tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7127677169344207651.post3494086759270577480..comments2023-10-25T03:45:03.077-04:00Comments on Confessions of a Watery Tart: Roland Yeomans (and a Tart Begging Mercy)Hart Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17599570189253229318noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7127677169344207651.post-16294294026843805942012-07-07T18:58:28.283-04:002012-07-07T18:58:28.283-04:00What a neat way of detailing your influences, Rola...What a neat way of detailing your influences, Roland! Mine was Tolkien, of course, and through him, all the other Inklings. Though I don't really write fantasy - yet...Deniz Bevanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17134553551048836979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7127677169344207651.post-26851640624010902442012-06-23T08:16:28.321-04:002012-06-23T08:16:28.321-04:00Hi Roland! Hi Hart!
I am constantly amazed by Rol...Hi Roland! Hi Hart!<br /><br />I am constantly amazed by Roland's creativity. Talk about a way with words!Talli Rolandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04780882465745107715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7127677169344207651.post-82715989795151029092012-06-22T23:50:23.810-04:002012-06-22T23:50:23.810-04:00Thanks, Gwen:
Both for your lovely comment and you...Thanks, Gwen:<br />Both for your lovely comment and your visit to my blog. All of us remember such different things from our childhoods. I was a lonely bookworm so books were my only friends and playmates.<br /><br />Maurice:<br />Isn't Frazetta's work inspirational? I love the documentary on him, PAINTING WITH FIRE. Thanks for visiting and chatting, RolandRoland D. Yeomanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00338410857990551352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7127677169344207651.post-92168307417264739272012-06-22T15:51:28.979-04:002012-06-22T15:51:28.979-04:00Frank Frazetta's artwork is unmistakeable. Gre...Frank Frazetta's artwork is unmistakeable. Great for inspiration.Maurice Mitchellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15338165486757095191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7127677169344207651.post-83654183665217996142012-06-22T14:41:34.968-04:002012-06-22T14:41:34.968-04:00I'm embarrassed to say I don't know any of...I'm embarrassed to say I don't know any of those authors, but I do recognize the similarity in prose between you and Zelazny! I love the illustrations in color, too. It's funny I can't remember who I read as a child, but I did read avidly. Always loved me some ghosties, though, combined with a mystery! And that's what I write. Loved your story, Roland:)Gwen Gardnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13132836346305559246noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7127677169344207651.post-48457346467006259272012-06-22T13:13:03.256-04:002012-06-22T13:13:03.256-04:00Johanna:
Hart is right, and I'm glad that I wa...Johanna:<br />Hart is right, and I'm glad that I was a catalyst for reflection. Of course, the jerk that pulls in front of us without his turn signal is also a catalyst for reflection, too! LOL. Hopefully, I am a better catalyst!!Roland D. Yeomanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00338410857990551352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7127677169344207651.post-40278750006306391672012-06-22T13:10:48.810-04:002012-06-22T13:10:48.810-04:00Siv:
Yet, if we wrote like Tolkien now, no publish...Siv:<br />Yet, if we wrote like Tolkien now, no publisher would have us ... too lyrical, too long to take the reader to the action. Your constant support means more than my words can convey, RolandRoland D. Yeomanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00338410857990551352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7127677169344207651.post-34233414345943992842012-06-22T12:58:38.850-04:002012-06-22T12:58:38.850-04:00Roland, what a wonderful post. You know already th...Roland, what a wonderful post. You know already that I am a fan of yours and I love that visual art helped shape the writer you are today. I do not honestly know which voices were the loudest and encouraged me the most when it comes to writing. Like you I am fascinated with mythology, adore Lovecraft, King, Hemingway...the list goes on... but I think Tolkien probably screamed the loudest.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04218651886143284455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7127677169344207651.post-56455721454901238712012-06-22T12:36:11.810-04:002012-06-22T12:36:11.810-04:00Holly-I love Poe. I should study him with more int...Holly-I love Poe. I should study him with more intent.<br /><br />SA-it's great, eh?<br /><br />Roland-glad this worked out!<br /><br />Johanna-those are the best questions, huh? The ones that stay with you.Hart Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17599570189253229318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7127677169344207651.post-67168544846129748052012-06-22T11:59:45.997-04:002012-06-22T11:59:45.997-04:00So true, we write to recreate that amazing experie...So true, we write to recreate that amazing experience of falling in love with a book.<br /><br />Roland asks a good question and I'm not sure I have a good answer about what voices beckoned me to write...but I'm sure I'll be thinking about it all day long.Johanna Garthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15515478890074610814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7127677169344207651.post-27649743206987625022012-06-22T11:11:39.337-04:002012-06-22T11:11:39.337-04:00SA:
