tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post713195042719761732..comments2024-03-28T19:36:39.783-04:00Comments on Jungle Red Writers: On stuff you can't make upJungle Red Writershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16646429819267618412noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-6260705041900702992009-11-10T21:53:59.481-05:002009-11-10T21:53:59.481-05:00I feel so much better. ;-)
I love this copy editor...I feel so much better. ;-)<br />I love this copy editor but she's also the one who didn't think a person could hide behind miscanthus..which is grass, but 4-7feet tall grass. Apartment dweller, no doubt. ..I may blog about copy editors next time I'm up.Rosemary Harrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08033747422699443024noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-48626410194497161292009-11-10T10:34:31.623-05:002009-11-10T10:34:31.623-05:00Both capped, both capped. I JUST had this argum..I...Both capped, both capped. I JUST had this argum..I mean, discussion. About a little different thing, but similar.<br /><br />In DT, the Headmaster at Bexter is always and only called "the Head." As in "Let's go ask the Head what he thinks."<br /><br />They wanted it to be "Let's go ask the head what he thinks."<br /><br />Ahhhh.. <br /><br />I also have a guy called "No Hat." It would be silly to call him "No hat." That's just different!Hank Phillippi Ryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17420701704169428286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-39472103002120549332009-11-10T10:33:32.957-05:002009-11-10T10:33:32.957-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Hank Phillippi Ryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17420701704169428286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-71917363489515772502009-11-10T08:17:15.241-05:002009-11-10T08:17:15.241-05:00Both capped, I'd say, Rosemary, because it is ...Both capped, I'd say, Rosemary, because it <i>is</i> a title / substitute name. I've got one in the coming book, too: Runway Dog, both capped.Susannah Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04660387525544941776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-83154504960836134042009-11-10T08:01:10.244-05:002009-11-10T08:01:10.244-05:00"Just because it's right doesn't make..."Just because it's right doesn't make it good" was an oft-repeated comment in my first crit group.<br /><br />Coincidences DO happen. Hubby and I were standing in line outside Galatoire's in New Orleans. No reservations allowed. So when the restaurant guy came around calling, "Any parties of four?" the couple behind us suggested that we'd get seated faster if we paired up.<br /><br />We did, and we did those 'who are you, what do you do, where are you from?' questions. He was a pediatrician. They were from Missoula. Hubby had been to Missoula. We were from Miami. They knew someone in Miami. You know the drill. Only the 'someone' the gentleman knew in Miami happened to be our son's pediatrician.Terry Odellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11610682530545306687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-31038572785125534622009-11-10T07:45:36.012-05:002009-11-10T07:45:36.012-05:00Okay..on another note, I can't help but notice...Okay..on another note, I can't help but notice that Duck Lady is capitalized. In my latest manuscript I've got a few characters who - until we know their names - are referred to as Eyebrow Girl (she's got a bolt in her brow) and Countertop Man. My copyeditor thinks only the first word should be capitalized. I think in this instance it's a title or name and should be capped. What do you all think?Rosemary Harrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08033747422699443024noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-15856173514320131222009-11-09T20:11:59.825-05:002009-11-09T20:11:59.825-05:00Oh Dina reminded me of one more. When my grandpare...Oh Dina reminded me of one more. When my grandparents were young, a knock came at their door. A policeman on the stoop was very sorry to inform my grandmother that her husband, Charles Isleib, had been run over by a train...<br /><br />Luckily for her, he had already arrived home after work. Can you imagine how distraught she would have been if he hadn't been there when the police called? Can you imagine, two Charles Isleibs in the same town?? <br /><br />I did try to use something like that in Fairway to Heaven. Editor did not like the coincidence at all!Lucy Burdette aka Roberta Isleibhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04660402177299546055noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-85912720280338042402009-11-09T16:33:32.615-05:002009-11-09T16:33:32.615-05:00Midnight In the Garden of Good and Evil is non-fic...Midnight In the Garden of Good and Evil is non-fiction -- I just bought a copy even though I read it years ago. So, according to the back cover, yes, REAL character.Jan Broganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11323983086318138814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-40235408054379004952009-11-09T15:50:44.577-05:002009-11-09T15:50:44.577-05:00"Duck Lady" sounds like a character out ..."Duck Lady" sounds like a character out of Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil" - anyone know if that character who glued threads onto flies and then "walked" them was based on someone real?Hallie Ephronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04759439029582054503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-17491508666821795752009-11-09T15:29:21.179-05:002009-11-09T15:29:21.179-05:00Oh