Comments on: What If My [Insert Name] Reads This? https://writersinthestormblog.com/2021/09/what-if-my-insert-name-reads-this/ A Blog On Writing Sun, 22 Dec 2024 03:34:42 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 By: ? Writing Links Round Up 11/8 – B. Shaun Smith https://writersinthestormblog.com/2021/09/what-if-my-insert-name-reads-this/#comment-150897 Mon, 08 Nov 2021 20:11:37 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=43483#comment-150897 […] What If My [Insert Name] Reads This? […]

]]> By: Kristy K. James...Where Romance and Fantasy Collide https://writersinthestormblog.com/2021/09/what-if-my-insert-name-reads-this/#comment-150635 Tue, 19 Oct 2021 08:09:16 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=43483#comment-150635 I wrote a sex scene once, by hand in a spiral notebook. I thought it was a really good scene. Then I thought ... if this gets published, my dad will read it. Because my dad loved to read. So... I scribbled out every single word and tore the pages in little tiny pieces. And that's when I decided the sweet romance genre was going to be my thing.

He died in 2003, but I believe he's in heaven and see every word I write, and so I continue writing in that genre. And that's okay. I enjoy doing it. As for who else might read my books? Surprisingly, I have quite a few family members - my mom, a few aunts, an uncle, siblings, in-laws, cousins, and even some friends who have read them. Not everyone, of course. I don't have that many books that aren't sweet romance, and that's not something all people like.

Honestly? My biggest slams have come from other authors.

Sometimes, I'll put people I know/know of in my stories. Usually, they're based on someone I don't like, but not always. Heck, a physical therapist I had last year wants me to put him in a book - as a kids' superhero with an orange cape. And I probably will someday.

Interesting windows. I think my lower left is more like a sliding glass door. 😀 😀 😀

]]> By: immaculate https://writersinthestormblog.com/2021/09/what-if-my-insert-name-reads-this/#comment-150350 Tue, 28 Sep 2021 10:04:52 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=43483#comment-150350 .. I would be TERRIFIED if any member of my family read my book ... i dont know, as much as i would love to let them know that i am a writer i honestly cant let them read any of my stuff ..maybe it's a writer thing or something

]]> By: Piper Bayard https://writersinthestormblog.com/2021/09/what-if-my-insert-name-reads-this/#comment-150278 Mon, 20 Sep 2021 17:28:57 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=43483#comment-150278 What a great post! I've definitely shelved projects because of the What If factor. Still waiting for a few people to die before I start others. Thank you.

]]> By: jamesr403 https://writersinthestormblog.com/2021/09/what-if-my-insert-name-reads-this/#comment-150259 Sun, 19 Sep 2021 21:13:17 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=43483#comment-150259 Oh, man, what an appropriate essay! This comes up for me frequently. The only thing I have learned is that you have to remember -- it's a story. Your readers need to know it's a story. What if readers are offended? When I was writing my first mystery I remember asking my wife, "Can I say 'Butt?;" (Ok, I was shy.) Thinking of my parents and their friends. I did it and I guess it worked out because I never got any complaints. It's only a story!
Of course, if I wrote "50 Shades of Gray Goes to the Beach Party" I might use a pseudonym.
Thanks, Jenny.

]]> By: V.M.Sang https://writersinthestormblog.com/2021/09/what-if-my-insert-name-reads-this/#comment-150258 Sun, 19 Sep 2021 17:37:03 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=43483#comment-150258 In reply to Terry Odell.

I agree, Terry. I have a couple of friends who are interested enough to actually buy and read my books, but one lives in Ireland and I've not seen her in the flesh for many years. The other I do see. As to family, they're just not interested enough to even want to talk about it. Same goes for most of my other friends.
One said her granddaughter wants to be a children's writer. I said I'd be willing to talk to her about writing and publishing in general (not specifically children's writing as I've no experience there) but she ignored me.

]]> By: pp48 https://writersinthestormblog.com/2021/09/what-if-my-insert-name-reads-this/#comment-150256 Sun, 19 Sep 2021 12:12:56 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=43483#comment-150256 It's the sex scenes that are the thing for me. My mom is sadly gone, but she was a voracious reader and passed that down to me. I would be more than a little uncomfortable at her reading some of my work. Friends are definitely easier...
very interesting article, btw, esp the johari window!

]]> By: dholcomb1 https://writersinthestormblog.com/2021/09/what-if-my-insert-name-reads-this/#comment-150254 Sat, 18 Sep 2021 19:55:05 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=43483#comment-150254 In reply to Jenny Hansen.

Thanks. I appreciate that. <3 And, it's really disappointing when it's family.

]]> By: Jenny Hansen https://writersinthestormblog.com/2021/09/what-if-my-insert-name-reads-this/#comment-150253 Sat, 18 Sep 2021 05:02:14 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=43483#comment-150253 In reply to dholcomb1.

Why do people offer commentary about things they know nothing about??! I am sorry this has been your experience, Denise. And I'm glad you have a whole community of writers who will touch base with you and tell you that you're not alone (and that some people just suck). 🙂

]]> By: dholcomb1 https://writersinthestormblog.com/2021/09/what-if-my-insert-name-reads-this/#comment-150252 Sat, 18 Sep 2021 03:13:45 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=43483#comment-150252 My parents didn't care when I told them I had been published. And by didn't care, they weren't interested. Indifferent. Apathetic.

My mother-in-law made a comment about something in a story, I explained how she was wrong--what she had said was impossible--and she made a condescending remark.

And some friends keep trying to attribute the hero in one story as my husband. No, not at all.

People will think and say what they want, you just have to decide how you respond.

Denise

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