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Link post + thoughts about dialogue

This post is serving two functions: first, for my co-conspirators, the participants in the Bloggers’ Library-Loving Challenge. When you’ve posted your challenge message, leave the link here. I will compile these and include all the links in my challenge message on 3/26. If you are participating by hosting a challenge, please leave your link in a comment below, and thank you!

Second, I've been thinking about dialogue, thanks to Author2Author. My favorite idea about dialogue this week is the notion of layers: the characters are saying words on the surface, but those words impart more than literal information.  There's some conflict underneath that doesn't have to be explicit and literal in the characters' words, but rather evolves more subtly through the speakers' interaction.  What the characters want from one another isn't necessarily what they say they want.  Anyway, I've quite enjoyed chewing on this idea and thinking of how to apply it!

Check in on this blog tomorrow to see how you can help local libraries--just by leaving blog comments!
 

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Posted on Mar. 25th, 2009 at 08:30 pm | | Leave a comment | Add to Memories | Tell a Friend

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[info]susanwrites

My link is up here: http://susanwrites.livejournal.com/212144.html

Here's hoping we all reach all limits!

Okay, I upped my donation amount and my limit. I posted about it to the CW list, and several other listservs as well as Twitter, etc.

Edited at 2009-03-26 04:39 pm (UTC)
Posted on Mar. 26th, 2009 06:19 am (UTC) | | Thread | Reply

[info]writerjenn

Thanks so much for participating and spreading the word! I'll be hitting your blog soon when I do my round of comments!
Posted on Mar. 26th, 2009 09:56 pm (UTC) | | Parent | Thread | Reply

[info]susanwrites

Yeah I haven't made my round for all the comments yet. I've been trying to get the word out. I just remembered we have a net of San Jose bloggers and I sent a note to them hoping to get some interest. I would love to hit 400 comments and pay out that $200!
Posted on Mar. 26th, 2009 09:59 pm (UTC) | | Parent | Thread | Reply

(Anonymous)

Thanks for your thoughts about dialogue... you've given me more to contemplate as I experiment with presenting dialogue on the page without the use of conventional quotation marks... quite challenging - but an interesting process. If you have any tips on exploring dialogue and its presentation on the page please let me know :)
Posted on Mar. 26th, 2009 07:26 am (UTC) | | Thread | Reply

[info]writerjenn

Thanks! When the excitement of the blog challenge is over, I'll think more about dialogue ...
Posted on Mar. 26th, 2009 09:56 pm (UTC) | | Parent | Thread | Reply

[info]jamarattigan

Hello there!

My Library Loving Challenge post is up: http://jamarattigan.livejournal.com/255522.html.

Thanks for organizing this, and let's hear it for libraries!!
Posted on Mar. 26th, 2009 09:49 am (UTC) | | Thread | Reply

[info]writerjenn

Thanks, Jama! I'll be over to your blog soon!
Posted on Mar. 26th, 2009 09:57 pm (UTC) | | Parent | Thread | Reply

[info]saralholmes

Hi, Jenn. I'm in, thanks to Melodye, with a post to benefit the library at Flying Horse Farms, a camp for children with serious illnesses. The link is here: http://saralewisholmes.blogspot.com/2009/03/library-loving-challenge-reading-and.html
Posted on Mar. 26th, 2009 11:22 am (UTC) | | Thread | Reply

[info]writerjenn

Thanks so much! I'll be stopping by to comment!
Posted on Mar. 26th, 2009 09:57 pm (UTC) | | Parent | Thread | Reply

[info]angeladegroot

Here we go - up and running.

http://angeladegroot.livejournal.com/20118.html
Posted on Mar. 26th, 2009 11:23 am (UTC) | | Thread | Reply

[info]angeladegroot

I'm having fun already - I've posted my entry and visited (with comments) some of my fellow challengers. What a way to start the morning.
Posted on Mar. 26th, 2009 11:30 am (UTC) | | Thread | Reply

[info]writerjenn

Thanks, Angela! I'll be swinging by soon to wring some money out of you. :-D
Posted on Mar. 26th, 2009 09:59 pm (UTC) | | Parent | Thread | Reply

[info]newport2newport

The I Love Libraries Bookmobile is rumbling through the LJ neighborhood. Follow it here: http://www.livejournal.com/editjournal.bml?itemid=178558
Posted on Mar. 26th, 2009 12:23 pm (UTC) | | Thread | Reply

[info]writerjenn

Thanks so much for participating and spreading the word!
Posted on Mar. 26th, 2009 10:00 pm (UTC) | | Parent | Thread | Reply

[info]jumpingthecandlestick.blogspot.com

Library-Loving Challenge

Thanks for coming up with this idea and for coordinating it all! I'm in (with a per commenter donation, plus a book giveway) at:

http://jumpingthecandlestick.blogspot.com/2009/03/library-loving-challenge.html

Debbie Diesen
www.deborahdiesen.com
Posted on Mar. 26th, 2009 01:00 pm (UTC) | | Thread | Reply

