tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7100153895530582821.post3703718180221600491..comments2024-01-01T21:18:07.104-05:00Comments on Seekerville Archives: Don't Put Yourself Up a Creek Unless You ShouldGlynna Kayehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11914006944057671962noreply@blogger.comBlogger88125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7100153895530582821.post-45745037930593114652016-08-18T11:56:14.159-04:002016-08-18T11:56:14.159-04:00Totally needed this post. Consider it bookmarked!Totally needed this post. Consider it bookmarked!Megan Besinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10288955001899322372noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7100153895530582821.post-52068165686411049962016-08-16T10:49:04.858-04:002016-08-16T10:49:04.858-04:00Wow Melissa, You ARE a dinasaur. My hubby would l...Wow Melissa, You ARE a dinasaur. My hubby would love you. He hates all the cell phones. LOLSandra Leesmithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13911169281960710923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7100153895530582821.post-57937207917460811002016-08-16T09:29:52.628-04:002016-08-16T09:29:52.628-04:00Enjoyed your post today! and always reading throug...Enjoyed your post today! and always reading through the Seekerville comments make me smile :)<br />Please enter me in the drawing for "A Heart Most Certain."Deanna Stevenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01589351351698020082noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7100153895530582821.post-21110827118484724972016-08-16T09:01:19.043-04:002016-08-16T09:01:19.043-04:00Hi Melissa. Thank you so much for the wonderful re...Hi Melissa. Thank you so much for the wonderful research sites. I thoroughly enjoy historicals, but haven't embarked on that particular writing journey--yet. I have a dear friend that is writing that genre and I so appreciate the time spent getting words in the correct time period and context. Readers will certainly let you know if you miss something! Thanks again and blessings to you.Rebecca McLaffertyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01532515481764335422noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7100153895530582821.post-26811891948740388302016-08-16T08:41:42.422-04:002016-08-16T08:41:42.422-04:00Melissa, thank you for all the wonderful resources...Melissa, thank you for all the wonderful resources. I've used some of them, but now have a more complete list for research.Sandy Kirby Quandthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07909812456313302558noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7100153895530582821.post-76626219161163878412016-08-15T23:42:54.199-04:002016-08-15T23:42:54.199-04:00VINCE SAID: "Opinion requested: Should reader...VINCE SAID: "Opinion requested: Should readers let authors know about their anachronisms? My wife says to never, ever, ever, do this!!!"<br /><br />Actually, Vince, I'm one of those authors who actually is grateful when readers point out mistakes to me so that I can fix them.<br /><br />For instance, I had several readers email me about incorrect things, one of which was that there wasn't a St. Jude Center in St. Louis like I thought. My belief was based on a building I used to drive by that said "St. Jude Center," but obviously it was something else because the reader told me St. Jude is in Memphis, and when I double-checked, I discovered she was right. So I changed it in my indie ebook since I could.<br /><br />Also, I discovered on my own that the Piggly-Wiggly I mention in IOH closed before the time frame for IOH, so I had to change that too.<br /><br />And trust me, after I got several low-star reviews about the "language" in IOH (i.e. freakin', flippin', etc.), I scratched all those, too, although I really didn't want to because I don't agree with people that say those are curse words in disguise. In my opinion, it's better to say a word like gosh or darn rather than actual curse words, but I'm not lookin' to ruffle feathers, so I deleted them.<br /><br />And, Vince, thank you for your sweet comment about ALITW, hooligan or no! :)<br /><br />MELISSA ... thanks for worrying about me. I'm kind of surprised Firefox didn't warn me that it was a bad site like it sometimes does, but hopefully I stopped the download in time.<br /><br />RUTHY, that's interesting about the phrase, "wrap my head around it." Maybe it IS an older saying that modern times picked up, although it sure doesn't sound like it, which can be just as deadly in a historical.<br /><br />Hugs,<br />JulieJulie Lessmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00406395645316139292noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7100153895530582821.post-82107474523352656952016-08-15T23:03:23.282-04:002016-08-15T23:03:23.282-04:00((((forces herself not to wince as she's being...((((forces herself not to wince as she's being squeezed by the horde of people who want to hug a prickly pear))))Melissa Jagearshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07439765292197683329noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7100153895530582821.post-57480265166145545642016-08-15T22:16:57.612-04:002016-08-15T22:16:57.612-04:00Yes, Melissa. That is the baby name website. I l...Yes, Melissa. That is the baby name website. I love just typing in random names. I think it would really be a great tool for parents naming a child, but works even better maybe for naming characters.Sandy Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11920692341258066387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7100153895530582821.post-5727837838721732182016-08-15T21:55:45.580-04:002016-08-15T21:55:45.580-04:00Group hug. Everyone hug Melissa.
