tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5490669462450557079.post1010778240641789685..comments2023-08-06T01:12:57.204-07:00Comments on The massive continuity of ducks: Through it all you have maintained a moral and good soulJaneite42http://www.blogger.com/profile/06410122781854691317noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5490669462450557079.post-76054816915374997972010-02-01T20:58:29.608-08:002010-02-01T20:58:29.608-08:00Hey, I missed this one. So glad you enjoyed the MG...Hey, I missed this one. So glad you enjoyed the MG event. We had a blast. <br /><br />As for the morals of a story, the key thing is this. One of the chief effects we enjoy in stories is feeling suspense, rooting for someone engaged in a good cause, but whose chances of succeeding are not great. And then the final YES! or tragedy if they do or don't succeed. <br /><br />However, for us to root for anyone, they MUST be engaged in some good cause for themselves of others. We all have different ways of defining what "good" is. But you cannot root for people who are doing despicable things, UNLESS they're trying to bring about some good that overrides their unsympathetic nature. <br /><br />So one of the chief effects of fiction--rooting--is based on morality. The moral core each reader carries in them, whatever its specifics are. :)<br /><br />Glad you tormented Larry a bit. He's fun to torment.John Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16644593323523613105noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5490669462450557079.post-6977764790517512892009-11-26T09:55:25.841-08:002009-11-26T09:55:25.841-08:00I think mr correia just earned his DTE badge in my...I think mr correia just earned his DTE badge in my book.Shannonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03336520961342768543noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5490669462450557079.post-82149548152022023522009-11-24T20:52:26.647-08:002009-11-24T20:52:26.647-08:00thanks mom. maybe I'll have made a better den...thanks mom. maybe I'll have made a better dent in my to-read pile by then.<br /><br />oh, and this is Megan, not Jared.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15817229366807103253noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5490669462450557079.post-52840615226958376432009-11-24T09:04:45.016-08:002009-11-24T09:04:45.016-08:00@Megan - There are 8 Runelords books (the 8th one ...@Megan - There are 8 Runelords books (the 8th one was just recently published). David Farland says there will be 9 in all. I put all three books mentioned in this post on my to-be-read pile, because I'm trying to finish Eye of the World, but I've got caught up in Monster Hunter International. That's always the way it goes: I don't concentrate on things, so it takes me forever to finish them. I'll bring Monster Hunter at Christmas for you to read.Janeite42https://www.blogger.com/profile/06410122781854691317noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5490669462450557079.post-21607261493366230592009-11-23T22:25:06.352-08:002009-11-23T22:25:06.352-08:00Wow, haha that's kind of awesome.
I too want ...Wow, haha that's kind of awesome.<br /><br />I too want to read these books - by all the authors mentioned. How many Runelord books are there now, anyway? I wonder if I'll ever get around to all these books, too.Jared and Meganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03029945487968453105noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5490669462450557079.post-87929259341418392062009-11-23T17:41:40.414-08:002009-11-23T17:41:40.414-08:00I figured that was the case with Owen. I was kidd...I figured that was the case with Owen. I was kidding, too. Who expects to come across a werewolf at work?<br /><br />Asking if religion "changes" what you write is kind of a weird question. It's an odd word choice, making it sound like you wrote one thing, and then went back and changed it to make it more LDS oriented or friendly or whatever.<br /><br />I appreciate that you write the way you write. And thanks for responding. Not that you owe me any explanation, but I have officially changed my position and now consider you not annoying.Janeite42https://www.blogger.com/profile/06410122781854691317noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5490669462450557079.post-23751932545204994052009-11-23T10:13:20.181-08:002009-11-23T10:13:20.181-08:00Well, in his defense, it was kind of sudden, and n...Well, in his defense, it was kind of sudden, and not the kind of thing you would be able to spend a whole lot of time pondering on while something is trying to eat you.<br /><br />On the porn thing, I was trying to be funny. No. I would not write porn. In all seriousness, I wouldn't do it because A. I don't like it. B. It isn't my thing. C. My personal moral beliefs. And C comes last because it honestly wouldn't come up, since me writing porn is pretty far down the list of things that I would think to insert into a book.<br /><br />That said, as a writer who happens to be religious, John and I discussed this quite a bit after the Mysterious Galaxy, and the question came up again at the Poison Pen the next week. We keep getting asked how being LDS changes our writing. Honestly I just write what I find entertaining and what I think others would find entertaining, and at no point in time do I claim to speak for anyone other than myself. <br /><br />Heck, I don't know. Do Catholics, Muslims, Buddhists, and Protestants get asked the same thing? When I write a character, I write what that character would do. The character isn't me. (as that would be a terribly boring book).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5490669462450557079.post-45659844588911158462009-11-23T09:09:24.368-08:002009-11-23T09:09:24.368-08:00@Larry - which is what I find annoying: you would...@Larry - which is what I find annoying: you wouldn't refuse to write it from your own sensibility. <br /><br />I've read the first two chapters of Monster Hunter International and am liking the fast-paced action and sardonic humor. Quite an enjoyable blend. Only I'm surprised Owen didn't already know that regular bullets won't kill a werewolf.Janeite42https://www.blogger.com/profile/06410122781854691317noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5490669462450557079.post-42852459234333169142009-11-23T08:48:17.453-08:002009-11-23T08:48:17.453-08:00Annoying? Ouch. :)
Found this via Google. Thanks...Annoying? Ouch. :)<br /><br />Found this via Google. Thanks for coming out.<br /><br />And in my defense, no I wouldn't actually write porn. My wife would totally murder me.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5490669462450557079.post-65815999881389788462009-11-23T08:02:47.281-08:002009-11-23T08:02:47.281-08:00I'm surprised at how many LDS fantasy authors ...I'm surprised at how many LDS fantasy authors there are. It's interesting...Shannonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03336520961342768543noreply@blogger.com