Comments on: The Why http://www.murdershewrites.com/2009/07/01/the-why/ Ten Authors. Five Genres. One Blog. Because the only thing scarier than a loaded gun pointed at your head....is writing about it. Thu, 29 Jul 2010 23:50:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Debra Webb http://www.murdershewrites.com/2009/07/01/the-why/#comment-230426 Debra Webb Fri, 03 Jul 2009 19:02:16 +0000 http://www.murdershewrites.com/?p=2618#comment-230426 Well said, Deborah! Well said, Deborah!

]]> By: Deborah http://www.murdershewrites.com/2009/07/01/the-why/#comment-230394 Deborah Thu, 02 Jul 2009 03:36:20 +0000 http://www.murdershewrites.com/?p=2618#comment-230394 Thanks so much for that thought-provoking perspective, Patricia. :) Thanks so much for that thought-provoking perspective, Patricia. :)

]]> By: Patricia Barraclough http://www.murdershewrites.com/2009/07/01/the-why/#comment-230393 Patricia Barraclough Thu, 02 Jul 2009 03:01:29 +0000 http://www.murdershewrites.com/?p=2618#comment-230393 A letter like that couldn't help but change your perspective. I don't write, but would like to. However, I do read and readers have their own reasons. The answers would probably be very similar to the writers in percentages and content. About 85% would say "because I like to." The other reasons would be more interesting, more touching and reflect back on the authors. For many of us, it is more than just liking to do it. You stories can make a difference in our lives. A letter like that couldn’t help but change your perspective. I don’t write, but would like to. However, I do read and readers have their own reasons. The answers would probably be very similar to the writers in percentages and content. About 85% would say “because I like to.” The other reasons would be more interesting, more touching and reflect back on the authors. For many of us, it is more than just liking to do it. You stories can make a difference in our lives.

]]> By: Jen Lyon http://www.murdershewrites.com/2009/07/01/the-why/#comment-230392 Jen Lyon Thu, 02 Jul 2009 02:01:24 +0000 http://www.murdershewrites.com/?p=2618#comment-230392 Thanks Deb...now if only I could learn to spell poignant :-) Nothing like trying to type on three hours sleep! Thanks Deb…now if only I could learn to spell poignant :-) Nothing like trying to type on three hours sleep!

]]> By: Deborah http://www.murdershewrites.com/2009/07/01/the-why/#comment-230391 Deborah Thu, 02 Jul 2009 01:21:50 +0000 http://www.murdershewrites.com/?p=2618#comment-230391 So are you, Jen. So are you . . . :) So are you, Jen. So are you . . . :)

]]> By: Jen Lyon http://www.murdershewrites.com/2009/07/01/the-why/#comment-230382 Jen Lyon Wed, 01 Jul 2009 23:33:40 +0000 http://www.murdershewrites.com/?p=2618#comment-230382 Deb, what a poingnet, powerful blog. You are touching lives in ways that simply can't be measured. Deb, what a poingnet, powerful blog. You are touching lives in ways that simply can’t be measured.

]]> By: Jen Lyon http://www.murdershewrites.com/2009/07/01/the-why/#comment-230381 Jen Lyon Wed, 01 Jul 2009 23:30:58 +0000 http://www.murdershewrites.com/?p=2618#comment-230381 Aw, Holly, that is so sweet, and very sad. I'm glad my book helped, but I wish your husband could have been home with you during such a difficult time. Aw, Holly, that is so sweet, and very sad. I’m glad my book helped, but I wish your husband could have been home with you during such a difficult time.

]]> By: Deborah LeBlanc http://www.murdershewrites.com/2009/07/01/the-why/#comment-230380 Deborah LeBlanc Wed, 01 Jul 2009 21:06:05 +0000 http://www.murdershewrites.com/?p=2618#comment-230380 UGHH, Jill, you're so right about that self-pub thing! I'd forgotten about that little nasty...blah! UGHH, Jill, you’re so right about that self-pub thing! I’d forgotten about that little nasty…blah!

]]> By: Jill James http://www.murdershewrites.com/2009/07/01/the-why/#comment-230379 Jill James Wed, 01 Jul 2009 19:27:56 +0000 http://www.murdershewrites.com/?p=2618#comment-230379 I'm in tears now, wiping them off my keyboard. Every writer would kill to have someone say that about their writing. I hate the are you published yet question more than the why do you write one. They usually follow that up with "my brother, uncle, nephew, take your pick published his book himself, have you thought of doing that? I don't want to self-publish. I want someone besides me to like it so much they want to see it in print. Congrats on such a nice note. I’m in tears now, wiping them off my keyboard. Every writer would kill to have someone say that about their writing.

I hate the are you published yet question more than the why do you write one. They usually follow that up with “my brother, uncle, nephew, take your pick published his book himself, have you thought of doing that?

I don’t want to self-publish. I want someone besides me to like it so much they want to see it in print.

Congrats on such a nice note.

]]> By: Terry Odell http://www.murdershewrites.com/2009/07/01/the-why/#comment-230376 Terry Odell Wed, 01 Jul 2009 16:24:41 +0000 http://www.murdershewrites.com/?p=2618#comment-230376 Or they say, "Cool -- Have I heard of you?" Or they say, “Cool — Have I heard of you?”

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