Comments on: Reynald’s Rap: Lance Reynald chats with Olympia Vernon http://litpark.com/2006/10/21/reynald%e2%80%99s-rap-lance-reynald-olympia/ where writers come to play Thu, 28 Aug 2008 03:37:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2 By: Susan Henderson http://litpark.com/2006/10/21/reynald%e2%80%99s-rap-lance-reynald-olympia/#comment-766 Susan Henderson Tue, 24 Oct 2006 10:23:47 +0000 http://litpark.com/2006/10/21/reynald%e2%80%99s-rap-lance-reynald-olympia/#comment-766 Olympia - Thanks for stopping by! Lee - Welcome! Olympia - Thanks for stopping by!

Lee - Welcome!

]]> By: Lee Crase http://litpark.com/2006/10/21/reynald%e2%80%99s-rap-lance-reynald-olympia/#comment-729 Lee Crase Mon, 23 Oct 2006 02:28:45 +0000 http://litpark.com/2006/10/21/reynald%e2%80%99s-rap-lance-reynald-olympia/#comment-729 I've enjoyed this so much. I look forward to reading both of you! Thank you. I’ve enjoyed this so much. I look forward to reading both of you!
Thank you.

]]> By: Olympia Vernon http://litpark.com/2006/10/21/reynald%e2%80%99s-rap-lance-reynald-olympia/#comment-727 Olympia Vernon Mon, 23 Oct 2006 00:53:26 +0000 http://litpark.com/2006/10/21/reynald%e2%80%99s-rap-lance-reynald-olympia/#comment-727 A special thanks to you all for your comments; Any conversation with Lance Reynald is always a good one; LitPark is a true gem. Olympia. A special thanks to you all for your comments; Any conversation with Lance Reynald is always a good one; LitPark is a true gem.

Olympia.

]]> By: Lance Reynald http://litpark.com/2006/10/21/reynald%e2%80%99s-rap-lance-reynald-olympia/#comment-725 Lance Reynald Sun, 22 Oct 2006 21:29:27 +0000 http://litpark.com/2006/10/21/reynald%e2%80%99s-rap-lance-reynald-olympia/#comment-725 Amy- thest best part, huh? ;) thanks! Megan- thanks! Aurelio- Yeah, Olympia's words kinda make you strive to be the best you can be with that one brush. Amy- thest best part, huh? ;) thanks!
Megan- thanks!
Aurelio- Yeah, Olympia’s words kinda make you strive to be the best you can be with that one brush.

]]> By: Aurelio http://litpark.com/2006/10/21/reynald%e2%80%99s-rap-lance-reynald-olympia/#comment-723 Aurelio Sun, 22 Oct 2006 19:02:38 +0000 http://litpark.com/2006/10/21/reynald%e2%80%99s-rap-lance-reynald-olympia/#comment-723 "Characters are unique to the writers who translate them. One painter, One brush, One scene." Wow. It's inspiring when a successful writer like Olympia makes the rest of us feel our own unique worth too. Thanks, Lance, for this nice interview with Olympia - and now I have some new reading to add to my list! “Characters are unique to the writers who translate them. One painter, One brush, One scene.”

Wow. It’s inspiring when a successful writer like Olympia makes the rest of us feel our own unique worth too.

Thanks, Lance, for this nice interview with Olympia - and now I have some new reading to add to my list!

]]> By: Megan http://litpark.com/2006/10/21/reynald%e2%80%99s-rap-lance-reynald-olympia/#comment-721 Megan Sun, 22 Oct 2006 15:06:24 +0000 http://litpark.com/2006/10/21/reynald%e2%80%99s-rap-lance-reynald-olympia/#comment-721 What a beautifully insightful interview. I found Olympias advice invaluable and I love that you focused on Olympia as a creative person. You are both wonderfully creative people with such unique talents, that very much came through. Thank you both. What a beautifully insightful interview. I found Olympias advice invaluable and I love that you focused on Olympia as a creative person.

You are both wonderfully creative people with such unique talents, that very much came through.

Thank you both.