[info]writerjenn

Re: Library-Loving Challenge

Thank you!
Posted on Mar. 26th, 2009 10:00 pm (UTC) | | Parent | Thread | Reply

[info]deenaml

Yes, layered dialogue! I love that when the reader knows what the characters really means despite what they say.... Good thoughts!
Posted on Mar. 26th, 2009 02:04 pm (UTC) | | Thread | Reply

[info]writerjenn

Thanks! You guys at A2A got me thinking about dialogue--plus my WIP is dialogue-heavy.
Posted on Mar. 26th, 2009 10:01 pm (UTC) | | Parent | Thread | Reply

[info]skutir

I'm in: http://kurtisscaletta.com/home/?p=1080

Note that I have a question that commenters ought to answer, though I'll certainly count the comment towards the total either way. :-)

Edited at 2009-03-26 03:41 pm (UTC)
Posted on Mar. 26th, 2009 03:01 pm (UTC) | | Thread | Reply

[info]writerjenn

Thanks for joining in, Kurtis! I'll be stopping by soon.
Posted on Mar. 26th, 2009 10:01 pm (UTC) | | Parent | Thread | Reply

[info]kitteridge

Did this myself on my Facebook and Vox accounts, the latter of which crossposts to LJ. They all count for comments!

Here: http://armchairnews.vox.com/library/post/make-me-donate-to-libraries.html
Posted on Mar. 26th, 2009 04:37 pm (UTC) | | Thread | Reply

[info]writerjenn

Thanks! You're getting all multi-network: yay!
Posted on Mar. 26th, 2009 10:02 pm (UTC) | | Parent | Thread | Reply

[info]tabwriter.blogspot.com

Here's my link! Go, libraries!! :) And thanks for suggesting this. :)
Posted on Mar. 26th, 2009 05:17 pm (UTC) | | Thread | Reply

[info]writerjenn

Thanks for participating!
Posted on Mar. 26th, 2009 10:02 pm (UTC) | | Parent | Thread | Reply

[info]tabwriter.blogspot.com

Um, I forgot the link. Duh. :)

http://tabwriter.blogspot.com/2009/03/spreading-library-love.html
Posted on Mar. 26th, 2009 05:20 pm (UTC) | | Thread | Reply

[info]kellyrfineman

Here's my link: http://kellyrfineman.livejournal.com/399856.html
Posted on Mar. 26th, 2009 05:37 pm (UTC) | | Thread | Reply

[info]kellyrfineman

Hey - I know my second post here doesn't count, BUT I posted it on GUYS LIT WIRE as well. And Susan Taylor Brown says Betsey Bird is going to pick it up, too.
Posted on Mar. 26th, 2009 05:58 pm (UTC) | | Parent | Thread | Reply

[info]writerjenn

Thanks for spreading the word!
Posted on Mar. 26th, 2009 09:58 pm (UTC) | | Parent | Thread | Reply

[info]cynthea

My post is up...

Bloggers’ Library-Loving Challenge
http://www.cynthealiu.com/2009/03/bloggers-library-loving-challenge/
Posted on Mar. 26th, 2009 08:23 pm (UTC) | | Thread | Reply

[info]writerjenn

Thanks for this! I posted a snippet on AuthorsNow! Hope I did it right. ;-)
Posted on Mar. 26th, 2009 09:58 pm (UTC) | | Parent | Thread | Reply

(Anonymous)

Libraries are great!

Libraries are great institutions. I will donate a quarter to my friends group for every comment addressed to my blog. I will donate a minimum of $25.00 dollars even if I do not get enough comments. Thanks very much to Jenn for initiating this promotional campaign.

http://kbookwoman.blogspot.com/
Posted on Mar. 26th, 2009 08:58 pm (UTC) | | Thread | Reply

[info]writerjenn

Re: Libraries are great!

Thanks very much!
Posted on Mar. 26th, 2009 09:59 pm (UTC) | | Parent | Thread | Reply

[info]lgburns

Sorry I'm so late to the party, Jenn. Here's a link to my post; I spun my library love a little differently because I was so behind:

http://lgburns.livejournal.com/130963.html

I didn't ask for comments, so feel free to leave me out of your link list. I wanted you to know I was trying to spread the love, though!

Loree
Posted on Mar. 27th, 2009 01:52 am (UTC) | | Thread | Reply

[info]eclecticmum

Here 'tis, here's the link to my post - http://eclecticmum.livejournal.com/131889.html
Posted on Mar. 27th, 2009 04:36 am (UTC) | | Thread | Reply

[info]eclecticmum

I'm extending my deadline to midnight on March 31st! I really want to reach my cap. :)
Posted on Mar. 29th, 2009 02:01 am (UTC) | | Parent | Thread | Reply