Comments on: Temporary Closure… http://www.chriswooding.com/temporary-closure/ The official internet resource on the British SF/Fantasy/YA author Sat, 31 Jul 2010 19:03:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Hope http://www.chriswooding.com/temporary-closure/comment-page-1/#comment-101 Hope Thu, 19 Nov 2009 06:17:30 +0000 http://www.chriswooding.com/?p=250#comment-101 'DIDN'T HE GET SHOT IN THE LEG A CHAPTER AGO?' I hate those moments. I especially hate the moments that are, 'WASN'T HE SHIRTLESS FIVE SECONDS AGO? WHEN DID HE PUT ON A SHIRT?' because they are so simple and small and make you feel as though your mind is crumbling into useless, tiny pieces. And I think the point in marathons is that there really ISN'T one, generally, but certain people are possessed of this sense of purpose, and those people enjoy running marathons because they enjoy crossing finish lines because what they do is get things DONE. And what I do is MAKE SO MUCH SENSE. P.S. A great big HA to the choir of heavenly angels bit. ‘DIDN’T HE GET SHOT IN THE LEG A CHAPTER AGO?’

I hate those moments.

I especially hate the moments that are, ‘WASN’T HE SHIRTLESS FIVE SECONDS AGO? WHEN DID HE PUT ON A SHIRT?’ because they are so simple and small and make you feel as though your mind is crumbling into useless, tiny pieces.

And I think the point in marathons is that there really ISN’T one, generally, but certain people are possessed of this sense of purpose, and those people enjoy running marathons because they enjoy crossing finish lines because what they do is get things DONE.

And what I do is MAKE SO MUCH SENSE.

P.S. A great big HA to the choir of heavenly angels bit.

]]> By: Chris Wooding http://www.chriswooding.com/temporary-closure/comment-page-1/#comment-93 Chris Wooding Tue, 17 Nov 2009 23:03:32 +0000 http://www.chriswooding.com/?p=250#comment-93 Glad you liked it. Part two is all done long ago... I've written the Black Lung Captain since then. Publishing works months and years in advance - usually by the time a book comes out, I've forgotten what happened in it ;) Glad you liked it. Part two is all done long ago… I’ve written the Black Lung Captain since then. Publishing works months and years in advance – usually by the time a book comes out, I’ve forgotten what happened in it ;)

]]> By: Summer http://www.chriswooding.com/temporary-closure/comment-page-1/#comment-86 Summer Mon, 16 Nov 2009 14:09:38 +0000 http://www.chriswooding.com/?p=250#comment-86 Also I finished Malice a while back. Loved it-are you working on part two? Also I finished Malice a while back. Loved it-are you working on part two?

]]> By: Summer http://www.chriswooding.com/temporary-closure/comment-page-1/#comment-67 Summer Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:39:52 +0000 http://www.chriswooding.com/?p=250#comment-67 I love your blog posts. Especially this one! <3 I love your blog posts. Especially this one! <3

]]> By: Alana http://www.chriswooding.com/temporary-closure/comment-page-1/#comment-65 Alana Fri, 06 Nov 2009 08:54:10 +0000 http://www.chriswooding.com/?p=250#comment-65 If writing books are like running marathons, then i think I shall stick to reading them, since i enjoy them much more that way!! haha :P If writing books are like running marathons, then i think I shall stick to reading them, since i enjoy them much more that way!! haha :P

]]> By: Madison http://www.chriswooding.com/temporary-closure/comment-page-1/#comment-64 Madison Thu, 05 Nov 2009 21:51:09 +0000 http://www.chriswooding.com/?p=250#comment-64 Hi! Sorry, this comment is probably going to be crazy fan-girl-ish, and is probably going to have nothing to do with the news blog thing, but yeah... Feel free to stop reading now =] You still reading? Awesome! I read The Haunting of Alaizabel Cray and loved it, but my school didn't have many more of your books in, plus 'Twilight' had just got popular (guilty pleasure =] ), and then the school got Malice in a couple of days ago. It got me right back into reading your stuff and so decided, I wonder if Chris Wooding has a website? Turns out he does! And I was like, "wow! It's even got up-to-date news posts on here!" Which is cool, because I don't think any of the author websites I've been on have updated recently. So yeah, basically, that was me just babbling on. And on about how awesome I've decided you are =]] (I've decided. I don't get to decide! Stupid Maddie!) Love Maddie xx Hi!

Sorry, this comment is probably going to be crazy fan-girl-ish, and is probably going to have nothing to do with the news blog thing, but yeah…

Feel free to stop reading now =]

You still reading? Awesome!

