tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8584986441435970939.post2053211287437869449..comments2023-10-15T06:31:49.268-07:00Comments on JUST THE WRITE CHARISMA: Don't Kill the Doggies!Andreahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17064541432630743730noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8584986441435970939.post-34454457104456430632011-05-11T10:14:15.878-07:002011-05-11T10:14:15.878-07:00Hi Mike!
You lucky, lucky man. You must post some ...Hi Mike!<br />You lucky, lucky man. You must post some of your experiences from Blueridge later. Hope you are having a blast.<br /><br />I totally agree with Robynn. I know it may not make sense, but I think more folks, and maybe primarily women, feel strongly about the abuse and or killing of animals in fiction. It wouldn't necessarily make me put the book down, but it's just a place I don't want to go to if I can avoid it. Animals and kids are innocents and we should protect them. <br /><br />You know it very well may be a difference between men and women although my hubby feels the same as I do. I've never understood how men can go out and kill deer, with those big brown innocent eyes. But I grew up on a farm and saw injured deer with arrows in them from hunters. <br /><br />Did you ever see Star Man with Jeff Bridges? He brings a dead deer back to life that's laying across that hunters truck. That one scene made me love his character in that movie more than anything else, but I've been accused of being way too sensitive when it comes to critters.<br /><br />Just my humble opinion. If you want women to read your books don't kill the critters.:)<br />JillJillian Kenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12565274151603868808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8584986441435970939.post-73948267673285188472011-05-11T05:33:06.411-07:002011-05-11T05:33:06.411-07:00First of all, Mike -- I'm really JEALOUS that ...First of all, Mike -- I'm really JEALOUS that you're at the Blue Ridge Conference and I'm still freezing here in WI (but I will be at Ridgecrest in August). Secondly, I agree with you -- a human life is far more important than an animal's, even though I love dogs and I'm deathly allergic to horses and cats. Have fun!Andreahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17064541432630743730noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8584986441435970939.post-67589216540168592082011-05-11T05:18:46.281-07:002011-05-11T05:18:46.281-07:00It absolutely bothers me more when an animal gets ...It absolutely bothers me more when an animal gets killed. Won't watch Disney dog movies for that very reason (Lady and The Tramp is the only one where everyone but Ditsy makes it out alive). <br />I will stop reading a book and never pick up that author again if I think an animal I care about will die as part of the story. I allow a little leeway if its an animal who is dead when I "arrive on the scene." <br />Reason? Animals are innocents. They're victims of the curse we humans brought on the earth. They didn't ask to get eaten or hit by cars or tortured by budding serial killers. They don't deserve it in real life and I just can't read about it in my fiction. <br />Is it a good reason? I don't know. But it's a reason, and it absolutely guides my actions. <br />Thanks for the warning about your books, btw.Robynn Tolberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15141254504443757066noreply@blogger.com