Comments on: If you tickle us, do we not laugh? http://www.hawaiireaders.com/blog/2010/02/18/if-you-tickle-us-do-we-not-laugh/ The Hawaii Readers site Tue, 22 May 2012 02:55:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Michael Little http://www.hawaiireaders.com/blog/2010/02/18/if-you-tickle-us-do-we-not-laugh/comment-page-1/#comment-4229 Michael Little Wed, 24 Feb 2010 06:50:46 +0000 http://www.hawaiireaders.com/?p=7262#comment-4229 Thanks, Lelani and Lynde, for your insights. Makana, Raymond Chandler is one writer whose books I can open at random to any page, read a couple of paragraphs, and just roll around in the language. Chandler is probably the one writer I would choose to be, if I had the chance ... not to trade my life for his, of course, but just to sit at a magic keyboard and write a few pages with that kind of skill. Okay, maybe a whole story or even a novel. Then I'd be content to return to my old keyboard and tell my own stories. Thanks, Lelani and Lynde, for your insights. Makana, Raymond Chandler is one writer whose books I can open at random to any page, read a couple of paragraphs, and just roll around in the language.

Chandler is probably the one writer I would choose to be, if I had the chance ... not to trade my life for his, of course, but just to sit at a magic keyboard and write a few pages with that kind of skill. Okay, maybe a whole story or even a novel. Then I'd be content to return to my old keyboard and tell my own stories.

]]> By: Makana Risser Chai http://www.hawaiireaders.com/blog/2010/02/18/if-you-tickle-us-do-we-not-laugh/comment-page-1/#comment-4224 Makana Risser Chai Tue, 23 Feb 2010 21:24:09 +0000 http://www.hawaiireaders.com/?p=7262#comment-4224 Lynde, I think your genre is perfect for humor because it can come out of nowhere. One of my favorite writers is Raymond Chandler, who cracks me up with his descriptions of people, places, weather - he shows how you can really do something with nothing. Lynde, I think your genre is perfect for humor because it can come out of nowhere. One of my favorite writers is Raymond Chandler, who cracks me up with his descriptions of people, places, weather - he shows how you can really do something with nothing.

]]> By: Lynde Lakes http://www.hawaiireaders.com/blog/2010/02/18/if-you-tickle-us-do-we-not-laugh/comment-page-1/#comment-4218 Lynde Lakes Tue, 23 Feb 2010 06:41:24 +0000 http://www.hawaiireaders.com/?p=7262#comment-4218 Michael, I love your topic. As a reader, I read across the board, but if the thriller author makes me smile at an appropriate time, I enjoy the book. I love to laugh. As an author, my characters just naturally lead themselves to humor, but at the appropriate places. Since I write romantic suspense, don't want to make my readers laugh at the wrong time. But I do want them to enjoy the lighter moments between my characters. My coming release, DEADLY INFLUENCE starts off with a very frightened eighty-year-old woman standing on a street corner in downtown LA. There is no humor until the "Officer and Gentleman" hero meets the female version of "The Bodyguard", then the humor evolves naturally from the character's personalities. We need humor in our lives and the best books have some in. Michael, I love your topic. As a reader, I read across the board, but if the thriller author makes me smile at an appropriate time, I enjoy the book. I love to laugh. As an author, my characters just naturally lead themselves to humor, but at the appropriate places. Since I write romantic suspense, don't want to make my readers laugh at the wrong time. But I do want them to enjoy the lighter moments between my characters. My coming release, DEADLY INFLUENCE starts off with a very frightened eighty-year-old woman standing on a street corner in downtown LA. There is no humor until the "Officer and Gentleman" hero meets the female version of "The Bodyguard", then the humor evolves naturally from the character's personalities. We need humor in our lives and the best books have some in.

]]> By: lelani black http://www.hawaiireaders.com/blog/2010/02/18/if-you-tickle-us-do-we-not-laugh/comment-page-1/#comment-4217 lelani black Tue, 23 Feb 2010 03:50:41 +0000 http://www.hawaiireaders.com/?p=7262#comment-4217 Oh good post, Michael. As a writer, I'm inviting a reader into my characters world. As a reader, if I take a writer up on that invitation, I don't want to be disappointed. The writers whose works I most enjoy make me laugh, whose thrillers keep me up at night in sleepless suspense, some can make me cry--talk about bonding with someone you've never met! It's anonymous bonding delight with those that read the story, and laughed at the same scene, or dialogue. You are so right about that moment of connection, not just with the author, but other readers, too! Oh good post, Michael. As a writer, I'm inviting a reader into my characters world. As a reader, if I take a writer up on that invitation, I don't want to be disappointed. The writers whose works I most enjoy make me laugh, whose thrillers keep me up at night in sleepless suspense, some can make me cry--talk about bonding with someone you've never met! It's anonymous bonding delight with those that read the story, and laughed at the same scene, or dialogue. You are so right about that moment of connection, not just with the author, but other readers, too!

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