tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-163217348051711794.post2201779449589740100..comments2024-02-12T01:41:02.756-08:00Comments on I'migrant: Biographyneena maiya (guyana gyal)http://www.blogger.com/profile/01358313821005038118noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-163217348051711794.post-60510466567251344612019-12-14T08:58:51.218-08:002019-12-14T08:58:51.218-08:00Good morning from Florida, my dearest Pat. I can&#...Good morning from Florida, my dearest Pat. I can't believe that publishers do this to writers...that they should want you to tell YOUR story their way. The nerve.<br /><br />After moving to my new place, I had sporadic internet. I couldn't blog, read blogs.<br /><br />Now that I'm in Florida with mum, I can start working on getting published [my way]. It will take a while.<br /><br />Thank you for your good wishes.neena maiya (guyana gyal)https://www.blogger.com/profile/01358313821005038118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-163217348051711794.post-49560167218263595952019-12-14T08:54:27.435-08:002019-12-14T08:54:27.435-08:00Hello George, how are you?
I've had a year fu...Hello George, how are you?<br /><br />I've had a year full of moving and to-ing and fro-ing, and no Internet. Everything, all my plans, were put on hold.<br /><br />I am slowly easing back into writing, and working on being published.neena maiya (guyana gyal)https://www.blogger.com/profile/01358313821005038118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-163217348051711794.post-50657537996819475362019-07-04T23:36:35.131-07:002019-07-04T23:36:35.131-07:00Congrats!Congrats!C.Georgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00900536365203871049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-163217348051711794.post-25601363169162564812019-06-26T03:09:07.227-07:002019-06-26T03:09:07.227-07:00As you know I spent years on the see saw of agent/...As you know I spent years on the see saw of agent/publisher route and finally decided I wanted to write my way - not theirs. Since posting on my blog I have felt rewarded for the years of work by people's reaction and don't regret that I don't make a bean. I'm sure you will do better and wish you the best of fortune.Pathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01529798893653033970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-163217348051711794.post-15174909940541339192019-06-17T06:32:01.583-07:002019-06-17T06:32:01.583-07:00Thank you, Joey. All suggestions are welcome. You ...Thank you, Joey. All suggestions are welcome. You have such a cool way of writing, even the mundane you make interesting. neena maiya (guyana gyal)https://www.blogger.com/profile/01358313821005038118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-163217348051711794.post-5488416349069632352019-06-17T06:30:48.863-07:002019-06-17T06:30:48.863-07:00And I'm really, truly happy for your reminder ...And I'm really, truly happy for your reminder and suggestions, jogging my creative memory about the hook, and drama, and catching the reader's attention immediately. neena maiya (guyana gyal)https://www.blogger.com/profile/01358313821005038118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-163217348051711794.post-77798950633892027552019-06-17T06:27:08.087-07:002019-06-17T06:27:08.087-07:00More thoughts, Kim.
You know how, at the back of ...More thoughts, Kim.<br /><br />You know how, at the back of the book, there is a description of where the writer lives, who s/he's married to? That is what this biography is all about. It goes with the book. <br /><br />If I have to use it away from the book, I would start with the drama...working in advertising and tv taught me about the hook.neena maiya (guyana gyal)https://www.blogger.com/profile/01358313821005038118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-163217348051711794.post-26135999695979345752019-06-17T06:16:46.898-07:002019-06-17T06:16:46.898-07:00Thank you, Kim! I didn't know who'd made t...Thank you, Kim! I didn't know who'd made this suggestion [I was reading it before publishing], but I thought it sounded good. <br /><br />I want this very brief biography to be more about Guyana than about me though. I want to take the focus away from me.<br /><br />So I have to think about it.<br /><br />The book description [which I plan to share much later], is full of drama and excitement, and that is what the reader will see, rather than this very brief biography of me [which will be hidden away somewhere on the e-book site].neena maiya (guyana gyal)https://www.blogger.com/profile/01358313821005038118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-163217348051711794.post-55632415500043550152019-06-03T15:25:53.804-07:002019-06-03T15:25:53.804-07:00However you write I'm sure people will read it...However you write I'm sure people will read it! LL Cool Joehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13916666100971008775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-163217348051711794.post-43181195516540542572019-06-02T10:34:35.777-07:002019-06-02T10:34:35.777-07:00If you are looking for any feedback/suggestions (w...If you are looking for any feedback/suggestions (which you can of course completely ignore without any offence being taken), then might I suggest you put your 4th paragraph 1st? <br />Or even the 2nd sentence of the 4th paragraph, followed by the 1st sentence of the 4th paragraph?<br />In these days of everything being so fast, fast, fast, then if something doesn't grab us in the first 5 or 6 words, then often we don't read any further. There might be the tastiest, most sumptuous, glorious readings only a few seconds away, but we never get there to find out.<br />Did you ever know the blogger Charlie Callaghan? He was a wonderful person, writer and blogger who moved in our circles (me, Pat, and several others you know). Sadly he died a few years ago.<br />However, he taught me that often it has a bigger impact to start with the action already underway, rather than creating the backstory first - these things can be revealed once the reader is hooked in. <br />But...<br />I'm aware it's a stylistic device not everyone is comfortable with or likes to use, so it is only, purely, a suggestion for you to consider (if you haven't already thought of it) and use or dispose of as you see fit.<br />Kim xKim Ayreshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02656677501116622953noreply@blogger.com