Comments for Rebeca Schiller

Comment on September Song by RS

RS — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 21:38:23 +0000

I think this post was true stream of consciousness. it just all spilled out. However after I finished writing it, I did fix the typos and what not.

Comment on September Song by Cecilieaux Bois de Murier

Cecilieaux Bois de Murier — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 21:29:30 +0000

Such a mix of sentiment and intellect!

Comment on Selling Out by Cecilieaux Bois de Murier

Cecilieaux Bois de Murier — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 20:56:03 +0000

The dumbing down is disturbing. But Old Charlie would say it’s the economics that lead to the dumbing down.

Comment on Selling Out by RS

RS — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 20:21:12 +0000

Who’s the friend and the title of the novel? I’d be interested to read it (if I haven’t already). I just get so tired of everyone looking at how to make a bigger buck and get people to spend more. This enters another realm that belongs in a discussion about economics, but the crazy consumerism just drives me up the wall because it really is the dumbing down of society.

Comment on Selling Out by Cecilieaux Bois de Murier

Cecilieaux Bois de Murier — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 19:58:22 +0000

A friend of mine who is the author of a well-received novel off which she has been living for the last decade or so, has never published a second novel, although she has written what I think are three, precisely because she hates the entire machinery of publishing. As did, notably, J.D.Salinger.

As someone who understands the economics of the machinery, I find myself at odds with myself. Yes, in a world in which books are a commodity of diminishing importance, as a new dark age of illiteracy dawns, I understand the imperatives to make deals with thoroughly distasteful individuals and firms, just to keep the business from going under. Why not write to make money, Charlie? Isn’t that the production of my social existence if writing is what I’m good at?

On the other hand, my intellectual side protests that a book is not a detergent or a hamburger and that reading is its own reward and that the jerks who buy into the tie-ins aren’t even worth attracting to a book. But maybe that’s my thorough disgust at the brazen display of ignorance, illiteracy and prejudice this weekend in my city.

Comment on Creating a Villain by RS

RS — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 20:38:56 +0000

She’s more than snooping. She’s spying, which could lead to greater villainy. But thank you for the compliment.

Comment on Creating a Villain by Cecilieaux Bois de Murier

Cecilieaux Bois de Murier — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 20:09:31 +0000

Where’s the villainy? Snooping? She’s no Hannibal Lecter. But your writing, as always, very good. Keep going!

Comment on Creating a Villain by RS

RS — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 02:33:33 +0000

Thanks, Ardee-ann. We’ll see what happens next week.

Comment on Creating a Villain by Ardee-ann

Ardee-ann — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 02:12:06 +0000

Interesting passage Rebeca, as always you leave me hungry for more. Good luck with your story! I can’t wait to see additional excerpts.

Ciao,

Ardee-ann

Comment on Sunday’s Writing Exercise by RS

RS — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 23:22:45 +0000

Thank you! And your comments aren’t snarky at all. Believe me, I know snark when I read it or hear it. The Wilde Solution will have a lot of sex, and I need to learn to write it so that it’s “hot” and not porn. That’s my challenge for this book.