my first novel after taking a creative writing class at the junior college I attended after the service. Being a big fan of Robert E Howard’s Conan, I wrote a fantasy bringing a Conan type warrior forward in time. Back in those days you had to send the whole manuscript out with return postage. Dropping inactive verbs whenever possible ranks as the number one writing rule I learned back then.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.maggierobinson.net/2008/03/10/in-the-beginning/comment-page-1/#comment-1809 Anonymous Tue, 11 Mar 2008 04:41:00 +0000 http://www.maggierobinson.net/2008/03/10/in-the-beginning/#comment-1809 You know what else is an egregious offense with my writing? Poor spelling. (Thanks for adding the "c" in obscure, Maggie.) You know what else is an egregious offense with my writing? Poor spelling. (Thanks for adding the “c” in obscure, Maggie.)

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