tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post7759673872822614739..comments2024-03-18T09:09:59.625-04:00Comments on Janet Reid, Literary Agent: This blog is going to the dogs, Day 16Janet Reidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00615380335938685231noreply@blogger.comBlogger51125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-5294339149252518562016-08-17T16:24:10.323-04:002016-08-17T16:24:10.323-04:00These dogs just get more and more adorable. Beauti...These dogs just get more and more adorable. Beautiful pup, Kitty!Claire Bobrowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15666082441972111293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-39644354511246666852016-08-17T09:39:08.842-04:002016-08-17T09:39:08.842-04:00ruh roh. Is there a snag with the interweb system ...ruh roh. Is there a snag with the interweb system for Day 17? Lisa Bodenheimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17809067722921953857noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-36989690973824922016-08-17T09:03:43.477-04:002016-08-17T09:03:43.477-04:00We do seem to have a delay for day 17. Perhaps, th...We do seem to have a delay for day 17. Perhaps, this sweet faced puppy simply warrants extended conversation. <br /><br />How needy am I when I worry about this blog so much? I need to get a hobby. Or another fur friend. E.M. Goldsmithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18387494005655553037noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-30309765804946622082016-08-17T08:42:07.561-04:002016-08-17T08:42:07.561-04:00Diane, Very cool - I'm familiar with the Carol...<b>Diane,</b> Very cool - I'm familiar with the Carolina dogs actually. I researched them once - possible for part of a book, can't recall. I think it was your wording in your comment that made me think she was a hodge-podge of breeds. (sorry!)<br /><br />Now I'm actually wondering if OLD YELLER (not YALLER but close) was a Carolina dog...hmmm.<br /><br />Seems our new pic for Day 17... is...delayed?Donnaevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09026536210749494257noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-59564044449207519032016-08-17T08:14:27.949-04:002016-08-17T08:14:27.949-04:00Thanks Lennon and Diane! Riley and his sister are ...Thanks Lennon and Diane! Riley and his sister are happily snoozing on the porch right now as the sun comes up. Not a bad life for these two :)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02857366862686575657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-756574354894831222016-08-17T02:36:27.474-04:002016-08-17T02:36:27.474-04:00
Auch du lieber, das ist eine schon hund!
(my rem...<br />Auch du lieber, das ist eine schon hund!<br /><br />(my remnants of German from High School.)french sojournhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14262858704848580714noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-10847324059086897372016-08-17T00:59:04.042-04:002016-08-17T00:59:04.042-04:00I was sure I commented this morning, but it seems ...I was sure I commented this morning, but it seems to have disappeared.<br /><br />Anyway I said something like, "Adorable puppy!" and commented to Mark that I thought using the song was fine. For those who got the symbolism, that would be an extra perk. For those who didn't get the reference, they might get a mood from the song's title.Barbara Etlinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07190731838738606727noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-49665308519416452572016-08-16T22:44:56.500-04:002016-08-16T22:44:56.500-04:00Donna: You are most welcome, and too kind. :) I ca...<b>Donna</b>: You are most welcome, and too kind. :) I can only hope I will be as good at promoting my own work. I doubt it. ;)Colin Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03292997431935215499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-11022253296625323252016-08-16T21:51:57.103-04:002016-08-16T21:51:57.103-04:00Susan, you and the furry one will have joyous scri...Susan, you and the furry one will have joyous scritchings tonight! Huzzah!DLMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08768285199864217885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-20780663631494448672016-08-16T21:49:37.604-04:002016-08-16T21:49:37.604-04:00Jennifer and Donna, Pen is a Carolina dog - in fac...Jennifer and Donna, Pen is a Carolina dog - in fact, far from being Heinz 57, she's of a strain long untouched by human breeding - Carolinas (also called Dixie Dingos or Yaller Dogs) have been in the Midatlantic region possibly as long as 8000 years. What I mean when I say you see dogs like her in ancient stelae and across the world is that canis familiaris looks like her on every continent, when they haven't been bred for traits. I was NEVER interested in breeds until I accidentally found out what she is, and now I am fascinated by her lineage. She is the type of her type, and I would have her no other way.<br /><br />Penelope is 65 pounds and has the power of a pit in her bite, is skittish with strangers and can be iffy with other dogs - generally submissive - and achingly eager to please. Her intelligence astounds me.<br /><br />Jennifer, she knows voice and sign commands, and I have always encouraged anyone who met her to give her commands; she is almost extreme in her eagerness - sometimes takes one command and goes through several others; I have to rein her in. "Just sit" or "That's not sit!"<br /><br />The thing about people not liking her is that her overeffusive ways pretty much end at greetings. Pen is a perfectly wonderful sitting-at-your-feet-chilling-out dog once a first flush of seeing someone is past.<br /><br />Okay, I need to go scritch her now. Then off to bed, where Goss will curl up with me. Ugh, what I have to live with.DLMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08768285199864217885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-21266196867489241492016-08-16T21:28:37.605-04:002016-08-16T21:28:37.605-04:00Thanks everyone for the feedback. (I should have m...Thanks everyone for the feedback. (I should have mentioned, and I'll blame a caffiene shortage because that seems to work here:) that the missing woman was a big fan of the Carpenters. Appreciate all comments. Mark Ellishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17262292085318047939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-32951552725984656812016-08-16T20:54:27.652-04:002016-08-16T20:54:27.652-04:00Susan - so glad to hear your pup is OK :)
