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To: NicknamedBob
Oh, but the words around them have such power to stir the imagination. I have dreamed of writing since I was a little girl. I even attempted it from time to time. The quote is true that if you read long enough you will want to write.

Are you familiar with Ted Dekker? I had not read a book of fiction for years and years before I stumbled on his "Thr3e". I am now a fan of Ted Dekker. He is so prolific I can't keep up with his books. I've read "Black", "Red" & "White" Trilogy. and a couple of others. Some of your writing reminds me of his.

1,214 posted on 06/14/2008 8:55:47 PM PDT by WVNan
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To: WVNan

I’ve not read his work. It’s possible we may have similar psychologies, and if so I pity him.

One of the problems of someone who would write is that writing normally takes a lot of time out of the day. What you find among other things is that your budget of time for reading is severely impacted.

With that, and with the suggestion that he and I may have similar writing styles, it would also be a mistake for me to follow his work too closely, for fear that similarities would grow closer, and the potential for a misunderstanding to occur.

Also, he seems to have gotten a reputation as a Christian writer. Trust me when I say that my works would not be mistaken for such.

Yes, I express a certain world view in my poetry, but my prose is almost diametrically opposite. In poetry, I seek to express delight in a marvelous world.

But my novels typically involve interesting things happening to fascinating people. Most of them don’t happen in church.


1,219 posted on 06/14/2008 9:55:46 PM PDT by NicknamedBob (When you get to be my age, feeling pain is like noticing dust. -- So what?)
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