Comments on: Where the stories come from

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By: Lisa Ciarfella

Lisa Ciarfella — Thu, 17 Nov 2016 06:08:39 +0000

thanks much for this kimberly!

By: lrtrovi

lrtrovi — Wed, 16 Nov 2016 22:12:50 +0000

You've collected lightening in a bottle with this post! Indeed, every word resonanted as the Truth (capital T). Thanks.

By: tracyplathauthor

tracyplathauthor — Wed, 16 Nov 2016 17:07:26 +0000

I absolutely loved this post, beginning to end, and had a genuine laugh out loud moment when it seemed as though you had a camera focused on my writing desk--I'm sitting here with my cup of Keurig coffee, hair unbrushed and still wearing last night's jammies as I take a break from writing my novel. Take it from a writer that has spent a lifetime trying to hide her green scales, I personally love it when my camouflage falls away and non-writers see the scales beneath. Here's to lightning collectors everywhere (raising my industrial size cup of coffee)!

By: Fae Rowen

Fae Rowen — Wed, 16 Nov 2016 16:45:12 +0000

Lightning collectors. I'm with Laura. That's it! All the energy that goes through me while my fingers fly over the keyboard, rushing to capture the ideas before, in a flash, they're gone. Thanks for this, Kimberly.

By: Laura Drake

Laura Drake — Wed, 16 Nov 2016 16:17:10 +0000

In reply to Kimberly Brock. We must have plugged in next to each other!

By: Beverly Turner

Beverly Turner — Wed, 16 Nov 2016 15:45:36 +0000

Kimberly...I loved this post. But I think you must be a mind reader. I laughed out loud when I read your theory that to non-writers, we are akin to aliens. I've found people that have known me for years have so many questions about the whole writing experience, as if I'm a new planet and their hovering above the surface, trying to decide if it's safe to land! Each time I see one of them they have new questions about the process. And, I find it hard to find an answer when asked where I get my ideas. Sometimes, I can identify a 'nugget', the little bit I latched onto that made me start wondering, But the other pieces of the story seem to drop from above at odd moments when I least expect it. And to say that to a non-writer REALLY makes you sound like an alien...or a witch. LOL

By: Kimberly Brock

Kimberly Brock — Wed, 16 Nov 2016 15:36:02 +0000

In reply to heatheradams2013. Love me some Mary Oliver!!