Comments for The Writings of Alex Wilson

Comment on “Josh and Dana” Series by Lois Harry

Lois Harry — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 04:18:40 +0000

I have read all the Josh and Dana series except one and have enjoyed reading my way through the series. When will the next one be released? I can tell it would be a pleasure to meet the author and his wife, they seem to make a good team. It is not hard to picture them as Josh and Dana. I liked watching Nick and Nora in the Thin Man. I purchased the episodes on EBay a few years ago. Keep up the good work.
Lois

Comment on The Money Shot by exploding mary

exploding mary — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 20:56:36 +0000

That’s extremely interesting! I’m wondering if you could be coaxed into sharing a couple of different drafts of that letter at some point. Pretty Please???

peace, Mari

Comment on Style Manuals Be Damned by exploding mary

exploding mary — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 20:52:22 +0000

Yes! Whenever someone in my critique group chooses grammar over visceral truth, I have to stomp on that.

Peace, Mari

Comment on The Community of Writers by WilsonWritings.com

WilsonWritings.com — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 13:23:41 +0000

Much appreciated. Come visit again soon.

Comment on Your ball, Bucko by Levi Montgomery

Levi Montgomery — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 16:18:55 +0000

When you find that person (or firm, or angel, or alien, or whatever), do please let me know. I’ve been looking for years now.

I honestly believe that these will be the publishers of the future — people who let the writer do the creating, who do not head down the blind alley of father-knows-bestism that has strangled the so-called “traditional” houses of the past sixty years by firmly locking the writer out of every aesthetic decision from front cover illustration to back cover text, from title to syntax (decisions which are seen by the reader as being direct products and indicators of the author’s talent), and who will simply take the books that they see as having qualities they can sell and will go and sell them.

In all my years as an industrial designer, I cannot recall a single project that was designed by the sales staff or sold by the designers. Not one that succeeded, anyway.

Comment on The Community of Writers by Roger {Gabby

Roger {Gabby — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 11:29:48 +0000

Well put Great. I do love the way you have composed this particular concern. Thanks.

Comment on Creating characters by ceciliag

ceciliag — Sat, 15 Oct 2011 18:59:32 +0000

I am so grateful, so often I feel bad about using people I know but when you think about it who else would i use, who else do I know other than the people that I .. um.. know. c

Comment on Creating characters by Janece

Janece — Sat, 15 Oct 2011 13:27:08 +0000

I’ve just made my way here from Writer Unboxed because of the title of this post. I posted about character development yesterday! Love your take on it. It’s absolutely true. The one thing that I would add is that my characters always seem to have a little bit of “ME” in them, as well

Comment on “Josh and Dana” Series by Richard Weiss

Richard Weiss — Mon, 20 Dec 2010 23:01:35 +0000

i am moved by the emotive experience of the writing class. i am enamored by professsors, and yours is the exact stereotype of a cambridge or oxford don who serves as mentor to students that meet with him weekly, unlike american colleges where students drift like untethered balloons. i did not read the current nick and nora saga, however there are many extolled writer who use recurrent characters in their stories such a hemingway and dos passos. the character has the same comportment; it is the people they meet that shape the story, rather than the other way-read maughan. in the course of writing workshops a constant theme is the number of regects before a piece is accepted. one writer wrote a book named the “the first 100 rejections.”

Comment on Off and running… by WilsonWritings.com

WilsonWritings.com — Sun, 19 Dec 2010 19:20:20 +0000

Delighted to hear from you, Jessica. What are you writing; poems, short stories, novellas, romance, adventure? Are you having fun with it? You can respond to alexotw@aol.com if you wish.