tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228273369846378320.post6849057009157540617..comments2023-06-21T08:09:44.331-04:00Comments on This Is My Secret: The Blog and Website of Writer Kristin Cashore: Authors, Appearances, Anxiety, and Dropping One's PantsKristin Cashorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05560274772312684672noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228273369846378320.post-10192725320887669522009-09-30T19:11:16.485-04:002009-09-30T19:11:16.485-04:00I totally understand how your favorite voice-recog...I totally understand how your favorite voice-recognition-software-misunderstanding can be the one involving those pants dropping. Hilarious ! And I'm sending you from across the Atlantic a big-mega-huge box full of courage for that tour. I'm sure you'll be great. I'm an actress, and yet I'm sure that all my life I'll be scared everytime I get on stage. It's scary, it's intimidating, but it is thrilling !<br />And as Cat Stevens says :<br /><br /><i>"Don't be shy, just let your feelings roll on by <br />Don't wear fear or nobody will know you're there <br />Just lift your head, and let your feelings out instead <br />And don't be shy, just let your feelings roll on by"</i> <br /><br />Good luck Kristin !<br /><br />PS : Word Verification this time was <i>curedis</i>. Cure this ? Cure what ?Charlottehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13270683124723296786noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228273369846378320.post-75478036481376493612009-09-29T16:37:38.572-04:002009-09-29T16:37:38.572-04:00Kristin - I just discovered your books and your bl...Kristin - I just discovered your books and your blog. I am enjoying both of them immensely. There are few books that make me want to stay up all night with the light on, reading way past my bedtime, especially when I have swimming class & work very early the next day! Graceling did just that. I love the way you write and your character development. And I loved the bits of humor....mainly because I love reading silently and then laughing out loud:) Can't wait for Fire and Bitterblue. Hope you enjoy your book tour! I lived out in Colorado for a while and there's nothing quite like the aspens glowing all golden in October. Good luck!Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04379528446767223464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228273369846378320.post-67356428465523502012009-09-29T16:35:29.263-04:002009-09-29T16:35:29.263-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04379528446767223464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228273369846378320.post-27932132330805368602009-09-29T13:57:20.950-04:002009-09-29T13:57:20.950-04:00Thank you, everyone, for the well-wishes and the a...Thank you, everyone, for the well-wishes and the advice!Kristin Cashorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05560274772312684672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228273369846378320.post-56225562236580769892009-09-29T13:52:24.735-04:002009-09-29T13:52:24.735-04:00Best of luck, Kristin! I know you'll do GREAT!...Best of luck, Kristin! I know you'll do GREAT!!Lisa-Marie Jordanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14620184280150814909noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228273369846378320.post-76903660369402743302009-09-29T10:15:43.119-04:002009-09-29T10:15:43.119-04:00I hope you tour is going wonderfully!! I am sure y...I hope you tour is going wonderfully!! I am sure you will do great!! :)<br /><br />I thought I would point this out if you haven't seen it yet. :) http://101fantasybooks.wordpress.com/the-best-of-101-fantasy/#comments<br /><br />You are number 21 for Graceling. Considering most of the ones before Graceling are Harry Potter, Twilight, and LOTR books, I'd say that's pretty cool!! (Not that I think Twilight is better than Graceling, as I definitely don't think so, but they are very popular right now.)Sarah Weirhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13720214213575211582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228273369846378320.post-45172365160589813332009-09-28T22:09:13.246-04:002009-09-28T22:09:13.246-04:00Have a heck of a time at the conference. Sherwood ...Have a heck of a time at the conference. Sherwood Smith is one of my absolute faves, so jealous you get to hang with her.<br /><br />Miss Marple is a name I have heard in years! I was more of a Hercule Poirot fan myself. :)Isabel Ibanezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11384481733317220574noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228273369846378320.post-63197741174009808412009-09-28T18:04:54.690-04:002009-09-28T18:04:54.690-04:00Oh, Kristin, I love ya for this post! Thank you fo...Oh, Kristin, I love ya for this post! Thank you for all your inspiring words. Seriously! I have severe public speaking anxiety. It's bad. I literally would skip school projects that needed to be presented just to avoid having to be in front of everyone. Not cool. I want so desparately to be a published writer, but I always wonder how I will deal w/this kind of thing. Ugh. So, hats off to you for getting up there and doing it!! You'll do fantabulous!