Comments on: the best writing tools… http://www.murdershewrites.com/2008/10/09/the-best-writing-tools/ 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 07:39:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Angie http://www.murdershewrites.com/2008/10/09/the-best-writing-tools/#comment-223953 Angie Sat, 11 Oct 2008 12:31:57 +0000 http://www.murdershewrites.com/?p=1060#comment-223953 T: You're here with a great group o' gals! *waving to Deb L., Nat & Heather* Your post gave me a shock. Ya mean every writer woman doesn't do this? :shock: T: You’re here with a great group o’ gals! *waving to Deb L., Nat & Heather*

Your post gave me a shock. Ya mean every writer woman doesn’t do this? :shock:

]]> By: kitty http://www.murdershewrites.com/2008/10/09/the-best-writing-tools/#comment-223931 kitty Fri, 10 Oct 2008 08:16:47 +0000 http://www.murdershewrites.com/?p=1060#comment-223931 One of the best places for dialogue is a women's room at a club or restaurant. I stayed in there too long recently in New Orleans listening to two girlfriends dish out about their boyfriends. "Um hum, girl, he's the real thing." Then it got to the point where they were just saying too much and I couldn't come out, not while they were still in there. I was stuck. LOL. This website is gorgeous, Toni. I love the graphics and the portraits are so tastefully done. One of the best places for dialogue is a women’s room at a club or restaurant.
I stayed in there too long recently in New Orleans listening to two girlfriends dish out about their boyfriends.
“Um hum, girl, he’s the real thing.”
Then it got to the point where they were just saying too much and I couldn’t come out, not while they were still in there. I was stuck. LOL.

This website is gorgeous, Toni. I love the graphics and the portraits are so tastefully done.

]]> By: Cele http://www.murdershewrites.com/2008/10/09/the-best-writing-tools/#comment-223930 Cele Fri, 10 Oct 2008 04:35:00 +0000 http://www.murdershewrites.com/?p=1060#comment-223930 Ha ha, Purple leather bra---youth minister---good taste...too much. Ha ha, Purple leather bra—youth minister—good taste…too much.

]]> By: Natalie http://www.murdershewrites.com/2008/10/09/the-best-writing-tools/#comment-223929 Natalie Thu, 09 Oct 2008 21:22:01 +0000 http://www.murdershewrites.com/?p=1060#comment-223929 Toni, What a great post! And excellent suggestions. I'm an eavesdropper, too, and I LOVE conversations that I don't understand. Gives the imagination wings. So glad you joined us. Toni,

What a great post! And excellent suggestions. I’m an eavesdropper, too, and I LOVE conversations that I don’t understand. Gives the imagination wings.

So glad you joined us.

]]> By: Margaret A. Golla http://www.murdershewrites.com/2008/10/09/the-best-writing-tools/#comment-223928 Margaret A. Golla Thu, 09 Oct 2008 20:18:20 +0000 http://www.murdershewrites.com/?p=1060#comment-223928 Welcome home, Toni! Wonderful topic! Ack! I'm late today--I did check the blog at 6:30 but no one was here to play. I really need to hang out with my teenage nephew more often to get an idea of modern slang. My kiddo is a little too young, but I'm amazed what she talks about. And Kathy, too freakin' funny! I'm so glad the sober kid was keeping an eye on mom. Hm, who's the mature one in the family?! Welcome home, Toni!
Wonderful topic!
Ack! I’m late today–I did check the blog at 6:30 but no one was here to play. I really need to hang out with my teenage nephew more often to get an idea of modern slang. My kiddo is a little too young, but I’m amazed what she talks about.
And Kathy, too freakin’ funny! I’m so glad the sober kid was keeping an eye on mom. Hm, who’s the mature one in the family?!

]]> By: Karin Tabke http://www.murdershewrites.com/2008/10/09/the-best-writing-tools/#comment-223926 Karin Tabke Thu, 09 Oct 2008 19:46:25 +0000 http://www.murdershewrites.com/?p=1060#comment-223926 Hey, Toni! I'm so glad you joined us! My most cherished eavesdropping event occurs every Sunday here at my house when all of the kids are at the table. The things they say! The words I learn. I'm always amazed. They are my own personal cool things kids say and do Wiki page. Hey, Toni! I’m so glad you joined us! My most cherished eavesdropping event occurs every Sunday here at my house when all of the kids are at the table. The things they say! The words I learn. I’m always amazed. They are my own personal cool things kids say and do Wiki page.

]]> By: toni mcgee causey http://www.murdershewrites.com/2008/10/09/the-best-writing-tools/#comment-223925 toni mcgee causey Thu, 09 Oct 2008 18:19:28 +0000 http://www.murdershewrites.com/?p=1060#comment-223925 <strong>Amanda,</strong> damn, I admire your fortitude in restraint. I'd have probably said something to the kid. Then again, it might be more fun to kill off a character with his description. ;) Hey, <strong>Rocki,</strong> thanks -- and seriously, set aside procrastination time at that site. Don't come smack me upside the head when you've lost a couple of hours! <strong>Tiffany</strong>, I would love it if we had a metro around here. Our traffic is terrible and to go anywhere across town in an hour--and it's just insane. A commuter metro would save us all so much time, so much aggravation, and the eavesdropping potential would be a kick! And the likelihood of that ever happening here in my lifetime is exactly zero. (sigh) (I am probably one of the few people who enjoyed the subway while in NY, because at least there were other people to listen to and observe!) Amanda, damn, I admire your fortitude in restraint. I’d have probably said something to the kid. Then again, it might be more fun to kill off a character with his description. ;)

Hey, Rocki, thanks — and seriously, set aside procrastination time at that site. Don’t come smack me upside the head when you’ve lost a couple of hours!

