tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8927727476793944291.post312909864939197706..comments2024-03-27T23:13:43.597-05:00Comments on Prairie Rose Publications: Life (and writing) lessons from "What About Bob?" by Kaye SpencerLivia J Washburnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05958199886826207363noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8927727476793944291.post-90027146280823235722015-02-12T00:17:48.907-06:002015-02-12T00:17:48.907-06:00Cheryl,
It's definitely a "watch at leas...Cheryl,<br /><br />It's definitely a "watch at least two times" movie. The first time is for entertainment. The second (or more) is when the subtle messages become evident. The Bill Murray character (Bob) is lonely, and loneliness often plagues the characters in the stories I write. I'm sure that's why I see what I do beneath the silliness in this movie. Kaye Spencerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13530735658588595790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8927727476793944291.post-50546670922649803052015-02-11T23:33:55.216-06:002015-02-11T23:33:55.216-06:00I have never seen this movie. I must watch it now....I have never seen this movie. I must watch it now. Great post, Kaye. I have real problems being able to take a break from my troubles. Sometimes I just get to the point where they feel like they're suffocating me and really closing in. I've always been a worrier. I must watch this movie and see what I can take from it!<br />CherylCheryl Piersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18116526340220274282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8927727476793944291.post-22071027204859339542015-02-11T19:37:30.137-06:002015-02-11T19:37:30.137-06:00Kristy,
Thanks! I enjoy movies that are more than...Kristy,<br /><br />Thanks! I enjoy movies that are more than they seem at first viewing (books, too). Movies with layers (like Shrek said: ogres are like onions--they have layers). The old Bugs Bunny cartoons had layers. The superficial layer was entertainment for kids. Then there are deeper layers for adults (innuendo, references to classical music, sarcasm, and so on). The movie Chocolat is Kaye Spencerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13530735658588595790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8927727476793944291.post-319176586661939852015-02-11T19:11:30.326-06:002015-02-11T19:11:30.326-06:00Barbara,
I still do the "what ifs" and ...Barbara,<br /><br />I still do the "what ifs" and the "if onlys", and I did go through a dry spell of not writing anything because I'd lost confidence that I could even write a simple sentence with subject/verb agreement. Sometimes, I'm my own worst enemy, but I've managed to put that behind me. Now I mostly struggle with juggling writing time with life's Kaye Spencerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13530735658588595790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8927727476793944291.post-21895915425707127752015-02-11T19:08:38.876-06:002015-02-11T19:08:38.876-06:00Doris,
So true, so true. There are messages and l...Doris,<br /><br />So true, so true. There are messages and life lessons everywhere we look. I think we miss many of them, though, because we live such fast-paced lives and we are bombarded with so much visual and auditory stimuli that it's hard to sort out what is important and what we can let slip on by. Kaye Spencerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13530735658588595790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8927727476793944291.post-76300118326911038592015-02-11T19:00:23.160-06:002015-02-11T19:00:23.160-06:00Sarah,
I understand what you mean by finding the ...Sarah,<br /><br />I understand what you mean by finding the right home for our books. I think that's one reason self-publishing is so attractive. Several of my books languished in No Man's Land with a publisher, and it was with great angst that I finally requested my rights back to them over the past few months. Now these books are languishing on my computer until I have the mental Kaye Spencerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13530735658588595790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8927727476793944291.post-43781546342423850872015-02-11T14:37:47.467-06:002015-02-11T14:37:47.467-06:00Kaye,
A great post! It's been awhile since I&#...Kaye,<br />A great post! It's been awhile since I've seen 'What About Bob?'. Will have to check it out.Kristy McCaffreyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17363740420272046549noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8927727476793944291.post-59359567563751748442015-02-11T14:11:44.897-06:002015-02-11T14:11:44.897-06:00Kaye some great reminders in your blog. In the beg...Kaye some great reminders in your blog. In the beginning of my writing journey I did a lot of "If only," thinking. If only a publisher liked my book. If only I got a contract. I was so focused on the If only's that I almost talked myself out of writing another word. Great post! And I dearly love Richard Dryfuss ad Bill Murray.<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09396020400398531264noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8927727476793944291.post-23364563076972493262015-02-11T12:56:01.485-06:002015-02-11T12:56:01.485-06:00What we can learn if we only open our eyes and ear...What we can learn if we only open our eyes and ears and not judge. I believe we all learn subconsciously, we just don't always pay attention to the 'nudges' we get. Your post is a great example of that. Even all the 'bad' books I've read teach something (how not to write that way, but the authors was trying) I can use at some point in my life. Great post and thanks. Doris Renaissance Womenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09045401344374224512noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8927727476793944291.post-36967461304990649042015-02-11T08:56:01.377-06:002015-02-11T08:56:01.377-06:00Kaye, I loved this take on the lessons for real li...Kaye, I loved this take on the lessons for real life from the movie, "What About Bob?". I have dealt with writer's block head-on and it was a crippling experience. But like most of life's hard lessons, I learned a great deal from it. You just can't force a story. I had to back away from my WIP at the time, do some gardening, and then I took a class in writer's block and Sarah J. McNealhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17749991094677728042noreply@blogger.com