tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6348734432793771357.post8927768489384183582..comments2024-03-25T09:18:22.829-05:00Comments on Killer Crafts & Crafty Killers: BOOK CLUB FRIDAY -- GUEST AUTHOR LESLEY A. DIEHLANASTASIA POLLACKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03160162455676799133noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6348734432793771357.post-9780759332953326412011-10-09T17:41:20.262-05:002011-10-09T17:41:20.262-05:00Interesting blog, and I truly enjoy your writing. ...Interesting blog, and I truly enjoy your writing. Can't wait for the next book! And I like the way you include natural disasters. They can add so much to the suspense.Marjahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09528164359512905392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6348734432793771357.post-20571093441907951722011-10-08T21:08:55.636-05:002011-10-08T21:08:55.636-05:00Thanks for all your comments about creating charac...Thanks for all your comments about creating characters and writing from life experiences.<br />LesleyLesley Diehlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10552765934908042306noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6348734432793771357.post-7379589954392441852011-10-08T16:23:27.663-05:002011-10-08T16:23:27.663-05:00Too funny - I actually just returned from Californ...Too funny - I actually just returned from California Family Fitness, my local gym. I was on the exercise bike for forty minutes, and ten minutes into it, this guy sits at the bike next to me. He spent a good five minutes organizing his water and his music and his towel, and another five minutes getting the seat adjusted. Five minutes later, he was gone. I saw him on the way out in his coordinated gym outfit, and I thought, one day, you're going to be in a story of mine.<br /><br />William Doonan<br />www.williamdoonan.comAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6348734432793771357.post-56344300980217366422011-10-08T14:44:59.575-05:002011-10-08T14:44:59.575-05:00interesting post. The books look like fun.
bo...interesting post. The books look like fun. <br /><br /><br />boots9k at wowway dot comAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6348734432793771357.post-79799050513038401592011-10-08T06:08:42.302-05:002011-10-08T06:08:42.302-05:00I like your blog, i learned a lot from this, your ...I like your blog, i learned a lot from this, your page provide much knowledgeable info. Thanks for sharing it.online gedhttp://www.sandfordhighschool.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6348734432793771357.post-36676781646535309872011-10-08T01:10:30.572-05:002011-10-08T01:10:30.572-05:00Lesley,
I'm a big fan of cozies & your bo...Lesley,<br /><br />I'm a big fan of cozies & your books look good! I greatly admire people who have the imagination to write books, but it looks like your life experiences provide you with part of your material. Good luck in your endeavor & please enter me in your drawing :)Barbara Dorsamnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6348734432793771357.post-54297883579464890842011-10-07T18:15:03.104-05:002011-10-07T18:15:03.104-05:00I loved your post, Lesley, and I can sympathize wi...I loved your post, Lesley, and I can sympathize with the clean-up. My current house has suffered leaks and water damage in 7 different areas. The most notorious being when I first used the jacuzzi in the bathtub and a flood poured down on my daughter as she sat at her bedroom desk.<br /><br />Hmmm. I might have to use that sometime. <br /><br />Thanks for sharing and for writing your wonderful series. I really enjoyed DEADLY DRAUGHT so I'd love to be entered to win DUMPSTER DYING. We both have a thing for the letter D!Cindy Samplehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00332764051705819027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6348734432793771357.post-49378865797197062152011-10-07T17:59:37.966-05:002011-10-07T17:59:37.966-05:00When someone is involved in truly living a full li...When someone is involved in truly living a full life, I think it's impossible to separate daily experiences from the writing. What we decide to do with them is where our creativity comes in. Thanks for letting us know more about you!Theresa Varelahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04542433960197797105noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6348734432793771357.post-698304221567715322011-10-07T17:33:02.511-05:002011-10-07T17:33:02.511-05:00Oh, Lesley. I'm so sorry about your basement....Oh, Lesley. I'm so sorry about your basement. I love your book covers and the titles!<br /><br />Lane StoneLane Stonehttp://www.lanestonebooks.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6348734432793771357.post-54979853550345679712011-10-07T17:10:57.836-05:002011-10-07T17:10:57.836-05:00I really enjoyed your post and I especially liked ...I really enjoyed your post and I especially liked what you wrote about how you come up with your plots; that story is a "translation of life." <br />And, as to creating characters, I do basically the same thing you do. I always say that my characters are composites of people I know, have met or have just come into contact with.<br />P.S. I hope I win one of your books!Patricia Gligor's Writers Forumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16801554698484928100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6348734432793771357.post-52035407171568175042011-10-07T16:51:46.961-05:002011-10-07T16:51:46.961-05:00Yes, please enter me in the drawing for your book....Yes, please enter me in the drawing for your book.<br />And let me say something about your column today.<br />I like your answers to questions about who your characters are 'based' on and how much of your heroine represents you, etc.<br />As a reader, I've often wondered those same things and sometimes have made wild assumptions of my own.<br />As a writer (7 complete novel ms. un-pubbed so far) most of my characters are fabrications, but I often give them features which I've noticed -- as you indicatedin one instance -- at places I frequent. My 3rd ms. has a minor character who looks exactly like a guy I used to see often at the YMCA when I exercise. Never even spoke to him and my character has an entire backstory I fabricated. But I wanted him to LOOK like this guy.<br />As far as writing 'myself' -- in the characters of my series of 3 novels -- I have distributed some of my idiosyncracies among three different characters: the heroine, the hero, and the husband of the heroine's friend.jeff7salterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00530506418169450704noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6348734432793771357.post-46303489752116322262011-10-07T15:13:50.165-05:002011-10-07T15:13:50.165-05:00Sounds like fun reading. Much success on both thes...Sounds like fun reading. Much success on both these books.Theresahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05838742093869314749noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6348734432793771357.post-54885759597467376192011-10-07T07:59:51.049-05:002011-10-07T07:59:51.049-05:00Hope all is well now. Isabel, rather than Irene, c...Hope all is well now. Isabel, rather than Irene, caused us endless problems, not to be imagined.<br /><br />Best wishes for success of your books.Liz V.noreply@blogger.com