tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229875339727095184.post3441153430161672135..comments2024-03-18T15:17:26.003-05:00Comments on l'astronave: "I write like..."Frescahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15323129046492056942noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229875339727095184.post-83005574620229408772010-07-22T18:44:56.250-05:002010-07-22T18:44:56.250-05:00THANKS, all! These are fun!THANKS, all! These are fun!Frescahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15323129046492056942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229875339727095184.post-4782179350616795132010-07-21T19:36:40.822-05:002010-07-21T19:36:40.822-05:00I tried this a few days ago, submitting 5 of my bl...I tried this a few days ago, submitting 5 of my blog posts: Stephen King twice, James Joyce, Margaret Atwood and Mario Puzo.<br /><br />Hah!The Crowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04846997590157958766noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229875339727095184.post-84193454337954277472010-07-21T18:14:20.709-05:002010-07-21T18:14:20.709-05:00I entered one random blog writing, although since ...I entered one random blog writing, although since I am a new blogger, my randomness is limited, and I got Kurt Vonnegut. It's a fun delusion of writing ability.klukshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11128873697932250937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229875339727095184.post-17108960942881754252010-07-19T09:14:29.679-05:002010-07-19T09:14:29.679-05:00I got Stephen King and I can live with that, to be...I got Stephen King and I can live with that, to be honest. :) I'm sure the general lack of hyphens, parentheses and extra clauses doomed me to my fate. Though I will never match King's standards as he insists on a strict ban on adverbs. I cannot do this, she asserts mournfully.Jenniferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13923745480765984429noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229875339727095184.post-62841097135536097042010-07-17T13:11:45.590-05:002010-07-17T13:11:45.590-05:00BIANCA: I've never read Lovecraft, but you are...BIANCA: I've never read Lovecraft, but you are a GOOD writer!Frescahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15323129046492056942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229875339727095184.post-30876733884583083932010-07-17T12:23:12.842-05:002010-07-17T12:23:12.842-05:00H. P. Lovecraft.
"American literature's ...H. P. Lovecraft.<br /><br />"American literature's greatest bad writer." <br /><br />sigh.Bianca Castafiore?https://www.blogger.com/profile/07088130255223709497noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229875339727095184.post-3668023414915201352010-07-16T20:57:40.138-05:002010-07-16T20:57:40.138-05:00Well, LEE, Hemingway seems spot on to me.Well, LEE, Hemingway seems spot on to me.Frescahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15323129046492056942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229875339727095184.post-25463446814693040822010-07-16T18:54:57.749-05:002010-07-16T18:54:57.749-05:00The problem with this, of course, is there is no &...The problem with this, of course, is there is no "you don't write like anybody important" response. I wrote: <br /><br />"Hi. How are you? I am fine. Later!"<br /><br />It said I write like Hemingway!!!Leenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229875339727095184.post-9680423691937131592010-07-16T15:23:15.949-05:002010-07-16T15:23:15.949-05:00Oh! All these responses were fun. Thanks!
DANIA: ...Oh! All these responses were fun. Thanks!<br /><br />DANIA: Yes, if only my work writing brought in the bucks, like Dan Brown's...<br /><br />RR: So, if you write like Joyce and Joyce writes like Tolstoy (!), then you write like Tolstoy!<br /><br />M'RET: Ah, yes, one of Shakespeare's great Fly sonnets.<br />Margaret Atwood & Shatner = 2 great Canadian writers.<br /><br />POODLE: I realize I don't really know you as a writer. (Do you use a lot of parentheses?)<br /><br />BINK: Oh, too bad about your lost work. You must rally like Carlyle and write the thing again. (Hopefully it's not as long as his burned-up history of the French Revolution.)<br /><br />BOOKWORM: Nabokov for children. I can't imagine!<br /><br />MANFRED: As long as it wasn't Ezra Pound, eh?Frescahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15323129046492056942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229875339727095184.post-16142270652648993312010-07-16T01:44:51.864-05:002010-07-16T01:44:51.864-05:00I'm yet another James Joyce....but I'm not...I'm yet another James Joyce....but I'm not! ...I am tomorrow, or some future day, what I establish today. I am today what I established yesterday or some previous day.... <br /><br />Heh!ooooooooooooooooooooooooooohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15347076050510425951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229875339727095184.post-41191591629050250582010-07-15T16:28:10.534-05:002010-07-15T16:28:10.534-05:00I put in the first page of my book for children an...I put in the first page of my book for children and it gave me Vladimir Nabokov - disturbing!<br />BookwormAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229875339727095184.post-83499824335790730002010-07-15T16:24:38.031-05:002010-07-15T16:24:38.031-05:00When I submitted a very clearly written piece of w...When I submitted a very clearly written piece of work, I was told I write like James Joyce. When I submitted some nonsense writing (remember the 'write your own pope book' using all "a" words?) I was told I write like Kurt Vonnegut!<br /><br />The really sad thing though is the writing I was looking to submit--my big B mystery--has mysteriously disappeared. I hadn't been able to find it on my desktop recently, so I did a very exacting search today... and poof!!!... no where to be found. I'm baffled.binknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229875339727095184.post-19164007917794996292010-07-15T14:08:08.640-05:002010-07-15T14:08:08.640-05:00Hahahahahaha! I pasted in some Shakespeare, it sai...Hahahahahaha! I pasted in some Shakespeare, it said Shakespeare. I pasted in some James Joyce, it said... Leo Tolstoy!rrnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229875339727095184.post-42415391418984754322010-07-15T13:51:05.501-05:002010-07-15T13:51:05.501-05:00I entered a letter written to my nephew when he wa...I entered a letter written to my nephew when he was in jail: <br /><br />David Foster Wallace<br /><br />What do you make of that?poodletailnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229875339727095184.post-70451957799065063672010-07-15T13:28:07.170-05:002010-07-15T13:28:07.170-05:00OMG.
I just entered a lengthy excerpt from Shatne...OMG.<br /><br />I just entered a lengthy excerpt from Shatners autobiography;<br /><br />Margaret Atwood!Marzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05258262409718943594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229875339727095184.post-62510562295310743092010-07-15T13:21:21.502-05:002010-07-15T13:21:21.502-05:00After it brought me Stephen King, I became furious...After it brought me Stephen King, I became furious and, midst much weeping and gnashing of teeth, hammered out the first nonsense that came to mind:<br /><br /><i>Your mother is a computer; your father a hairless mole. <br /><br />What does that make you?<br /><br />A fly. No, THE fly.</i><br /><br />And I'm not even kidding you:<br /><br /><i>William Shakespeare</i>Marzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05258262409718943594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229875339727095184.post-80307981876098465612010-07-15T12:47:29.213-05:002010-07-15T12:47:29.213-05:00Dear god. I put in a blog post and was told James ...Dear god. I put in a blog post and was told James Joyce.rrnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229875339727095184.post-5162050030691208062010-07-15T11:17:22.478-05:002010-07-15T11:17:22.478-05:00I posted the beginning of a short story I wrote an...I posted the beginning of a short story I wrote and got the David Foster Wallace badge. Then I posted one of my blog entries and received a William Gibson badge. I haven't read much of either. Maybe I should, but glad there was no Dan Brown (even with all his money).Daniahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15064427172219901800noreply@blogger.com