Comments for Jane Sevier http://www.janesevier.com mystery-thrillers and love stories served up Southern style Mon, 23 Aug 2010 16:06:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Comment on The Power of Fiction by Jane Sevier http://www.janesevier.com/?p=362&cpage=1#comment-108 Jane Sevier Mon, 23 Aug 2010 16:06:33 +0000 http://www.janesevier.com/?p=362#comment-108 Glad you enjoyed browsing, the site, Yvonne. And I thought the spirit-trapping thing was pretty cool, too. Like a force field, only decorative. Keely, thanks so much for the compliment about my site. Hey, I LOVE the idea of making a bottle tree do double duty as a memory tree. I used to keep wine and champagne corks to commemorate special occasions, but after a while, you run out of space unless you decide to refloor your kitchen with them. I guess more memories would simply be an excuse to add another tree and another until you have an orchard of memories. Glad you enjoyed browsing, the site, Yvonne. And I thought the spirit-trapping thing was pretty cool, too. Like a force field, only decorative.

Keely, thanks so much for the compliment about my site. Hey, I LOVE the idea of making a bottle tree do double duty as a memory tree. I used to keep wine and champagne corks to commemorate special occasions, but after a while, you run out of space unless you decide to refloor your kitchen with them. I guess more memories would simply be an excuse to add another tree and another until you have an orchard of memories.

]]> Comment on The Power of Fiction by J. Keely Thrall http://www.janesevier.com/?p=362&cpage=1#comment-107 J. Keely Thrall Mon, 23 Aug 2010 15:49:11 +0000 http://www.janesevier.com/?p=362#comment-107 Jane - gorgeous site! I've never seen a bottle tree until now but, wow, that's exactily what it is, isn't it? I can imagine hanging memories off the branches..."Oh, that was the bottle of wine we brought back from vacation in Oregon." "And that one was Christmas 2007 when it snowed in Texas and we had an excuse to break out the mulling spices." What a neat and nifty idea. And how cool that the idea has survived the transplant from another continent and culture. Makes it even better, somehow! Jane – gorgeous site! I’ve never seen a bottle tree until now but, wow, that’s exactily what it is, isn’t it? I can imagine hanging memories off the branches…”Oh, that was the bottle of wine we brought back from vacation in Oregon.” “And that one was Christmas 2007 when it snowed in Texas and we had an excuse to break out the mulling spices.” What a neat and nifty idea. And how cool that the idea has survived the transplant from another continent and culture. Makes it even better, somehow!

]]> Comment on The Power of Fiction by Yvonne http://www.janesevier.com/?p=362&cpage=1#comment-106 Yvonne Sun, 22 Aug 2010 16:15:02 +0000 http://www.janesevier.com/?p=362#comment-106 I love the idea of trapping evil spirits in the bottles. And they're pretty to look at, too! And I second Lizbeth's comment about your WONDERFUL list of linkage. Lots to browse . . . I love the idea of trapping evil spirits in the bottles. And they’re pretty to look at, too!

And I second Lizbeth’s comment about your WONDERFUL list of linkage. Lots to browse . . .

]]> Comment on The Power of Fiction by Jane Sevier http://www.janesevier.com/?p=362&cpage=1#comment-105 Jane Sevier Sun, 22 Aug 2010 13:26:14 +0000 http://www.janesevier.com/?p=362#comment-105 It is wild, isn't it, Liz? I think of myself as such a child of the South, but I've admired that bottle tree for at least a couple of years with no idea it was part of a Southern folk tradition with roots in Africa. Maybe it was my Tennessee blood that drew me to it, though. Bottle trees protect a house and its inhabitants because evil spirits enter the bottles and are trapped there. Karen White says seeing her first at a friend's house in Memphis helped spark the idea for On Folly Beach. The tradition plays out beautifully in her story. Thank you for the compliments on my site. I wanted it to be useful to other writers, so, yes, please, link to it. It is wild, isn’t it, Liz? I think of myself as such a child of the South, but I’ve admired that bottle tree for at least a couple of years with no idea it was part of a Southern folk tradition with roots in Africa. Maybe it was my Tennessee blood that drew me to it, though.

