tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15617001.post2294325946443321769..comments2024-03-20T02:26:46.482-04:00Comments on Joanna Bourne: Technical Topic -- Narrative versus DialogJo Bournehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13457862962618886252noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15617001.post-39173404526410570862010-09-04T10:50:28.048-04:002010-09-04T10:50:28.048-04:00Hi Annie --
Oh dear. Now you have caught me at i...Hi Annie --<br /><br />Oh dear. Now you have caught me at it. My stuff is very heavy on exposition. As they say at Microsoft, this is not a design flaw, this is a feature.<br /><br />The Fall 2011 publication estimate is good if I get the manuscript in on time, on December 1. I do not exactly know how I will manage it. Let us hope, somehow, I do.<br /><br />Le sigh.Jo Bournehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13457862962618886252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15617001.post-68821814225314388232010-09-04T09:49:14.764-04:002010-09-04T09:49:14.764-04:00Now I want to reread your books and keep an eye ou...Now I want to reread your books and keep an eye out for exposition. I recall your blogging about the bit of business in MLAS in which Adrian and Sebastian search Jess's room while Adrian supplies backstory. Being a writer is like being a magician--keep your eye on the handkerchief, ladies and gentlemen!<br /><br />On an unrelated topic, are "we" still on target for a 2011 pub. date for Justine?Anniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00480968583416513772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15617001.post-31416291522593865172010-09-02T21:18:43.797-04:002010-09-02T21:18:43.797-04:00Hi Deborah --
Thank you so very much for telling ...Hi Deborah --<br /><br />Thank you so very much for telling me this. It just warms my heart. I am so happy to think of TFR on the shelves.<br /><br />YEAH BORDERS!!<br /><br />I don't actually have anything to say about books in the stores. If they let authors have any say, we'd spend all our time calling ALL the bookstores and telling them to order more. *g*Jo Bournehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13457862962618886252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15617001.post-17149479647287349792010-09-02T21:01:32.831-04:002010-09-02T21:01:32.831-04:00Thanks, Jo. Great post. BTW...I went to the Border...Thanks, Jo. Great post. BTW...I went to the Borders at Spokane Valley Mall last week and picked up The Forbidden Rose. Unfortunately, they were out of My Lord and Spymaster. Perhaps you could nudge them to restock? I am happy to report, that TFB was in the New and Hot in Romance section, face out, as it should be. Keep it up!<br /><br />DebDeborah Smallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17582655689614863667noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15617001.post-2739224138657635572010-08-27T18:45:15.822-04:002010-08-27T18:45:15.822-04:00Hi Elisa --
All part of 'Inquiring Minds Want...Hi Elisa --<br /><br />All part of 'Inquiring Minds Want To Know'.<br /><br />I see a question like this and I get curious.Jo Bournehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13457862962618886252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15617001.post-288486243834704362010-08-27T15:39:58.592-04:002010-08-27T15:39:58.592-04:00What a completely brilliant thing to do! Very reve...What a completely brilliant thing to do! Very revealing.Elisahttp://elisabeatty.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15617001.post-64118621733891340762010-08-27T12:00:17.151-04:002010-08-27T12:00:17.151-04:00There is no such thing as 'just a reader.'...There is no such thing as 'just a reader.' *g* <br />Readers Rock! <br /><br />As I see it, there are two opinions that count. <br /><br />My own -- which has to trump everything else.<br /><br />And the reader's. If I'm not getting through to the reader I might as well leave the work in progress on the computer and go weed the peonies.<br /><br />A lot of people have said -- 'Don't write the bits people are going to skip anyway,' by which they generally mean long passages of exposition.<br /><br />I use more exposition than most Romance writers, I think. My editor, (may her shadow never grow less,) sometimes makes me take hanks of it out.<br />I take that with a grain of salt somewhat.Jo Bournehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13457862962618886252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15617001.post-14318539912591840602010-08-27T08:25:33.624-04:002010-08-27T08:25:33.624-04:00I'm just a reader, not a writer, but my opinio...I'm just a reader, not a writer, but my opinion is that you can't have too much dialogue. I skim over paragraphs without dialogue to get to the dialogue. <br />If I'm considering buying a book from an author who is unknown to me, I'll flip through the book to see just how much dialogue there is. If I don't see enough quotation marks to suit me, back it goes on the shelf.Normanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15617001.post-88255304748326712512010-08-26T22:12:58.940-04:002010-08-26T22:12:58.940-04:00Hi CBlaire --
That is indeed my dog. You will be...Hi CBlaire --<br /><br />That is indeed my dog. You will be amazed to know -- I was amazed to know -- there is an entire blog about writers and their dogs.<br />And their coffee.<br /><br />I was lucky enough to appear there.<br /><br />URL is<br />http://coffeecanine.blogspot.com/2010/06/joanna-bourne-brittany.htmlJo Bournehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13457862962618886252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15617001.post-47599036156346322852010-08-26T21:46:55.374-04:002010-08-26T21:46:55.374-04:00Very interesting!! Actually am in the midst of a r...Very interesting!! Actually am in the midst of a rewrite and was wondering if mms needed *more* dialogue.<br />I'm new to your blog and absolutely fell in love with the fb pix you posted of the dog. I see it's here as well. Is the pup yours? Darling!CBlairehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12275062337853937990noreply@blogger.com