Comments for That Darn Kat http://thatdarnkat.com making crazy work for me since 1972 Fri, 18 May 2012 00:02:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Comment on Steamboats, Who Gets There First & Who Gets the Credit by Kat French http://thatdarnkat.com/innovation-being-first-getting-credit/#comment-5900 Kat French Fri, 18 May 2012 00:02:29 +0000 http://thatdarnkat.com/?p=2778#comment-5900 I'd be surprised if there weren't a lot of similar stories. Typically, truly innovative minds have a hard time relating to others. It's probably not surprising that they often have a harder time convincing people of the worth of their inventions. Thanks for stopping by. :) I’d be surprised if there weren’t a lot of similar stories. Typically, truly innovative minds have a hard time relating to others. It’s probably not surprising that they often have a harder time convincing people of the worth of their inventions. Thanks for stopping by. :)

]]> Comment on Steamboats, Who Gets There First & Who Gets the Credit by Karen Lange http://thatdarnkat.com/innovation-being-first-getting-credit/#comment-5899 Karen Lange Thu, 17 May 2012 13:22:05 +0000 http://thatdarnkat.com/?p=2778#comment-5899 I agree, focusing on that value is important. That knowledge and confidence can propel you forward in many ways. I remember my surprise upon learning about Fulton and Fitch - I imagine there are numerous similar stories throughout history. It's a sad, but good lesson. I agree, focusing on that value is important. That knowledge and confidence can propel you forward in many ways. I remember my surprise upon learning about Fulton and Fitch – I imagine there are numerous similar stories throughout history. It’s a sad, but good lesson.

]]> Comment on Good Storytellers are Good Listeners by Kat French http://thatdarnkat.com/good-storytellers-are-good-listeners/#comment-5895 Kat French Mon, 14 May 2012 22:00:09 +0000 http://thatdarnkat.com/?p=2752#comment-5895 Thanks for dropping by, Susan. I appreciate the comment. Beta/pre readers are a great help. At their best, they deliver the tough love news when you've fallen in love with the sound of your own voice, and they can also reaffirm that some of the things you're uncertain about really do connect with people. That sounding board is so important, if you want to avoid talking to yourself. :) Thanks for dropping by, Susan. I appreciate the comment.

Beta/pre readers are a great help. At their best, they deliver the tough love news when you’ve fallen in love with the sound of your own voice, and they can also reaffirm that some of the things you’re uncertain about really do connect with people.

That sounding board is so important, if you want to avoid talking to yourself. :)

]]> Comment on Good Storytellers are Good Listeners by Susan Kaye http://thatdarnkat.com/good-storytellers-are-good-listeners/#comment-5894 Susan Kaye Mon, 14 May 2012 21:32:17 +0000 http://thatdarnkat.com/?p=2752#comment-5894 Even novelists have to be interactive. That's why I'm finding it so important to find beta readers, pre-readers, whatever you want to call them, to help me see when I'm ignoring the audience in favor of listening to myself spin the story. Came here through The Gospel Coalition, Create Culture, Not Subculture Even novelists have to be interactive. That’s why I’m finding it so important to find beta readers, pre-readers, whatever you want to call them, to help me see when I’m ignoring the audience in favor of listening to myself spin the story.

Came here through The Gospel Coalition, Create Culture, Not Subculture

]]> Comment on It’s Entirely Possible I’m Getting Dumber by Kat French http://thatdarnkat.com/its-entirely-possible-im-getting-dumber/#comment-5871 Kat French Sat, 28 Apr 2012 02:17:47 +0000 http://thatdarnkat.com/?p=2680#comment-5871 Lorraine - 3rd truth: You're one of the sweetest and most encouraging people I know. :) Thanks. Lorraine – 3rd truth: You’re one of the sweetest and most encouraging people I know. :) Thanks.

]]> Comment on Bring on Monday. Please? by Friday is for Fiction: The Chronological Man | That Darn Kat http://thatdarnkat.com/bring-on-monday/#comment-5869 Friday is for Fiction: The Chronological Man | That Darn Kat Fri, 27 Apr 2012 11:37:52 +0000 http://thatdarnkat.com/?p=2671#comment-5869 [...] we know how my last Friday went. I don’t think you really would have wanted to read anything I wrote after that whole [...] [...] we know how my last Friday went. I don’t think you really would have wanted to read anything I wrote after that whole [...]

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