Bottle trees protect a house and its inhabitants because evil spirits enter the bottles and are trapped there. Karen White says seeing her first at a friend’s house in Memphis helped spark the idea for On Folly Beach. The tradition plays out beautifully in her story.

Thank you for the compliments on my site. I wanted it to be useful to other writers, so, yes, please, link to it.

]]> Comment on The Power of Fiction by Lizbeth Selvig http://www.janesevier.com/?p=362&cpage=1#comment-104 Lizbeth Selvig Sun, 22 Aug 2010 01:27:30 +0000 http://www.janesevier.com/?p=362#comment-104 I just have to add one more comment on your site -- I'd skimmed through it before commenting earlier. Now I've looked around a bit more. Ummm, can I steal it? I could spend hours roaming through your wonderful links -- I think I'd love to link to you on my site and send all my friends here. Whaddya think?? Great job! I just have to add one more comment on your site — I’d skimmed through it before commenting earlier. Now I’ve looked around a bit more. Ummm, can I steal it? I could spend hours roaming through your wonderful links — I think I’d love to link to you on my site and send all my friends here. Whaddya think?? Great job!

]]> Comment on The Power of Fiction by Lizbeth Selvig http://www.janesevier.com/?p=362&cpage=1#comment-103 Lizbeth Selvig Sun, 22 Aug 2010 01:15:33 +0000 http://www.janesevier.com/?p=362#comment-103 Jane, That's, I think, the most unusual thing I've ever heard of and the story of how you read about it in a book and then found one you'd been walking by in your own neighborhood? So cool--almost freaky. Power in fiction is right! I can't think of a specific example, but reading fiction is always sort of breathtaking when I come across a universal truth--something that hits me mid-chest and I say, 'wow, I didn't know other people acted that way too.' That's the kind of fiction I've always wanted to write. Your web/blogsite is lovely--and as for navigability--easy peasy!! Nicely done--have fun with it. Jane,
That’s, I think, the most unusual thing I’ve ever heard of and the story of how you read about it in a book and then found one you’d been walking by in your own neighborhood? So cool–almost freaky. Power in fiction is right! I can’t think of a specific example, but reading fiction is always sort of breathtaking when I come across a universal truth–something that hits me mid-chest and I say, ‘wow, I didn’t know other people acted that way too.’ That’s the kind of fiction I’ve always wanted to write.

Your web/blogsite is lovely–and as for navigability–easy peasy!! Nicely done–have fun with it.

]]> Comment on Big Books by Jane Sevier http://www.janesevier.com/?p=352&cpage=1#comment-100 Jane Sevier Mon, 16 Aug 2010 17:51:02 +0000 http://www.janesevier.com/?p=352#comment-100 Oh, Susye, I love it! Now we just need to fit the rest of the lyrics. But, yep, it is time for the kids to go back to school. Oh, Susye, I love it! Now we just need to fit the rest of the lyrics.
But, yep, it is time for the kids to go back to school.

]]> Comment on Big Books by Susye http://www.janesevier.com/?p=352&cpage=1#comment-99 Susye Mon, 16 Aug 2010 17:28:36 +0000 http://www.janesevier.com/?p=352#comment-99 "I like big books and I cannot lie!" Sorry. I think it's time for the kids to go back to school now. ;) “I like big books and I cannot lie!”

Sorry. I think it’s time for the kids to go back to school now. ;)

]]> Comment on It’s an honor by Jane Sevier http://www.janesevier.com/?p=331&cpage=1#comment-86 Jane Sevier Fri, 06 Aug 2010 19:58:30 +0000 http://www.janesevier.com/?p=331#comment-86 Jan, Emily, and Janece, thank you for your support! I might not have brought home the Golden Heart, but I had a great conference. Jan, Emily, and Janece, thank you for your support! I might not have brought home the Golden Heart, but I had a great conference.

]]> Comment on It’s an honor by Jan Hudson http://www.janesevier.com/?p=331&cpage=1#comment-82 Jan Hudson Sat, 31 Jul 2010 16:52:26 +0000 http://www.janesevier.com/?p=331#comment-82 Lovely, Jane. You're a gifted writer. Good luck! Lovely, Jane. You’re a gifted writer. Good luck!

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