tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1465814199245472416.post2629977061970986056..comments2023-08-05T06:35:34.904-04:00Comments on Notes From the Handbasket: True CrimeLaura Benedicthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08474185786017084327noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1465814199245472416.post-74365938743202136012009-09-14T23:26:18.236-04:002009-09-14T23:26:18.236-04:00I'm thinking you've done a great job if it...I'm thinking you've done a great job if it has spooked you - although I know you will have. Am looking forward to reading it.Danielle Birchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11796467053451208102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1465814199245472416.post-11127752633011423522009-09-14T00:53:28.609-04:002009-09-14T00:53:28.609-04:00Locked and loaded, EPD! xoxo
Thanks for weighing ...Locked and loaded, EPD! xoxo<br /><br />Thanks for weighing in, my dears. I continue to wrestle with this stuff, and I'm grateful to know that I'm not alone.<br /><br />Welcome, Brielle. Lovely to have your thoughts here!Laura Benedicthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08474185786017084327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1465814199245472416.post-63732626084710004022009-09-13T11:15:08.084-04:002009-09-13T11:15:08.084-04:00TY for the insights into your writing and process....TY for the insights into your writing and process. I have a lot of experience with the psychology of good and evil, inward and outward. <br /><br />What you write about in True Crime is fecund and familiar territory. The notion of 'senseless' violence is one that was planted in my mind at a young age. The way you explained it affecting your life through writing and personal experience, it all makes 'sense' to me, familiar in a refreshing way. I am trying to compare your 'shapes' to the things that come up in my creation. I have this apophenic, out of nothing... ex nihilo process that I find hard to explain also. I do take charge at some point because, you have to actually write something, but there is a space I leave open for the thing itself to, in a way, engage me.<br /><br />I'm glad I just tried the link to B&N from your site for Isabella Moon and it's six dollars less than Amazon! <br /><br />Best, BrielleBriellehttp://www.iamparis.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1465814199245472416.post-55264439220560925272009-09-10T21:22:53.762-04:002009-09-10T21:22:53.762-04:00Hey beautiful Laura,
I know what you mean about t...Hey beautiful Laura,<br /><br />I know what you mean about the Ouija board -- too creepy! As for feeling watched, I used to get that all the time, not so much these days. I admire you for writing a true crime story -- even researching a little for some true crime poems spooked me for weeks. (particularly Richard Speck, but that turned out to be the best poem) Love the description of your process -- very cool!Michelle's Spellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15769666862403600253noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1465814199245472416.post-42731146040002915882009-09-09T05:21:26.785-04:002009-09-09T05:21:26.785-04:00Laura... I liked:
"I see stories--as well as...Laura... I liked:<br /><br />"I see stories--as well as most things I conceive or plan--as having physical parameters, definite shapes. I simply discover what those shapes are and follow them."<br /><br />Thanks for that.<br />jJoehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01351494869325011044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1465814199245472416.post-54574595895286537842009-09-08T18:52:20.435-04:002009-09-08T18:52:20.435-04:00Nietzsche said, "Be careful when you fight th...Nietzsche said, "Be careful when you fight the monsters, lest you become one" but I don't have a problem with that - becoming a monster. At some point "civilized" people can not answer with a "civilized" solution. So instead of being afeared of this random viciousness, I say find that same thing in yourself and embrace it. Get out your vegetable oil, grill lighter, and heftiest carving knife that you have, and welcome the chance to wreak havoc on the sorry SOBs who are stupid enough to come play in your world. Teach the lesson that brute viciousness is no match for intelligent and calculated viciousness, executed on a primal level. That is where your safety lies.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17356974497849770649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1465814199245472416.post-29398539031851528802009-09-08T12:46:14.320-04:002009-09-08T12:46:14.320-04:00A fascinating phenomenon... we all have to learn h...A fascinating phenomenon... we all have to learn how to let the evil that washes over us go, and find the happiness that's out there waiting for us. Glad to see you were able to do that. Fairs are good happy therapy.JT Ellisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08034115593738265631noreply@blogger.com