tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3315861630765119669.post4670489538373350690..comments2024-03-10T10:34:02.181+02:00Comments on The Alliterative Allomorph: The Book that Marks the Spot (+Beth's tag)Jessica Bellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10889900730906728317noreply@blogger.comBlogger36125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3315861630765119669.post-9819735331728180392010-05-27T16:40:17.298+03:002010-05-27T16:40:17.298+03:00I don't think it was an actual book that made ...I don't think it was an actual book that made me want to write..I think it was all of them! And all my new friends in blogland. I started something a long time ago, and it's never been worked on. I decided to start something I am good at :)(well..think I'm good at)Sugarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01847639596079213091noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3315861630765119669.post-55069706252633008192010-05-27T07:41:03.767+03:002010-05-27T07:41:03.767+03:00And even more insight. :) Love it.
I'm not su...And even more insight. :) Love it.<br /><br />I'm not sure if there was one book that did it for me. My family has been telling me for as long as I can remember that I am supposed to be a writer.<br /><br />I didn't start listening until a year ago. ;)Shannonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11640509596922335617noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3315861630765119669.post-52873316427617206202010-05-27T04:55:40.498+03:002010-05-27T04:55:40.498+03:00A very, very good passage. I'll have to add th...A very, very good passage. I'll have to add the novel to my must read book. I keep going back to The Outsiders as my inspiration. Hinton was 14 when she wrote it! And it is now studied in some schools. And I'm with Jemi. I loved all of Lucy Maude Montgomery Books. Oh, and Charles Schultz, too. Snoopy balancing on to of his dog house typing--who couldn't be inspired by that scene? <br /><br />Fun tags, too!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3315861630765119669.post-8400277004050294752010-05-27T01:44:55.322+03:002010-05-27T01:44:55.322+03:00Loved that passage from Housekeeping!!! One of tho...Loved that passage from Housekeeping!!! One of those pieces that I first read as a reader then read again as a writer...Also one of those passages that makes me feel like my writing sucks ass...but whatever it's good stuff!!<br /><br />A mango huh? And why on earth would you be a wilted flower??? You would def be perky, pretty and dewy!!<br /><br />My fave book that made me want to write is Sold by Patricia McCormick about human trafficking. She is soo good!!angelarenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13639436719051155045noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3315861630765119669.post-24587282101149906852010-05-27T01:31:41.286+03:002010-05-27T01:31:41.286+03:00I think the first book that really got me - that m...I think the first book that really got me - that made me think about writing was Anne of Green Gables. Whole worlds opened up for me when I read that.Jemi Fraserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02214408467456320167noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3315861630765119669.post-2001450678915680552010-05-26T23:18:54.120+03:002010-05-26T23:18:54.120+03:00Housekeeping sounds like a book I've been miss...Housekeeping sounds like a book I've been missing all my life. I'm writing it down to check out. Beautiful language!<br /><br />The book that led me to write is really cliche: Harry Potter. In 1999 I read it and had an epiphany reminding me how much I loved that genre and how I'd sorely missed it all the years in college.<br /><br />So glad I found your blog! And really, you live in Athens??? You lucky girl... my husband's mind might blow from envy. :o)Jackeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03351019926958000627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3315861630765119669.post-39845617951146033082010-05-26T22:43:05.614+03:002010-05-26T22:43:05.614+03:00Well, I'm putting Marilynne's book at the ...Well, I'm putting Marilynne's book at the top of my list! Thanks for the recommendation! (I'm not a morning person, either!)Jill Kemererhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07865493609868329393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3315861630765119669.post-48970674282028045342010-05-26T21:59:13.216+03:002010-05-26T21:59:13.216+03:00If I were a: DIRECTION I'd be lost.
Love it!!...<i>If I were a: DIRECTION I'd be lost.</i><br /><br />Love it!!!<br /><br />For me, I think the book that made me realize I wanted to be a writer was "The Witching Hour" by Anne Rice. I read all 1000 pages, and was so hooked for the sequel that I went to the mall in the middle of a bout of bronchitis, because I had to keep reading.Tracyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03726858055689145824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3315861630765119669.post-21781686253757936752010-05-26T21:58:00.978+03:002010-05-26T21:58:00.978+03:00I don't think it was a certain book but the ma...I don't think it was a certain book but the many years of loving great books.Laura Paulinghttp://www.laurapauling.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3315861630765119669.post-55605176293252359062010-05-26T21:53:14.627+03:002010-05-26T21:53:14.627+03:00That sounds like a wonderful book. Can't belie...That sounds like a wonderful book. Can't believe I've never heard of it. Persuasion is the book that made me want to write. How JA managed to make us understand humanity through a story intrigued me. I hope to do that in my writing.<br /><br />CDAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12160669603997465454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3315861630765119669.post-36657321307054097112010-05-26T21:28:47.836+03:002010-05-26T21:28:47.836+03:00That sounds wonderful. I will definitely have to c...That sounds wonderful. I will definitely have to check it out. :)<br /><br />I don't think I have a single book that sparked my love for writing. However, my first huge writing project (at 60k+, still my longest novel to date) was inspired by the Harry Potter series. :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3315861630765119669.post-24552932991190423812010-05-26T21:21:40.306+03:002010-05-26T21:21:40.306+03:00Gosh, I don't know if there's a particular...Gosh, I don't know if there's a particular book that inspired me to want to be a writer, but I was terribly in love with Dean Koontz's thrillers when I was a wee pup. I still remember the rush I would get when I started to read another of his books.About Mehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10011023963327391019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3315861630765119669.post-61837485967737025532010-05-26T20:59:30.543+03:002010-05-26T20:59:30.543+03:00Strangely enough, I was ALSO 14 in 1980--are we ex...Strangely enough, I was ALSO 14 in 1980--are we exactly the same age? Have I found a fellow Firehorse?<br /><br />Sounds like a beautiful book, and I love your answers!Hart Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17599570189253229318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3315861630765119669.post-83042833817780217412010-05-26T20:41:06.024+03:002010-05-26T20:41:06.024+03:00What a brilliant passage - I can see how that woul...What a brilliant passage - I can see how that would inspire you to write! I can't think of anything specific now that inspired me but I think it's great you can point to that moment. <br /><br />Love the tag, by the way!Talli Rolandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04780882465745107715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3315861630765119669.post-85510133175333483602010-05-26T20:39:50.707+03:002010-05-26T20:39:50.707+03:00That excerpt is humbling. So good.
