tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9058478111996476699.post3931059513562492497..comments2024-03-28T07:00:43.256-06:00Comments on Author Elana Johnson: Holy Blazes...Elana Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05877856005992028912noreply@blogger.comBlogger45125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9058478111996476699.post-56254749699119329422010-01-17T19:24:12.253-07:002010-01-17T19:24:12.253-07:00Elana, you are hysterical. Your blog posts make me...Elana, you are hysterical. Your blog posts make me want to read your books. See? Plus I love that "in-the-moment" prose, the kind that keeps you interested and hooked. Please don't change. (Isn't that sooo year book classic?) :)Birgitte Necessaryhttp://www.necessarywriters.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9058478111996476699.post-18614180551810372702010-01-15T14:33:44.092-07:002010-01-15T14:33:44.092-07:00I'm not sure whether it's the chicken or t...I'm not sure whether it's the chicken or the egg for me. Is it my MC voice bleeding into my posts or is my natural voice what my MC uses? Hmm.<br /><br />I have caught myself saying things like Aw, hell, which is definitely more my MC than me. (I'm more of a natural curser, lol.)<br /><br />But I think it's hard to separate the two sometimes.Roni Lorenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02719679344024635326noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9058478111996476699.post-49645352061345268892010-01-15T10:19:30.787-07:002010-01-15T10:19:30.787-07:00So here is the thing, this post is just amazingly ...So here is the thing, this post is just amazingly entertaining. I'm sure it happens a LOT to almost all writers. It is hard to turn off the voice that is dominating your brains working time.Amber Lynaehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16890268873178010212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9058478111996476699.post-70619167433642911872010-01-14T21:42:17.338-07:002010-01-14T21:42:17.338-07:00I love it! I tend to absorb the mood of my novels ...I love it! I tend to absorb the mood of my novels (something I've just figured out). <br /><br />Anyway, I love the voice, and I don't care who it belongs to.Anissahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02773384041569563564noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9058478111996476699.post-42139799204749762042010-01-14T21:10:31.483-07:002010-01-14T21:10:31.483-07:00i think its coming from somewhere inside you. our ...i think its coming from somewhere inside you. our characters are facets of us.Shelli (srjohannes)https://www.blogger.com/profile/17123227845032402600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9058478111996476699.post-38550861753229583302010-01-14T20:28:53.456-07:002010-01-14T20:28:53.456-07:00I love it! My goal is to use "holy blazes&quo...I love it! My goal is to use "holy blazes" as much as humanly possibly from now on. It rocks--just like you (and all your characters). You are a writer through and through...that's what this means!lisa and laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18144863275895761642noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9058478111996476699.post-44849839211035482722010-01-14T19:18:18.471-07:002010-01-14T19:18:18.471-07:00I do it too. Some of my Steampunk vocab has slippe...I do it too. Some of my Steampunk vocab has slipped into daily use. Creates a few odd looks :)<br /><br />Don't lose yours - it's fun!!Jemi Fraserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02214408467456320167noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9058478111996476699.post-33843554443173377192010-01-14T18:39:07.118-07:002010-01-14T18:39:07.118-07:00I'm laughing. Once they get into your head the...I'm laughing. Once they get into your head there's no other way to deal with them but let them escape into your world. Happens all the time.Tanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10518718614911804428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9058478111996476699.post-11362593143854491542010-01-14T18:09:10.507-07:002010-01-14T18:09:10.507-07:00Hahaa! Hilarious. Amazingly, you've just inspi...Hahaa! Hilarious. Amazingly, you've just inspired another post. Thank you, Elana. *grin*<br />No, I don't find myself talking like my characters. Sorry. :-)Jessica Nelsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12365768876905444157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9058478111996476699.post-70995756600298031502010-01-14T17:05:11.945-07:002010-01-14T17:05:11.945-07:00You're the best, Elana! I love your "voic...You're the best, Elana! I love your "voice" and it always makes me smile. Plus, ali told me how awesome your books are and so now I'm dying to read them. (Hell, I was dying to read them before that but not I'm like living-dead-dying to read them!)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9058478111996476699.post-43206624973376172012010-01-14T16:56:35.825-07:002010-01-14T16:56:35.825-07:00That's your authorial voice talking. Don't...That's your authorial voice talking. Don't you know that a few years from now, we'll all hear a page from one of your novels and say, "Oh, that's got to be an Elena Johnson book!"J.A. Palermohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18325616361174334630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9058478111996476699.post-47332792852302509102010-01-14T16:49:45.495-07:002010-01-14T16:49:45.495-07:00No shooting necessary. Now we just know that your ...No shooting necessary. Now we just know that your novel is actually a thinly disguised autobiography :)Sherrie Petersenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11670339498152684137noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9058478111996476699.post-50236164596244547752010-01-14T15:34:14.607-07:002010-01-14T15:34:14.607-07:00You are not alone. (Obviously, from the 32 comment...You are not alone. (Obviously, from the 32 comments above me... but what I mean is that I do it, too.)