[[[[[[ ]]]]]]]...Group hug. Everyone hug Melissa.<br /> <br /><br />[[[[[[ ]]]]]]]]Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7100153895530582821.post-44267342767247235662016-08-15T21:25:27.587-04:002016-08-15T21:25:27.587-04:00Great, helpful post, Melissa - - thank you!! (Your...Great, helpful post, Melissa - - thank you!! (Your "cute, hyper kid" is adorable, by the way!). :)<br />My first love is historical (although I'm writing contemporaries at the moment). So I am saving this post for future reference. Thanks again!<br /><br /> Hugs, (yes, I know you don't like hugs, LOL, but I hug automatically) ;)<br /> Patti Jo<br /><br />p.s. GREAT cover on your newest book!!CatMomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09985658721138526298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7100153895530582821.post-62969226887699972352016-08-15T20:00:23.667-04:002016-08-15T20:00:23.667-04:00Susan, no shame, I feel like a slacker in the hist...Susan, no shame, I feel like a slacker in the historical research department most times.<br /><br />Laura, I remember that paralysis well! Good luck with your historical.Melissa Jagearshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07439765292197683329noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7100153895530582821.post-64964384120959475082016-08-15T19:03:06.425-04:002016-08-15T19:03:06.425-04:00Great post, MELISSA! I started writing a historica...Great post, MELISSA! I started writing a historical romance a few months ago and was going along fine until I wrote the word nickle. For some reason that stopped me in my tracks. Did they even have nickles back then? You said: "I became paralyzed after only a few paragraphs." That describes it perfectly. Thank you so much for such wonderful resources. Congratulations on your new release - love, love that cover! Laura Conner Kestnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02602442584400600203noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7100153895530582821.post-87979805688777798572016-08-15T18:36:47.750-04:002016-08-15T18:36:47.750-04:00Hi Melissa,
I love your new cover and can't wa...Hi Melissa,<br />I love your new cover and can't wait to read it! I am saving your post for reference, because you make me ashamed at my lack of 'word' research! I will have to keep this handy as I continue to write historicals!<br />So happy to see another series starting! Best of luck!<br />Sue :) Susan Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01490502634577405308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7100153895530582821.post-64190126979974205132016-08-15T17:54:41.856-04:002016-08-15T17:54:41.856-04:00It guy says it's 24"It guy says it's 24"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7100153895530582821.post-14180508389876222452016-08-15T17:52:56.540-04:002016-08-15T17:52:56.540-04:00Still it's twice mine. Mine is 21 inch.Still it's twice mine. Mine is 21 inch.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7100153895530582821.post-36721396527224487812016-08-15T17:50:41.301-04:002016-08-15T17:50:41.301-04:00Kav, so glad you snagged it from somewhere. Oh Can...Kav, so glad you snagged it from somewhere. Oh Canadian post offices, how greedy they be.<br /><br />Sandy Smith, is the name website you use this one? http://www.babynamewizard.com/voyager I LOVE this one.<br /><br />Ruthy, I wouldn't bat an eye at someone saying up a creek in a historical really, it is fiction after all. :) But I try to be good. And once I've seen or been told I can't use it, I just can't make myself use it. But yes, if I see it in a primary source, I snippet that baby and ignore everything else.Melissa Jagearshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07439765292197683329noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7100153895530582821.post-13786569977840768082016-08-15T17:43:03.398-04:002016-08-15T17:43:03.398-04:00Mary Connealy, "creek" is fine "Up ...Mary Connealy, "creek" is fine "Up a creek" is not.<br /><br />Tina, I just got the cheap walmart tv and Whoops, it's just a 40" I am really bad with estimation, I knew it was forty..... Telling me how big something is in yards just makes my head go blank, tell me it's the size of a 747 and then I get it. Visual person here. $179 is cheaper than when I got it!Perfect fit for two word docs and no straining to see anything or hunching over. http://www.walmart.com/ip/SCEPTRE-X405BV-F-40-LED-Class-1080P-HDTV-with-ultra-slim-metal-brush-bezel-60Hz/27608624 <br /><br />Debby I think I go through a keyboard a year. I don't like the super duper ergonomic ones that would take relearning how to type, just ones that are a wavy type pattern (no learning curve) and tilt up at the front! So many tilt up toward the back, but the front is WONDERFUL! this one lets you choose either, it's the one I keep rebuying. $35 bucks is not bad at all. (I order wired keyboards because wireless keyboards rarely keep up with my typing)<br />https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B004SUIM4E/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie=UTF8&psc=1<br /><br /><br /><br />Melissa Jagearshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07439765292197683329noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7100153895530582821.post-6847182823907499242016-08-15T17:41:16.001-04:002016-08-15T17:41:16.001-04:00I steal phrasing.