]]> By: amy http://litpark.com/2006/10/21/reynald%e2%80%99s-rap-lance-reynald-olympia/#comment-720 amy Sun, 22 Oct 2006 13:07:23 +0000 http://litpark.com/2006/10/21/reynald%e2%80%99s-rap-lance-reynald-olympia/#comment-720 For me, the best part of this whole post was Lance Reynald's bio - one of those moments when you think, "Gee, I wish I'd written that!" The Andy Warhol book sounds fascinating. For me, the best part of this whole post was Lance Reynald’s bio - one of those moments when you think, “Gee, I wish I’d written that!”

The Andy Warhol book sounds fascinating.

]]> By: Lance Reynald http://litpark.com/2006/10/21/reynald%e2%80%99s-rap-lance-reynald-olympia/#comment-717 Lance Reynald Sun, 22 Oct 2006 00:48:54 +0000 http://litpark.com/2006/10/21/reynald%e2%80%99s-rap-lance-reynald-olympia/#comment-717 thanks to everyone for dropping by today. Buckster- thanks for all the kind words. No one is below me.....I just haven't found the picture I like yet. Sarah- always good to see you in the Park. Juliet- Lanceographs?? See above. lol. Joe- You should read them all, but "A Killing in this Town" is incredible. Susan- beautifully put, though I will say Olympia treats the characters in her life with the same respect. Frank- thanks for dropping by. Music is key to my writing too, I've found the deeper I get with it the more the characters start the choosing. Pia-Thank you for dropping by the Park after NPR! I'd say start with the cover that draws you in, then read them all :) and, isn't Joni great? thanks to everyone for dropping by today.

Buckster- thanks for all the kind words. No one is below me…..I just haven’t found the picture I like yet.
Sarah- always good to see you in the Park.
Juliet- Lanceographs?? See above. lol.
Joe- You should read them all, but “A Killing in this Town” is incredible.
Susan- beautifully put, though I will say Olympia treats the characters in her life with the same respect.
Frank- thanks for dropping by. Music is key to my writing too, I’ve found the deeper I get with it the more the characters start the choosing.
Pia-Thank you for dropping by the Park after NPR! I’d say start with the cover that draws you in, then read them all :) and, isn’t Joni great?

]]> By: Pia http://litpark.com/2006/10/21/reynald%e2%80%99s-rap-lance-reynald-olympia/#comment-716 Pia Sun, 22 Oct 2006 00:32:54 +0000 http://litpark.com/2006/10/21/reynald%e2%80%99s-rap-lance-reynald-olympia/#comment-716 Lance, I was just downstairs listening to Joni Mitchell on NPR, and then came up to poke around the internet, and here's this gift of an interview with Olympia Vernon. Which of her novels should I read first? The cover with the palm is one of the best covers I think I've ever seen. Thank you both! pia z. e. Lance, I was just downstairs listening to Joni Mitchell on NPR, and then came up to poke around the internet, and here’s this gift of an interview with Olympia Vernon. Which of her novels should I read first? The cover with the palm is one of the best covers I think I’ve ever seen.

Thank you both!
pia z. e.

]]> By: Frank Daniels http://litpark.com/2006/10/21/reynald%e2%80%99s-rap-lance-reynald-olympia/#comment-715 Frank Daniels Sat, 21 Oct 2006 15:01:54 +0000 http://litpark.com/2006/10/21/reynald%e2%80%99s-rap-lance-reynald-olympia/#comment-715 Great interview Lance. I can't wait to read some of Olympia's stuff. Also love LOVE how she talks about listening to the characters and not drowning them out with music you force on them. This is a great piece of advice, and one I only realized myself this past year or so. I used to write with music all the time (NEVER edited while listening to tunes though), and in some ways I think it helped the characters come to life in my book, but now I find it much more to their liking when I let them choose what to listen to. God, I feel cheesy saying that, but it is so true. Plus, Olympia said it first so I feel as though precedent has been set and all that. Thanks Olympia! Great interview Lance. I can’t wait to read some of Olympia’s stuff. Also love LOVE how she talks about listening to the characters and not drowning them out with music you force on them. This is a great piece of advice, and one I only realized myself this past year or so. I used to write with music all the time (NEVER edited while listening to tunes though), and in some ways I think it helped the characters come to life in my book, but now I find it much more to their liking when I let them choose what to listen to. God, I feel cheesy saying that, but it is so true. Plus, Olympia said it first so I feel as though precedent has been set and all that. Thanks Olympia!

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