I read The Haunting of Alaizabel Cray and loved it, but my school didn’t have many more of your books in, plus ‘Twilight’ had just got popular (guilty pleasure =] ), and then the school got Malice in a couple of days ago. It got me right back into reading your stuff and so decided, I wonder if Chris Wooding has a website?

Turns out he does!

And I was like, “wow! It’s even got up-to-date news posts on here!” Which is cool, because I don’t think any of the author websites I’ve been on have updated recently.

So yeah, basically, that was me just babbling on. And on about how awesome I’ve decided you are =]]

(I’ve decided. I don’t get to decide! Stupid Maddie!)

Love Maddie xx

]]> By: Vivian http://www.chriswooding.com/temporary-closure/comment-page-1/#comment-63 Vivian Thu, 05 Nov 2009 21:39:31 +0000 http://www.chriswooding.com/?p=250#comment-63 What I would give to get my hands on one of your notebooks! That'd be interesting. My notes are always crazed, too, with lots of rants about how stupid I am to even consider such an option as that character in the margins. I'm usually not a very angry person, until I start attempting to write. Plotting it out is the worst... And I don't understand how someone can run a marathon. I can barely stand running three feet. What I would give to get my hands on one of your notebooks! That’d be interesting. My notes are always crazed, too, with lots of rants about how stupid I am to even consider such an option as that character in the margins. I’m usually not a very angry person, until I start attempting to write. Plotting it out is the worst…

And I don’t understand how someone can run a marathon. I can barely stand running three feet.

]]> By: Kath http://www.chriswooding.com/temporary-closure/comment-page-1/#comment-58 Kath Wed, 04 Nov 2009 13:57:36 +0000 http://www.chriswooding.com/?p=250#comment-58 ... hrm, now I want to read those notebooks. (Somehow I've got this picture of Henry Jones's Grail Journal in my head - which makes it even cooler.) Also, I wouldn't show my notes to any psychologist, either. They're full of ducks and comic drawings... T_T … hrm, now I want to read those notebooks. (Somehow I’ve got this picture of Henry Jones’s Grail Journal in my head – which makes it even cooler.)
Also, I wouldn’t show my notes to any psychologist, either. They’re full of ducks and comic drawings… T_T

]]> By: Chris Wooding http://www.chriswooding.com/temporary-closure/comment-page-1/#comment-57 Chris Wooding Wed, 04 Nov 2009 13:24:16 +0000 http://www.chriswooding.com/?p=250#comment-57 Meh, those rough drafts aren't that interesting, to be honest. Now my notebooks, THEY'RE interesting. The incomprehensible script, the crazed scrawls and strange geometric monsters, the weird pidgin language I talk to myself in while I'm plotting out a book, the stream of consciousness that somehow makes sense to me and not to anyone else... I wouldn't want to know what a psychologist would make of all that. @ Jadranko. It's easy. You just put on a CD of a choir of heavenly angels in the background, and copy it. Meh, those rough drafts aren’t that interesting, to be honest. Now my notebooks, THEY’RE interesting. The incomprehensible script, the crazed scrawls and strange geometric monsters, the weird pidgin language I talk to myself in while I’m plotting out a book, the stream of consciousness that somehow makes sense to me and not to anyone else… I wouldn’t want to know what a psychologist would make of all that.

@ Jadranko. It’s easy. You just put on a CD of a choir of heavenly angels in the background, and copy it.

]]> By: Setrida http://www.chriswooding.com/temporary-closure/comment-page-1/#comment-55 Setrida Wed, 04 Nov 2009 05:13:12 +0000 http://www.chriswooding.com/?p=250#comment-55 Good to know. And I have to agree wtih Raihor-- this has motivated me to stop glaring at my documents because I can't seem to get past whatever conversation I'm stuck on. It'll all change in editing, so I suppose I can just write some crap and move on, then go back and fix it later. And it's nice to hear that even though I'm sure even your rough drafts are more polished than anything us mere mortals write (:)) you run across those same "I've been working on this scene for hours and I just realized it makes no sense in context" problems. Marathons = pointless. Seriously. All my friends are runners. And every one of them is insane. I don't understand it. Sigh... Good to know. And I have to agree wtih Raihor– this has motivated me to stop glaring at my documents because I can’t seem to get past whatever conversation I’m stuck on. It’ll all change in editing, so I suppose I can just write some crap and move on, then go back and fix it later.

And it’s nice to hear that even though I’m sure even your rough drafts are more polished than anything us mere mortals write (:)) you run across those same “I’ve been working on this scene for hours and I just realized it makes no sense in context” problems.

Marathons = pointless. Seriously. All my friends are runners. And every one of them is insane. I don’t understand it. Sigh…

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