Donn...<b>Susan</b> - so glad to hear your pup is OK :) <br /><br /><b>Donna</b> - I think that example of using a song fits perfectly. It evokes something of a mood to those who know the song, and it explains its part in the story to those who don't. Lennon Farishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03570629350169504234noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-26940833689222681162016-08-16T20:37:28.557-04:002016-08-16T20:37:28.557-04:00Awwww, what a sweetie. I'm such a sucker for p...Awwww, what a sweetie. I'm such a sucker for puppies. You can tell by the size of those paws just how much growing is going to happen. Thanks for sharing, Kitty.<br /><br />It's interesting, reading the discussion about pointing and realizing I did that with all our dogs. And that I've also been doing it with the cat and feeling slightly frustrated on occasion that she doesn't seem to "get it." When, really, she's just being a cat.<br /><br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-66729335711762328602016-08-16T19:34:35.629-04:002016-08-16T19:34:35.629-04:00Gorgeous photo, Kitty! We have a shepherd (our thi...Gorgeous photo, Kitty! We have a shepherd (our third, now) and those ears when they're puppies just make me go all gooey :)Kae Ridwynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10356868531870405990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-28038086987322525242016-08-16T18:40:01.682-04:002016-08-16T18:40:01.682-04:00That puppy is adorable. That puppy is adorable. CynthiaMchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12175917641033760408noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-26172505898247577682016-08-16T17:08:03.882-04:002016-08-16T17:08:03.882-04:00Colin, I'm seriously considering hiring you a...<b>Colin,</b> I'm seriously considering hiring you as my Marketing Prime :) Thank you for always seeming to find a way to promo my book without really seeming like you are...!<br /><br />It sort of reminds me of what the Shark said earlier this week about how you sort of drop in sentences that beg for explanation without seeming like you're expecting to 'splain yourself.<br /><br /><br />:)Donnaevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09026536210749494257noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-79025123010224380692016-08-16T16:44:52.544-04:002016-08-16T16:44:52.544-04:00Oh my gosh! I love this little fluffball!
Going ...Oh my gosh! I love this little fluffball! <br /><br />Going back through the posts of the week has been such a joy today (seriously, T.A.R.D.I.S. the tortoise? Hilarious!). Last week, I had a bit of a cancer scare with my dog. He's ten and has a bunch of lumps on him, so I took him to the vet to get checked out. When she noticed his lymph nodes were swollen, coupled with his lethargy, she decided to send a sample to the lab to get checked out. My family dog had died from a form of lymphoma many years ago when she was only eight; my cat died unexpectedly two years ago from cancer when I took him to the vet and he never made it home. Those experiences were traumatizing enough--I wasn't ready for anything to happen to my Riley. <br /><br />But my vet, who is amazing in her compassion and kindness, called on Friday night to let me know the labs came back normal. It turns out the lumps are fatty tumors. I've never cried so hard from relief in my life. Nor have I ever hugged my dogs quite so tightly before. These animals become our family, stealing pieces of our hearts and leaving tiny paw prints behind. <br /><br />Thanks to everyone for sharing these stories and pictures of their fluffer-nutters! I'm certainly enjoying learning all about them--and you!Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05332570278984058081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-60888247836555349452016-08-16T16:38:42.796-04:002016-08-16T16:38:42.796-04:00I am a tried and true cat person, but that puppy f...I am a tried and true cat person, but that puppy face could make a true doggie believer out of me.Panda in Chiefhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14160375490647791433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-7190987371603159842016-08-16T15:31:17.960-04:002016-08-16T15:31:17.960-04:00Gen. Jeb Stuart had his setters Nip and Tuck with ...Gen. Jeb Stuart had his setters Nip and Tuck with him in the war. I've used them in a few scenes, particularly when the picket shoots a spotted hog for not giving the proper password scene. <br /><br />A visiting officer ridicules Stuart when he says his men are partial to their pet cat. So, Stuart strolls past a cannon with the visitor where Bob the cat is sleeping. Bob is the company mascot, a huge, territorial bobcat who comes out to greet the stranger. <br /><br />Animals make some of the best characters.julieweathershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10198357981793324007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-46798843548136992862016-08-16T15:18:55.007-04:002016-08-16T15:18:55.007-04:00Donna! Are you tempting us with a few lines from y...