Comments on: Writers’ Tag finds a great home at Slush Pile Reader http://blog.slushpilereader.com/2010/05/03/writers%e2%80%99-tag-finds-a-great-home-at-slush-pile-reader/ Slush Pile Reader is a community in which readers and writers, rather than marketing and publishing executives, get the chance to choose which books they'd like to see published. More on us here. Sat, 30 Jul 2011 18:22:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Kazza http://blog.slushpilereader.com/2010/05/03/writers%e2%80%99-tag-finds-a-great-home-at-slush-pile-reader/comment-page-1/#comment-141 Kazza Wed, 05 May 2010 18:26:23 +0000 http://blog.slushpilereader.com/?p=135#comment-141 Writers' Tag! junky? Maybe. I'm now a veteran of two and a quarter games of Tag! and I find that I really, really look forward to taking a turn. I don't have TIME to take a turn, but I do it anyway... so maybe I am hooked. One thing is for sure... it's a blast to see what my fellow authors write, and to guess how much of their writing comes from actual life experiences, and how much is just conjured up from their minds. Since joining Tag!, I've traveled through time. I've been physically and emotioally abused, sailed the FL Keys, made love in the Atlantic surf, flown a Blackhawk helicopter, exoertly fired a .357 Magnum (S&W, of course!) gone topless, been a nurse, and talked to a Chevy pick-up and to an ass. Wow. Would that my real life was that amazing! How can you beat an experience like this? You can't, unless you're a time-traveling Dr. Doolittle/James Bond/Annie Oakley/Florence Nightingale all in one. What a ride! Climb aboard and join in the fun! We promise... you won't regret it (except for that one thing.) Writers’ Tag! junky? Maybe. I’m now a veteran of two and a quarter games of Tag! and I find that I really, really look forward to taking a turn. I don’t have TIME to take a turn, but I do it anyway… so maybe I am hooked. One thing is for sure… it’s a blast to see what my fellow authors write, and to guess how much of their writing comes from actual life experiences, and how much is just conjured up from their minds.

Since joining Tag!, I’ve traveled through time. I’ve been physically and emotioally abused, sailed the FL Keys, made love in the Atlantic surf, flown a Blackhawk helicopter, exoertly fired a .357 Magnum (S&W, of course!) gone topless, been a nurse, and talked to a Chevy pick-up and to an ass. Wow. Would that my real life was that amazing!

How can you beat an experience like this? You can’t, unless you’re a time-traveling Dr. Doolittle/James Bond/Annie Oakley/Florence Nightingale all in one. What a ride! Climb aboard and join in the fun! We promise… you won’t regret it (except for that one thing.)

]]> By: Janice http://blog.slushpilereader.com/2010/05/03/writers%e2%80%99-tag-finds-a-great-home-at-slush-pile-reader/comment-page-1/#comment-136 Janice Wed, 05 May 2010 05:43:50 +0000 http://blog.slushpilereader.com/?p=135#comment-136 Nicely said Saint! I couldn't agree more. It is a real challenge to participate in writer's tag. It's like the story is a living, breathing thing that you have no control over. You write your little bit and then the next person can take it in directions that you would have never imagined. Then you have to readjust your thinking and go from there. Excellent exercise for writer's skills. The current story is my first time--but I am thoroughly hooked now! Everybody should give it a try--it doesn't take up that much time. Just read what people are writing so that you keep up with the story and then jump in and do your part. It's not like you have to write the whole book!! Nicely said Saint! I couldn’t agree more. It is a real challenge to participate in writer’s tag. It’s like the story is a living, breathing thing that you have no control over. You write your little bit and then the next person can take it in directions that you would have never imagined. Then you have to readjust your thinking and go from there. Excellent exercise for writer’s skills. The current story is my first time–but I am thoroughly hooked now!
Everybody should give it a try–it doesn’t take up that much time. Just read what people are writing so that you keep up with the story and then jump in and do your part. It’s not like you have to write the whole book!!

]]> By: Alexie Aaron http://blog.slushpilereader.com/2010/05/03/writers%e2%80%99-tag-finds-a-great-home-at-slush-pile-reader/comment-page-1/#comment-132 Alexie Aaron Mon, 03 May 2010 17:29:26 +0000 http://blog.slushpilereader.com/?p=135#comment-132 I’m a writer’s tag junky. I’m the one usually that screws something up. (Except for that one thing) I love the challenge and have learned a lot (sometimes too much) about my fellow slushers. I’ve also been able to sharpen some skills and gain confidence. I love being presented with something that needs to gel. There’s no writing oneself into a corner, there’s always a way. Come and play it will make your day. I’m a writer’s tag junky. I’m the one usually that screws something up. (Except for that one thing) I love the challenge and have learned a lot (sometimes too much) about my fellow slushers. I’ve also been able to sharpen some skills and gain confidence. I love being presented with something that needs to gel. There’s no writing oneself into a corner, there’s always a way. Come and play it will make your day.

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