Comments for Denver Fiction Writers

Comment on I Promise I’m Not Crazy by Michelle

Michelle — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 16:56:30 +0000

Whenever I’ve gotten the “You might have a problem line” after someone reads my work, I just point out that Stephen King hasn’t ever killed anyone.

Of course if this backfires and they say, “That you know of!” Just reply with, “Well all that writing makes us pros at getting rid of the body.”

Comment on I Promise I’m Not Crazy by Jeff Kirvin

Jeff Kirvin — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 19:06:05 +0000

I object to the notion that SF writers are geeks! I write SF, and I… Well, yes, I do play D&D. And Star Trek Online. And yes, I speak a little Klingon. Okay, fine, I know most of Firefly by heart! I’m a geek! Happy now? Happy? Happy now?

Comment on I Promise I’m Not Crazy by bob

bob — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 18:58:52 +0000

I tend to view horror writers, such as Stephen King, as a bit disturbed because the horrors they have flying around their heads scare the beejeebus out of me and it can’t be good to have all that evil running around your noggin all the time. Then again the can be perfectly sane BECAUSE they put it on paper. Maybe serial killers become what they are because they don’t have a creative outlet for the weirdness?

And dark heroes and villian are more fun to write! Who wants to write 350 pages of a Pollyana hero/heroine? Not I. I want my hero damaged.

I tend to view your work as more pyschologial thriller than horror. Maybe your fascination is driven by a desire to know why people do the sick evil things and understand it better to help you cope with the cruelties of the world. Maybe your stories are a way of punishing the bad people we see daily in news and entertainment.

Then again maybe all writers are indeed just nuts

Comment on Back to School Time by Michelle

Michelle — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 00:48:19 +0000

oooo. I admit it. I bought my own nifty new notebook for critiquing when I was supposed to be buying school supplies for the daughter. My paisley one is almost gone….

Comment on Finding Time To Write by Robin

Robin — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 03:46:26 +0000

Great post! I’m going to hang a sign that says “Writing is just as important as the dishes” over my laptop. And my sink.

Comment on Best of the Genre ‘To Read’ List? by Robin

Robin — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 03:19:46 +0000

It’s hard in SF/F because so many great books are part of trilogies/series, and people sometimes don’t want to make that kind of commitment right away. When I was in this situation, I recommended Ursula K. LeGuin’s “Gifts” as a good intro to fantasy, because it’s short, powerful, and beautifully written. That was only semi-successful; apparently the “names were too weird.”