cj CJ By Carlos Hazday - Series Discussion

[spike382]

2 minutes ago, BlindAmbition said:

Yes! Being blind, I see in pictures, and not words. This is so important.

 

So, I’ve always meant to ask, cause I legitimately don’t know, how hard is it to keep up with everything on here for you?  And also, when people post emojis in responses, do you know?

[spike382]

14 minutes ago, Carlos Hazday said:

Mann constantly encourages me to 'simplify' and I find myself deleting words and phrases often during my self edits

 

I’m so goddamn verbose when I write.  I would need a Mann to cut half my overworded paragraph down.  My vocabulary gets way more articulate when I write as well.

[Mikiesboy]

Just now, spikey582 said:

 

I’m so goddamn verbose when I write.  I would need a Mann to cut half my overworded paragraph down.  My vocabulary gets way more articulate when I write as well.

hehe ..i am a good content editor ... not punctuation ...  i'd have to give you the old slash and burn treatment, eh spikey??  

[Carlos Hazday]

9 minutes ago, Mikiesboy said:

i missed all of that ... i did get to read Of Mice and Men first though... 

 

I like the mid-century authors. Both American and British. I've enjoyed Fitzgerald, Orwell, Steinbeck Huxley, and obviously Hemingway.

[FormerMember4]

1 minute ago, spikey582 said:

 

So, I’ve always meant to ask, cause I legitimately don’t know, how hard is it to keep up with everything on here for you?  And also, when people post emojis in responses, do you know?

Not that hard. I’ve been blind for 12 years. My screen reader is set to read fast. You adapt pretty quickly. 😁 This Emoji tells me smiling face with clenched teeth.

[Carlos Hazday]

4 minutes ago, spikey582 said:

 

I’m so goddamn verbose when I write.  I would need a Mann to cut half my overworded paragraph down.  My vocabulary gets way more articulate when I write as well.

I'll be happy to beta/edit anything you write. (Alexa, order a dozen red pencils.) But I do like to use new words. I have a list of some forty-odd 'elegant' words I've been trying to work into the story. Limerence got quite a few comments when I did. Waited for months before it made senceto use.

[Mikiesboy]

1 minute ago, Carlos Hazday said:

 

I like the mid-century authors. Both American and British. I've enjoyed Fitzgerald, Orwell, Steinbeck Huxley, and obviously Hemingway.

i am self taught after age 15 ... i made myself learn.. and read,  i read whatever i could get hold of and could afford.  i read lots of authors, some good some not.. but i read eveything i could. 

[FormerMember4]

3 minutes ago, Carlos Hazday said:

 

I like the mid-century authors. Both American and British. I've enjoyed Fitzgerald, Orwell, Steinbeck Huxley, and obviously Hemingway.

Steinbeck is a favorite. Every couple years I reread.

[spike382]

1 minute ago, BlindAmbition said:

Not that hard. I’ve been blind for 12 years. My screen reader is set to read fast. You adapt pretty quickly. 😁 This Emoji tells me smiling face with clenched teeth.

 

And see, I think of that as a cheesy smile emoji, because the eyes are closed and there’s a big open wide grin.

[Carlos Hazday]

In case I don't get a chance later, thanks to all for such a stimulating discussion. It almost sounds grown-up. A little humor, technical issues discussed, and literary styles bantered about. Eat your heart out, Oprah!

[MacGreg]

I appreciate Hemingway's style. It's succinct, not full of fluff or fancy language, and yet it's also poetic. He had his own, distinct voice as an author - even if it was liquor-induced. 

[Carlos Hazday]

1 minute ago, MacGreg said:

I appreciate Hemingway's style. It's succinct, not full of fluff or fancy language, and yet it's also poetic. He had his own, distinct voice as an author - even if it was liquor-induced. 

 

The Sun Also Rises is my favorite work by huium.

[Mikiesboy]

1 minute ago, Carlos Hazday said:

In case I don't get a chance later, thanks to all for such a stimulating discussion. It almost sounds grown-up. A little humor, technical issues discussed, and literary styles bantered about. Eat your heart out, Oprah!

It's been good, C.  Enjoyed it.

[Daddydavek]

56 minutes ago, Carlos Hazday said:

Last time I read Hemingway's The Old Man and the Sea I did so making corrections with a virtual red pencil. Never mind the bloody book won a Nobel Prize for literature.