<b>Donna</b>! Are you tempting us with a few lines from your <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Education-Dixie-Dupree-Donna-Everhart/dp/1496705513/ref=sr_1_1" rel="nofollow">SOON-TO-BE RELEASED NOVEL</a>? Excellent!!<br /><br />:DColin Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03292997431935215499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-68550057451690626272016-08-16T14:55:58.383-04:002016-08-16T14:55:58.383-04:00Kitty That is one awesome picture. You must be p...<b>Kitty</b> That is one awesome picture. You must be proud of Dogman and actually, I'm actually proud of Dogman for letting that other creature known as a <i>feline</i> sleep on his chest that time.<br /><br /><b>Mark</b> what the others said, but to help nail down a place in time, (not a mood, but similar) I used the song AQUARIUS in DIXIE DUPREE. On page 2. Here's a bit of it: <br /><br />"It's 1969, The Age of Aquarius, at least according to The 5th Dimension on the radio." There's a couple more sentences of narrative, then this: "The 5th Dimension's song said that when Jupiter aligned with Mars, peace would fill the planets. I figured if that could happen, there was a chance things could be perfect here, as well."<br /><br /><b>Diane</b> I saw that picture of Penelope - and she's gorgeous. She must be a Heinz 57. And sure, high energy can be off putting to some folks. I'm sort of like a Grandma with dogs like that - in that, yay, big dog!, Love, love, love, then yay! You're taking her/him home. I'm partial to the wee ones, but I love them all. I've ventured to think I'd get Blaine a "real" dog - one of these days. Donnaevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09026536210749494257noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-15210858368810738272016-08-16T14:35:19.353-04:002016-08-16T14:35:19.353-04:00Puppy!!!!
Really, what more is there to say?
(Ca...Puppy!!!!<br /><br />Really, what more is there to say?<br /><br />(Catherine, you made me laugh out loud. Luckily, I hadn't just taken a drink of my coffee. But I can sure understand that!)<br /><br />Kitty: Beautiful puppy!<br /><br />Dogs can also read human faces better than some humans can. And even using pictures, they recognize their humans. They've developed to become ideal companions for humans not just through human intervention (breeding, etc.) but because both are social animals. It's a prime case of mutualistic symbiosis - we give them food (dogs are naturally scavengers) and social benefits, and they return it with the same social benefits (love) and with whatever we ask them to do.<br /><br />I remember teaching Koko what pointing meant. He caught on quickly once he realized that if he followed my finger, he'd find food. Koko was a very food-oriented fellow, having nearly starved to death before being rescued.<br /><br />Mark Ellis: I don't think it's cheating, but it may not necessarily have the effect you mean. A) I doubt many young people will know that song. It would have been better known twenty years ago (I know it's older than 20 years, but it would have been better known then.) B) Not everyone feels the same way about the same songs. Yes, the words say 'Rainy days and Mondays always make me sad', but some readers may find the song annoying, many people don't like the Carpenters (Heaven knows why, I think they're wonderful), and some readers may think it's just plain sappy. <br /><br />Using the song may not be a bad thing, but make sure the reader knows what the character feels about that song. It's the character's emotions that the reader needs to be a part of. I can see why this song would fit, though - not just the emotions in the song, but the fact that Karen Carpenter died so young of anorexia.BJ Muntainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12977414826388000094noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-74294083036902810132016-08-16T14:09:52.881-04:002016-08-16T14:09:52.881-04:00Mark, if the scene takes place on a rainy day, or ...<b>Mark</b>, if the scene takes place on a rainy day, or a rainy Monday, or if it's a rather melancholy moment, then a song called "Rainy Days and Mondays" wouldn't necessarily need to be explained. It really depends upon what the scene involves.Kittyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09868642232827730189noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-76033117003073280832016-08-16T13:57:19.158-04:002016-08-16T13:57:19.158-04:00Whew, these pics are cute. Looks like this little ...Whew, these pics are cute. Looks like this little one knows it, too. <br /><br /><b>Mark</b> I agree with the others. I do love layered stories, but you want to make sure the audience 'gets' the scene and what you're trying to convey. It's hard knowing how much to explain!<br />Lennon Farishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03570629350169504234noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-55072547213383878102016-08-16T13:07:59.913-04:002016-08-16T13:07:59.913-04:00Mark, I agree with Colin. I once asked my twenty-s...Mark, I agree with Colin. I once asked my twenty-something kids if I mentioned "boiling bunnies" would they get the reference. They said no, but put it in anyway because the readers who did would feel smart. So I'd say layer the song in as an extra cue for the readers who get it. It sounds like an interesting story.Beth Carpenterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02447148196867821907noreply@blogger.com