tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3855283511538601375.post6160575757221274431..comments2024-03-16T07:27:27.752+00:00Comments on Novel Points of View: FOR WHOM DO YOU WRITE?Rae Cowiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10213969901991611348noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3855283511538601375.post-87960647316562798882013-05-09T21:16:09.222+01:002013-05-09T21:16:09.222+01:00You're not late, Guernsey Girl, never fear.......You're not late, Guernsey Girl, never fear....this post hasn't been up long and HFH out for only a couple of weeks or so....so many things coming out all the time, you have to shout loud to be noticed - I have a very LOUD voice....:)And lovely friends to support me...:)<br />Thank you very much for popping by.Linda Mitchelmorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10948518126405880012noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3855283511538601375.post-1543617506703407842013-05-09T21:14:07.702+01:002013-05-09T21:14:07.702+01:00Hello, Lindsay.....thank you so much for popping i...Hello, Lindsay.....thank you so much for popping in to say hello. I do hope you'll enjoy my WWFS stories...quite a surprise to find three in there, I can tell you - WW never tells me what they are putting where....it's like a lucky dip! Good luck with your writing....keep on keeping on is the best advice I can give you....:)Linda Mitchelmorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10948518126405880012noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3855283511538601375.post-6722914533707795972013-05-09T18:53:05.317+01:002013-05-09T18:53:05.317+01:00Special if belated congratulations on this, Linda ...Special if belated congratulations on this, Linda - for some reason I didn't find this notification till now. Good luck with Hope for Hannah - you deserve it! :)Guernsey Girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10351729766544892085noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3855283511538601375.post-71625903432396603792013-05-09T15:58:53.918+01:002013-05-09T15:58:53.918+01:00As a budding new writer just starting out, this is...As a budding new writer just starting out, this is wise advice for me, thanks Linda. I have just bought the latest Woman's Weekly Fiction Special and I see there are several stories by you! I'm looking forward to reading them.Lindsayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08731930823596505781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3855283511538601375.post-55324859373888807942013-05-07T19:26:49.991+01:002013-05-07T19:26:49.991+01:00Ooooh, lovely to see you here, Margaret James - th...Ooooh, lovely to see you here, Margaret James - thanks for popping by.Linda Mitchelmorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10948518126405880012noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3855283511538601375.post-60242985695460730752013-05-07T16:04:18.735+01:002013-05-07T16:04:18.735+01:00I'm looking forward to reading Hope for Hannah...I'm looking forward to reading Hope for Hannah set on lovely Dartmoor!Margaret Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17979380013524036042noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3855283511538601375.post-13418546471219566092013-05-07T14:33:33.110+01:002013-05-07T14:33:33.110+01:00A bit like actors getting type cast? Never thought...A bit like actors getting type cast? Never thought of it like that but can see the thinking....:)Linda Mitchelmorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10948518126405880012noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3855283511538601375.post-71258653991665007662013-05-07T14:26:25.681+01:002013-05-07T14:26:25.681+01:00I, too, have come across a little literary snobber...I, too, have come across a little literary snobbery - only a little,though, as I'm not published enough for most people to notice. But it also strikes me that sometimes people think that because you've written 'for' one magazine or type of reader, you'll always be doing that. Jo Allenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12976757854217324838noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3855283511538601375.post-70638454443902678632013-05-07T09:29:16.510+01:002013-05-07T09:29:16.510+01:00Well said....sometimes we have to think of our poc...Well said....sometimes we have to think of our pockets....:)Linda Mitchelmorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10948518126405880012noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3855283511538601375.post-8957137827015787002013-05-06T15:55:16.040+01:002013-05-06T15:55:16.040+01:00Lovely post Linda - and a lovely cover. I sooo ag...Lovely post Linda - and a lovely cover. I sooo agree with you about literary snobbishness (I wasn't allowed to register as a writer with Creative Scotland because I was 'only' published in books that were targetted at libraries...). I think most of us write because we enjoy writing, but the thought that what we write can a) earn some money