<br /><br />I find that I also start to talk in the voice of characters I am reading. For instance, I finished a book by a British author late last year, and started saying bloody hell and stuff ALL THE TIME.Leigh Hutchens Burchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13974935740527936303noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9058478111996476699.post-49891950894228186852010-01-14T15:27:16.432-07:002010-01-14T15:27:16.432-07:00Ditto that sentiment. There is nothing wrong with...Ditto that sentiment. There is nothing wrong with writing what you feel and obviously, your characters are a big part of your life. <br /><br />I'm very prone to picking up accents. Even the ones I write.<br /><br />: )Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9058478111996476699.post-59794539319644952262010-01-14T13:35:09.226-07:002010-01-14T13:35:09.226-07:00A bit late perhaps, but I agree with Susan and the...A bit late perhaps, but I agree with Susan and the others who thought this wasn't anything to feel blazed over. ;)Sandra Ulbrich Almazanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15365908651235829765noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9058478111996476699.post-91698923896146147952010-01-14T13:21:13.852-07:002010-01-14T13:21:13.852-07:00Yeah, I think it does:) Cause my voice is my voice...Yeah, I think it does:) Cause my voice is my voice in my books and on my blog for the most part--well, sometimes, some characters, hmm-- I need to watch myself.Terri Tiffanyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07771622379178654235noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9058478111996476699.post-66312320825570746802010-01-14T12:49:10.442-07:002010-01-14T12:49:10.442-07:00Shoot me. Shoot me now.
FYI: Moonrat is looking f...<i>Shoot me. Shoot me now.</i><br /><br />FYI: Moonrat is looking for her gun and shotgun shells right now. :-)<br /><br />Just kidding.<br /><br />I do it too. You're fine. If you quit blogging, I'll cry. And you don't want me sobbin' all over my computer now. Do you?Kathryn Hupp-Harrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03776391661543060879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9058478111996476699.post-85954785503796621502010-01-14T12:46:39.925-07:002010-01-14T12:46:39.925-07:00Oh, Elana, how you make me chuckle. Don't sto...Oh, Elana, how you make me chuckle. Don't stop blogging. You just have such talent that you have to show it everywhere!Stephanie McGeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16507025637411479409noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9058478111996476699.post-24102318291562738792010-01-14T12:42:57.386-07:002010-01-14T12:42:57.386-07:00Hey! Thanks you guys. I'm feeling so much blaz...Hey! Thanks you guys. I'm feeling so much blazing better now! LOL!<br /><br />And yeah, I have issues with my writing bleeding into my real life. My poor family. <br /><br />But at least you guys get me!Elana Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05877856005992028912noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9058478111996476699.post-82078361535784246042010-01-14T12:13:12.549-07:002010-01-14T12:13:12.549-07:00No worries, I do the same thing!! It's even wo...No worries, I do the same thing!! It's even worse when you're writing a character who is of a completely different nationality than you. For example, one of my characters from the current work in progress is British, and I find myself saying things like "Bollucks!" and using that certain British cadence when speaking. It's incredibly frustrating but also quite hilarious.Stef Howertonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14361466229507887214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9058478111996476699.post-43732413138609534482010-01-14T12:04:25.317-07:002010-01-14T12:04:25.317-07:00This was awesome!!! Seriously, I love writers who ...This was awesome!!! Seriously, I love writers who are so in tune with their characters.V. Shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00406440235719919992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9058478111996476699.post-70542069505773834382010-01-14T11:56:43.559-07:002010-01-14T11:56:43.559-07:00I don't have a smackin' clue what you'...I don't have a smackin' clue what you're talking about :)~Jamiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08872228115110257474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9058478111996476699.post-16867844278311210372010-01-14T11:39:53.649-07:002010-01-14T11:39:53.649-07:00I endeavor to prohibit the hifalutin style of my V...I endeavor to prohibit the hifalutin style of my Victorian-era masterpiece to influence my commentationary.Andrew Rosenberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09215333688753781447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9058478111996476699.post-3815003828776100502010-01-14T11:21:37.589-07:002010-01-14T11:21:37.589-07:00Yes, all the time. And it can get kind of embarra...Yes, all the time. And it can get kind of embarrassing when you're mimicking a 17 yr old when you're 26. : ) But it's still fun!<br /><br />"Holy blazes!" I love that saying!Kimberly Franklinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13957037411750752950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9058478111996476699.post-44107893927618242322010-01-14T11:04:48.299-07:002010-01-14T11:04:48.299-07:00Um, yeah, I don't have a problem with your voi...Um, yeah, I don't have a problem with your voice. (Perhaps I'm saying that because I, too, have a "bleedy" voice! HA! <br /><br />You know, I saw that blog post that freaked you out and I thought, "Totally cool! I KNOW that person!!" :) <br /><br />Voice is good. People will remember you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com