I've alwa...That excerpt is humbling. So good.<br /><br />I've always wanted to write, but ignored the urge. I can't remember specific books that made me want to when I was a child.<br /><br />As an adult, I read the first Harry Potter and thought, this is the group I'd like to write to as well. And I want to write books that have both whimsy and deeper meaning.Theresa Milsteinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03477761307315565259noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3315861630765119669.post-33746754355119097332010-05-26T19:42:26.861+03:002010-05-26T19:42:26.861+03:00What a cool idea. Thanks so much for sharing these...What a cool idea. Thanks so much for sharing these little pieces of you, Jessica.Matthew MacNishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03264738483763244969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3315861630765119669.post-68315349363111657872010-05-26T18:23:20.624+03:002010-05-26T18:23:20.624+03:00Great exerpty. Now I want to read that book. :)
Th...Great exerpty. Now I want to read that book. :)<br />There wasn't any one book that made me want to write. I think it's just books in general for me. :)Lindsayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04313619484424363895noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3315861630765119669.post-91989636001126109102010-05-26T18:16:48.446+03:002010-05-26T18:16:48.446+03:00For me, probably Clive Barker's IMAJICA. Loved...For me, probably Clive Barker's IMAJICA. Loved it so much I got that title tattooed on my right bicep :D And its opening sentence, read when I was a teenager, is forever burned into my gray matter: "It was the pivotal teaching of Pluthero Quexos, the most celebrated dramatist of the Second Dominion, that in any fiction, no matter how ambitious its scope or profound its theme, there was only ever room for three players." It was my first inkling that a writer could sweep together scale, moodiness, atmosphere, magic, aliens, religion and darkness into something big, something awesome. GREAT post!!Zoe C. Courtmanhttp://zoecourtman.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3315861630765119669.post-18380444235732785692010-05-26T17:49:36.599+03:002010-05-26T17:49:36.599+03:00Oooh . . . I'd be a mango, too! Yummmm.
I can...Oooh . . . I'd be a mango, too! Yummmm.<br /><br />I can't think of a specific book. But I would guess L.M. Montgomery with all her writer characters put the thought in my head.Janet Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12688012956157161889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3315861630765119669.post-15892794854910688242010-05-26T17:29:09.332+03:002010-05-26T17:29:09.332+03:00*scribbles Marilynne Robinson at the top of to-rea...*scribbles <i>Marilynne Robinson</i> at the top of to-read list*<br /><br />And <i>that</i> is why literary fiction is my favorite genre to read. How beautiful is this excerpt!<br /><br />I loved your tagged answers. It's amazing how a simple questionnaire can reveal about a person. Your answer to the movie question was spot on!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01899768909313326172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3315861630765119669.post-86391753192352511102010-05-26T17:24:18.461+03:002010-05-26T17:24:18.461+03:00I love that excerpt! Just awesome.
I don't re...I love that excerpt! Just awesome.<br /><br />I don't remember any particular books inspiring me to be a writer, though I'm sure they did.Jessica Nelsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12365768876905444157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3315861630765119669.post-72635984184265581072010-05-26T16:36:15.406+03:002010-05-26T16:36:15.406+03:00never heard of this book! LJ Smith's secret ci...never heard of this book! LJ Smith's secret circle and vd trilogies both pushed me to take up the act of writing. They made me love YA paranormal so much that when I ran out of stuff to read, I wrote my own. I'm still really upset by her demise with the 5th VD:(Creepy Query Girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18115161057496086972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3315861630765119669.post-4110771927836377252010-05-26T16:25:11.758+03:002010-05-26T16:25:11.758+03:00I can remember books that moved me like that. I h...I can remember books that moved me like that. I have loved reading for so long and remember choosing books that most of my peers would not be reading.~Bry~https://www.blogger.com/profile/15260178738889123173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3315861630765119669.post-25255508327720255992010-05-26T16:16:58.604+03:002010-05-26T16:16:58.604+03:00My daughter, also a writer, LOVES the book Houseke...My daughter, also a writer, LOVES the book Housekeeping. Have you seen the movie? The book that made me want to be a writer was On the Banks of Plum Creek, that I read when I was about 7 or 8. Also all the Beverley Cleary books!Karen Jones Gowenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01153821980625034810noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3315861630765119669.post-49143349355264424172010-05-26T16:09:29.183+03:002010-05-26T16:09:29.183+03:00I knew I wanted to be a writer while reading the F...I knew I wanted to be a writer while reading the Famous Five series by Edith Blyton (British author). I was 8 or 9 at the time.<br /><br />I love mangoes. I'm not sure what that means for our friendship. Does that mean I have to eat you? ;)Stinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11415189347501942340noreply@blogger.com