tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487444177236422658.post2214910725645341984..comments2023-10-11T02:20:21.558-07:00Comments on Jessica L. Brooks -- Let Me Tell You A Story: We all see things through different eyesJessica L. Brooks (coffeelvnmom)http://www.blogger.com/profile/17524862571932528710noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487444177236422658.post-57465888263541885492013-02-08T13:21:08.767-08:002013-02-08T13:21:08.767-08:00Amy,
I don't know why we're all continual...Amy,<br /><br />I don't know why we're all continually surprised that every reader is going to have their own unique tastes, but we are. I think it's because it's really hard, at times, to separate ourselves from the writing and simply be a reader at times. Ha ha about Junie B. Jones. Mine was the Babysitters Club--I had #1-like #50 or something. I read one every day, and started a club with my friends because of those books and everything. Imagine my chagrin when I realized (just recently) that those weren't all written by Ann Martin herself! (So glad I didn't know that as a kid... I would have been devastated!)Jessica L. Brooks (coffeelvnmom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/17524862571932528710noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487444177236422658.post-89873789075963922772013-02-06T08:38:56.464-08:002013-02-06T08:38:56.464-08:00So true, Jessica! We have to give it our personal ...So true, Jessica! We have to give it our personal best and that will make what we put out important. What we like to read is so subjective. I was critical of the Junie B. Jones series on facebook the other day and this one girl was like, "I love Junie B. Jones - they were my favorite books growing up," and it helped me remember that I am not the end-all opinion on writing. ha ha! It's funny how we can trick ourselves into thinking our opinions are SO important. :)A.L. Sonnichsenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11358456786727534289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487444177236422658.post-44230097700414809492013-02-05T10:15:42.672-08:002013-02-05T10:15:42.672-08:00I'm so glad you stopped by and linked to this...I'm so glad you stopped by and linked to this. Obviously I needed to read it this week! Great, great post. Thank you!Lisa Schroederhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10677227681455190084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487444177236422658.post-16174157026291326982013-02-03T11:02:39.186-08:002013-02-03T11:02:39.186-08:00No, Anne, it makes total sense. Sometimes I think ...No, Anne, it makes total sense. Sometimes I think that the market is very narrow and, at times, not that exiting. (As in, you know what to expect because they have their specifics on what they want, and that's it. Not to say that if I were offered a piece of that market pie I wouldn't take it... but that's the point... it would be because I was writing from my heart in the first place.) After I posted this, it came to me: Not everyone loves the same song. And yet, there are many hits, and tons more that never reach that part of the radar but actually end up being listened to by more people for much longer. Does the fact that only the hits *appear* to be more popular make everyone else stop writing songs? No. Because, as artists, that's what we do... we keep writing. So I loved seeing it that way. Our books are songs, too, just longer ones. And just because someone changes the channel on their radio and bypasses my book, that doesn't mean someone else isn't going to hear it and love it to pieces. :)Jessica L. Brooks (coffeelvnmom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/17524862571932528710noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487444177236422658.post-32869712367521232842013-02-03T05:07:37.787-08:002013-02-03T05:07:37.787-08:00It's all subjective. Just like who you fall in...It's all subjective. Just like who you fall in love with. <br /><br />Some people love my stuff, some hate it, but hey, what are you going to do. I don't write for the market, I write for me. I always have. Whoever heard of character driven 90K regency romances with no sex? That's absurd. Every agent I queried said, you gotta throw sex in there. Nope. sorry, ain't gonna happen.<br /><br />In this writing life,you have to be happy doing what you're doing or else you're just going to hate it. That SOUNDS stupid, but it makes sense to me.Anne Gallagherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05816355522284492131noreply@blogger.com