tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4237439668554338567.post8808281809264238842..comments2024-01-07T19:22:21.305-06:00Comments on All write with coffee...: Writers: Stay out of it!Ann Elle Altmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02192162600274764681noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4237439668554338567.post-43615534134150550062010-02-17T13:46:00.493-06:002010-02-17T13:46:00.493-06:00Maggie,
1) Right-click on the photo and chose th...Maggie, <br /><br />1) Right-click on the photo and chose the 'open link in new tab' - the picture should open up in a new window.<br />2) From the address bar at the top of the web page, copy the image link.<br />3) In your blog post, click the add photo box and under 'url' paste the image link.<br /><br />that's it.<br /><br />annAnn Elle Altmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02192162600274764681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4237439668554338567.post-69986504351155841682010-02-17T13:30:58.620-06:002010-02-17T13:30:58.620-06:00Thank you for the lovely blog award! I appreciate...Thank you for the lovely blog award! I appreciate the advertisement. I apologize for my tardiness in responding but I've been ill. I have a question though. How do I attach the lovely blog award icon to my site? I tried to find a shortcut and was not able to see it. Please advise.Maggiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17382722297427050394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4237439668554338567.post-58073192908046494762010-02-17T13:14:04.013-06:002010-02-17T13:14:04.013-06:00Rayna, thank you. I'm glad you liked the post....Rayna, thank you. I'm glad you liked the post. I would like you to have the award as well, I love reading your blog everyday. <br /><br />annAnn Elle Altmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02192162600274764681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4237439668554338567.post-10668794812785232972010-02-16T23:29:25.606-06:002010-02-16T23:29:25.606-06:00You have listed most of my pet peeves! Great post....You have listed most of my pet peeves! Great post.<br /><br />and that's a really pretty award.Natashahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00481081735923606868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4237439668554338567.post-29045877671839398342010-02-16T22:39:03.611-06:002010-02-16T22:39:03.611-06:00Bisi, you're absolutely right and if that'...Bisi, you're absolutely right and if that's what you're going for, you should do that. But, if you're not, I don't think an author should peek his head in here or there to make a point.<br /><br />annAnn Elle Altmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02192162600274764681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4237439668554338567.post-89123302682199975752010-02-16T21:41:32.712-06:002010-02-16T21:41:32.712-06:00I think it's a matter of personal preference. ...I think it's a matter of personal preference. I've read modern literature which the writer talks to the audience. It's all an art and how the writer does it. Frank McCourt did it in Angela's Ashes. I loved it. Erica Jong did it in How to Save your Own Life. I loved it. Both books were runaway bestsellers. Oh, another one is the Kabul Beauty School. However, these are books written in the first person. It's especially effective if the writer uses the conversational style. Now, in the third person, I've found it uncomfortable. Still, it's a reminder not to overdo it. Thanks for the post.Bisi Adjaponhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08300907751582774883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4237439668554338567.post-20168262158238196012010-02-16T20:10:00.203-06:002010-02-16T20:10:00.203-06:00Mason, thank you.
