tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post6606190794572298285..comments2024-03-28T10:16:38.716-04:00Comments on SleuthSayers: I Write Likeā¦Leigh Lundinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07921276795499571578noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-755617227943150692012-08-06T11:39:14.182-04:002012-08-06T11:39:14.182-04:00Eve and Louis, when I was a kid I stumbled across ...Eve and Louis, when I was a kid I stumbled across rural ponds that a paper mill illegally used as a dump site. It was dead and hideous and reminded me of one of the Lovecraft stories where the trees turn to ash.<br /><br />I didn't get into the Cthulhu saga, but I did name an undertake McThulhu.Leigh Lundinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07921276795499571578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-36929619081919114482012-08-06T10:23:47.003-04:002012-08-06T10:23:47.003-04:00Oh, I read the entire Lovecraft canon about the sa...Oh, I read the entire Lovecraft canon about the same time, Leigh, and loved it. I passed some of the books along to a friend later on, and he returned them a couple of days later, with a wild-eyed look and said, "I don't even want them in my house!" I guess he didn't know that you're not supposed to read them all in one weekend...Eve Fisherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03015761600962360110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-10429829054641125932012-08-05T15:26:58.622-04:002012-08-05T15:26:58.622-04:00Louis, I discovered HP Lovecraft about the 5th-6th...Louis, I discovered HP Lovecraft about the 5th-6th grade and read everything I could. My 6th grade teacher actually tore a paperback I was reading (my aunt's!) in half and kicked me in butt!<br /><br />I hadn't heard of David Foster Wallace and just looked him up. Sadly, I deal with depression too and I feel for those who try the drugs, especially when something effective is denied.<br /><br />Eve, you just about cover the gamut. What a broad range of authors!Leigh Lundinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07921276795499571578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-49946453325525599882012-08-05T14:35:03.992-04:002012-08-05T14:35:03.992-04:00Robert Louis Stevenson; Stephen King (for a story ...Robert Louis Stevenson; Stephen King (for a story advertised by AHMM as humorous!); James Joyce; J. D. Salinger. I don't think their database knows what it's talking about. That, or it's schizophrenic...Eve Fisherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03015761600962360110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-73704027499801206622012-08-05T11:43:04.038-04:002012-08-05T11:43:04.038-04:00Slow down and safe those wrist for putting more wo...Slow down and safe those wrist for putting more words on paper or in cyberspace, or whatever we call it now days.<br /><br />I write like surprised me with H. P Lovecraft, whom I read a long time ago, and David Foster Wallace, whom I'd never heard of until I read about him last year.Louis A. Willishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16563842429688123421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-92169979678284356012012-08-05T11:31:12.116-04:002012-08-05T11:31:12.116-04:00That's true, Janice, and there's a possibi...That's true, Janice, and there's a possibility of royalties down the line, so a couple of years from now may pay off!Leigh Lundinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07921276795499571578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-89614763973628363262012-08-05T08:44:22.965-04:002012-08-05T08:44:22.965-04:00Amusing, but don't knock the ed writing- in my...Amusing, but don't knock the ed writing- in my experience the duller the work the better it pays!Janicenoreply@blogger.com