tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5519391315473032614.post2486968715056287659..comments2024-03-28T02:25:14.473-05:00Comments on More Agreeably Engaged: Painting Pictures with Words...and Linda WellsJanet Thttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01904728146256943042noreply@blogger.comBlogger26125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5519391315473032614.post-72349680160829909312021-07-12T21:15:18.980-05:002021-07-12T21:15:18.980-05:00google 1668
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I don't...My goodness Selah, thank you so much!<br /><br />I don't know your favorite book, but I can see it so clearly, in fact I can smell it and feel the humid air. There must be a fascinating woman at the center of it all. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16157115021698208678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5519391315473032614.post-34662737344800043322013-09-01T10:29:33.357-05:002013-09-01T10:29:33.357-05:00I don't think it is available :( But if it wer...I don't think it is available :( But if it were, I am 100% sure you would love it. Lizzy.elhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13043277560765755976noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5519391315473032614.post-82793189377394694582013-09-01T10:07:27.515-05:002013-09-01T10:07:27.515-05:00It's probably because I just finished reading ...It's probably because I just finished reading the story to my children, but the opening line that popped into my head almost immediately was... "In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit."... and doesn't that just say it all? :)<br /><br />I recently read them one of my favorite books from childhood and had to post that opener too...<br /><br />"Mrs Rachel Lynde lived just where the Avonlea main road dipped into a little hollow, fringed with alders and ladie's eardrops, and traversed by a brook that had its source away back in the woods of the old Cuthbert place; it was reputed to be an intricate, headlong brook in its earlier course through those woods, with dark secrets of pool and cascade; but by the time it reached Lynde's hollow it was a quiet, well-conducted little stream, for not even a brook could run past Mrs Rachel Lynde's door without due regard for decency and decorum; it probably was conscious that Mrs Rachel Lynde was sitting at her window, keeping a sharp eye on everything that passed, from brooks and children up, and that if she noticed any-thing odd or out of place she would never rest until she had ferreted out the whys and wherefores thereof."<br /><br />That is all ONE sentence. I just loved Anne of Green Gables.<br /><br />Thank you for the great giveaway.<br /><br />Lisa<br />slapshinyhappy(at)yahoo(dot)com LisaShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00004760887470976174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5519391315473032614.post-61099829597126660922013-09-01T09:38:21.340-05:002013-09-01T09:38:21.340-05:00Linda, you make beautiful, multidimensional vibran...Linda, you make beautiful, multidimensional vibrant pictures with your words. Your characters feel real and whole to me. You have a gift, and we're blessed you share it with us. This was a very inspiring post!<br /><br />My favorite book opening comes from Ntzoka Shange's Sassafrass, Cypress and Indigo... "Where there is a woman there is magic. if there is a moon falling from her mouth she is a woman who knows her magic, who can share or not share her powers. A woman with a moon falling from her mouth, roses between her legs and tiaras of Spanish moss, this woman is a consort of spirits." <-- entire first paragraph.<br /><br />Kimberly Tennilehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04851556741732104419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5519391315473032614.post-30938809730057772092013-09-01T09:36:16.638-05:002013-09-01T09:36:16.638-05:00Oh thanks, Lizzy!
I wonder if the Ruler's Sto...Oh thanks, Lizzy!<br /><br />I wonder if the Ruler's Stone is available in English? It sounds fascinating, and it makes me wonder where the story could possibly go from there? I can definitely see why you would love it, it sets your imagination on fire. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16157115021698208678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5519391315473032614.post-53019594661791487602013-09-01T08:48:56.996-05:002013-09-01T08:48:56.996-05:00Hi Linda,
what an awesome and inspiring post!
