tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9132911385909998590.post287944501464652907..comments2023-11-11T03:34:32.779-05:00Comments on Green Monkey Tales: Slapping Stephen KingGreen Monkeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18427381976705069464noreply@blogger.comBlogger27125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9132911385909998590.post-38953896273694146662012-04-15T23:44:43.518-04:002012-04-15T23:44:43.518-04:00Hi Shannon! I haven't read any of the previous...Hi Shannon! I haven't read any of the previous comments, (just too lazy and in a hurry..and I mean that in the most sincere, honest way!) so I hope I'm not repeating what others have already said. I've also read parts of Stephen King's book on writing, and YES, I do consider myself a writer, even though I don't write in my memoir every day, or read anything in particular every day! We are all individuals and have to do things in our own way. AND just because you don't write fiction, doesn't mean you are not a writer! Creative non-fiction, essays, memoirs.....are beautiful types of writing and are more likely(sometimes) to make people "feel" something, than fiction! And as you said above: "I tap what haunts me. I tap what lingers at the back of my throat." << those alone are beautiful words...and also why all of us flock to your blog, to read those thoughts of yours. You once mentioned about writing a memoir, I think...and/or also a book about your dad and Alzheimers. I think you should! Do both, or bring them together in one amazing memoir! Love and hugs....BECKYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15184458949017900541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9132911385909998590.post-50448206829126590602012-04-08T16:27:38.405-04:002012-04-08T16:27:38.405-04:00I think we all know where we want to be in the wri...I think we all know where we want to be in the writing pantheon. Steven King is undoubtedly an extremely successful writer. (Anyone who supports themselves by selling books is extremely successful & he's a bit beyond that.) In that book he goes on to confess that he had lied when he told an interviewer that he takes his birthday and Christmas off from writing and otherwise he writes every day. He spits out books at a rate that I can guarantee I never will, because I will never write every single day. Not ever. <br /><br />For me, I want to touch someone with what I write. I want them to have a place to go, inside the covers of a book, and people they like or relate to or who give them something to do with those who were cruel. I want to create a world that didn't exist before (I write fantasy) and I want you to feel as though it's real, it's just that you have to walk through the wardrobe or push your trolley through 9 3/4 and you could get there as easily as the characters do. I want to be happy, too, and trust me when I say writing keeps me happy. <br /><br />The writing books I tend to hold close though, are Natalie Goldberg's Wild Mind and Writing Down the Bones and Anne Lamott's Bird by Bird. Yeah, I basically stopped reading them in the '90s, though I did read King's. <br /><br />I figure I'll type away and see what happens.35jupehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11645119202127311140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9132911385909998590.post-84415399430059937042012-04-08T06:57:04.387-04:002012-04-08T06:57:04.387-04:00great analogy Honey B!!!great analogy Honey B!!!Green Monkeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18427381976705069464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9132911385909998590.post-54418500068391237532012-04-08T06:56:21.474-04:002012-04-08T06:56:21.474-04:00now YOU are a writer! and you know I appreciate ho...now YOU are a writer! and you know I appreciate how you write from your heart.Green Monkeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18427381976705069464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9132911385909998590.post-44734661836023423422012-04-08T06:55:41.344-04:002012-04-08T06:55:41.344-04:00you DO, you DO Jaybird! wild, truly wild!!!!!you DO, you DO Jaybird! wild, truly wild!!!!!Green Monkeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18427381976705069464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9132911385909998590.post-19103253430209579032012-04-08T06:55:17.917-04:002012-04-08T06:55:17.917-04:0027 years! That is a long fight. Love reading about...27 years! That is a long fight. Love reading about those who kick catstirs ass!!! <br /><br />I am doing well. I am one of the lucky ones. I am cancer free!Green Monkeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18427381976705069464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9132911385909998590.post-36243883161622178942012-04-08T06:53:45.487-04:002012-04-08T06:53:45.487-04:00it must be like riding a bike, no?it must be like riding a bike, no?Green Monkeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18427381976705069464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9132911385909998590.post-70862247648613821482012-04-08T06:53:13.173-04:002012-04-08T06:53:13.173-04:00Haaaaaaa!!!!! that made me laugh Jennifer (aka Ink...Haaaaaaa!!!!! that made me laugh Jennifer (aka Inky, right?)Green Monkeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18427381976705069464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9132911385909998590.post-19539073006646365282012-04-08T06:52:35.973-04:002012-04-08T06:52:35.973-04:00and I will appreciate :)))))))))and I will appreciate :)))))))))Green Monkeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18427381976705069464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9132911385909998590.post-15073342096605211802012-04-08T06:52:05.697-04:002012-04-08T06:52:05.697-04:00Thank you Sarah :)))))Thank you Sarah :)))))Green Monkeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18427381976705069464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9132911385909998590.post-23124890518010416532012-04-08T06:51:19.950-04:002012-04-08T06:51:19.950-04:00the "much loved" part is my favorite par...the "much loved" part is my favorite part. xoxoxoGreen Monkeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18427381976705069464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9132911385909998590.post-54746626678467464292012-04-08T06:50:49.974-04:002012-04-08T06:50:49.974-04:00"SK" Stephen King
