tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3677181678998387043.post6890472738972949463..comments2018-10-26T00:07:30.689-07:00Comments on Kate In The Closet: AudacityKatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16995806117529635229noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3677181678998387043.post-43773231805592922722009-10-24T22:02:18.553-07:002009-10-24T22:02:18.553-07:00BTW, the fact that you asked that makes me *really...BTW, the fact that you asked that makes me *really* want to read your novel!<br /><br />I hope you have been having a fantastic time at the conference!Katehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16995806117529635229noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3677181678998387043.post-37718959221130933702009-10-24T21:59:51.618-07:002009-10-24T21:59:51.618-07:00I appreciate that confirmation, and Lolita is an e...I appreciate that confirmation, and Lolita is an excellent example! I was also thinking of <i>The Eyre Affair</i>/Thursday Next/Nursery Crime Series by Jasper Fforde and <i>The Gate to Women's Country</i> among others by Sheri S. Tepper.<br /><br />I almost wrote in the post, "you can get away with anything if you write very very well." But that wording can lead to the dangerous question, "if I don't think I can write very well (yet), should I rein in my ideas?"<br /><br />Obviously the correct answer is, "if you can't write very well, ordinary ideas certainly won't save you."<br /><br />As I was falling asleep last night after posting, I came to the conclusion that worrying about the accessibility of my ideas before I have completed my first novel is like worrying about getting stalked by fans - laughably premature. The only thing that matters right now is improving my craft.Katehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16995806117529635229noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3677181678998387043.post-37912206486966174262009-10-24T19:28:17.932-07:002009-10-24T19:28:17.932-07:00I asked a question during a panel discussion yeste...I asked a question during a panel discussion yesterday at SiWC, which was, "Where's the line between 'fresh and original' and 'crazy and inaccessible'?" The answer, from an editor, was that good-enough writing can overcome the reader's resistance to any idea. <br /><br />Think Lolita. There's no way that book should have worked, but Nabokov is such damned good writer that it did.jjdebenedictishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16950592240599703771noreply@blogger.com