Comments on: Curiosity http://www.mostlyanecdotal.org/2007/03/11/curiosity/ Did I tell you the one about the . . . Tue, 02 Dec 2008 00:07:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: fp http://www.mostlyanecdotal.org/2007/03/11/curiosity/#comment-23 fp Mon, 12 Mar 2007 02:27:13 +0000 http://www.mostlyanecdotal.org/2007/03/11/curiosity/#comment-23 <p>They'll always stick up for the cat before they stick up for you.</p> They’ll always stick up for the cat before they stick up for you.

]]> By: Stu Savory http://www.mostlyanecdotal.org/2007/03/11/curiosity/#comment-22 Stu Savory Sun, 11 Mar 2007 17:01:41 +0000 http://www.mostlyanecdotal.org/2007/03/11/curiosity/#comment-22 <p>The cat hasn't dissappeared for long. He's just taking a short paws ;-)</p> The cat hasn’t dissappeared for long. He’s just taking a short paws ;-)

]]> By: Janie http://www.mostlyanecdotal.org/2007/03/11/curiosity/#comment-19 Janie Sun, 11 Mar 2007 16:33:37 +0000 http://www.mostlyanecdotal.org/2007/03/11/curiosity/#comment-19 <p>You guys are too funny! I read the blog and your comments to my husband as we motor southwards out of Oklahoma back home. And he laughed. No lie. No embellishment.</p> <p>Really.</p> You guys are too funny! I read the blog and your comments to my husband as we motor southwards out of Oklahoma back home. And he laughed. No lie. No embellishment.

Really.

]]> By: Norm http://www.mostlyanecdotal.org/2007/03/11/curiosity/#comment-18 Norm Sun, 11 Mar 2007 16:21:00 +0000 http://www.mostlyanecdotal.org/2007/03/11/curiosity/#comment-18 <p>I tried Winston, but now she's accusing me of lying about her calling me a liar. :)</p> I tried Winston, but now she’s accusing me of lying about her calling me a liar. :)

]]> By: Winston http://www.mostlyanecdotal.org/2007/03/11/curiosity/#comment-17 Winston Sun, 11 Mar 2007 14:01:55 +0000 http://www.mostlyanecdotal.org/2007/03/11/curiosity/#comment-17 <p>Roomie is a writer of what is known officially as the genre of "creative non-fiction". Figure that one out... Sounds like a self-proclaiming paradox...</p> <p>She has coached me a bit as I have struggled to write some of my stories, all of which are absolutely true, no lies. Some of the things I remember her saying are: Never embellish. Add enough creative detail to draw the reader in, but never so much as to change the basic story. I look at that like putting sprinkles on an iced cake. The whole becomes a bit more interesting without being changed in any significant way.</p> <p>Agree with your wife by admitting, "Yes, dear, true lies."</p> Roomie is a writer of what is known officially as the genre of “creative non-fiction”. Figure that one out… Sounds like a self-proclaiming paradox…

She has coached me a bit as I have struggled to write some of my stories, all of which are absolutely true, no lies. Some of the things I remember her saying are: Never embellish. Add enough creative detail to draw the reader in, but never so much as to change the basic story. I look at that like putting sprinkles on an iced cake. The whole becomes a bit more interesting without being changed in any significant way.

Agree with your wife by admitting, “Yes, dear, true lies.”

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