tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7545210782126483136.post1948926562351528215..comments2024-01-24T05:13:06.164-08:00Comments on Not Your Usual Suspects: Stalking IdeasSusanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11286314155783213006noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7545210782126483136.post-371621257899343982014-10-28T11:20:17.969-07:002014-10-28T11:20:17.969-07:00I don't think I will live long enough to write...I don't think I will live long enough to write all the stories in my ideas file...<br /><br />Congrats on surviving the experiment, Susan. My hat's off to you!Marcelle Dubéhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18164965676254630066noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7545210782126483136.post-2043953955755356502014-10-28T10:38:03.690-07:002014-10-28T10:38:03.690-07:00I had to laugh over the "I have this great id...I had to laugh over the "I have this great idea for a book you should write." Been there, clenched the cocktail pick. <br />I don't get the "where do you get your ideas" as often as I receive the sideways glance, the I did't know you were like that, comments. Hmm, last time I checked I hadn't personally killed anyone! CathyPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04671747592743029540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7545210782126483136.post-72686022534118989462014-10-27T18:45:39.923-07:002014-10-27T18:45:39.923-07:00Thanks for all the agreement and kind words, folks...Thanks for all the agreement and kind words, folks. I was beginning to wonder if I was some sort of weirdo magnet, or just a plain garden variety curmudgeon. Or both.<br /><br />Jean, to answer your question, I am publishing every book in the blast - both new and rerelease - myself. I started my own publishing company - Sefkhat-Awbi Books - hired a great formatter and a great cover artist and went to town. It's very picky work, and not easy but not egregiously difficult. It was a wild ride and I enjoyed it (mostly) thoroughly.<br /><br />Susan, aka Janis SusanSusanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11286314155783213006noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7545210782126483136.post-45578921307492321622014-10-27T14:28:03.017-07:002014-10-27T14:28:03.017-07:00If we all connected the scraps of paper with the i...If we all connected the scraps of paper with the ideas we've jotted down, I wonder how many many miles they would come too? Great blog. Enjoy your time back at the computer and make something special for your husband. Elise Warnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12111849185666548945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7545210782126483136.post-25797618299805208332014-10-27T08:22:53.628-07:002014-10-27T08:22:53.628-07:00That question never ceases to amaze me. Do non-wri...That question never ceases to amaze me. Do non-writers really have so few ideas that they're shocked when we get one? I'm guessing the answer is no. LOL I'm also guessing they're just amazed we can elaborate on an idea and really flesh it out. ;) (Either that, or they're worried the characters in my serial killer books hide my true personality?? Mwahahaha.)<br /><br />Congrats on surviving the book blast!! I've been amazed at your productivity and I hope you'll have a much-needed break!Anne Marie Beckerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17603878676306179018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7545210782126483136.post-16251268380866587602014-10-27T07:47:39.368-07:002014-10-27T07:47:39.368-07:00Janis, a question: Are you republishing Lacey you...Janis, a question: Are you republishing Lacey yourself, or going (regoing) a more traditional route? Would love to know. jean harringtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04925805990806522316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7545210782126483136.post-19198694010355549462014-10-27T07:01:26.954-07:002014-10-27T07:01:26.954-07:00Very true. Ideas are not the hard part. If I had a...Very true. Ideas are not the hard part. If I had a dollar for every time some has approached me with the proposal that "we" write a book together (they will supply the brilliant idea and I will write the book) I could forget about writing altogether and just collect those thousands of dollars. :-D<br /><br />Josh Lanyonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11944091956589831656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7545210782126483136.post-49854106621034145542014-10-27T05:59:27.152-07:002014-10-27T05:59:27.152-07:00When I'm asked that "idea" question ...When I'm asked that "idea" question I respond for telling the person to look around and listen.Kathleen Kaskahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16500241341014235792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7545210782126483136.post-46153682899823633602014-10-27T05:04:29.768-07:002014-10-27T05:04:29.768-07:00Janis/Susan,
I am nodding and laughing because th...Janis/Susan,<br /><br />I am nodding and laughing because this is precisely what happens to me. And it usually is men who come up to tell me about their great idea and how I must write a story or book using it. I also get asked where I find my ideas as well. My answer is that writers get their ideas from a combination of living life and imagining it.Jacqueline Seewaldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09177500620940251009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7545210782126483136.post-21309528491713166802014-10-27T04:12:37.229-07:002014-10-27T04:12:37.229-07:00Janis, I love your comments about being bombarded ...Janis, I love your comments about being bombarded with ideas from helpful friends especially at social events where there isn't an escape. Ideas are wonderful to have and share, but you are so right to remind everyone that an idea is NOT a PLOT. Your next blog should be a list of comeback lines!Fran McNabbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17193141285229214245noreply@blogger.com