Louisa May Alcott. Jane Austen....I steal phrasing.<br /><br />Louisa May Alcott. Jane Austen. Laura Ingalls.<br /><br />They lived then.<br /><br />If they can say it and it pre-dates my setting, I'm all over it.<br /><br />I think if we're too fastidious, the story can sound static. Or "stuttery".<br /><br />I made that one up.<br /><br />And I'm willing to bet that somewhere on Lewis & Clark's momentous expedition (there was an amazing pictorial display of their expedition in Scottsdale, AZ when I was there a few months ago, absolutely mind-catching, the artist's attention to detail)... <br /><br />Wait, I'm off-track, I love, love, love Western museums. They plant seeds in my head.<br /><br />But back to Lewis and Clark... I'm going to bet that someone in that crew at some point over that long, long trip mentioned being up-creek... Just like being "up-river" or "down-river" and I can make the leap from that to up the creek. Clearly I am easily contented, Melissa.<br /><br />But Julie, you know why I think "wrap my head around it" is a common mistake? Because I think Mr. Edwards said that several times in Little House on the Prairie, the TV show. I'm almost 100% sure I can hear him saying it a couple of different times and ways, and now we assume he was right, of course, even if he was wrong!<br /><br />That moving picture image is a powerful tool!!!<br /><br />Ruth Logan Hernehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11550734775151341968noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7100153895530582821.post-9379652663809878232016-08-15T17:34:56.084-04:002016-08-15T17:34:56.084-04:00This was a fun post, Melissa. I have not written ...This was a fun post, Melissa. I have not written anything historical, but living along the Oregon Trail in Nebraska, I certainly have lots of ideas for historical writing. We'll see if that ever happens.<br /><br />I loved the Google Ngram viewer. I may use it for fun. I love the etymology of words. I use a similar type of website for names. I love to look at that for fun, but I use it when naming characters. In my book, I decided I was giving characters names that were too old for them. <br /><br />I find it most interesting to read books written in those old time periods and realize that certain words must have been used then. I am currently re-reading Pride and Prejudice on a page-a-day calendar and was surprised to see the word "flirted." For some reason, I thought that was a more modern terminology.<br /><br />Please enter me in the drawing. The cover is beautiful.Sandy Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11920692341258066387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7100153895530582821.post-43626581703572786302016-08-15T17:30:36.545-04:002016-08-15T17:30:36.545-04:00Weighting own hyper kids with a dictionary...why d...Weighting own hyper kids with a dictionary...why didn't I think of that? Bwahahaha! What an awesome post!!!!! Full of valuable information. Makes my head spin. I'm officially in awe of you historical writers. What a lot of work to get it just right and I sure appreciate it. I'm not a historian so I probably wouldn't notice unless you had the heroine whip out a cell phone. LOL<br /><br />Don't enter me in the draw -- I have a copy on its way to me thanks to a Canadian blogger review group. Woot. Can't wait to read it now and be dazzled by your historical prowess. Kavhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03719229222267994577noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7100153895530582821.post-61835838354141463462016-08-15T17:15:13.410-04:002016-08-15T17:15:13.410-04:00Well done, Melissa! I love your sense of humor.
P...Well done, Melissa! I love your sense of humor.<br /><br />Please enter me in the drawing for "A Heart Most Certain."<br /><br />May God bless you and all of Seekerville!Phyllis Wheelerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09314849446133170369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7100153895530582821.post-42787608032693210442016-08-15T17:12:54.031-04:002016-08-15T17:12:54.031-04:00Great stuff here, Melissa...thanks! I'm so hap...Great stuff here, Melissa...thanks! I'm so happy there are writers like yourself who write historical, and do it so well. It would take me ten years to write one book...I'm easily distracted. Thanks for sharing your tips!Jill Weatherholthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12935341991222337363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7100153895530582821.post-46887819363807910402016-08-15T17:08:38.757-04:002016-08-15T17:08:38.757-04:00I need an ergonomic keyboard. My aching hands need...I need an ergonomic keyboard. My aching hands need one too!<br /><br />I'd also like a large monitor. I'm always hovering over my laptop. Not good body mechanics.Debby Giustihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09463321611980242375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7100153895530582821.post-69224510508645055742016-08-15T17:06:43.076-04:002016-08-15T17:06:43.076-04:00Kaybee, I'm laughing at your comment! :)
Hugs...Kaybee, I'm laughing at your comment! :)<br /><br />Hugs!Debby Giustihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09463321611980242375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7100153895530582821.post-34390939899270362442016-08-15T16:57:34.216-04:002016-08-15T16:57:34.216-04:00Kathy Bailey,
Your ribs? What was the verdict??Kathy Bailey, <br /><br />Your ribs? What was the verdict??Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com