Comments on: Keeping my balls in the air … by guest blogger Susan Wiggs http://www.alisonkent.com/blog/2007/04/10/keeping-my-balls-in-the-air-by-guest-blogger-susan-wiggs/ Blah Blog Tue, 07 Sep 2010 14:05:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: catslady http://www.alisonkent.com/blog/2007/04/10/keeping-my-balls-in-the-air-by-guest-blogger-susan-wiggs/comment-page-1/#comment-24631 catslady Tue, 10 Apr 2007 23:19:39 +0000 http://www.alisonkent.com/blog/?p=1804#comment-24631 It gets confusing for us readers too sometimes lol. If I pick up a book in the middle of a series I feel like I'm missing something. If it's too long between stories then I tend to forget things. Sometimes I wait to get all the books but now I've learned to read the first book just in case. There are times when I would like to know what happens to the other characters but I much prefer having things neatly wrapped up in one book (I know, I'm probably the minority here lol). It gets confusing for us readers too sometimes lol. If I pick up a book in the middle of a series I feel like I’m missing something. If it’s too long between stories then I tend to forget things. Sometimes I wait to get all the books but now I’ve learned to read the first book just in case. There are times when I would like to know what happens to the other characters but I much prefer having things neatly wrapped up in one book (I know, I’m probably the minority here lol).

]]> By: The Nigerian banking scam is working well for me. « The View From Here http://www.alisonkent.com/blog/2007/04/10/keeping-my-balls-in-the-air-by-guest-blogger-susan-wiggs/comment-page-1/#comment-24629 The Nigerian banking scam is working well for me. « The View From Here Tue, 10 Apr 2007 19:46:00 +0000 http://www.alisonkent.com/blog/?p=1804#comment-24629 [...] Monday, April 9th, 2007 in bestsellers, Writing workshops, writers conferences, publishing, fiction, writing, authors, reading, books [Real quick - Alison Kent was nice enough to have me as her guest blogger today. Check it out.] [...] [...] Monday, April 9th, 2007 in bestsellers, Writing workshops, writers conferences, publishing, fiction, writing, authors, reading, books [Real quick - Alison Kent was nice enough to have me as her guest blogger today. Check it out.] [...]

]]> By: Susan Wiggs http://www.alisonkent.com/blog/2007/04/10/keeping-my-balls-in-the-air-by-guest-blogger-susan-wiggs/comment-page-1/#comment-24628 Susan Wiggs Tue, 10 Apr 2007 19:43:11 +0000 http://www.alisonkent.com/blog/?p=1804#comment-24628 Carly - I wake up at night counting kids' ages on my fingers. Glad to know I'm not alone! Cole - I put a character name chart on my blog. It's <a href="http://susanwiggs.wordpress.com/2007/04/09/the-nigerian-banking-scam-is-working-well-for-me/" rel="nofollow">in the current post</a> and click the link that says "character name chart." It helps a bit. For the Lakeshore books, I'm color-coding the names to indicate which book(s) the character appears in. And to procrastinate. Mustn't forget that, either. Carly – I wake up at night counting kids’ ages on my fingers. Glad to know I’m not alone!

Cole – I put a character name chart on my blog. It’s in the current post and click the link that says “character name chart.” It helps a bit. For the Lakeshore books, I’m color-coding the names to indicate which book(s) the character appears in. And to procrastinate. Mustn’t forget that, either.

]]> By: Nicole Reising http://www.alisonkent.com/blog/2007/04/10/keeping-my-balls-in-the-air-by-guest-blogger-susan-wiggs/comment-page-1/#comment-24627 Nicole Reising Tue, 10 Apr 2007 19:19:57 +0000 http://www.alisonkent.com/blog/?p=1804#comment-24627 I like your use of the juggling -- I've started to feel like that with my latest book - actually had to get out the paper and pen to record things so I wouldn't spend hours scroll for where I was 'pretty' sure I'd said something about a secondary character -- something as inaine as hair color which I truly thought one couldn't ever forget! But turns out, when you have enough characters in your head... you can. :) Cole I like your use of the juggling — I’ve started to feel like that with my latest book – actually had to get out the paper and pen to record things so I wouldn’t spend hours scroll for where I was ‘pretty’ sure I’d said something about a secondary character — something as inaine as hair color which I truly thought one couldn’t ever forget! But turns out, when you have enough characters in your head… you can. :)

Cole

]]> By: Carly Phillips http://www.alisonkent.com/blog/2007/04/10/keeping-my-balls-in-the-air-by-guest-blogger-susan-wiggs/comment-page-1/#comment-24619 Carly Phillips Tue, 10 Apr 2007 10:31:28 +0000 http://www.alisonkent.com/blog/?p=1804#comment-24619 Despite my best intentions, continuity is the bane of my existence and readers call me on it all the time. It hurts. There comes a point when I KNOW I've made this huge error between books and character A had a baby girl in book 1 and I called it a boy in book 2, but it haunts me forever. I feel your pain, Susan. LOL! Despite my best intentions, continuity is the bane of my existence and readers call me on it all the time. It hurts. There comes a point when I KNOW I’ve made this huge error between books and character A had a baby girl in book 1 and I called it a boy in book 2, but it haunts me forever. I feel your pain, Susan. LOL!

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