boy. I love these.Oh boy. I love these.Sheila Deethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13465615546936319164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-61282050026508731812009-11-09T14:13:35.171-05:002009-11-09T14:13:35.171-05:00Hallie, I had one close to your lightpole experien...Hallie, I had one close to your lightpole experience. I was sitting in a bar in the Quarters one day when the Duck Lady came by, rollerskating and leading her ducks. For all the years she skated and was an institution in the Quarters, she always looked like it was her first day on skates. Anyway, she was twisting her head around and smiling and splat! she ran smack into a lightpole and sat down right where she was, legs straddling the pole. There was a young black jogger going by running in the street and he turned to watch her and... splat! he ran into a car and went down. What're the odds...Les Edgertonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17997858985904932554noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-31356947422160194442009-11-09T14:11:17.527-05:002009-11-09T14:11:17.527-05:00Susannah - love that story. I, of course, not bein...Susannah - love that story. I, of course, not being a dog owner, am thinking - dog eats Xmas bulb, doesn't pass through, nose glows in dark.Hallie Ephronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04759439029582054503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-36219645876206534042009-11-09T13:51:24.526-05:002009-11-09T13:51:24.526-05:00A veterinarian on another list I'm on just wro...A veterinarian on another list I'm on just wrote an account of a golden retriever that ate a replacement Christmas tree light bulb his owner had left on the counter. Bulb didn't go through; dog had to have surgery. Vet kept the bulb and returned it to the client in a plastic bag as a warning -- "don't leave these out, your dog will eat them." Owner put plastic bag with bulb on the counter and ...<br /><br />... the dog ate it again.Susannah Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04660387525544941776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-18509431829452636922009-11-09T12:48:01.860-05:002009-11-09T12:48:01.860-05:00Too funny...give me back my car?Too funny...give me back my car?Rosemary Harrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08033747422699443024noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-5512755945286780352009-11-09T12:22:42.435-05:002009-11-09T12:22:42.435-05:00There's a play--Dead Man's Cell Phone. Whe...There's a play--Dead Man's Cell Phone. Where a woman answers the ringing phone of someone who turns out to be dead..and then... It was just at the Lyric Stage of Boston.<br /><br />My pal Mary left her cell in her car--and then her car was stolen. She called the phone and the bad guy answered. She yelled--give me back my car! But they didn't.Hank Phillippi Ryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17420701704169428286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-42795571040143346862009-11-09T09:59:53.278-05:002009-11-09T09:59:53.278-05:00Edith - I love the set up. Sure, could be someone...Edith - I love the set up. Sure, could be someone calling for help. Or from beyond the grave. Or the caller says "I'm watching you" and they are. Or "you've just won a ten-million dollar drawing." Or or or... Finding a cell phone ringing isn't in itself a coincidence. (I found one in central park, went to the directory and called "Mom" who came and picked it up.)6696Hallie Ephronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04759439029582054503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-89130662313534739002009-11-09T09:22:14.997-05:002009-11-09T09:22:14.997-05:00I was walking my 4-mile route one fall a few years...I was walking my 4-mile route one fall a few years ago. I heard a phone ringing, and thought, well,it's a nice day, they have their windows open. It got louder and louder. I looked down and there was the phone at the edge of the road in the leaves. Ringing. I answered it. A guy working on the road had lost it, and we arranged for me to return it. In my book, it's somebody calling for help who then disconnects. Think I'll be able to swing that?<br /><br />EdithEdith Maxwellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01388006370860482509noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-32224849637560730752009-11-09T08:55:28.812-05:002009-11-09T08:55:28.812-05:00HA! I love that, Dina -- I've come to apprecia...HA! I love that, Dina -- I've come to appreciate my own name because I think I'm the only one with it. Never a mixup where I inadvertently picked up someone's still bloodstained prom gown at the dry cleaner.Jungle Red Writershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16646429819267618412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-58043410377147517602009-11-09T08:50:42.934-05:002009-11-09T08:50:42.934-05:00My husband has the same name as another but older ...My husband has the same name as another but older man in our town. They have the same dry cleaners (although we wives do the drop off/pick up), same bank, and are both on the same street (one is residence, one is business). I tried to use it in a book and my critique group was all over me - too convenient. My answer was its not convenient, its very annoying.Dina Berryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17551385503209857751noreply@blogger.com