tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9153239170529797909.post5173893758010860666..comments2024-03-24T10:54:20.657-06:00Comments on Jennifer Ruth Jackson, Poet: An Author's LiesJennifer Ruth Jacksonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04699005759754946494noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9153239170529797909.post-42032481537554656372011-09-03T15:33:15.850-06:002011-09-03T15:33:15.850-06:00That's the fun part of a fiction book - the fa...That's the fun part of a fiction book - the fable that it weaves.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08311305166391446029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9153239170529797909.post-38675908314245781942011-08-31T15:51:16.981-06:002011-08-31T15:51:16.981-06:00So true and well said. The truths woven in with th...So true and well said. The truths woven in with the fiction are what make stories appealing to readers. It takes a good author to convince us of these "lies".Saumyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08517289532769906489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9153239170529797909.post-88175781096565448482011-08-31T13:13:01.543-06:002011-08-31T13:13:01.543-06:00Hmmm. I agree with you. But there are lots of trut...Hmmm. I agree with you. But there are lots of truths in novels. Neil Gaiman in "American Gods" writes a whole section addressing this. He says to Americans to please avoid going out and looking for the places that I write about in my novel. Many of them are made up...but some are not. Nevertheless you should respect those places and not pester the people that live there just because I wrote about them.Michael Offutt, Phantom Readerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10557969104886174930noreply@blogger.com