tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21997604.post5666198573511428487..comments2024-03-28T08:22:41.115-07:00Comments on Grow Wings -- the Journal of Laini Taylor: Inducing the fictional dream. . . with kissing!Laini Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14064837312936707024noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21997604.post-1533431657556198062008-10-20T20:20:00.000-07:002008-10-20T20:20:00.000-07:00Hello! I just wanted to stop by and say hi. Unfo...Hello! I just wanted to stop by and say hi. Unforunately, it's the first time I've been able to stop by *embarrased shrug*. Anyway, I LOVE the pink hair in your profile. Way to go!Alyssa Fhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17493806120430252745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21997604.post-61113001462429887742008-10-20T06:49:00.000-07:002008-10-20T06:49:00.000-07:00viz teenager-ness--I think there are also those of...viz teenager-ness--I think there are also those of us who really never were teenagers and stayed about 12, despite being married with children etc, who now read about teenagers in the spirit of discovering what happened to the others, who did make it to thirteen...Charlottehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15750715350958105088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21997604.post-86882807172222890092008-10-19T07:34:00.000-07:002008-10-19T07:34:00.000-07:00Hi, Laini! It was so great seeing you at the confe...Hi, Laini! It was so great seeing you at the conference, and hearing your presentation, too! It ROCKS, people--you seriously want Laini to come do your school visits.<BR/><BR/>Stephanie's book sounds like the exact thing I want to read right now. I don't want to wait! :)<BR/><BR/>Love Jim's painting--it's wonderfully, whimsically romantic!Christine Fletcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17350760019997430843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21997604.post-35465137253201151982008-10-18T13:34:00.000-07:002008-10-18T13:34:00.000-07:00Whew, I feel like a slacker now that I've read you...Whew, I feel like a slacker now that I've read your posts. 4 am, huh. Hmm, maybe I could try getting up at 4am and writing until the world wakes up. Slightly easier!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21997604.post-90186822952355089562008-10-18T13:08:00.000-07:002008-10-18T13:08:00.000-07:00It's coming along, Laini. Thanks for asking. Getti...It's coming along, Laini. Thanks for asking. Getting so, so close. But now I strive to do just as Stephanie has and make sure it's made out of all "good parts." Love that! Want that! Will do that!Cuppa Joliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15917576466379786147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21997604.post-62683085810974957612008-10-18T09:13:00.000-07:002008-10-18T09:13:00.000-07:00Great post Laini,John Gardner was a great literary...Great post Laini,<BR/><BR/>John Gardner was a great literary fiction writer. He has a wonderful book called Grendel. It's the Beowulf story told from the monster's POV.<BR/><BR/>He also has a good technique book called the Art of Fiction. <BR/><BR/>I bought your book but I've been so busy I haven't dived into it completely, but the first chapter rocks!Ronald L. Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03649046677631873728noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21997604.post-62619947000518184212008-10-17T21:52:00.000-07:002008-10-17T21:52:00.000-07:00Hi Alysa!There's actually not that much cursing in...Hi Alysa!<BR/>There's actually not that much cursing in it, and the few memorable ones were mainly from one character. But it all felt totally appropriate.<BR/><BR/>I <I>think</I> Savvy should be fantasy. It has "supernatural gifts" in it. Hunger Games was awesome, wasn't it? It's up at the top of my list right now, but with so many books yet to come, who knows what will happen!<BR/><BR/>Lisa -- <I>I</I> am jealous <I>you</I> are reading Christine's book!<BR/><BR/>Heather, I completely agree with you about YA; it does have a kind of purity to it -- and not in some twee way, I mean, I can't even really express it. Will have to try to figure out what it is I love about it!Laini Taylorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14064837312936707024noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21997604.post-90487962607929013072008-10-17T21:04:00.000-07:002008-10-17T21:04:00.000-07:00couple thoughts:boy they had great hairdo's back t...couple thoughts:<BR/><BR/>boy they had great hairdo's back then, didn't they?