Comments for Vivian Lee Mahoney http://www.vivianleemahoney.com Consider Yourself Warned: I Write Books About Rebels Wed, 04 Jan 2012 22:01:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 Comment on Introduction to The Hero’s Journey by Vivian Lee Mahoney » Archive » Introduction to the Hero’s Journey http://www.vivianleemahoney.com/2011/05/28/introduction-to-herosjourney/#comment-1135 Vivian Lee Mahoney » Archive » Introduction to the Hero’s Journey Wed, 04 Jan 2012 22:01:51 +0000 http://vivianleemahoney.com/?p=1271#comment-1135 [...] [A repost from my writing blog] [...] [...] [A repost from my writing blog] [...]

]]> Comment on Martha Alderson: Empowering Writing Secrets from The Plot Whisperer by Maricar http://www.vivianleemahoney.com/2011/10/27/martha-alderson-empowering-writing-secrets-from-the-plot-whisperer/#comment-947 Maricar Mon, 07 Nov 2011 16:47:44 +0000 http://www.vivianleemahoney.com/?p=4624#comment-947 I really NEED this book! I'm excited that you discuss theme too, and how it will weave through the entire book. Too often, I see questions like "What's the theme of your novel?" and the answers are vague. I'm not even sure if the theme of my book is showing through the story. So, yes, I definitely need the Plot Whisperer to guide me through it. I really NEED this book! I’m excited that you discuss theme too, and how it will weave through the entire book. Too often, I see questions like “What’s the theme of your novel?” and the answers are vague. I’m not even sure if the theme of my book is showing through the story. So, yes, I definitely need the Plot Whisperer to guide me through it.

]]> Comment on Martha Alderson: Empowering Writing Secrets from The Plot Whisperer by Christine http://www.vivianleemahoney.com/2011/10/27/martha-alderson-empowering-writing-secrets-from-the-plot-whisperer/#comment-924 Christine Sun, 30 Oct 2011 00:30:25 +0000 http://www.vivianleemahoney.com/?p=4624#comment-924 Hello to you both! Martha, what wonderful material you have shared. I am looking forward to delving in more, as I've just found you. Thanks for doing the blog visits and letting us know about your insightful work. So helpful!! Hello to you both! Martha, what wonderful material you have shared. I am looking forward to delving in more, as I’ve just found you. Thanks for doing the blog visits and letting us know about your insightful work. So helpful!!

]]> Comment on Martha Alderson: Empowering Writing Secrets from The Plot Whisperer by Martha Alderson http://www.vivianleemahoney.com/2011/10/27/martha-alderson-empowering-writing-secrets-from-the-plot-whisperer/#comment-921 Martha Alderson Thu, 27 Oct 2011 20:15:07 +0000 http://www.vivianleemahoney.com/?p=4624#comment-921 PS -- I love the whimsical icons beside our names. I'm wishing for more comments so we can a vast array of them... PS — I love the whimsical icons beside our names. I’m wishing for more comments so we can a vast array of them…

]]> Comment on Martha Alderson: Empowering Writing Secrets from The Plot Whisperer by Martha Alderson http://www.vivianleemahoney.com/2011/10/27/martha-alderson-empowering-writing-secrets-from-the-plot-whisperer/#comment-920 Martha Alderson Thu, 27 Oct 2011 20:13:11 +0000 http://www.vivianleemahoney.com/?p=4624#comment-920 Hi Janet, Fun to find you here! Thank you for your question. I'm proposing that you can stand back from the drama in your own life and assess where you currently are in the Universal Story AND, if you understand what the crisis stands on an archetypal level, perhaps the crisis can be averted. Any crisis demands action. Something "bad" happens and you are required to act swiftly and consciously. The energy of (the story) your life turns into a new direction, often one you never saw coming. Rather than the Universal Story taking things that far in order to kick you into action, perhaps with knowledge and a bit of wisdom we can kick ourselves into action, in an entirely new direction, one that fits us better than the one we've been struggling in and resisting and blaming and judging. You've committed to a goal, you've been working hard, the energy and tension feels like it's rising and you find yourself more and more uncomfortable and out of sorts, cranky and argumentative... rather than crash head-long into a crisis, stand back and take a moment. In the stillness, perhaps an answer awaits you... fondly, martha aka plot whisperer Hi Janet,

Fun to find you here!

Thank you for your question.

