Comments on: Author Barbara Colley shares character secrets! http://www.murdershewrites.com/2006/09/20/author-barbara-colley-shares-character-secrets/ Ten Authors. Five Genres. One Blog. Because the only thing scarier than a loaded gun pointed at your head....is writing about it. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 22:45:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Mary Marvella http://www.murdershewrites.com/2006/09/20/author-barbara-colley-shares-character-secrets/#comment-10774 Mary Marvella Wed, 27 Sep 2006 17:41:35 +0000 http://www.murdershewrites.com/?p=283#comment-10774 Hey, Barbara, Great job, girl. I'm glad Charlotte was so willing to talk to you. I see I'm in good company as a writer whose characters talk. Mine wake me and introduce themselves. I have several waiting their turn for a short story or a book. One called herself Vhonda Sue Peabody and told me why her parents gave that name. Strange girl. I'm so pleased for you and Charlotte's success. Mary Hey, Barbara,

Great job, girl. I’m glad Charlotte was so willing to talk to you. I see I’m in good company as a writer whose characters talk. Mine wake me and introduce themselves. I have several waiting their turn for a short story or a book. One called herself Vhonda Sue Peabody and told me why her parents gave that name. Strange girl.

I’m so pleased for you and Charlotte’s success.

Mary

]]> By: Meretta http://www.murdershewrites.com/2006/09/20/author-barbara-colley-shares-character-secrets/#comment-10453 Meretta Thu, 21 Sep 2006 13:42:45 +0000 http://www.murdershewrites.com/?p=283#comment-10453 Barbara, your first blog post and you did a fantastic job. You were warm, personable, humorous and informative! Keep up the good work and have fun teaching those Community Education classes. Barbara, your first blog post and you did a fantastic job.

You were warm, personable, humorous and informative! Keep up the good work and have fun teaching those Community Education classes.

]]> By: Amanda http://www.murdershewrites.com/2006/09/20/author-barbara-colley-shares-character-secrets/#comment-10409 Amanda Thu, 21 Sep 2006 01:37:00 +0000 http://www.murdershewrites.com/?p=283#comment-10409 Barbara, great post. I always enjoy hearing other writers say they hear voices. Means I'm only a little strange, since I talk back to my voices in my head. LOL Barbara, great post. I always enjoy hearing other writers say they hear voices. Means I’m only a little strange, since I talk back to my voices in my head. LOL

]]> By: Karin http://www.murdershewrites.com/2006/09/20/author-barbara-colley-shares-character-secrets/#comment-10408 Karin Thu, 21 Sep 2006 01:09:29 +0000 http://www.murdershewrites.com/?p=283#comment-10408 Barbara, you done great! Consider your blog cherry popped! bwahahahaha. Thank you for stopping by. Barbara, you done great! Consider your blog cherry popped! bwahahahaha.
Thank you for stopping by.

]]> By: Allison http://www.murdershewrites.com/2006/09/20/author-barbara-colley-shares-character-secrets/#comment-10399 Allison Wed, 20 Sep 2006 20:42:26 +0000 http://www.murdershewrites.com/?p=283#comment-10399 Welcome, Barbara! And my characters do talk to me, too . . . Welcome, Barbara! And my characters do talk to me, too . . .

]]> By: Cele http://www.murdershewrites.com/2006/09/20/author-barbara-colley-shares-character-secrets/#comment-10395 Cele Wed, 20 Sep 2006 20:19:44 +0000 http://www.murdershewrites.com/?p=283#comment-10395 Barbara, thank you so much for sharing. It is nice to see the mechanics of a writer's craft (and each writer is as different as a snowflake.) It drives me crazy as a reader to find a book that the writer didn't take time to know their character. It's aggrevating to no end - my husband says I'm nitpicky, but he's not a reader. A good character becomes a life long memory, cherished, and eager to be visited again. They never becoming boring, regardless of the number of rereads. Barbara, thank you so much for sharing. It is nice to see the mechanics of a writer’s craft (and each writer is as different as a snowflake.) It drives me crazy as a reader to find a book that the writer didn’t take time to know their character. It’s aggrevating to no end – my husband says I’m nitpicky, but he’s not a reader. A good character becomes a life long memory, cherished, and eager to be visited again. They never becoming boring, regardless of the number of rereads.

]]> By: Deb http://www.murdershewrites.com/2006/09/20/author-barbara-colley-shares-character-secrets/#comment-10393 Deb Wed, 20 Sep 2006 19:11:01 +0000 http://www.murdershewrites.com/?p=283#comment-10393 You sure did do a great job, Barbara. Thanks again for guest blogging! You sure did do a great job, Barbara. Thanks again for guest blogging!

]]> By: Natalie http://www.murdershewrites.com/2006/09/20/author-barbara-colley-shares-character-secrets/#comment-10386 Natalie Wed, 20 Sep 2006 17:14:12 +0000 http://www.murdershewrites.com/?p=283#comment-10386 My characters are ALWAYS telling me what they are going to do! It's a real problem! Thanks for guest blogging, Barbara, and you did a great job. My characters are ALWAYS telling me what they are going to do! It’s a real problem!

Thanks for guest blogging, Barbara, and you did a great job.

]]> By: Jen http://www.murdershewrites.com/2006/09/20/author-barbara-colley-shares-character-secrets/#comment-10384 Jen Wed, 20 Sep 2006 16:25:08 +0000 http://www.murdershewrites.com/?p=283#comment-10384 Barbara, you're making perfect sense! I love it when my characters talk to me. I can usually get the heroines to talk to me pretty early on, but the heroes...sheesh, I have to wade through all the male bravado stuff before I finally figure out what drives them. Men just aren't as good at sharing their feelings whether they are real live people or fictional characters :-) Thanks for guest blogging today! Barbara, you’re making perfect sense! I love it when my characters talk to me. I can usually get the heroines to talk to me pretty early on, but the heroes…sheesh, I have to wade through all the male bravado stuff before I finally figure out what drives them. Men just aren’t as good at sharing their feelings whether they are real live people or fictional characters :-)

Thanks for guest blogging today!

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