<br />You had me cracking up w/the dropping of the pants thing. Ahaha! Too funny. I am very jealous that you have VRS. I want it! I just spent my week vacation w/my *new* bday laptop (yay!), (minus the internet until my wireless comes in), transposing my longhand notes into typed notes. I am nowhere near done. But it's good to go back and read some of that stuff that I'd forgotten about. I'm a little amazed that some of it sounds SO good! I'm like, damn, did I write that? Really? :)<br />Have a great time on your tour!tinkandalissahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01519082764772978297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228273369846378320.post-50140611905035919252009-09-28T14:37:23.134-04:002009-09-28T14:37:23.134-04:00Gosh you're great.. I mean really GREAT. You c...Gosh you're great.. I mean really GREAT. You can always make me smile. Have a lovely tour ;)<br /><br />--candelionAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228273369846378320.post-85825980391188017202009-09-28T14:31:22.864-04:002009-09-28T14:31:22.864-04:00Something my Mom says always helps when I have to ...Something my Mom says always helps when I have to speak in public. <br /><br />"No one is as focused on you as you are." <br /><br />Meaning, while people are listening to your speech they are also wondering if they fed the cat or if that little place around the corner is still open for lunch. And while they enjoy hearing what you have to say, they move on when it is over. <br /><br />So whatever mistakes you think you have made, don't worry. Probably, no one else noticed. They are too busy worrying about whatever mistakes they think they made.JillinPChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04966822751707723351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228273369846378320.post-7462120872928461982009-09-28T13:24:27.219-04:002009-09-28T13:24:27.219-04:00How how how can VRS not recognize "Gilbert Bl...How how how can VRS not recognize "Gilbert Blythe?" *sigh* How can _anyone_ not recognize Gilbert Blythe?<br /><br />I'm intrigued by the idea of VRS. Never used it. I feel very old-fashioned, typing away. Kristin, you mentioned recently that you write in longhand. I never would have tried it, but I recently did out of necessity and found it had an interesting - and very positive - effect on my work! I thought I tired it more often, but crumple at the thought of all that transcribing. Perhaps VRS is the answer for me.<br /><br />Good on ya for getting out there and putting in all those appearances, even while your knees are buckling! Along the lines of the good advice you got, a professor of mine once told me, "Anything worth doing is difficult." Which I mostly agree with. (But, watching sunsets? Not hard, very worth doing. Ditto for eating cookies, taking naps, etc...)<br /><br />May the road rise to greet you on your travels!Shannonhttp://www.shannonrigney.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228273369846378320.post-61747352769649180832009-09-28T10:47:18.053-04:002009-09-28T10:47:18.053-04:00Chuckles- I can relate to the whole speech recogni...Chuckles- I can relate to the whole speech recognition frustration problem. It makes you wonder how it can get the most complex phrases and such, but a big one for me was that it wouldn't recognize the word highlight; though that might of had to do with my slight country accent, but I'm working on it! Anyways, good luck with everything and I love the Three Kings quote. ^_^Jennifer C.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09988970754881701368noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228273369846378320.post-38093693609548046012009-09-28T10:42:56.982-04:002009-09-28T10:42:56.982-04:00You're going to be great, Kristin! I'm a p...You're going to be great, Kristin! I'm a publicist (and a writer) and lots of my authors are shy and prefer to stay out of the public spotlight. But I think that, while most of us writers are introverts, it's important to get out and meet your fans and see the impact your writing has had. And I know you're going to have tons of people come out to see you! So it'll be worth the anxiety!<br /><br />I can't wait to come see you at Books of Wonder in November!Lizzy Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09296235910844800986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228273369846378320.post-69563749626895237422009-09-28T08:57:16.907-04:002009-09-28T08:57:16.907-04:00Kristin this ♥ is for you. Because you just made...Kristin this ♥ is for you. Because you just made it okay for me to be struggling with catatonic terror at the realization that I'm about to fly (alone without any of my Clan) for the first time in ten years to a place I've never been surrounded by hundreds of people (who in my head I just KNOW know what they're doing while I don't) and then host a roundtable discussion which I've also never done before. <br /><br />The worst part? I'm afraid that I will screw up chances to make a good impression on people because I've spent my life NOT trying to impress anyone. And now, possible opportunities as a writer DEPEND on my ability to at least come off as serious, yet fun, someone with potential, yet someone who's already polished enough to take a chance on. ARRGH! <br /><br />But I feel better now, because I'm going to do it all anyway. And afterwards, it won't have been as hard as all that. Thank you Kristin!<br /><br />And incidentally, I snorted coffee through my nose over your VRS and the 'He dropped his pants" thing. Perhaps I oughtn't have coffee at Sirens since I'm trying to look somewhat mature, and at least vaguely capable...Artemis Greyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10849091563671031929noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228273369846378320.post-32139781607535905622009-09-28T08:56:37.267-04:002009-09-28T08:56:37.267-04:00Thank you for such inspiring words. I want to wish...Thank you for such inspiring words. I want to wish you luck at the upcoming sales conference and on the first leg of your tour. Although, you really don't need luck... You will be absolutely fine without it. As cliche as it sounds try to have some fun too! :) I'm looking forward to hearing all about your adventures.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com