I’m proposing that you can stand back from the drama in your own life and assess where you currently are in the Universal Story AND, if you understand what the crisis stands on an archetypal level, perhaps the crisis can be averted.

Any crisis demands action. Something “bad” happens and you are required to act swiftly and consciously. The energy of (the story) your life turns into a new direction, often one you never saw coming.

Rather than the Universal Story taking things that far in order to kick you into action, perhaps with knowledge and a bit of wisdom we can kick ourselves into action, in an entirely new direction, one that fits us better than the one we’ve been struggling in and resisting and blaming and judging.

You’ve committed to a goal, you’ve been working hard, the energy and tension feels like it’s rising and you find yourself more and more uncomfortable and out of sorts, cranky and argumentative… rather than crash head-long into a crisis, stand back and take a moment. In the stillness, perhaps an answer awaits you…

fondly,
martha
aka
plot whisperer

]]> Comment on Martha Alderson: Empowering Writing Secrets from The Plot Whisperer by Vivian Mahoney http://www.vivianleemahoney.com/2011/10/27/martha-alderson-empowering-writing-secrets-from-the-plot-whisperer/#comment-919 Vivian Mahoney Thu, 27 Oct 2011 20:05:15 +0000 http://www.vivianleemahoney.com/?p=4624#comment-919 Thanks so much for your kind words, Martha! Your books and videos are a huge help. Thank you! Thanks so much for your kind words, Martha! Your books and videos are a huge help. Thank you!

]]> Comment on Martha Alderson: Empowering Writing Secrets from The Plot Whisperer by Janet Kerr http://www.vivianleemahoney.com/2011/10/27/martha-alderson-empowering-writing-secrets-from-the-plot-whisperer/#comment-918 Janet Kerr Thu, 27 Oct 2011 16:48:28 +0000 http://www.vivianleemahoney.com/?p=4624#comment-918 Hi Martha, & Vivian your interview is riveting. The part that I have never heard before and intrigues me deeply is "the release of the energy in a crisis is critical in a novel" Okay, this is understood. AND "we can bypass a crisis in our own lives" Are you saying that a person ought to see it as opportunity rather than defining it as crisis? Or something else? This interview gives me lots to think about. Thanks so much, Jan K. Hi Martha, & Vivian your interview is riveting.

The part that I have never heard before and intrigues me deeply is
“the release of the energy in a crisis is critical in a novel” Okay, this is understood.
AND
“we can bypass a crisis in our own lives” Are you saying that a person ought to see it as opportunity rather than defining it as crisis? Or something else?

This interview gives me lots to think about.
Thanks so much,
Jan K.

]]> Comment on Martha Alderson: Empowering Writing Secrets from The Plot Whisperer by Martha Alderson http://www.vivianleemahoney.com/2011/10/27/martha-alderson-empowering-writing-secrets-from-the-plot-whisperer/#comment-917 Martha Alderson Thu, 27 Oct 2011 15:45:33 +0000 http://www.vivianleemahoney.com/?p=4624#comment-917 Hi Vivian, Thank you for hosting this stop along the Plot Whisperer blog tour! I loved your questions and I love your blog. It's very inviting and open and clear. Really wonderful. I'll check in throughout the day to answer questions or comment on provocative comments... Thanks again, Vivian, martha aka plot whisperer Hi Vivian,

Thank you for hosting this stop along the Plot Whisperer blog tour!

I loved your questions and I love your blog. It’s very inviting and open and clear. Really wonderful.

I’ll check in throughout the day to answer questions or comment on provocative comments…

Thanks again, Vivian,
martha
aka
plot whisperer

]]> Comment on Beth Kephart, A Treasure Hunt, and You Are My Only by Vivian Mahoney http://www.vivianleemahoney.com/2011/10/14/beth-kephart-a-treasure-hunt-and-you-are-my-only/#comment-903 Vivian Mahoney Wed, 19 Oct 2011 10:39:59 +0000 http://www.vivianleemahoney.com/?p=4613#comment-903 I cannot wait to meet you, Beth! One day it will happen. I'm sure of it. Here's to YOU ARE MY ONLY! I cannot wait to meet you, Beth! One day it will happen. I’m sure of it. Here’s to YOU ARE MY ONLY!

