tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4955548665653773708.post3545915980274913592..comments2024-03-16T11:38:39.317-04:00Comments on Author Jean Davis: IWSG FebruaryJean Davishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02047709505502621618noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4955548665653773708.post-34795724273787728382017-02-03T10:53:46.773-05:002017-02-03T10:53:46.773-05:00I don't finish books that aren't very good...I don't finish books that aren't very good either. There are too many good ones out there. Why slog through a bad one?Alex J. Cavanaughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09770065693345181702noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4955548665653773708.post-27612368092094098262017-02-02T13:23:39.042-05:002017-02-02T13:23:39.042-05:00Being a writer has change the reading experience, ...Being a writer has change the reading experience, but for me it has also given more respect and compassion overall toward writers. However, it the story is hard to get into because of structural problems, plot or character I do struggle with it. <br /><br />Great post <br /><a href="http://www.junetakey.com/posts/category/blog-life-happens/" rel="nofollow"> Juneta @ Writer's Gambit </a><br />Juneta keyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08815758043024184034noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4955548665653773708.post-77513618056163539252017-02-02T02:49:04.529-05:002017-02-02T02:49:04.529-05:00I have been thinking about this a LOT lately as I ...I have been thinking about this a LOT lately as I scramble to try to make up for all the reading I should have been doing over the past few years. It's gotten especially worse since I dived into the editing/revision process for the first time. I keep silently clicking my tongue at all of the clichés and heavy-handed descriptions I come across, often rereading the particularly bothersome lines in the way I would have worded them.<br /><br />I also struggle with finding time to read when I'm dedicating more and more free time to my own writing. Oh, that pesky day job!zerohitwonderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04453348542658203261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4955548665653773708.post-77325097737042895342017-02-01T22:20:49.615-05:002017-02-01T22:20:49.615-05:00Hello, Jean. Yup, yup, and yup. Good point about h...Hello, Jean. Yup, yup, and yup. Good point about how the best bits shine more brightly amid the dross, now that we know how it's (supposed to be) done.Sadira Stonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06879842617320020500noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4955548665653773708.post-66383437791398957642017-02-01T12:20:33.552-05:002017-02-01T12:20:33.552-05:00I think I'm a much more critical reader than I...I think I'm a much more critical reader than I used to be, too. But, like you said, it makes me appreciate the good things all the more. :) M.J. Fifieldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15626475963328519693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4955548665653773708.post-21366078063769307252017-02-01T09:37:10.903-05:002017-02-01T09:37:10.903-05:00Hi Jean - if I get stuck in a book ... I'm the...Hi Jean - if I get stuck in a book ... I'm there and can't break off! So I don't read often ... but have the third of a trilogy to read. Cheers and good luck - HilaryHilary Melton-Butcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17596532480645510678noreply@blogger.com