and b) give others some pleasure is not to be sniffed at.Gill Stewarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03139563775181908912noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3855283511538601375.post-9060626654831528082013-05-05T21:01:38.103+01:002013-05-05T21:01:38.103+01:00Thanks, Rosemary, for passing by - glad you like t...Thanks, Rosemary, for passing by - glad you like the post....it is so hard, sometimes, to come up with something different to say that will ring a bell with other writers...:) Sadly, the slag-off has happened to most of us at times...sigh.Linda Mitchelmorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10948518126405880012noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3855283511538601375.post-44592656284596500422013-05-05T16:21:16.529+01:002013-05-05T16:21:16.529+01:00Excellent post, Linda - I love that spirited reply...Excellent post, Linda - I love that spirited reply in defence of writing short stories. I once read a long defence of romance which was quite brilliant. Lovely cover!Rosemary Gemmellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09311840205603508422noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3855283511538601375.post-68453352467958673862013-05-04T19:10:58.425+01:002013-05-04T19:10:58.425+01:00Thanks, Jenny, and you are right - there's roo...Thanks, Jenny, and you are right - there's room for all of us! I look at the bookshelves in the library or Waterstones or wherever and I think, 'Do we need more books? Is there room for one more?' Yes, and yes!Linda Mitchelmorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10948518126405880012noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3855283511538601375.post-51596601045025275762013-05-04T19:09:21.586+01:002013-05-04T19:09:21.586+01:00Thank you so much for passing by, Margaret. And wh...Thank you so much for passing by, Margaret. And while I'm sad you had this experience, too, it's good to know I'm not the only one. Maybe their negative attitudes did us some good in the end, made us soldier on...:)Linda Mitchelmorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10948518126405880012noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3855283511538601375.post-57039889844014612072013-05-04T19:07:58.663+01:002013-05-04T19:07:58.663+01:00Thank you, Mary.....HFH's cover is in the vang...Thank you, Mary.....HFH's cover is in the vanguard of Choc Lit Lite - instantly recognisable by its style. I'm glad you still get the thrill, Mary....I've always said when I lose that, it will be time to call it a day...:)Linda Mitchelmorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10948518126405880012noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3855283511538601375.post-55333993020792846682013-05-04T18:52:02.756+01:002013-05-04T18:52:02.756+01:00There's a lot of literary snobbery around, Lin...There's a lot of literary snobbery around, Linda. Your short story publication achievement is fantastic (and enviable) and you should be very proud of it. Readers form - thankfully - a hugely diverse constituency and what's one's meat is another's poison, to use a well-worn cliché.<br /><br />I'm looking forward to Hope for Hannah already, by the way.Jenny Harperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16721428313351462045noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3855283511538601375.post-16000906446617136952013-05-04T14:49:08.877+01:002013-05-04T14:49:08.877+01:00Atmospheric cover, Linda - a lovely one. An intere...Atmospheric cover, Linda - a lovely one. An interesting post and one I can empathise with. Early in my writing career, I attended a Novel Weekend at a university and had a similar experience. One male writer took us all to task accusing us of 'betraying our art', by hoping to have our work published! Needless to say, he was the most unpopular member of the group. Why do I write? Simple - because I love it. But an even better thrill comes when I hold my hard-worked on book in my hand. And like you, I learned my craft writing short stories for women's magazines.Margaret Kainehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12265934641180333443noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3855283511538601375.post-35486412524260902312013-05-04T10:57:09.890+01:002013-05-04T10:57:09.890+01:00I really enjoyed reading your post, Linda, and I&#...I really enjoyed reading your post, Linda, and I'm with you on the feelings of joy when something of mine is published - whether it's a poem, magazine article or story. It is such a special feeling and I am glad it doesn't wear off. <br />I've often suspected the people who are so sneering about womag fiction are people who can't actually write it very well. They believed it would be very easy to rattle off a short story then, when it is rejected by the editor, they sneer at those who can do it! <br />Congratulations on Hope for Hannah - it has a very intriguing cover.Mary Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14688996930245857265noreply@blogger.com