Tiffany, I would love it if we had a metro around here. Our traffic is terrible and to go anywhere across town in an hour–and it’s just insane. A commuter metro would save us all so much time, so much aggravation, and the eavesdropping potential would be a kick! And the likelihood of that ever happening here in my lifetime is exactly zero. (sigh) (I am probably one of the few people who enjoyed the subway while in NY, because at least there were other people to listen to and observe!)

]]> By: toni mcgee causey http://www.murdershewrites.com/2008/10/09/the-best-writing-tools/#comment-223924 toni mcgee causey Thu, 09 Oct 2008 18:14:47 +0000 http://www.murdershewrites.com/?p=1060#comment-223924 <strong>Sylvia</strong>, I can totally appreciate the 'nuts' part--I am totally blaming my kids that I am the way I am (that is my story and I'm sticking to it). Kids have such a wonderful, twisted way of seeing the world because they're so ungoverned and free associate so well. It's a real skill, I think, to watch how they do that and learn from them. Hey, <strong>Kathy</strong>! Great to see you here. And geez, that's freaking funny. Thank God there was at least one sober kid. <strong>CJ</strong>, you're gonna love that site. I probably should have put a big ol' "procrastination warning" sign next to that link, though--I swear, I could keep drilling down and reading that stuff for an hour! Oh, <strong>Allison</strong>, that is a really cool observation. I've often wanted to do a short film on watching couples meet at Starbucks, and you've described it perfectly. I would be completely distracted with people moving around me, even if I had my earphones in. I am like a ferret... focus with intensity until something moves... oh, look, a dust mite.... Sylvia, I can totally appreciate the ‘nuts’ part–I am totally blaming my kids that I am the way I am (that is my story and I’m sticking to it). Kids have such a wonderful, twisted way of seeing the world because they’re so ungoverned and free associate so well. It’s a real skill, I think, to watch how they do that and learn from them.

Hey, Kathy! Great to see you here. And geez, that’s freaking funny. Thank God there was at least one sober kid.

CJ, you’re gonna love that site. I probably should have put a big ol’ “procrastination warning” sign next to that link, though–I swear, I could keep drilling down and reading that stuff for an hour!

Oh, Allison, that is a really cool observation. I’ve often wanted to do a short film on watching couples meet at Starbucks, and you’ve described it perfectly. I would be completely distracted with people moving around me, even if I had my earphones in. I am like a ferret… focus with intensity until something moves… oh, look, a dust mite….

]]> By: toni mcgee causey http://www.murdershewrites.com/2008/10/09/the-best-writing-tools/#comment-223923 toni mcgee causey Thu, 09 Oct 2008 18:08:44 +0000 http://www.murdershewrites.com/?p=1060#comment-223923 <strong>Holly </strong>-- thank you! and yep, I have definitely done that eavesdropping in the doctor's office, especially when someone's kid is busy sneezing on my kid! Oh, <strong>Marilyn</strong>, that's hysterical! We have family friends with the last name of "Smelly" and I always wondered why they didn't change it. I guess it really takes a certain strength of character to have a name that conjures up something negative and still be proud of it. I'm not sure I'd be able to do it! <strong>Lee</strong>, yep, so glad I'm not alone. You know where a great place for eavesdropping is? Dressing rooms. People often shop together and forget that they are in a cubicle with a bunch of other people, talking about their bodies and their significant others and I have gotten fits of giggles over some of the things I have overheard and had to sit down and wait a bit before exiting. <strong>Jen,</strong> I love doing that, too - making up whole stories. I have to force myself not to then go quiz the people and see just how close I came, how accurate my observations were. (I think this would be one of the great aspects of being a spy--you'd get to eavesdrop and then find proof! Of course, that whole 'being shot at' part might not be very fun.) Holly – thank you! and yep, I have definitely done that eavesdropping in the doctor’s office, especially when someone’s kid is busy sneezing on my kid!

Oh, Marilyn, that’s hysterical! We have family friends with the last name of “Smelly” and I always wondered why they didn’t change it. I guess it really takes a certain strength of character to have a name that conjures up something negative and still be proud of it. I’m not sure I’d be able to do it!

Lee, yep, so glad I’m not alone. You know where a great place for eavesdropping is? Dressing rooms. People often shop together and forget that they are in a cubicle with a bunch of other people, talking about their bodies and their significant others and I have gotten fits of giggles over some of the things I have overheard and had to sit down and wait a bit before exiting.

Jen, I love doing that, too – making up whole stories. I have to force myself not to then go quiz the people and see just how close I came, how accurate my observations were. (I think this would be one of the great aspects of being a spy–you’d get to eavesdrop and then find proof! Of course, that whole ‘being shot at’ part might not be very fun.)

]]> By: Tiffany http://www.murdershewrites.com/2008/10/09/the-best-writing-tools/#comment-223922 Tiffany Thu, 09 Oct 2008 18:01:08 +0000 http://www.murdershewrites.com/?p=1060#comment-223922 My favorite place for eavesdropping - the metro. Since I spend about an hour a day on it. Some days its pretty quite - but there is always at least one person on the cell phone or a group of people talking. And because it is so quite except for these few conversation you cant help but eavesdrop. And yeah some of these conversation have made there way into my writing. My favorite place for eavesdropping – the metro. Since I spend about an hour a day on it. Some days its pretty quite – but there is always at least one person on the cell phone or a group of people talking. And because it is so quite except for these few conversation you cant help but eavesdrop. And yeah some of these conversation have made there way into my writing.

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