tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-406318704822590967.post2086669574501861542..comments2024-03-28T07:57:20.138-07:00Comments on Writing for Woman's World Magazine: The Good SamaritanKate Willoughbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08923324775303769386noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-406318704822590967.post-39378353306092630812012-07-02T21:29:22.236-07:002012-07-02T21:29:22.236-07:00Well, I am glad I found this blog to commiserate. ...Well, I am glad I found this blog to commiserate. I just sent my Valentine's story out today. Good luck to us all.Tamaranoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-406318704822590967.post-57050426280126887962012-07-02T14:23:41.927-07:002012-07-02T14:23:41.927-07:00So you're a seasoned WW writer, T. Glad that y...So you're a seasoned WW writer, T. Glad that you're a regular visitor. :)Kate Willoughbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08923324775303769386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-406318704822590967.post-68305019361162742812012-06-30T19:05:04.714-07:002012-06-30T19:05:04.714-07:00Make that "too late", not too early.Make that "too late", not too early.Tamaranoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-406318704822590967.post-63362788056926264532012-06-30T18:32:30.111-07:002012-06-30T18:32:30.111-07:00Best I can count is twenty-seven romance rejection...Best I can count is twenty-seven romance rejections (stories, not men -- ha ha) and nine published. I have amassed five rejected mysteries and one published -- just recently started writing the mysteries. I am currently awaiting word on one romance and one mystery and I, too, will be resending a Valentine story that I mailed in too early last year.Tamaranoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-406318704822590967.post-49869882495996462562012-06-30T15:44:34.351-07:002012-06-30T15:44:34.351-07:00Yes, I was asking Tamara, how many rejections (Rs)...Yes, I was asking Tamara, how many rejections (Rs) have you gotten from WW? Just curious. You don't have to answer if you don't want to.Kate Willoughbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08923324775303769386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-406318704822590967.post-36292967511032020902012-06-30T07:17:12.534-07:002012-06-30T07:17:12.534-07:00Kate, not sure whether you were directing question...Kate, not sure whether you were directing question to me. Does R stand for rejection or romance?Tamaranoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-406318704822590967.post-44103814712981806492012-06-29T15:11:51.308-07:002012-06-29T15:11:51.308-07:00LOL, Mary Jo. Sorry to hear about the rejection, T...LOL, Mary Jo. Sorry to hear about the rejection, Tamara. How many Rs have you collected?Kate Willoughbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08923324775303769386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-406318704822590967.post-33935036633222887152012-06-29T12:58:57.577-07:002012-06-29T12:58:57.577-07:00Hey Tamara, the girl at the Shell station where I ...Hey Tamara, the girl at the Shell station where I get my gas loves working out in the garage section. She would do that any day in preference to working the desk. She is a hefty lady, though.<br /><br />Pretty funny paragraph, Kate. I wrote what I thought was a cute post-high school story for WW early on, but it didn't go anywhere. <br /><br />Even without AAA, most car insurance which every driver has to have offers roadside service. Just to argue the point, I doubt even a handy woman would want to be hefting a dirty flat tire when she is dressed for an interview. High heels and a nice suit? No wonder she was glad to see that guy stop.Mary Jonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-406318704822590967.post-22616276994533917672012-06-29T10:28:45.400-07:002012-06-29T10:28:45.400-07:00Sometimes women doing so-called masculine things c...Sometimes women doing so-called masculine things can be cute. I sent in a romance about a female mechanic whose name was Sam -- short for Samantha -- unknown to the guy with a bad starter. She drove up in a truck wearing a baseball cap, and when she removed it, a bunch of long curls fell out. Story got all the way to the editor-in-chief, and Johnene expressed disappointment that it didn't make it.Tamaranoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-406318704822590967.post-46005547178997108572012-06-29T08:26:43.255-07:002012-06-29T08:26:43.255-07:00Pat, good for you, AND your dad. (I don't thin...Pat, good for you, AND your dad. (I don't think my dad could have changed a flat either. LOL)Kate Willoughbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08923324775303769386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-406318704822590967.post-35233721973822649342012-06-29T08:25:00.805-07:002012-06-29T08:25:00.805-07:00Mary Jo, I've written those old flame stories,...Mary Jo, I've written those old flame stories, and I don't think my characters dwell on the past. It's not like they have hidden shrines in their basement with pictures from the yearbook and a dried up hot dog their lost love once took a bite from. LOL Like anything, there's a sliding scale. Personally, when I read or write the old flame stories, I think they tap into the fantasy of being so special that that person remembered you and held you in a special place in their heart all those years. Powerful stuff, if you ask me. But to each his own.<br /><br />As far as AAA, like I said in the blog post, I would have called them because I'm a sissy girl who would have to work real hard to find the spare in the trunk in the first place. LOL. I actually admired the heroine's willingness to do it herself and I figured she didn't belong to AAA.Kate Willoughbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08923324775303769386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-406318704822590967.post-79766942955130557452012-06-28T20:15:34.164-07:002012-06-28T20:15:34.164-07:00I also loved this story. And cheered the heroine ...I also loved this story. And cheered the heroine for her action. My Dad taught me how to change a flat when I was 14 so that when I got my own car I could take care of it myself. I did this until I hit age 60. Now due to medical conditons, I call a son to do it for me, but I remember changing a flot for my Mom at age 14 with too tight lug nuts. We finally got them off but I called the guy her put the tires on with a lug nut gun some pretty bad names. LOLPatnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-406318704822590967.post-85061891176503192042012-06-28T17:38:34.477-07:002012-06-28T17:38:34.477-07:00I read this story when? A couple of weeks ago? But...I read this story when? A couple of weeks ago? But I remember that I liked it. I thought it was pretty smart. I appreciate that WW characters are getting a little more sophisticated. When we have people dwelling on their high school years,ten, twenty, thirty years ago, it really turns me off. I think, let's move on, folks.<br /><br />The only thing that bothered me about this story was the simple fact that she was carrying a cell phone. She didn't call Triple A (they usually show up pretty fast)and then call the prospective donor to tell them she would be a few minutes late. <br /><br />The story would have been more believable if her cell phone simply didn't get a connection there.Mary Jonoreply@blogger.com