Comments for Reba Hilbert http://www.rebahilbert.com Editorial Services Sun, 15 Jan 2012 13:09:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Comment on Dialogue Tags by Reba Hilbert http://www.rebahilbert.com/2011/07/21/dialogue-tags/#comment-18 Reba Hilbert Sun, 15 Jan 2012 13:09:28 +0000 http://reba.writersrelief.com/?p=54#comment-18 I agree, Rusty -- take the time to do the most basic of research. When I see writing that butchers all the laws of punctuation, it usually means that the writer doesn't read on a regular basis. And I don't see how anyone could want to be a writer without first being an avid reader! I agree, Rusty — take the time to do the most basic of research. When I see writing that butchers all the laws of punctuation, it usually means that the writer doesn’t read on a regular basis. And I don’t see how anyone could want to be a writer without first being an avid reader!

]]> Comment on Dialogue Tags by Rusty LaGrange http://www.rebahilbert.com/2011/07/21/dialogue-tags/#comment-14 Rusty LaGrange Mon, 09 Jan 2012 20:49:37 +0000 http://reba.writersrelief.com/?p=54#comment-14 After years of showing new writers how to use dialogue tags correctly, it's nice to see a web site & blog that verifies to new writers what it's all about. I was president ( I hate that term) ... manager of a writing support group --"Writers' Ink" for nine years. I led writing exercise, offered insights in writing effectively, and showed new writers how to use their writing tools correctly. "One of the worst problems for new writers is managing those pesky little quote marks and dialogue tags," she noted with an air of snobbery toward the wannabe author who didn't take time to look up the proper use of the quote marks for dialogue in the first place. After years of showing new writers how to use dialogue tags correctly, it’s nice to see a web site & blog that verifies to new writers what it’s all about. I was president ( I hate that term) … manager of a writing support group –”Writers’ Ink” for nine years. I led writing exercise, offered insights in writing effectively, and showed new writers how to use their writing tools correctly.

“One of the worst problems for new writers is managing those pesky little quote marks and dialogue tags,” she noted with an air of snobbery toward the wannabe author who didn’t take time to look up the proper use of the quote marks for dialogue in the first place.

]]> Comment on MAKING TIME TO WRITE WHEN YOU HAVE KIDS by Reba http://www.rebahilbert.com/2011/09/18/making-time-to-write-when-you-have-kids/#comment-6 Reba Fri, 23 Sep 2011 12:13:38 +0000 http://www.rebahilbert.com/?p=174#comment-6 Lisa, thanks for the great story! I would have caved immediately...and usually did with the slightest sad-eyed look or teary little face, which is probably why I didn't get much writing done in those days. :) Lisa, thanks for the great story! I would have caved immediately…and usually did with the slightest sad-eyed look or teary little face, which is probably why I didn’t get much writing done in those days. :)

]]> Comment on MAKING TIME TO WRITE WHEN YOU HAVE KIDS by Lisa Dale http://www.rebahilbert.com/2011/09/18/making-time-to-write-when-you-have-kids/#comment-5 Lisa Dale Thu, 22 Sep 2011 22:35:45 +0000 http://www.rebahilbert.com/?p=174#comment-5 Great tips, Reba! I heard Mary Gordon once tell a story about her writing time. She'd had an in-house nanny to watch her kids a few hours a day so she could write. She said that one day her young son decided to sit outside her door all day while she wrote. She ignored him to teach him a lesson--that the structure of the day was set. When she opened the door she gathered him up into her arms and he said. "did you know I was sitting here all day?" And she said yes. And the son said "But did you know that I was crying?" Holy moly! Talk about killer. The writing life sure can be brutal (especially for friends and family of us writers)! It's a great post--thanks for sharing it! Great tips, Reba! I heard Mary Gordon once tell a story about her writing time.

She’d had an in-house nanny to watch her kids a few hours a day so she could write. She said that one day her young son decided to sit outside her door all day while she wrote. She ignored him to teach him a lesson–that the structure of the day was set. When she opened the door she gathered him up into her arms and he said. “did you know I was sitting here all day?” And she said yes. And the son said “But did you know that I was crying?”

Holy moly! Talk about killer. The writing life sure can be brutal (especially for friends and family of us writers)!

It’s a great post–thanks for sharing it!

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