tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5611561027305931377.post1818705009508119788..comments2024-03-18T05:31:04.604+00:00Comments on Romantic Novelists' Association Blog: Interview with Linda SwiftAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05679564568712601070noreply@blogger.comBlogger39125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5611561027305931377.post-40297190393855875772011-11-16T13:56:20.151+00:002011-11-16T13:56:20.151+00:00Thank you, Elaine. It's good to hear from you ...Thank you, Elaine. It's good to hear from you again. And I wish the same for you.Linda Swifthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00749255692298669394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5611561027305931377.post-30065714357008835712011-11-16T13:49:14.926+00:002011-11-16T13:49:14.926+00:00I enjoyed your interview, Linda. Good luck with y...I enjoyed your interview, Linda. Good luck with your books.Elaine Cantrellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05668294337075373288noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5611561027305931377.post-9710273995821576372011-11-16T13:22:41.477+00:002011-11-16T13:22:41.477+00:00Hello Margaret, and thank you for visiting all the...Hello Margaret, and thank you for visiting all the way from Australia today. Yes, we feel blessed to able to enjoy warm weather year round but it does have one drawback. We have to pack and "move" twice a year. That has its upside, too. One is forced to sort through almost everything to decide what to take.Linda Swifthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00749255692298669394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5611561027305931377.post-53001079348637592552011-11-16T10:46:53.695+00:002011-11-16T10:46:53.695+00:00Hi Linda,
Great blog. You are certainly prolific, ...Hi Linda,<br />Great blog. You are certainly prolific, but your stories are always of the highest standard. I like the idea of commuting between two homes to follow the sun. Sounds like a perfect existence.<br /><br />Regards<br /><br />MargaretMargaret Tannerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07123830410502520003noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5611561027305931377.post-55724455736676503312011-11-16T02:39:29.849+00:002011-11-16T02:39:29.849+00:00Freda, I believe your guest blogs stay at the top ...Freda, I believe your guest blogs stay at the top for only a day so I'd like to say that I have really enjoyed being your a guest of RNA today. I'd like to thank all of those who stopped and left comments. And I wish all of you much success in your writing and to you and yours a happy and blessed holiday season.Linda Swifthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00749255692298669394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5611561027305931377.post-64947876137123977602011-11-16T02:08:38.459+00:002011-11-16T02:08:38.459+00:00This is a cut and paste from a letter I got from N...This is a cut and paste from a letter I got from Nikki Andrews, my Chapagne Books Ed. who became a good friend at end of the editing. She said she tried to post this and wasn't able to. So with her permission, I'm posting it now.<br /><br />"Loved the interview! I tried to leave a comment, but Blogger doesn't seem to like me and wouldn't accept my comment. Bummer. But it's really nice to know there's someone else who files her papers on on the guest bed. I showed my husband your comment and he said, "Okay, I give in." The only problem I have with it is that my cat likes to sleep on the various files."Linda Swifthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00749255692298669394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5611561027305931377.post-73234562138611006622011-11-16T01:53:52.834+00:002011-11-16T01:53:52.834+00:00Hi Paula. Yes, we loved traveling with National Ho...Hi Paula. Yes, we loved traveling with National Holidays. On one of their tours, we met the English family that "adopted us."And when we returned for a visit in 2003, we booked a five day tour of Scotland with NH midway through our visit with these English friends in Hull.It was one member of this family who gave me Lady Antonia Fraser's Mary Queen of Scots that I used as my main reference book for Maid of the Midlands. Thank you for your kind words about This Time Forever. Maid is about a castle guard and lady in waiting who was charged with the queen's care when she was a castle "guest." It will be released in 2012.Linda Swifthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00749255692298669394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5611561027305931377.post-61853417146817453042011-11-16T01:47:15.219+00:002011-11-16T01:47:15.219+00:00Congratulations on your first e-book release, Jude...Congratulations on your first e-book release, Jude. And may this be the beginning of a very successful career with digital books. I hope it is as rewarding for you as it has been for me. I've had more books published since 2008 that I ever dreamed possible and more contracted for 2012. It began slowly and this year snowballed into six new print releases. So don't be discouraged if it goes slowly as first. And keep that guest bed filled with lots of WIP and promo ops and whatever else it takes to further your new career. Good luck.Linda Swifthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00749255692298669394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5611561027305931377.post-13075652419047474522011-11-16T01:40:21.537+00:002011-11-16T01:40:21.537+00:00Hi Laurean, I'm glad you made it over and than...Hi Laurean, I'm glad you made it over and thank you, thank you, thank you for all of your nice comments. Yes, for a bored professor that man sure left me with a gem to remember and apply to all my stories and books that came after that class. I do appreciate his words but I can't even remember his name.Linda Swifthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00749255692298669394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5611561027305931377.post-79625871272469306092011-11-15T23:38:15.802+00:002011-11-15T23:38:15.802+00:00Wonderful interview, Linda! Love the fact that you...Wonderful interview, Linda! Love the fact that you used National Holidays to travel around the UK!<br />I really enjoyed your Civil War story and I'm already looking forward to your Mary QofS story!Paula Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10040623635956769807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5611561027305931377.post-16985735551567151172011-11-15T23:17:48.107+00:002011-11-15T23:17:48.107+00:00Linda and Freda,
Thanks so much for a great post. ...Linda and Freda,<br />Thanks so much for a great post. I identified in many ways, even down to the open file on the guest bedroom bed! My first ebook was released today and I am estatic. I, too, am a convert. Wish you well. Your books sound wonderful. I enjoy reading bout Mary, Queen of Scots.jude urbanskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08486408195077165396noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5611561027305931377.post-1394754900198958392011-11-15T21:56:33.558+00:002011-11-15T21:56:33.558+00:00Linda,
