tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7502152359497137754.post6221698313231354401..comments2024-03-18T08:33:25.907-04:00Comments on Inkwell Inspirations: Where Does a Novel Come From?Lisa Karon Richardsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02175430876079208723noreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7502152359497137754.post-16948976653372197972010-01-14T19:31:10.539-05:002010-01-14T19:31:10.539-05:00Exactly!Exactly!Lisa Karon Richardsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02175430876079208723noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7502152359497137754.post-64087231581331931022010-01-14T13:34:52.256-05:002010-01-14T13:34:52.256-05:00I think it's called "Being still, and kno...I think it's called "Being still, and knowing" or something like that. Holy Inspiration!Mary Aalgaardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08051735579638637382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7502152359497137754.post-15853589696686647542010-01-14T13:23:19.241-05:002010-01-14T13:23:19.241-05:00Is this true confession time, Mary?
I've been ...Is this true confession time, Mary?<br />I've been known to solve many thorny plot issues during church. I prefer to attribute it to the sanctified air or maybe the Holy Spirit breath of creativity. Certainly not to daydreaming... LOLLisa Karon Richardsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02175430876079208723noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7502152359497137754.post-5346676481814346902010-01-13T20:44:03.392-05:002010-01-13T20:44:03.392-05:00Shhh. Don't tell the pastors, but I get my be...Shhh. Don't tell the pastors, but I get my best ideas while "listening" to sermons. And, of course, songs and images and family stories spark the creative energy, too, but I do my best mind writing in church.Mary Aalgaardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08051735579638637382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7502152359497137754.post-2817435305463224252010-01-13T15:35:11.520-05:002010-01-13T15:35:11.520-05:00Thanks, Patti. The creativity of the human brain i...Thanks, Patti. The creativity of the human brain is such a wonder! I love that spark taht sets the fire of a new story burning. For me, I just know when it's one of those special ideas, the ones that can support a whole novel. The best rush of all!Lisa Karon Richardsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02175430876079208723noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7502152359497137754.post-14183263580387648772010-01-13T08:03:36.894-05:002010-01-13T08:03:36.894-05:00LOVED this post! My brain works like yours. It'...LOVED this post! My brain works like yours. It's that one image that captures my heart, mind, and soul. <br /><br />A mother, holding her baby for the first--and last time...<br /><br />A young Irish girl, hearing, "The little eejit's got to go," and realizing SHE is the "eejit" (idiot).<br /><br />Big ideas. Big pictures. Big novels!!<br /><br />Great post!!!<br />Patti Lacyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00687666130404407814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7502152359497137754.post-50000881179842686292010-01-12T15:37:57.544-05:002010-01-12T15:37:57.544-05:00No problem, Dina!
Thanks ladies for carrying the ...No problem, Dina!<br /><br />Thanks ladies for carrying the conversation while I was away from the computer. <br /><br />I came home one day to find my husband had dressed my 2 year old son in a shirt that was not only inside our, but upside down. Don't even ask me how, it's a mystery.<br /><br />Susanne, I love the idea of music sparking a story. I guess it does for me in a way because ILisa Karon Richardsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02175430876079208723noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7502152359497137754.post-28849450853788868532010-01-12T14:40:10.423-05:002010-01-12T14:40:10.423-05:00great post with a wealth of infogreat post with a wealth of infoDiana Flegalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11373354354968232390noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7502152359497137754.post-8747099822610473502010-01-12T14:37:59.391-05:002010-01-12T14:37:59.391-05:00I have to respond to Gina's comment. Usually I...I have to respond to Gina's comment. Usually I'm the ultimate "nonreligious" person. But one Sunday my daughter and I went to church early to dance. My husband showed up with the boys an hour later, and youngest child, age 7, was wearing raggedy old sweat pants with an equally raggedy tank top that didn't even match!!! (Mind you shorts and t-shirts are fine at our church.)<Dina Sleimanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05214446103057806111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7502152359497137754.post-15084235008958083062010-01-12T14:25:08.782-05:002010-01-12T14:25:08.782-05:00Wenda, I love how you summarized PAGAN CHRISTIANIT...Wenda, I love how you summarized PAGAN CHRISTIANITY: <i>"...but reading the book certainly stripped away a lot religion from my faith."</i><br /><br />Once I finished reading that book, I started THE END OF RELIGION by Bruxy Cavey.<br />http://www.amazon.com/End-Religion-Encountering-Subversive-Spirituality/dp/1600060676<br /><br />While I don't agree with everything I've read Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18306070937646453722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7502152359497137754.post-12438666409510451492010-01-12T13:03:44.427-05:002010-01-12T13:03:44.427-05:00Lisa,