I am so happy you enjoyed my post. I worry abo...SA:<br />I am so happy you enjoyed my post. I worry about boring folks. I hope you liked the illustrations. Didn't Leonora Roy do a magnificent job?Roland D. Yeomanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00338410857990551352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7127677169344207651.post-49664155799144505352012-06-22T11:09:45.637-04:002012-06-22T11:09:45.637-04:00Alex:
You were inspired by Frazetta, too? How cool...Alex:<br />You were inspired by Frazetta, too? How cool!<br /><br />Elizabeth:<br />Homer's Ulysses and Doyle's Sherlock Holmes gave me hope that with my mind alone I could conquer the troubles ahead.<br /><br />L. Diane:<br />There is a documentary on Lovecraft that would intrigue you, but my mind just won't cough up the blasted title!!<br /><br />Laura:<br />I have a signed Michael Whelan print on my wall of one of her dragons. Beautiful artwork does take me away, too, Roland<br /><br />Em:<br />I, too, loved Poe as a child. In fact, I have him as a rival to Victor Standish for the hand of Alice Wentworth in the appropriately named THE RIVAL!<br /><br />Teresa:<br />For me, it is William Faulkner. So of course I used him as an actual character in the 1920's New Orleans in RITES OF PASSAGE. My tip of my Stetson to him.<br /><br />Hart:<br />Thank you for having me. No worries about the mix-up. Life has a way of happening at its own pace. Sidney Shelton was it? We all unique beginnings to our dreams, don't we? Your interview at Talli's was great as usual. I give it a link on my post today.<br /><br />SouthPaw:<br />Did you see that recent movie about Poe with John Cusak? Was it any good?Roland D. Yeomanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00338410857990551352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7127677169344207651.post-40357025032771766302012-06-22T11:03:56.169-04:002012-06-22T11:03:56.169-04:00I need to come back and reread this post. So much....I need to come back and reread this post. So much... Love it!S.A. Larsenッhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06241633272588383935noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7127677169344207651.post-23433351611157954092012-06-22T10:58:37.541-04:002012-06-22T10:58:37.541-04:00I'm with Em-Musing - Poe.I'm with Em-Musing - Poe.Southpawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16539290964546504171noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7127677169344207651.post-46274920406683648932012-06-22T09:50:26.466-04:002012-06-22T09:50:26.466-04:00Great post, Roland! I think my first things that ...Great post, Roland! I think my first things that sucked me in were horror and thriller. The horror I couldn't put down--Stephen King and Peter Straub (and through Straub I found Lovecraft, too), but it was Sidney Sheldon who made me think I might be able to write books. I can't generate that horror stuff well, but the conspiracies and manipulation of a thriller I still aspire to (though I write more suspense and mystery)<br /><br />Thank you, friends for stopping in!Hart Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17599570189253229318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7127677169344207651.post-25298590332387872272012-06-22T09:27:07.979-04:002012-06-22T09:27:07.979-04:00My inspiration are from the elders, John Steinbeck...My inspiration are from the elders, John Steinbeck. I love everything he wrote.<br /><br />Nice post, guys.<br /><br />TT. Powell Coltrinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02160774009926623671noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7127677169344207651.post-28184836422980498442012-06-22T09:17:36.931-04:002012-06-22T09:17:36.931-04:00Poe! His words not only spoke to me as a kid, but ...Poe! His words not only spoke to me as a kid, but stoked my writer demon. Maybe it was all the melancholy. But now my demon is my muse, and she likes humor.Karen Baldwinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01522178275164058849noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7127677169344207651.post-24758626504106120652012-06-22T09:11:09.294-04:002012-06-22T09:11:09.294-04:00Fantasy artwork can hold an entire world in one pi...Fantasy artwork can hold an entire world in one picture.<br />Like Diane, Anne McCaffrey and her dragons have been a big influence on me.Laura Enohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09982794146667832204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7127677169344207651.post-78672818892000098362012-06-22T08:52:00.711-04:002012-06-22T08:52:00.711-04:00Lovecraft was the master. Stephen King has nothing...Lovecraft was the master. Stephen King has nothing on him.<br /><br />Anne McCaffrey inspired me.L. Diane Wolfehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06425864276166334896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7127677169344207651.post-14947946430861190122012-06-22T07:49:45.616-04:002012-06-22T07:49:45.616-04:00Great post! And an interesting question.
I think ...Great post! And an interesting question.<br /><br />I think Agatha Christie, M.C. Beaton, and Elizabeth George were the authors who really made me want to be a writer.Elizabeth Spann Craighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15625595247828274405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7127677169344207651.post-80037679734544381232012-06-22T07:14:37.082-04:002012-06-22T07:14:37.082-04:00As one who was also inspired by Frazetta's wor...As one who was also inspired by Frazetta's work, I can relate!<br />And no one wrote horror like Lovecraft.Alex J. Cavanaughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09770065693345181702noreply@blogger.com