My...Hi Linda, <br />what an awesome and inspiring post!<br /><br />My favourite book opening comes from a Czech book called the Ruler's Stone. <br /> "Ještě byla celá provoněná." which in English would be someting like "There was still that frangrance over her." but not really. I love it because, exactly as you say, it paints a picture. In this case, of a young woman who had just been racing over a field of flowers, had just been riding her horse, had just been joyous and full of life ... and now she is not. Now, she is lying dead and neither her husband nor her daughter can quite understand how that's come to happen. And in that simple sentence there is that shock, and life, and denial, and autumn sun, and ... And I just love it.<br />Lizzy.elhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13043277560765755976noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5519391315473032614.post-48729119961001261122013-08-31T05:03:44.032-05:002013-08-31T05:03:44.032-05:00Thank you, Joana! I'm so pleased that the sni...Thank you, Joana! I'm so pleased that the snippets caught your interest (especially the one from Keeping Calm!), and really pleased that the analogy struck you so well!<br /><br />I love the examples you've given of great lines, even if they are buried later in the books. The important thing is that you were captivated enough by the stories at the beginning to get to those gems. I have no doubt that you read lots of things besides Austen, you have to read lots of different things to stretch your imagination, don't you? <br /><br />Oh, if you want to try and win, you have to leave your email address! Come on back! Thanks again!<br /><br /> Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16157115021698208678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5519391315473032614.post-22716903544820621052013-08-30T17:10:08.563-05:002013-08-30T17:10:08.563-05:00Linda, I loved your post! The snippets in italics ...Linda, I loved your post! The snippets in italics were tantalising and delightful! And especially I enjoyed your wonderful analogy between writing austenesque variations and several students painting the same model. I have never seen it put so beautifully! A lovely, lovely thought!<br /><br />As for favourite quotes, I'm on the same page as Sophia Rose actually. Every one of my favourite books [with one notable exception :)] don't grab you from the opening line. 'Emma' might come close, with the way it outlines from the very beginning what sort of heroine we should expect, but in most other cases my favourite lines occur much later in the book. Can I share one of these? <i>'You pierce my soul. I am half agony, half hope.'</i> <br />Or, in a very different vein: <i>'He found her agitated and low. - Frank Churchill was a villain. - He heard her declare that she had never loved him. Frank Churchill's character was not desperate. - She was his own Emma, by hand and word, when they returned into the house; and if he could have thought of Frank Churchill then, he might have deemed him a very good sort of fellow.'</i><br />Maybe I should carry on, if only to prove that I <i>do</i> read something other than Austen :) but for now I'll just say thanks for the lovely post and for the chance to win. All the best!<br />Joana Joana Starneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10150637735779894393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5519391315473032614.post-11043693849322626002013-08-29T18:08:07.112-05:002013-08-29T18:08:07.112-05:00Hi Elicia! No, the first italicized paragraph was...Hi Elicia! No, the first italicized paragraph was just something I made up while looking at the sunrise, but it sure has possibilities for the start of a modern story, doesn't it? The second story with Darcy actually is from the first chapter of Keeping Calm. Darcy and Elizabeth meet in July 1939, about 6 weeks before war is declared, and in the P&P universe, at the time when the Gardiners are in Derbyshire with Elizabeth. In this story, Darcy did not go to Netherfield (which in 1939 has been converted to a hotel). <br /><br />I do hope that you enjoy reading Keeping Calm, I'm having the best time researching for it! And it's a story from me, so you know our couple's conflict is from the outside world, not between them. The war will do for that, I think! Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16157115021698208678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5519391315473032614.post-13070102908781849912013-08-29T12:23:16.859-05:002013-08-29T12:23:16.859-05:00So, are both italicized paragraphs part of the sam...So, are both italicized paragraphs part of the same story? I have to say that the two at the shoreline in obvious distress really tugged at me and the other with Darcy coming upon the approaching car is equally compelling. They could be part of the same story but at vastly different points. I am so looking forward to reading Keeping Calm. Elicia Nolanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01165130556779066043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5519391315473032614.post-69905816122609604012013-08-28T19:46:15.984-05:002013-08-28T19:46:15.984-05:00Ahh, Rebecca. A friend of mine who read my post b...Ahh, Rebecca. A friend of mine who read my post before I sent it to Janet picked that same book. Although I have to vote for Buttercup. <br /><br />I really do appreciate you saying that my beginnings are good. In the blog post you see the original beginning to Keeping Calm, oh, so much fretting went into that. <br />Thank you, Gayle!