Comments on: Seasons Of Fire, Seasons Of Ice http://www.storytellersunplugged.com/seasons-of-fire-seasons-of-ice Where Words Meet Thu, 16 Oct 2008 03:31:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Dave Wilson http://www.storytellersunplugged.com/seasons-of-fire-seasons-of-ice#comment-10721 Dave Wilson Sat, 10 May 2008 14:15:56 +0000 http://www.storytellersunplugged.com/seasons-of-fire-seasons-of-ice#comment-10721 I had the advantage that when I decided to write it I was in the middle of the ocean on a ship...I had from 4:30 to midnight every day with nothing else TO do...unless you wanted to watch "Barnyard Follies" with the boys for the billionth time :) I had the advantage that when I decided to write it I was in the middle of the ocean on a ship…I had from 4:30 to midnight every day with nothing else TO do…unless you wanted to watch “Barnyard Follies” with the boys for the billionth time :)

]]> By: Brian Hodge http://www.storytellersunplugged.com/seasons-of-fire-seasons-of-ice#comment-10708 Brian Hodge Fri, 09 May 2008 22:41:23 +0000 http://www.storytellersunplugged.com/seasons-of-fire-seasons-of-ice#comment-10708 Thanks for the comments, one and all. > I knew (I think) that it was a novel that I wasn't ready to write...when I was ready, it took 21 days to complete it Oh sure, rub it in, why don’t you… :-) > Thanks for putting some heart, soul, blood, and shit into that. Not too much of the latter, I hope. > I think I solved the problem it highlights. I write in the dark. Makes perfect sense. I've always sensed you're an illuminating guy, Sully. Thanks for the comments, one and all.
> I knew (I think) that it was a novel that I wasn’t ready to write…when I was ready, it took 21 days to complete it
Oh sure, rub it in, why don’t you… :-)
> Thanks for putting some heart, soul, blood, and shit into that.
Not too much of the latter, I hope.
> I think I solved the problem it highlights. I write in the dark.
Makes perfect sense. I’ve always sensed you’re an illuminating guy, Sully.

]]> By: Janet Berliner http://www.storytellersunplugged.com/seasons-of-fire-seasons-of-ice#comment-10703 Janet Berliner Fri, 09 May 2008 17:11:47 +0000 http://www.storytellersunplugged.com/seasons-of-fire-seasons-of-ice#comment-10703 We all write in the dark, Sullyman, because we live in darkness, seeking the light. Ever seeking the light. Wonderful essay Brian. --Janet We all write in the dark, Sullyman, because we live in darkness, seeking the light. Ever seeking the light. Wonderful essay Brian.

–Janet

]]> By: Thomas Sullivan http://www.storytellersunplugged.com/seasons-of-fire-seasons-of-ice#comment-10698 Thomas Sullivan Fri, 09 May 2008 13:37:52 +0000 http://www.storytellersunplugged.com/seasons-of-fire-seasons-of-ice#comment-10698 Interesting metaphor, good buddy. I think I solved the problem it highlights. I write in the dark. Wait a minute...I didn't say that! -- Sully Interesting metaphor, good buddy. I think I solved the problem it highlights. I write in the dark. Wait a minute…I didn’t say that!

– Sully

]]> By: eric wilson http://www.storytellersunplugged.com/seasons-of-fire-seasons-of-ice#comment-10697 eric wilson Fri, 09 May 2008 13:30:06 +0000 http://www.storytellersunplugged.com/seasons-of-fire-seasons-of-ice#comment-10697 Love your telling of the journey, Brian. Poignant, dare I say, wise. Thanks for putting some heart, soul, blood, and shit into that. It worked. Love your telling of the journey, Brian. Poignant, dare I say, wise. Thanks for putting some heart, soul, blood, and shit into that. It worked.

]]> By: Robert Jones http://www.storytellersunplugged.com/seasons-of-fire-seasons-of-ice#comment-10696 Robert Jones Fri, 09 May 2008 11:31:47 +0000 http://www.storytellersunplugged.com/seasons-of-fire-seasons-of-ice#comment-10696 Changes can be harrowing and are often frustrating, but they can provide critical material with which to build the next step upward. Thank you for the neat metaphoric comparison and for sharing your thoughts along the way. RCJ Changes can be harrowing and are often frustrating, but they can provide critical material with which to build the next step upward.
Thank you for the neat metaphoric comparison and for sharing your thoughts along the way.
RCJ

]]> By: Dave Wilson http://www.storytellersunplugged.com/seasons-of-fire-seasons-of-ice#comment-10695 Dave Wilson Fri, 09 May 2008 11:30:17 +0000 http://www.storytellersunplugged.com/seasons-of-fire-seasons-of-ice#comment-10695 I read these, and never know if I've exactly gotten the sense of what others feel when they write them...but I know what they remind ME of, what gets dragged up. I had an idea as a very young man about a story I wanted to write. I waited and worried at that things for YEARS before writing it in a flurry. It was the novelette "A Candle Lit in Sunlight," that was published in STARSHORE (my first really big sale) and reprinted in YBH XIX by Karl Wagner...and STILL it wouldn't let go. I knew (I think) that it was a novel that I wasn't ready to write...when I was ready, it took 21 days to complete it... Just...different. I get that... D I read these, and never know if I’ve exactly gotten the sense of what others feel when they write them…but I know what they remind ME of, what gets dragged up.

I had an idea as a very young man about a story I wanted to write. I waited and worried at that things for YEARS before writing it in a flurry. It was the novelette “A Candle Lit in Sunlight,” that was published in STARSHORE (my first really big sale) and reprinted in YBH XIX by Karl Wagner…and STILL it wouldn’t let go. I knew (I think) that it was a novel that I wasn’t ready to write…when I was ready, it took 21 days to complete it…

Just…different. I get that…

D

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