tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37180398.post8888658631724496531..comments2024-02-12T02:28:12.317-05:00Comments on The Writers' Group: Right or WrongLynne Griffin and Amy MacKinnonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11107479565926998943noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37180398.post-91230041017645484122008-09-22T10:32:00.000-04:002008-09-22T10:32:00.000-04:00LOVE this story, Amy! And I'm so relieved it had a...LOVE this story, Amy! And I'm so relieved it had a happy ending. Officer Gazerro sounds like a great guy. K.Sustenance Scouthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12980573661955592633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37180398.post-67671040970743081712008-09-18T06:07:00.000-04:002008-09-18T06:07:00.000-04:00Thanks, Ello. And I am loving your angry pig.Thanks, Ello. And I am loving your angry pig.Amy MacKinnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13046229425863274840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37180398.post-14204611065239474742008-09-18T00:17:00.000-04:002008-09-18T00:17:00.000-04:00What a wonderful story! What a wonderful moment. I...What a wonderful story! What a wonderful moment. I too am loving your book!Ello - Ellen Ohhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18311917335471167591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37180398.post-86155458827521371222008-09-17T06:09:00.000-04:002008-09-17T06:09:00.000-04:00Mo, I am very good at passing along anxiety. It's...Mo, I am very good at passing along anxiety. It's my curse. And thank you.<BR/><BR/>Lisa, wow, thanks, that means a lot!Amy MacKinnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13046229425863274840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37180398.post-7958214164266560782008-09-17T01:47:00.000-04:002008-09-17T01:47:00.000-04:00I've been meaning to tell you -- as a graduate of ...I've been meaning to tell you -- as a graduate of Whitman-Hanson Regional High School, a former resident of a very bad neighborhood in Brockton and of a "triple decker" apartment house in Whitman -- the authenticity of place in TETHERED was almost eerie! I haven't lived there in almost thirty years, but you brought me right back.Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00665632105920753931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37180398.post-30298725180132054412008-09-16T23:06:00.000-04:002008-09-16T23:06:00.000-04:00Hi Amy,As I read your book, I trusted that you got...Hi Amy,<BR/>As I read your book, I trusted that you got it right...nothing felt forced or wedged in for convenience sake...in all the right places I cringed, cried, had my fingers crossed...let me tell you, you sure can convey anxiety...my stomach was flippin just reading your post...worried that he was going to say something I didn't want to hear (I would have said HE got it wrong :)<BR/><BR/>I know exactly what you mean about having to touch, feel, smell, so you can get it right. On Thursday, I am taking a cruise out to Boston Light to climb the lighthouse, because I made a change in my wip, and "Maeve" is going to do it.<BR/><BR/>PS, I'm going to your Buttonwoods workshop...see you then.<BR/>Momohanley5https://www.blogger.com/profile/15661471734563580359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37180398.post-79286145347355198212008-09-16T14:59:00.000-04:002008-09-16T14:59:00.000-04:00Larramie, well, he is in the acknowledgments!Larramie, well, he is in the acknowledgments!Amy MacKinnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13046229425863274840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37180398.post-87293379239653733262008-09-16T12:20:00.000-04:002008-09-16T12:20:00.000-04:00Of course you got it right, Amy, for you were livi...Of course you got it right, Amy, for you were living every detail of your story and then had your readers living it too.<BR/><BR/>However the greatest compliment has to be the three copies of TETHERED in Officer Gazerro's home!Larramiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14788910637361812265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37180398.post-64702729529576758962008-09-16T09:29:00.000-04:002008-09-16T09:29:00.000-04:00Judy, thank you! It's so important to hear that f...Judy, thank you! It's so important to hear that from another writer too.<BR/><BR/>Gail, I appreciate that, more than you know...Amy MacKinnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13046229425863274840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37180398.post-91786936569786507462008-09-16T08:40:00.000-04:002008-09-16T08:40:00.000-04:00that's great Amy. I have no doubt you got everythi...that's great Amy. I have no doubt you got everything right in Tethered. Everything...Gailhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05526275635891602588noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37180398.post-35596218350809189522008-09-16T08:00:00.000-04:002008-09-16T08:00:00.000-04:00Oh, Amy, what a thrill. And those details do matt...Oh, Amy, what a thrill. And those details do matter. They make all the difference. How gratifying to be told "you got it right."<BR/><BR/>I felt the truth and power of your words--I was right there in that police department, walking with you and Al Gazerro.Judy Merrill Larsenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06675069484490433295noreply@blogger.com