tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5318141125465644859.post5410605433381709536..comments2024-01-29T02:33:38.596-05:00Comments on My Daley Rant: And the answer is...Rick Daleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05173516899130463413noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5318141125465644859.post-66322256526980163502009-12-20T14:35:44.064-05:002009-12-20T14:35:44.064-05:00Good luck with getting a contract for your MS! You...Good luck with getting a contract for your MS! Your writing rocks - I love the funny, which is so hard to do, at least for me. My writing is more serious, although I've been trying to amp up the funny - mostly it comes out cringe-worthy. Le Sigh.Susan Kaye Quinnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07348197999397141067noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5318141125465644859.post-56255696131029132692009-12-14T07:11:07.471-05:002009-12-14T07:11:07.471-05:00Davin- one day it will be an awesome novel. Thanks...Davin- one day it will be an awesome novel. Thanks!<br /><br />Phillipia- no one ever reads the manuals.Rick Daleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05173516899130463413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5318141125465644859.post-4340018464686560332009-12-12T21:39:17.164-05:002009-12-12T21:39:17.164-05:00TCoC sounds right up my alley.
The happy ending...TCoC sounds right up my alley. <br /><br />The happy ending comment cracked me up:)<br /><br />Interesting and informative post...has me wanting to read your other stuff that I did not realize you wrote.<br /><br />I used to write technical manuals, but no one ever wanted to read them, so I quit.Phillipiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09547721599622181504noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5318141125465644859.post-79724422148223525252009-12-09T12:12:59.363-05:002009-12-09T12:12:59.363-05:00Cool answers! I remember reading a plot summary fo...Cool answers! I remember reading a plot summary for Fate's Guardian, and I agree that it is an awesome plot, Rick.Davin Malasarnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09385823575081492949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5318141125465644859.post-19994942740143497692009-12-09T12:04:13.351-05:002009-12-09T12:04:13.351-05:00Here's the rest of the RTT excerpt:
The puddl...Here's the rest of the RTT excerpt:<br /><br />The puddles glistened in the morning light, and the ground started to warm. Under the ground, the soybean seeds came alive. Tiny little roots called radicles broke through the softened outer husks like a little beak breaking out of an eggshell. <br /><br />The fledgling roots wriggled downward through the soil, to hold the seeds in place while a shoot worked its way up.<br /><br />The roots, finding the cracks in the soil, also found the water and started to soak it up, along with the minerals in it. The minerals in the water fed the young plants and helped the shoots climb up through the topsoil, reaching toward the warmth of the sun. <br /><br />Days passed, and the hungry little shoots finally emerged from the ground to be greeted by the warm sunshine. They unfolded their tiny leaves and turned them toward the light. The green leaves absorbed the sun’s warm rays, and using the light’s energy they converted the water and the minerals it carried into food. The plants released what they didn’t need back into the air as oxygen for people to breathe.<br /><br />The soybeans came up in straight, even rows. Each day that passed saw the brown field turn green as the canopy of soybean plants grew higher and each plant grew more leaves to catch the light. It was definitely going to be a bumper crop.Rick Daleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05173516899130463413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5318141125465644859.post-21509172774488672642009-12-09T12:02:07.813-05:002009-12-09T12:02:07.813-05:00Matt- Thanks for the nod that inspired this post. ...Matt- Thanks for the nod that inspired this post. I'm glad you liked the RTT excerpt.<br /><br />Laurel- If there's a way to twist a word, I'm usually pretty good at picking up on it. Most of the time the end result is me confusing the bejezus out of somebody. My references aren't as obscure as someone like Dennis Miller (many people have told me I sound just like him over the years) but they can be out there. <br /><br />Bridget- Thanks, that's about half of that chapter. The rest follow suit, but it was too long to post the whole thing. I'll post the rest in a fresh comment for anyone who is interested.<br /><br />Kristi- Nathan's blog alone is enough to keep most of us distracted for hours without the addition of forums! He rocks.<br /><br />LT- I can count this day a success, I made someone laugh!<br /><br />Bane- I'm impressed, too. I'm lucky that I found an agent that saw the potential at 500 words and encouraged me to work on it an re-submit. I resubmitted at 4,000 and she agreed to take me on. A few more revisions and I'm curious to know what she thinks now.<br /><br />If I do it right, TCoC will do for Christmas what Shrek did for fairy tales and Toy Story did for toys. Included in the backstory:<br /><br />- The origin of the name Santa Clause<br />- Why he wears red<br />- His weight gain<br />- Why he uses reindeer to pull his sleigh (the sled dogs didn't work out, kept stopping to pee on things and messed up the timing of his practice runs)<br />- The first Christmas trees and stockings<br />- The first lump of coal as a present (this will actually be a very endearing sub-plot)Rick Daleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05173516899130463413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5318141125465644859.post-6491712084645031742009-12-09T11:39:45.699-05:002009-12-09T11:39:45.699-05:00Wow -- 500 to 17,500... that's quite the expan...Wow -- 500 to 17,500... that's quite the expansion. Color me impressed.<br /><br />TCoC sounds like a pretty slick idea. <br /><br />As for genres of writing -- smart-assed humor? Really? You?Joshua McCunehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17367262185912463258noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5318141125465644859.post-5060265587166585042009-12-09T11:24:11.654-05:002009-12-09T11:24:11.654-05:00Thanks for making me giggle this early in the morn...Thanks for making me giggle this early in the morning. Cool excerpt, I'm excited for you :)L. T. Hosthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12448176940211118898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5318141125465644859.post-36589393058537260802009-12-09T11:22:57.970-05:002009-12-09T11:22:57.970-05:00I love your excerpt from Rudy. You should post the...I love your excerpt from Rudy. You should post these questions on the All Things Procrastination forum on Nathan's blog - it'd keep people distracted for hours :)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05255908019822363456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5318141125465644859.post-20861346585389265652009-12-09T11:20:19.323-05:002009-12-09T11:20:19.323-05:00Thanks for sharing, Rick. I especially like your e...Thanks for sharing, Rick. I especially like your excerpt of RUDY TOOT-TOOT. That's a nice bit of descriptive prose!J.B. Chicoinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06894797553204276281noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5318141125465644859.post-17679664750265210772009-12-09T11:12:13.724-05:002009-12-09T11:12:13.724-05:00LOL on the "happy endings" response! Tha...LOL on the "happy endings" response! Thanks for the Rudy Toot-Toot excerpt. By the time it hits my little man should be able to read it!Laurelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06120847492230531939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5318141125465644859.post-14726376065719612462009-12-09T11:09:06.501-05:002009-12-09T11:09:06.501-05:00I'm with you on the "easily distracted&qu...I'm with you on the "easily distracted" bit. I love the section from Rudy Toot-Toot ... very well done.Matthew Delmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11452378192874048547noreply@blogger.com