I've re-read it several times and wouldn't change a word of it.  The quirks are part of the charm.

[Mikiesboy]

2 minutes ago, MacGreg said:

I appreciate Hemingway's style. It's succinct, not full of fluff or fancy language, and yet it's also poetic. He had his own, distinct voice as an author - even if it was liquor-induced. 

AC sent me something by Hemingway... i should read it. 

[mollyhousemouse]

24 minutes ago, BlindAmbition said:

I used to get a headache in high school and college when reading Shakespeare. Trying to decipher the meanings.

 

13 minutes ago, Defiance19 said:

Me too, but what a delightful trip. 

 

When I do write I have ‘keep it simple, stupid’ running through my head..

 

Forget Shakespeare, I break out in hives if I think about Chaucer, who was mandatory.

 

Great thread, this Saturday afternoon.. 

 

 

these both got me stuffed in lockers 

i had already read much of the bard, for fun, when i was home sick and i loved Chaucer, Phil enjoyed it too. 

Ms. Willis actually told me to out my hand down and let someone else answer a question 

[Defiance19]

10 minutes ago, Carlos Hazday said:

 

The Sun Also Rises is my favorite work by huium.

I recently finished The Green Hills of Africa. It was good too. 

 

5 minutes ago, mollyhousemouse said:

 

these both got me stuffed in lockers 

i had already read much of the bard, for fun, when i was home sick and i loved Chaucer, Phil enjoyed it too. 

Ms. Willis actually told me to out my hand down and let someone else answer a question 

Ugh.. that’s terrible. 

I didn’t mind Shakespeare, but Chaucer killed me. I was just happy to be past it. 

[FormerMember4]

15 minutes ago, Carlos Hazday said:

In case I don't get a chance later, thanks to all for such a stimulating discussion. It almost sounds grown-up. A little humor, technical issues discussed, and literary styles bantered about. Eat your heart out, Oprah!

This is why I like GA. There are some very intelligent people. I like hearing others opinions and thoughts on meaningful things. Especially when most of us have a love of words and writing.

[mollyhousemouse]

4 minutes ago, Defiance19 said:

I recently finished The Green Hills of Africa. It was good too. 

 

Ugh.. that’s terrible. 

I didn’t mind Shakespeare, but Chaucer killed me. I was just happy to be past it. 

yeah, teachers graded "on a curve" and i always got a higher grade, and so "blew the curve"

i'm not sure i had a problem with any of the reading we had to do

 

[mollyhousemouse]

5 minutes ago, BlindAmbition said:

This is why I like GA. There are some very intelligent people. I like hearing others opinions and thoughts on meaningful things. Especially when most of us have a love of words and writing.

too true jp!

the discussions we get into can be fascinating and enlightening!

 

[Reader1810]

I’m all caught up now, and I just realized this conversation took place an hour ago...  

 

Oh wells, it was stimulating, and I’m pretty sure I learned a thing or two, so  you lot! 

[spike382]

3 hours ago, northie said:

Couldn't agree more, Reader.  Interesting and thought provoking, only sorry I missed most of it with being at work ... 

 

Nothie, since I’ve been a little distracted lately, I’ve been meaning to tell you for awhile that I love what you’re doing with Never Too Late.  I haven’t left any comments, but that has been a great reading experience.  Definitely outside of the norm of a lot of GA content.  But it has so much that I think appeals to a lot of us.

[northie]

On 31/03/2018 at 10:29 PM, spikey582 said:

 

Nothie, since I’ve been a little distracted lately, I’ve been meaning to tell you for awhile that I love what you’re doing with Never Too Late.  I haven’t left any comments, but that has been a great reading experience.  Definitely outside of the norm of a lot of GA content.  But it has so much that I think appeals to a lot of us.

Forgotten this was here ... Tim kindly transferred it to my own story topic where the conversation continues ... 

 

[Carlos Hazday]

@Toddten

 

Thanks for the review of Over the Rainbow! he next installment in the series will begin posting two weeks from today

 

[Carlos Hazday]

@mollyhousemouse

 

Decided to comment here so I wouldn't send CIA's topic spinning into off-topic land.

 

I love Clive Cussler. He inspired a couple of things in the CJ series.

 

Danno's car collection and living space echo Dirk Pitt's and the multiple cameos by a grey haired biker are my take on Cussler inserting himself into his own stories.