"SK" Shanno..."SK" Stephen King <br />"SK" Shannon Kennedy <br />That SK sure is a great writer!!!Green Monkeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18427381976705069464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9132911385909998590.post-30282680494132782232012-04-08T06:49:45.738-04:002012-04-08T06:49:45.738-04:00HA!!! "Toots" ... I haven't been cal...HA!!! "Toots" ... I haven't been called that in a very long time. It makes me smile :) <br />It's hard to argue with the "you write therefor you are a writer" logic.Green Monkeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18427381976705069464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9132911385909998590.post-60985049758376278852012-04-08T06:48:00.367-04:002012-04-08T06:48:00.367-04:00Thank you Bev! Love being a wall flower with you :...Thank you Bev! Love being a wall flower with you :)Green Monkeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18427381976705069464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9132911385909998590.post-62174211908329235502012-04-07T20:40:47.500-04:002012-04-07T20:40:47.500-04:00You are a writer because you do, Shannon. That is ...You are a writer because you do, Shannon. That is certainly more than I do. You write from your heart and that is what makes it good. Keep it up.Your friend, Bevnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9132911385909998590.post-14824108950401431242012-04-07T16:15:37.666-04:002012-04-07T16:15:37.666-04:00Hey Toots, you're a writer if you write. If I ...Hey Toots, you're a writer if you write. If I read Stephen King, I'd have to start going to on and on meetings again.grinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03916101406698502578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9132911385909998590.post-72568054466411204642012-04-07T15:13:55.166-04:002012-04-07T15:13:55.166-04:00You could teach Stephen King a few things about wr...You could teach Stephen King a few things about writing with raw, personal, heart-rending honesty. Every writer has a different strength and a different process. You can be proud to claim and own your strength. SK never got a note like you got from Chris.Nancy/BLissed-Out Grandmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17223278142557533175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9132911385909998590.post-33067985994741907352012-04-07T02:17:24.981-04:002012-04-07T02:17:24.981-04:00Writer, blogger, storyteller, survivor, much loved...Writer, blogger, storyteller, survivor, much loved monkey. How many people can say those things (and so much more!) about themselves??? My dearest unique and gifted friend, whether fiction or embellished history, it's the way you put your humor and pain out there that keeps me reading. The words reach my own humor and pain and remind me that it is ok to feel, whatever it is.<br /><br />xoxoxoxo<br /><br />MGMonkey Gurlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9132911385909998590.post-55629061373563437692012-04-06T21:57:28.820-04:002012-04-06T21:57:28.820-04:00If you're not a writer then I don't want t...If you're not a writer then I don't want to be one either. I want to not be a writer as brilliantly as you are not a writer.Sarah Tokeleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13273148070092101085noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9132911385909998590.post-66734156022167551702012-04-06T21:49:35.924-04:002012-04-06T21:49:35.924-04:00Seems like you're a writer to me. :) You writ...Seems like you're a writer to me. :) You write, and I'll read.Julihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10097214923216967086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9132911385909998590.post-77329923618092272562012-04-06T21:40:27.617-04:002012-04-06T21:40:27.617-04:00With all such books, don't take the whole thin...With all such books, don't take the whole thing as gospel. Just take what speaks to you and leave the rest behind. I enjoyed King's book immensely. Mostly, because it gave me insight into another writer's process. Don't let anyone define you as a writer. You write and you touch people with your words. What more is there?injaynesworldhttp://injaynesworld.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9132911385909998590.post-48879000632992817412012-04-06T14:46:05.962-04:002012-04-06T14:46:05.962-04:00An even weirder thing is I may have forgotten how ...An even weirder thing is I may have forgotten how to write stories. I think I knew at one point.Ben Dittyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10637997946476963455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9132911385909998590.post-65794706972365845722012-04-06T13:42:25.571-04:002012-04-06T13:42:25.571-04:00Stop tattling on my Dad for the geese thing! xoxo ...Stop tattling on my Dad for the geese thing! xoxo JenniferJennifer Kennedy-Kranzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17387655788859654767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9132911385909998590.post-81649615550558378202012-04-06T13:05:12.733-04:002012-04-06T13:05:12.733-04:00I just read your short story...therefore you wrote...I just read your short story...therefore you wrote...therefore you are a writer. Weird, I had just been thinking that I haven't seen you blog for a while. How are you doing? I too am a 27 year catsir fighter.Karen Baldwinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01522178275164058849noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9132911385909998590.post-64267974813023767072012-04-06T13:04:50.933-04:002012-04-06T13:04:50.933-04:00....and all us "repliers" ...we are watc.......and all us "repliers" ...we are watching you and reading you and who gives a fuck what Steven K thinks or says. He is fiction , you are real. And real good I might add. Keep it alive. Love and write...we are waiting.<br /><br />ps Do I look a little bit like Jack N ???Jaybirdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08496022329504731403noreply@blogger.com