Lisa’s Comments (group member since Apr 07, 2010)

Lisa’s comments from the Second Wind Publishing group.

Naomi Musch's The Green Veil takes place during the great old lumbering era of Wisconsin and directly affects everything in the story.

I'm hosting at Clash of the Titles.com later this month, specifically on back cover copy. I'd love to be able to either use some of your comments, or have new ones about what you like and don't like about back cover copy for an article I'll post on Wed May 11.

I have on Star Wars while I treadmill. Sometimes I Kindle, but this week I'm exploring the characters in film. Why did this work have such an impact on people, enough to create a cult religion? Readers have to be identify with characters and their motivations, no matter how many heads or what shape they are. If a character makes a choice I have to be able to cheer for them or groan for them, but if I go "huh?" That is so stupid, then you've lost me as a fan. As a mom, I wouldn't let my kid drive a pod-racer, but I have more choices than Annakin's mother had. And, whew, Annakin won the race again.

I just finished a lovely debut cozy mystery by Amanda Flower, Maid of Murder. The character uses her talent of painting pictures to escape the craziness of her single life as an academic librarian.

I try to do a male pov in most of my books, mostly to encourage men to read them, too. I always try to get male pre-readers to be on the safe side. I heard a while back that many earlier Harlequins were written by men, and I wondered because so often the women were very young and almost victims.. The latest book I'm reading does a male pov that seems too touchy-feely to me.

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Dawn wrote: "There were several. Harold, from "Harold and His Purple Crayon" helped teach me about imagination. Meg Murry from "A Wrinkle in Time" -- I mostly really connected with her. She was very much like..."

I didn't even get to the bottom of your message - I agree, although I'm not in any way, shape or form brilliant. Did you like the sequel, too?

Meg from A Wrinkle in Time
Judy from Judy's Journey
Kit from Witch of Blackbird Pond
Nancy Drew - I still feel guilty going over the speed limit

This is wonderful - a trip through time. I loved Nancy Drew, too, and can't believe I didn't read some of those classics mentioned until I was older. Dandelion Wine continues to be my favorite book, as does Anne McCaffrey from high school. When I was a child, my parents bought all the Dr. Suess books. One of my all-time favs was a book kept at Grandma's house - the Pokey Little Puppy. My parents let me buy all the Scholastic books I wanted, and Witch of Blackbury Pond is still a fav I look at from time to time. Phyllis Whitney. and on.