This was an interesting interview. I enjo...Linda, <br /><br />This was an interesting interview. I enjoyed learning more about you.<br /><br />Congratulations on the short story winning an award despite the "bored professor's" reaction. <br /><br />It sounds as if he did have a point, "don't narrate above the characters' level." I will remember that. Thank you for teaching me something new I can apply to my writing. <br /><br />I really enjoy your writing style and voice. Here's wishing you God's best in all your endeavors.Laurean Brookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06242693739806417138noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5611561027305931377.post-31898501619858831822011-11-15T20:46:33.301+00:002011-11-15T20:46:33.301+00:00Celia, I almost missed your post, sandwiched in be...Celia, I almost missed your post, sandwiched in between two others I'd commented on. I think Maid of the Midlands will have to wait until the first of the year. I can't do it justice with promo right now. And about the professor's advice on level of education of narrator's voice. I was writing a story about a good ole boy from the South in that story and the narration was coming from a teacher's vocabulary. It was inconsistent and the story wasn't flowing as it should. Make sense?Linda Swifthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00749255692298669394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5611561027305931377.post-50614899803958747382011-11-15T20:22:06.664+00:002011-11-15T20:22:06.664+00:00Freda, Stuart just emailed me that Penny Grubb has...Freda, Stuart just emailed me that Penny Grubb has just had three hardback crime novels published as paperbacks. She is also an author I knew and englected to mention. Congratulations and good wishes are in order here for Penny!Linda Swifthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00749255692298669394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5611561027305931377.post-23768553854941116612011-11-15T20:21:09.786+00:002011-11-15T20:21:09.786+00:00Linda--And so, I learn a little more. I liked one ...Linda--And so, I learn a little more. I liked one of your statements that an editor said, that the narrator should never write above the educational level of the story's characters. That one requires some thought--very good.<br />Tell me when Main of the Midlands is released--I want to read it.<br />CeliaAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16272417114895975742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5611561027305931377.post-9228667158808537652011-11-15T19:58:47.709+00:002011-11-15T19:58:47.709+00:00Thank you, Stuart. I'm glad my words were usef...Thank you, Stuart. I'm glad my words were useful And we can all use a laugh, can't we? I am honored to be here today as well as earlier when you invited me to be a guest on your blog. Now I'm wondering if your sister is a writer and perhaps attended the RNA meetings I visited in Harrogate. Small world,Linda Swifthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00749255692298669394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5611561027305931377.post-28408735860477055502011-11-15T19:41:09.694+00:002011-11-15T19:41:09.694+00:00I enjoyed this interview, Linda. Made me laugh and...I enjoyed this interview, Linda. Made me laugh and gave me a couple of useful pointers for my own writing. Coming from Hull, and living in the East Riding, with a sister living in Harrogate, I feel a certain bond with you. Good luck with your writing.stuartaken.nethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05695584662320617659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5611561027305931377.post-16205695825279847332011-11-15T19:32:20.744+00:002011-11-15T19:32:20.744+00:00Thank you for stopping in, Allison. I think most o...Thank you for stopping in, Allison. I think most of us are very grateful for the benefits of digital publishing and I'm just getting into the indie side of it and so far I am VERY pleased. If only I could figure out how to make it pay as well as those 30K print runs! And an advance would be nice, too.Linda Swifthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00749255692298669394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5611561027305931377.post-4494450807866024182011-11-15T19:28:00.611+00:002011-11-15T19:28:00.611+00:00Hi Diane. We haven't talked in a while on the ...Hi Diane. We haven't talked in a while on the loops. I think I envy you daughters still at home. My only daughter lives in anothr city. It is encouraging to know that you learned new things about me. I always wonder if I'm boring authors I already know by repeating myself.Linda Swifthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00749255692298669394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5611561027305931377.post-9322396741217593842011-11-15T18:41:30.230+00:002011-11-15T18:41:30.230+00:00Loved your comparison with NY and the digital mark...Loved your comparison with NY and the digital market. I waited forever not only for decisions but for payment. Thank heavens for the advent of indies and the digital market.Allison Knighthttp://www.allisonknight.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5611561027305931377.post-17364026063852377782011-11-15T18:12:21.930+00:002011-11-15T18:12:21.930+00:00Great interview! I wish I had a guest bedroom - we...Great interview! I wish I had a guest bedroom - we have 3 daughters living at home! I learned more about you today, Linda, so it was very interesting for me.Diane Craverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09543155150824715253noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5611561027305931377.post-83663007799805590862011-11-15T16:53:32.984+00:002011-11-15T16:53:32.984+00:00Thank you for visiting today, Ute. I've just c...Thank you for visiting today, Ute. I've just come from your new website and I like it very much.Linda Swifthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00749255692298669394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5611561027305931377.post-8357352730850694192011-11-15T16:52:25.304+00:002011-11-15T16:52:25.304+00:00Yes, Victoria, I really feel once I get the charac...Yes, Victoria, I really feel once I get the characters interacting and talking with each other, they "carry" the story. But sometimes it takes some effort to do that!Linda Swifthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00749255692298669394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5611561027305931377.post-64666943864503236652011-11-15T16:44:28.145+00:002011-11-15T16:44:28.145+00:00Nice to find out more about you and your writing m...Nice to find out more about you and your writing methods, Linda!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11434800650947342139noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5611561027305931377.post-5575141135906346122011-11-15T16:22:47.391+00:002011-11-15T16:22:47.391+00:00Linda,
You being the recorder of your charact...Linda,<br /> You being the recorder of your characters is an interesting thought. Good luck with all you do.Victoria Roderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04933859286104636739noreply@blogger.com