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16157115021698208678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5519391315473032614.post-32429193137779082652013-08-28T19:39:55.537-05:002013-08-28T19:39:55.537-05:00Well, the first paragraph works, too! But I think...Well, the first paragraph works, too! But I think that you chose a brilliant one! <br />Thank you, Sophia Rose, I'm so glad that you enjoy the stories.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16157115021698208678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5519391315473032614.post-16680048168560639052013-08-28T19:22:04.579-05:002013-08-28T19:22:04.579-05:001st: "Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley...1st: "Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again." <br />-- Rebecca, Daphne De Maurier<br /><br />2nd: "The year that Buttercup was born, the most beautiful woman in the world was a French scullery maid named Annette."<br />— The Princess Bride, William Goldman<br /><br />Of course, it's interesting that you would write about story beginnings because I think yours are WONDERFUL. It is absolutely your forte. <br /><br />I always know I'll be thoroughly entertained when I begin to read one of your stories. I've never been disappointed.<br /><br />GayleGayle Millshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11908565578605087876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5519391315473032614.post-44319979523286037412013-08-28T17:13:01.462-05:002013-08-28T17:13:01.462-05:00I just sifted through several of my favorite books...I just sifted through several of my favorite books only to learn that none of them begin their books with amazing, grabbing lines. I am not sure if this says something about my reading tastes or that amazing first lines aren't that prevalent. LOL! <br />But here's one from childhood: "Tom!" No answer. "Tom!" No answer. "Now what's gotten with that boy, I wonder? You, TOM!" No answer. <br /><br />I was dying to know what was up with Tom Sawyer after that intro.<br /><br />I love Linda's books and each one captivated me from the beginning so I can appreciate her work in making a good starting impression.<br />sophiarose1816 at gmail dot comSophia Rosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07909417504496472472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5519391315473032614.post-41639737654118740622013-08-28T13:33:35.439-05:002013-08-28T13:33:35.439-05:00With the new Anna Karenina released, I finally sat...With the new Anna Karenina released, I finally sat down and read the book. And that opening sentence is the story in a nutshell. <br />Thank you for commenting, Luthien84Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16157115021698208678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5519391315473032614.post-61797510006104384142013-08-28T13:12:55.541-05:002013-08-28T13:12:55.541-05:00I don't have a favourite opening sentence actu...I don't have a favourite opening sentence actually. But if I must share, then it is: <br /><br />"<i>Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.</i>" from Leo Tolstoy's <i>Anna Karenina</i>. <br /><br />It is a powerful line and drew me in to find out what the book is about.<br /><br />evangelineace2020(at)yahoo(dot)comLúthien84https://www.blogger.com/profile/15390711363301378521noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5519391315473032614.post-10290972515155445942013-08-28T06:58:24.896-05:002013-08-28T06:58:24.896-05:00Oh, sorry to have taken your favorite off the tabl...Oh, sorry to have taken your favorite off the table, but you really chose a great substitute! There is so much to enjoy about that story. Thank you, Ceri!Linda Wellshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17232690454261300997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5519391315473032614.post-56255493436312479632013-08-28T06:56:08.016-05:002013-08-28T06:56:08.016-05:00Thank you, dear! lol And why am I not at all sur...Thank you, dear! lol And why am I not at all surprised that you like comedy and mystery rolled up together? Now you've given me some new books to read!Linda Wellshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17232690454261300997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5519391315473032614.post-88191791618707250422013-08-28T04:45:59.061-05:002013-08-28T04:45:59.061-05:00My favourite first line is genuinely the one from ...My favourite first line is genuinely the one from Pride and Prejudice, I was completely captured by it, but since that one is out of bounds I will go for another attention grabber:<br /><br />'Marley was dead: to begin with. There is no doubt whatever about that.'<br /><br />From another of my favourites, A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens :)<br /><br />Thanks for the giveaway opportunity. Frawli1978 (at) gmail (dot)comCerihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01908542708518435282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5519391315473032614.post-15172035212482334032013-08-28T04:07:11.273-05:002013-08-28T04:07:11.273-05:00PS - I love your writing, Linda. Even these few pa...PS - I love your writing, Linda. Even these few paragraphs you teased us with drew me in immediately!junewilliams7https://www.blogger.com/profile/01695395707349685051noreply@blogger.com