tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post9185560278772237695..comments2024-03-27T23:53:59.771-04:00Comments on SleuthSayers: YOU CAN'T GO HOME - Why I WriteLeigh Lundinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07921276795499571578noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-2180847094267916162013-04-16T12:09:35.742-04:002013-04-16T12:09:35.742-04:00I always made up stories, but what made me realize...I always made up stories, but what made me realize I could be a writer was when (this is going to sound dumb, but I was a child) I realized that the Laura of the "Little House" books was the Laura Ingalls Wilder who wrote them. Wow!Eve Fisherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03015761600962360110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-82881027481730878372013-04-15T13:50:13.377-04:002013-04-15T13:50:13.377-04:00Hershel, Interesting what our "dreams" e...Hershel, Interesting what our "dreams" encompass. I never thought of having my writings taught in school, though that's a great goal. I wanted to see my novels on the rack in the grocery store, which still hasn't happened, though I see them on book shelves and in libraries. Let's hope we both achieve our goals pre-mortem!Fran Rizerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08655783035179620991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-20627164318507901002013-04-15T13:19:19.683-04:002013-04-15T13:19:19.683-04:00An interesting question. I wanted to write for as ...An interesting question. I wanted to write for as long as I can remember and certainly before I read anything more than Dick And Jane.<br /><br />When I was exposed to literature in high school, we read such authors as Jack London, Poe, Mark Twain and Thomas Hardy. I remember wanting to have my stories eventually become "required reading" in school. Then it occurred to me that all of the abovementioned were dead. That, I thought, must be a requirement. So far, at least in my case, that's true.Herschel Cozinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06097703750150309319noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-68827037350942509912013-04-15T10:54:24.509-04:002013-04-15T10:54:24.509-04:00Oops! I meant influences in making me want to writ...Oops! I meant influences in making me want to write. Guess "read" was Freudian because I read these works over and over.Fran Rizerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08655783035179620991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-32853823523998470082013-04-15T10:52:47.654-04:002013-04-15T10:52:47.654-04:00Liz and David, you both mentioned writers that als...Liz and David, you both mentioned writers that also were great influences in making me want to read. LITTLE WOMEN was a big favorite as well as all of Poe and Bradbury's works.Fran Rizerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08655783035179620991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-60302353630502792422013-04-15T09:34:29.629-04:002013-04-15T09:34:29.629-04:00Though I grew up in Carson McCuller's hometown...Though I grew up in Carson McCuller's hometown, it was short story authors that had the most inluence on me in becoming a writer: Flannery O'Connor (another Georgian), H.H. Munro, Edgar A. Poe, Ray Bradbury, and several others that I'll remember as soon as I submit this.David Deanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13005457506363262838noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-85989184352370716542013-04-15T09:16:36.740-04:002013-04-15T09:16:36.740-04:00Fran, the three books that made me want to be a wr...Fran, the three books that made me want to be a writer were L.M. Montgomery's <i>Emily of New Moon,</i> <i>Little Women,</i> and Anne Frank's diary. But I confess the only thing I remember about <i>Look Homeward,Angel</i> (yes, I did read it) is that it was Maxwell Perkins who accepted the book and did that massive edit himself. They don't make editors like that any more!Elizabeth Zelvinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13944424094949207841noreply@blogger.com