tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4025264318423694875.post4755037451301091905..comments2024-02-05T10:41:31.777-05:00Comments on I Saw Lightning Fall: Hallinan on "The Unfinish Line"Loren Eatonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12488412683340389286noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4025264318423694875.post-14243187552396244882009-11-28T09:21:44.822-05:002009-11-28T09:21:44.822-05:00Thank you for writing it, Tim! A regular frustrati...Thank you for writing it, Tim! A regular frustration of mine is that there are so few resources for we neophytes that come down out of the clouds and get into the nitty gritty. Your post did just that.<br /><br />Also, congrats on the completion. Here's to hoping for a warm reception (and no jackhammers) for the book.Loren Eatonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12488412683340389286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4025264318423694875.post-72638569143120556372009-11-27T16:21:51.155-05:002009-11-27T16:21:51.155-05:00Wow, Loren -- glad you found it helpful. For what...Wow, Loren -- glad you found it helpful. For what it's worth, last night at 9 PM I finished the 112,000th mistake and realized that I'd managed to strengthen some of the weakest stuff in the book, not by going all metaphysical on it, but by working with details.<br /><br />I actually think you can make a case for details being the most important elements in writing. Almost everything seems to rise out of them.<br /><br />Now it's off to my agent (a former editor) and, then, to my actual editor. Will they like it? I have no idea. But I'm at the point where I'm ready to let the baby toddle out into the world and hope nobody takes a jackhammer to it.<br /><br />Thanks for noticing the piece.<br /><br />TimTimothy Hallinanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00551263887774445511noreply@blogger.com