tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13449892.post8815087820968820574..comments2023-09-22T04:58:46.207-07:00Comments on On the Writers' Road Less Traveled...<br>Weblog of Alyssa Goodnight: Welcome Sandi Kahn Shelton!Alyssa Goodnighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12563271888054706202noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13449892.post-32664172156069458662007-05-26T15:27:00.000-07:002007-05-26T15:27:00.000-07:00Great interview, thanks. I love the premise of you...Great interview, thanks. I love the premise of your book.Sara Hantzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16182080983150346914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13449892.post-16228041393507866312007-05-23T08:20:00.000-07:002007-05-23T08:20:00.000-07:00Yeah, going from seventeen years to ten months was...Yeah, going from seventeen years to ten months was something of a brain shift for me! LOL. But, you know, it was almost easier...gave me a real reason to get to work every day!! Fear is a wonderful motivator, I find. <BR/><BR/>Thank you, all of you, for your lovely comments. I hope you enjoy the book. And if you have other comments or questions after you've read it (or even before) please come and visit me at my blog at http://www.sandishelton.com/blog. Thanks again!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08206040550775666917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13449892.post-42392485781543707632007-05-23T07:53:00.000-07:002007-05-23T07:53:00.000-07:00Thanks for sharing, Sandi. Amazing that you went ...Thanks for sharing, Sandi. Amazing that you went from seventeen years a book, to 10 months. Very cool. They sound like something I'm gonna have to pick up next time I'm at Borders :)Susan Hatlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13593705266676864470noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13449892.post-83611179290216274692007-05-22T07:30:00.000-07:002007-05-22T07:30:00.000-07:00Great interview! thanks!Great interview! thanks!Erica Ridleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05511276393455961757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13449892.post-42355626991794651212007-05-21T15:45:00.000-07:002007-05-21T15:45:00.000-07:00Great interview, Sandi and Alyssa!I'll definitely ...Great interview, Sandi and Alyssa!<BR/>I'll definitely have to check out these books - I adore quirky characters and family secrets!!!Julie Shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10695446797630499324noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13449892.post-89172061239271130342007-05-21T13:50:00.000-07:002007-05-21T13:50:00.000-07:00Oh, thank you, everyone, for your wonderful commen...Oh, thank you, everyone, for your wonderful comments! It's so exciting. Christine and Annie and Vicki, I hope you enjoy the book. And Vicki, unlike most of my friends who are writers, I tend to start at the beginning and write straight through to the end. If I skip around, I lose my train of thought, can't remember what I've said and what I haven't said (this could be early dementia, LOL)and I get all messed up.<BR/><BR/>BUT! Having said that, there is an exception. Sometimes when I'm getting near to the end of the book, I find that I just keep stalling and stalling. More and more scenes keep creating themselves, scenes that I never even saw coming! So sometimes I've found it helpful to go ahead and write the very last scene in the book...and then write my way toward it.<BR/><BR/>You've all been so very nice, and, Alyssa, thank you so much for hosting me on your blog and for saying such great things! You have a wonderful blog, BTW, and I've been sympathizing with you over the computer stuff. I've been there, more times than I can count! :-)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08206040550775666917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13449892.post-64019634834091161412007-05-21T12:35:00.000-07:002007-05-21T12:35:00.000-07:00I am reading A PIECE OF NORMAL right now and I hav...I am reading A PIECE OF NORMAL right now and I have to say this book rocks. I am loving it.Henri de Montmorencyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07851770831420600738noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13449892.post-60555212848266678792007-05-21T11:08:00.000-07:002007-05-21T11:08:00.000-07:00Hi Sandi,The book sounds great. I've added it to ...Hi Sandi,<BR/>The book sounds great. I've added it to the BnB list to pick up. <BR/><BR/>If you're still answering questions then I have one.<BR/><BR/>Do you write from page one straight through till you write the end? Or do skip around writing scenes and putting them together later into the wip?Vickihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04521384704019863926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13449892.post-29957494117789598052007-05-21T10:01:00.000-07:002007-05-21T10:01:00.000-07:00Oooo... both books sound good! I will definitely b...Oooo... both books sound good! I will definitely be putting them on my list to look out for!<BR/><BR/>Thanks for posting the interview, Alyssa!Anniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14886806372693822098noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13449892.post-32636252443679370272007-05-21T09:37:00.000-07:002007-05-21T09:37:00.000-07:00Excellent interview! I don't have any questions, b...Excellent interview! I don't have any questions, but I have to say I love the sound of your book. I'll have to check it out. :)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12777733587200293442noreply@blogger.com