tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36709846.post18880173456251743..comments2024-03-27T00:13:45.857-07:00Comments on Tote Bags 'n' Blogs: The Way We Write - Helen BianchinLeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14583249444580245924noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36709846.post-60567409815331287102007-11-28T16:20:00.000-08:002007-11-28T16:20:00.000-08:00Congrats on all those books!Congrats on all those books!Lilyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16245892606482774038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36709846.post-57758330403909391792007-11-10T04:26:00.000-08:002007-11-10T04:26:00.000-08:00Congrats on the 55 big ones!Congrats on the 55 big ones!Nathaliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14127290110025040083noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36709846.post-8111104094698164462007-11-05T11:36:00.000-08:002007-11-05T11:36:00.000-08:00My kids think it is so funny that I typed my paper...My kids think it is so funny that I typed my papers in college on an electric typewriter.Maureenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16392692656456938856noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36709846.post-71773648934422528382007-11-05T11:12:00.000-08:002007-11-05T11:12:00.000-08:00However you guys write it, I'll be glad to read it...However you guys write it, I'll be glad to read it! :) Me, if I were a writer, I dare say I wouldn't plot all that much, even if I should. . . LOL :)<BR/><BR/>LoisLoishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11105054210049682018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36709846.post-24269067446121020072007-11-05T08:36:00.000-08:002007-11-05T08:36:00.000-08:00What a great story, Helen. 55 books. Holy cow. I'm...What a great story, Helen. 55 books. Holy cow. I'm in awe. Whatever you're doing...it must be working!<BR/><BR/>--DianaDiana Holquisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09259451067929029469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36709846.post-35971758958746557322007-11-04T11:37:00.000-08:002007-11-04T11:37:00.000-08:00Jennie, lovely to hear from you, and thank you for...Jennie, lovely to hear from you, and thank you for your kind words.<BR/><BR/>I tend to plot everything out before I get started, an overview that's fairly detailed. Then around chapter 3 my hero and heroine sort of stand back and say "you want me to do 'what'?" That's when my fairly detailed overview begins heading in a different direction! <BR/><BR/>All the best<BR/>HelenHelen Bianchinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02855040662605448201noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36709846.post-77748818356235421862007-11-03T13:08:00.000-07:002007-11-03T13:08:00.000-07:00Helen, you sold your very first book?! I am in awe...Helen, you sold your very first book?! I am in awe!<BR/><BR/>I wrote 8 books before I sold to Presents, I've written 4 since then, but I'm still figuring out my process. It inevitably involves many chapters thrown away as I realize at about chapter 3 (what IS it about that chapter?) that I have to change the whole plotline!<BR/><BR/>Thanks for the backstory, Helen. I admire you very much and it Jennie Lucashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05391854333105140789noreply@blogger.com