]]> Comment on Beth Kephart, A Treasure Hunt, and You Are My Only by Beth Kephart http://www.vivianleemahoney.com/2011/10/14/beth-kephart-a-treasure-hunt-and-you-are-my-only/#comment-883 Beth Kephart Fri, 14 Oct 2011 14:55:23 +0000 http://www.vivianleemahoney.com/?p=4613#comment-883 Vivian, thank you SOOOOO much. When are we going to get to meet. At long last? Vivian, thank you SOOOOO much. When are we going to get to meet. At long last?

]]> Comment on In Which He Dared to “Think Different” and Changed the World by david e http://www.vivianleemahoney.com/2011/10/06/in_which_he_dared_to_think_different/#comment-871 david e Wed, 12 Oct 2011 12:30:41 +0000 http://www.vivianleemahoney.com/?p=4606#comment-871 have you seen or read the stanford graduation speech he gave? it ends with <i>stay hungry, stay foolish.</i> all those doubts, all that wondering about whether or not you're fooling yourself whether any of it's worth it? it's all part of the foolishness. but you cannot "sell" people on the notion that foolishness is an admirable trait so that's where the ad company comes in and says "think different." there's an alliterative quality to "jobs think" and i don't believe it was accidental. we never realized we were in the presence of our century's edison... have you seen or read the stanford graduation speech he gave? it ends with

stay hungry, stay foolish.

all those doubts, all that wondering about whether or not you’re fooling yourself whether any of it’s worth it? it’s all part of the foolishness. but you cannot “sell” people on the notion that foolishness is an admirable trait so that’s where the ad company comes in and says “think different.” there’s an alliterative quality to “jobs think” and i don’t believe it was accidental.

we never realized we were in the presence of our century’s edison…

]]> Comment on Steve Jobs: Connect the Dots, Do What You Love, Follow Your Heart and Intuition by Vivian Lee Mahoney » Archive » In Which He Dared to “Think Different” and Changed the World http://www.vivianleemahoney.com/2011/09/17/steve-jobs-connect-the-dots-do-what-you-love-follow-your-heart-and-intuition/#comment-850 Vivian Lee Mahoney » Archive » In Which He Dared to “Think Different” and Changed the World Thu, 06 Oct 2011 17:04:27 +0000 http://www.vivianleemahoney.com/?p=4597#comment-850 [...] take all the wisdom we can from one of the greatest rebels and innovators of our time. RIP Steve Jobs. You dared to [...] [...] take all the wisdom we can from one of the greatest rebels and innovators of our time. RIP Steve Jobs. You dared to [...]

]]> Comment on Steve Jobs: Connect the Dots, Do What You Love, Follow Your Heart and Intuition by Jan http://www.vivianleemahoney.com/2011/09/17/steve-jobs-connect-the-dots-do-what-you-love-follow-your-heart-and-intuition/#comment-840 Jan Wed, 28 Sep 2011 12:21:48 +0000 http://www.vivianleemahoney.com/?p=4597#comment-840 I sometimes wonder what the world would be like if, in some alternate reality, Jobs and Wozniak had never been born. Maybe someone should write that book. I sometimes wonder what the world would be like if, in some alternate reality, Jobs and Wozniak had never been born. Maybe someone should write that book.

]]> Comment on Writing Tip: A Character, a Personality and a Name by Angela Ackerman http://www.vivianleemahoney.com/2011/05/31/writing-tip-a-character-a-personality-and-a-name/#comment-808 Angela Ackerman Tue, 09 Aug 2011 14:09:49 +0000 http://vivianleemahoney.wordpress.com/2008/08/14/writing-tip-a-character-a-personality-and-a-name#comment-808 Definitely names are important. They can characterize with a single word as you say, suggesting a geographical location, education, wealth level, religious upbringing, family values...so much can be done! :) Have a great writing week! Angela @ The Bookshelf Muse Definitely names are important. They can characterize with a single word as you say, suggesting a geographical location, education, wealth level, religious upbringing, family values…so much can be done! :)

Have a great writing week!

Angela @ The Bookshelf Muse

]]> Comment on SBBT Interview: The Power of Change with Olugbemisola Rhuday-Perkovich by It’s time for another Summer Blog Blast Tour « The YA YA YAs http://www.vivianleemahoney.com/2011/07/13/sbbt-interview-the-power-of-change-with-olugbemisola-rhuday-perkovich/#comment-803 It’s time for another Summer Blog Blast Tour « The YA YA YAs Mon, 18 Jul 2011 06:43:58 +0000 http://www.vivianleemahoney.com/?p=4457#comment-803 [...] Wednesday Sarah Stevenson at Chasing Ray Emily Howse at Bildungsroman Ashley Hope-Perez at The Happy Nappy Bookseller Olugbemisola Rhuday-Perkovich at Hip Writer Mama [...] [...] Wednesday Sarah Stevenson at Chasing Ray Emily Howse at Bildungsroman Ashley Hope-Perez at The Happy Nappy Bookseller Olugbemisola Rhuday-Perkovich at Hip Writer Mama [...]

