tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post5218746982757502437..comments2024-03-29T02:43:11.575-04:00Comments on Jungle Red Writers: SMOKE-FREE FICTIONJungle Red Writershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16646429819267618412noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-19703915365408411872018-01-17T11:35:22.772-05:002018-01-17T11:35:22.772-05:00Smoking prompts the bronchial tubes being disturbe...Smoking prompts the bronchial tubes being disturbed, and this for the most part brings about expanded bodily fluid generation. <a href="https://www.airpurifiersmoke.com/" rel="nofollow">air purifier smoke</a><br />Janehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18393290270061893199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-82378022340524132862011-10-02T14:04:05.407-04:002011-10-02T14:04:05.407-04:00Hi Becky,
Thanks for the endorsement. I tried to c...Hi Becky,<br />Thanks for the endorsement. I tried to comment on your blog, but couldn't figure it out. <br /><br />I tweeted you instead. <br /><br />Best of luck with your blog and your novel!Jan Broganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11323983086318138814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-5681791026944259552011-10-01T22:27:22.825-04:002011-10-01T22:27:22.825-04:00As a reader rather than a writer, I think a smokin...As a reader rather than a writer, I think a smoking character who's trying to quit can be very interesting. I quit 7 years ago after 40 years and not because I wanted to. To this day, I still want it and really like to occasionally be around someone who's smoking so I can inhale a little. Silly, I know, but there it is--how your character deals with this can be enlightening.cncbookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09401170570062253185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-27138211362849833192011-10-01T22:21:50.505-04:002011-10-01T22:21:50.505-04:00What an interesting post, Deborah. Kudos to your h...What an interesting post, Deborah. Kudos to your husband for quitting after so many years. I'm sure that was a huge challenge. Bravo for him!<br /><br />I'm now in the revision/polishing phase of my current novel, some chapters of which are contemporary and some of which occur in 1968. Only one of the contemporary characters smokes, and the fact that she does is meant to be indicative of her inability to let go of the past. <br /><br />A number of characters smoke in the chapters set in '68, when puffing on a cigarette was an ordinary, unquestioned thing. <br /><br />It was kind of fun, in an odd way, to chose their brands. Remember the classics? Pall Malls. Camels. Winstons.<br />Chesterfields.<br /><br />Wow -- how nice that is all a blast from the past.<br /><br />BrendaBrenda Buchananhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14161539130987122737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-10889314548523876952011-10-01T20:01:21.965-04:002011-10-01T20:01:21.965-04:00Hey, wonderful, Becky! Checking it out..xoxoHey, wonderful, Becky! Checking it out..xoxoHank Phillippi Ryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17420701704169428286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-71690036682902687992011-10-01T20:00:04.108-04:002011-10-01T20:00:04.108-04:00I live in NJ where you can't smoke anywhere th...I live in NJ where you can't smoke anywhere these days. Yeah! Went to a wedding in PA and was amazed at the haze of smoke that hovered over the dance floor. My contact lenses got so sticky that I had troble keeping my eyes open on the drive home. My eye lids wanted to stick to the dirty lenses.<br /><br />My characters have not smoked in the past because I don't smoke (tried it as a 19 year old when I worked a A&W as a carhop but it ruined the taste of the root beer.). I liked the sexy look of holding a cigarette.<br /><br />That being said, if I came up with a character who needed to smoke for some reason, I would probably writer him or her lighting up.Pat Marinellinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-67190762408222948942011-10-01T17:58:44.287-04:002011-10-01T17:58:44.287-04:00Thanks for posting, Becky - just checked out your ...Thanks for posting, Becky - just checked out your blog. Thanks for sharing us.<br /><br />You're right, the cigarette is the author's ultimate prop. Dashiell Hammett used it endlessly to show Sam Spade's limited range of emotions (only from A to B, I'm afraid). Lisbeth Salander smokes. Sherlock Holmes with his pipe. James Bond, of course.Hallie Ephronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04759439029582054503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-45560198138755541032011-10-01T17:14:15.422-04:002011-10-01T17:14:15.422-04:00Deborah -
As one who also lives in Texas, I can r...Deborah -<br /><br />As one who also lives in Texas, I can relate to the shock of going out of the country and finding how much smoking there is in the world! <br /><br />As for characters - I personally have always enjoyed all the tea drinking in your novels!Nancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06495937280335984726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-89900624497725602482011-10-01T13:05:00.924-04:002011-10-01T13:05:00.924-04:00Ladies,
This is another great post! Being that I...Ladies, <br /><br />This is another great post! Being that I am a smoker (yes I know it's awful), I realized that I haven't indicated anywhere in my first novel so far if the character smokes or not. However, I do think that smoking can add an element to the character to define them and create aura for certain scenes (e.g."a long haul on his cigarette to calm his nerves"). I do believe, after reading this, I will go back over the manuscript because I'm certain that I could make at least one character in my book more "real" if they smoked. Thanks for this interesting insight!<br /><br />By the way, I hope you don't mind but I found your blog so interesting that I dedicated my blog entry today to you and yours (I'm not even sure that's allowed I'm so new to the blogging world).<br /><br />Have a great day!<br /><br />BeckyBecky - Mystery Writers Unitehttp://mysterywritersunite.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.com