<BR/><BR/>LOVE the Bee's Knees.<BR/><BR/>You guys have Savvy? I thought we (the MG panel) had it. It's probably listed on both right now. I'm hoping it stays with us. I took a guilty Cybils break too, to read The Hunger Games (which wouldn't be a break for you) but I don't regret it. <BR/><BR/>Not all teens curse. I didn't. Cursing in books... has its place. Loved the Outsiders, it does a good job of cursing.Alysa Stewarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03705870547401762370noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21997604.post-55091353014244880082008-10-17T20:49:00.000-07:002008-10-17T20:49:00.000-07:00I'm reading Christine's book right now!And I'm env...I'm reading Christine's book right now!<BR/><BR/>And I'm envious of your enjoyment of Stephanie's manuscript. I guess I'll have to wait to read it in hardback someday! 2010, maybe? <BR/><BR/>That raspberry lemon curd shortbread looks amaaaazing.<BR/><BR/>Lisalkmadiganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06359434727353250222noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21997604.post-17316083400124441512008-10-17T20:23:00.000-07:002008-10-17T20:23:00.000-07:00Lordy, I love your blog!!! It is always such an in...Lordy, I love your blog!!! It is always such an inspiration to read and makes me want to sit down and get some writing done! I am a writer/artist///// (..sometimes feel like I have a life made out of part time jobs!)<BR/> I love YA fiction too, especially historical. Its always so honest and fresh, no jaded characters with chapters feeling like they're 'filler' until the love scenes. I think YA is great because it focuses so much on emotion, and from such a pure place. Everything is new and uncertain and amazing. I totally heart YA fiction ;)Heatherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01162985502341523594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21997604.post-64668399350370651622008-10-17T14:56:00.000-07:002008-10-17T14:56:00.000-07:00(Speechless. Flabbergasted. Sort of peeing mysel...(Speechless. Flabbergasted. Sort of peeing myself.)<BR/><BR/>THANK YOU, Laini. This is just the nicest, nicest, nicest most wonderful thing. Ever.Stephanie Perkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01327218987542530574noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21997604.post-68181313829590007262008-10-17T12:37:00.000-07:002008-10-17T12:37:00.000-07:00"...future editor of this book, whoever you may be..."...future editor of this book, whoever you may be: do not touch the cursing. I will kick you."<BR/><BR/>Made me giggle.Qhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08756447854917857756noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21997604.post-78173878936913039202008-10-17T12:24:00.000-07:002008-10-17T12:24:00.000-07:00Just the pictures in your posts make me happy -- a...Just the pictures in your posts make me happy -- and hungry. Strawberry lemon curd shortbread, RECIPE PLS!!!<BR/><BR/>Also, the book sounds fabulous and it is rather unfair of you to taunt us with it, but I will forgive you because if it's that good we will all have a chance to read it one day. Besides, I would be a hypocrite to reproach you for crowing over the brilliance of unpublished manuscripts because I have been jabbering for months about Erin Noteboom's gorgeous poetic MG fantasy novel <I>Plain Kate</I>, which is currently haunting the desks of several important editors and will soon, I think, find its well-deserved home.<BR/><BR/>And finally, I'm so glad you loved <I>The Magic Thief</I> because I did too. I just finished reading it out loud to my son and he simply could not wait until the next day for another chapter -- he kept following me around demanding to know what happened next!R.J. Andersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04503519800068573393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21997604.post-89109606863884072472008-10-17T11:50:00.000-07:002008-10-17T11:50:00.000-07:00Jolie, you're next!! How's it coming?Jolie, you're next!! How's it coming?Laini Taylorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14064837312936707024noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21997604.post-28019136684643289792008-10-17T11:30:00.000-07:002008-10-17T11:30:00.000-07:00Such a cruel, cruel tease about Stephanie's book! ...Such a cruel, cruel tease about Stephanie's book! Lucky girl.Cuppa Joliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15917576466379786147noreply@blogger.com