]]> Comment on SBBT Interview: The Power of Change with Olugbemisola Rhuday-Perkovich by Vivian Mahoney http://www.vivianleemahoney.com/2011/07/13/sbbt-interview-the-power-of-change-with-olugbemisola-rhuday-perkovich/#comment-802 Vivian Mahoney Sun, 17 Jul 2011 23:45:54 +0000 http://www.vivianleemahoney.com/?p=4457#comment-802 You speak much truth, Tanita! Can't wait to read Gbemi's next book....and yours! Hope your writing is going well. You speak much truth, Tanita! Can’t wait to read Gbemi’s next book….and yours! Hope your writing is going well.

]]> Comment on SBBT Interview: The Power of Change with Olugbemisola Rhuday-Perkovich by Vivian Lee Mahoney » Archive » 2011 Summer Blog Blast Tour (SBBT) Schedule http://www.vivianleemahoney.com/2011/07/13/sbbt-interview-the-power-of-change-with-olugbemisola-rhuday-perkovich/#comment-799 Vivian Lee Mahoney » Archive » 2011 Summer Blog Blast Tour (SBBT) Schedule Fri, 15 Jul 2011 15:37:12 +0000 http://www.vivianleemahoney.com/?p=4457#comment-799 [...] Olugbemisola Rhuday-Perkovich at Vivian Lee Mahony (Hip Writer Mama) [...] [...] Olugbemisola Rhuday-Perkovich at Vivian Lee Mahony (Hip Writer Mama) [...]

]]> Comment on SBBT Interview: The Power of Change with Olugbemisola Rhuday-Perkovich by Vivian Mahoney http://www.vivianleemahoney.com/2011/07/13/sbbt-interview-the-power-of-change-with-olugbemisola-rhuday-perkovich/#comment-798 Vivian Mahoney Fri, 15 Jul 2011 15:02:52 +0000 http://www.vivianleemahoney.com/?p=4457#comment-798 Aww...and here I was going to write something snappy. Thanks, Mike! Methinks I should simply bask in the truth of your words, especially since you agree with me about SUPERZERO! BTW, your new book cover is fantastic. Can't wait until we can celebrate your book birthday! Aww…and here I was going to write something snappy. Thanks, Mike! Methinks I should simply bask in the truth of your words, especially since you agree with me about SUPERZERO!

BTW, your new book cover is fantastic. Can’t wait until we can celebrate your book birthday!

]]> Comment on SBBT Interview: The Power of Change with Olugbemisola Rhuday-Perkovich by Vivian Mahoney http://www.vivianleemahoney.com/2011/07/13/sbbt-interview-the-power-of-change-with-olugbemisola-rhuday-perkovich/#comment-797 Vivian Mahoney Fri, 15 Jul 2011 14:57:17 +0000 http://www.vivianleemahoney.com/?p=4457#comment-797 Thanks so much for stopping by! Thanks so much for stopping by!

]]> Comment on SBBT Interview: The Power of Change with Olugbemisola Rhuday-Perkovich by tanita http://www.vivianleemahoney.com/2011/07/13/sbbt-interview-the-power-of-change-with-olugbemisola-rhuday-perkovich/#comment-796 tanita Wed, 13 Jul 2011 13:57:54 +0000 http://www.vivianleemahoney.com/?p=4457#comment-796 This book was SUCH a hit to me - such a hit. I, too, think it ought to be buzzed all kinds of ways, but it's going to be more one that just endures and is around a long, long time. That's always good, too. What Gbemi said about listening to the industry and sort of panicking resonates - fortunately, she DIDN'T listen, and powered forward! Can't wait to read her next book, really can't wait. This book was SUCH a hit to me – such a hit. I, too, think it ought to be buzzed all kinds of ways, but it’s going to be more one that just endures and is around a long, long time. That’s always good, too.

What Gbemi said about listening to the industry and sort of panicking resonates – fortunately, she DIDN’T listen, and powered forward! Can’t wait to read her next book, really can’t wait.

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