Great post kiddo! I'm so glad I wasn'...Lisa,<br />Great post kiddo! I'm so glad I wasn't Elizabeth's sister. I never knew that about her. And you're right, the people of history weren't any better in there days than we are in ours, but somehow I always thought they were more innocent;not so.<br /><br />I'm so fasciated by medicine and mental health that I usually pick an idea and a character and run with Jillian Kenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12565274151603868808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7502152359497137754.post-25021526647530320322010-01-12T13:01:34.861-05:002010-01-12T13:01:34.861-05:00I wish i knew where the novels came from, I sure w...I wish i knew where the novels came from, I sure would like for one to pop up in my head. I love to read but can't write well enough to do a review, I want to give the plot away. Oh well we all can't be writters.<br /><br />mamat2730(at)charter(dot)netEdnahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04132658803192802735noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7502152359497137754.post-28543164475548788612010-01-12T12:20:55.077-05:002010-01-12T12:20:55.077-05:00Great stories! The series I'm working on was i...Great stories! The series I'm working on was inspired by a trip to a historical place. Another book idea I'm tossing around came about as a result of a brief conversation with an elderly man.<br /><br />Blessings,<br />Susan :)Susan J. Reinhardthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07461276857852409546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7502152359497137754.post-44084167678225870342010-01-12T11:57:08.490-05:002010-01-12T11:57:08.490-05:00What a fun post, Lisa! I knew nothing about Betsy ...What a fun post, Lisa! I knew nothing about Betsy Bonaparte. Wow, her story would make for a fabulous novel.<br /><br />Elizabeth...yeah, I vacillate between admiring her and thanking God I wasn't a member of her household. I think she'd have scared me, LOL.<br /><br />Old newspapers are fabulous for sparking ideas or providing info for my stories. God often uses music, of all things, to Susanne Dietzehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09710634601407161821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7502152359497137754.post-45404313401183695072010-01-12T11:38:12.665-05:002010-01-12T11:38:12.665-05:00It's interesting how much we take for granted....It's interesting how much we take for granted. Sometimes we think what we were taught in history class was all that happened. And sometimes we assume the traditions of the church are on par with the doctrine of the church. Could be that a study of history can change our perspective on a lot of things. Good food for thought!<br /><br />Thanks Gina and Wenda!Lisa Karon Richardsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02175430876079208723noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7502152359497137754.post-72295838491767658472010-01-12T10:45:53.457-05:002010-01-12T10:45:53.457-05:00Wonderful bios and I can see how they spark your i...Wonderful bios and I can see how they spark your interest. I love reading historicals but write contemporaries. My story ideas come from thin air. Can't pinpoint how but characters just start to come to life in my imagination.<br /><br />And DO read pagan Christianity. It will fundementally change (in a good way, I think) how you relate to church. I don't necessarily agree with the Wenda Dottridgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06086728367896516923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7502152359497137754.post-82425495490325661452010-01-12T10:29:05.697-05:002010-01-12T10:29:05.697-05:00This morning while I was cleaning the kitchen, I l...This morning while I was cleaning the kitchen, I listened to a Fox News report about a guy who'd been kidnapped and beaten before escaping. The cops pretty much decided it was a case of mistaken identity.<br /><br />My writer's mind started thinking about the possibilities.<br /><br />Very informative blog post, Lisa!<br /><br /><br />Dina, if you want to read about a time when there wasAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18306070937646453722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7502152359497137754.post-88732289939654856022010-01-12T10:17:57.348-05:002010-01-12T10:17:57.348-05:00Thanks everyone for stopping in!
DIna you're ...Thanks everyone for stopping in!<br /><br />DIna you're right, there's much to admire about Elizabeth, but I don't think I'd have liked her very much. She was one of those complicated "House" characters.<br /><br />D'Ann-I'm totally with you on the old newspapers. <br /><br />My only problem is that I've finished a manuscript still been fascinated, done more Lisa Karon Richardsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02175430876079208723noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7502152359497137754.post-53136464947721554922010-01-12T10:00:39.631-05:002010-01-12T10:00:39.631-05:00I could easily become lost in this stuff.
My curr...I could easily become lost in this stuff.<br /><br />My current WIP came from the purchase of an obscure non-fiction book. $5.00 on the clearance table at B & N. <br /><br />Thanks for some 'inside' facts, Lisa. Seems just in the last months I read a story where the American Mrs. Bonaparte came up. I didn't think the author made THAT up, but sometimes we do, eh?Debra E. Marvinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17853387871623424853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7502152359497137754.post-78311404201411433332010-01-12T09:02:12.497-05:002010-01-12T09:02:12.497-05:00I did not know much of this, interesting! Thanks f...I did not know much of this, interesting! Thanks for taking the time to share it:)<br />Blessings!Karen Langehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18177923284595298347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7502152359497137754.post-50686677907357465532010-01-12T08:44:52.577-05:002010-01-12T08:44:52.577-05:00Wow, great post. I loved the information.Wow, great post. I loved the information.adgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12203810495930165894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7502152359497137754.post-65450179308525259782010-01-12T08:44:44.174-05:002010-01-12T08:44:44.174-05:00One of my story ideas came from family history, bu...One of my story ideas came from family history, but many times it is an obscure newspaper story from the era I want to write in that sets me to spinning "What ifs." I love reading old newspapers, so that makes it fun. It also keeps my plots from being "out of line" historically.Anne Mateerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11330467138236037032noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7502152359497137754.post-47094100716209381942010-01-12T08:32:52.329-05:002010-01-12T08:32:52.329-05:00Dina Sleiman said...
I've read a lot of books...Dina Sleiman said... <br />I've read a lot of books about Elizabeth too. She's a very intricate character. I go back and forth between admiring her and being appalled.<br /><br />I've always been fascinated by Medieval history. Don't really know why. In highschool I loved Chaucer and the Decameron. I think they sparked some ideas for me. Then later in life I took grad level poetryDina Sleimanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05214446103057806111noreply@blogger.com