Jemi, you're so right. It d...Mason, thank you.<br /><br />Jemi, you're so right. It does take the enjoyment out of reading.<br />annAnn Elle Altmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02192162600274764681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4237439668554338567.post-25336629719560108632010-02-16T20:02:25.437-06:002010-02-16T20:02:25.437-06:00The more obvious writer intrusions drive me batty!...The more obvious writer intrusions drive me batty! I know I'm the reader, you don't have to tell me! :)Jemi Fraserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02214408467456320167noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4237439668554338567.post-3380625521007094102010-02-16T19:36:33.182-06:002010-02-16T19:36:33.182-06:00Great post, very interesting. Congratulations on t...Great post, very interesting. Congratulations on the award. Enjoyed the links to the other blogs.Mason Canyonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10935307400882363560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4237439668554338567.post-62770547847193705312010-02-16T18:12:36.392-06:002010-02-16T18:12:36.392-06:00Kimberley,I'm glad you like my posts. And, I a...Kimberley,I'm glad you like my posts. And, I am always happy to direct readers towards great blogs.<br /><br />Book Dilittante, we all make those mistakes sometimes. And, in appropriate books, those mistakes are accepted.<br /><br />TO ALL WHO HAVE COMMENTED, I give you the award.<br /><br />annAnn Elle Altmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02192162600274764681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4237439668554338567.post-32416812565773152292010-02-16T17:56:43.613-06:002010-02-16T17:56:43.613-06:00I'm looking at a big poster sized print of Pic...I'm looking at a big poster sized print of Picasso's flowers right above my computer on the wall. <br /><br />I read so much and yet have these stock phrases I use over and over....Book Dilettantehttp://bookbirddog.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4237439668554338567.post-85946781910790544452010-02-16T17:23:34.562-06:002010-02-16T17:23:34.562-06:00Ann, you always write the best and most thought pr...Ann, you always write the best and most thought provoking posts. I have no idea why you read my blog. : )<br /><br />And you didn't have to advertise my blog. But thanks for doing so. You deserve your award. You deserve all awards! ; )Kimberly Franklinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13957037411750752950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4237439668554338567.post-82775121067859240962010-02-16T17:20:45.153-06:002010-02-16T17:20:45.153-06:00Carolina, thanks for being a follower, if I'm ...Carolina, thanks for being a follower, if I'm not already, I'll search for your blog and follow it too.<br /><br />annAnn Elle Altmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02192162600274764681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4237439668554338567.post-68671751989658341162010-02-16T17:19:46.398-06:002010-02-16T17:19:46.398-06:00Corra, I guess it was more acceptable back then, b...Corra, I guess it was more acceptable back then, but we all suffer from writers-intrusionitis sometimes.<br /><br />Ellie, you make a good point. We don't want writers to apologize for their stories.<br /><br />Elizabeth, thanks for tweeting.<br /><br />annAnn Elle Altmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02192162600274764681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4237439668554338567.post-29789780944798402292010-02-16T17:02:02.018-06:002010-02-16T17:02:02.018-06:00All very excellent points on writer intrusion. I t...All very excellent points on writer intrusion. I think I might be hyperaware of writer intrusion, actually. It makes me second-guess myself all the time.<br /><br />Congrats on your award, as well!!<br /><br />P.S. I'm now a follower ;)Carolina M. Valdez Schneiderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11589934533051907801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4237439668554338567.post-88456439948079566452010-02-16T16:41:24.860-06:002010-02-16T16:41:24.860-06:00Great point, Ann. It does serve to pull the reader...Great point, Ann. It does serve to pull the reader out of the story.<br /><br />I'm tweeting this one...<br /><br />Elizabeth<br /><a href="http://mysterywritingismurder.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow"> Mystery Writing is Murder</a>Elizabeth Spann Craighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15625595247828274405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4237439668554338567.post-58161226561652882202010-02-16T16:32:43.286-06:002010-02-16T16:32:43.286-06:00I don't know why my comment came out as anonym...I don't know why my comment came out as anonymous. I don't leave anonymous comments on blogs.Ellie O'Learyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11294732368226466788noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4237439668554338567.post-457791493524758732010-02-16T16:31:11.668-06:002010-02-16T16:31:11.668-06:00I have to agree. Sometimes my students put in phra...I have to agree. Sometimes my students put in phrases such as "let me tell you" or "you won't believe it, but . .". I tell them they sound as if they are apologizing for writing. <br /><br />Just write it!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4237439668554338567.post-32403690422881067412010-02-16T16:01:14.380-06:002010-02-16T16:01:14.380-06:00Great thoughts on writer intrusion. I know I'm...Great thoughts on writer intrusion. I know I'm guilty of overdescription and was a couple years ago a bit of a preacher-through-characters. I still might be guilty of the prior!<br /><br />The 'dear reader' thing might have been popular in Bronte's day? I'm reading <i>Little Women</i> and see the same tendency.<br /><br />Great post.<br /><br />Corra<br /><br /><a href="http://corramcfeydon.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">from the desk of a writer</a>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com