Comments on: Reynald’s Rap: Lance Reynald chats with Olympia Vernon

By: Susan Henderson

Susan Henderson — Tue, 24 Oct 2006 10:23:47 +0000

Olympia – Thanks for stopping by!

Lee – Welcome!

By: Lee Crase

Lee Crase — Mon, 23 Oct 2006 02:28:45 +0000

I’ve enjoyed this so much. I look forward to reading both of you!
Thank you.

By: Olympia Vernon

Olympia Vernon — Mon, 23 Oct 2006 00:53:26 +0000

A special thanks to you all for your comments; Any conversation with Lance Reynald is always a good one; LitPark is a true gem.

Olympia.

By: Lance Reynald

Lance Reynald — Sun, 22 Oct 2006 21:29:27 +0000

Amy- thest best part, huh? thanks!
Megan- thanks!
Aurelio- Yeah, Olympia’s words kinda make you strive to be the best you can be with that one brush.

By: Aurelio

Aurelio — Sun, 22 Oct 2006 19:02:38 +0000

“Characters are unique to the writers who translate them. One painter, One brush, One scene.”

Wow. It’s inspiring when a successful writer like Olympia makes the rest of us feel our own unique worth too.

Thanks, Lance, for this nice interview with Olympia – and now I have some new reading to add to my list!

By: Megan

Megan — Sun, 22 Oct 2006 15:06:24 +0000

What a beautifully insightful interview. I found Olympias advice invaluable and I love that you focused on Olympia as a creative person.

You are both wonderfully creative people with such unique talents, that very much came through.

Thank you both.

By: amy

amy — Sun, 22 Oct 2006 13:07:23 +0000

For me, the best part of this whole post was Lance Reynald’s bio – one of those moments when you think, “Gee, I wish I’d written that!”

The Andy Warhol book sounds fascinating.

By: Lance Reynald

Lance Reynald — Sun, 22 Oct 2006 00:48:54 +0000

thanks to everyone for dropping by today.

Buckster- thanks for all the kind words. No one is below me…..I just haven’t found the picture I like yet.
Sarah- always good to see you in the Park.
Juliet- Lanceographs?? See above. lol.
Joe- You should read them all, but “A Killing in this Town” is incredible.
Susan- beautifully put, though I will say Olympia treats the characters in her life with the same respect.
Frank- thanks for dropping by. Music is key to my writing too, I’ve found the deeper I get with it the more the characters start the choosing.
Pia-Thank you for dropping by the Park after NPR! I’d say start with the cover that draws you in, then read them all and, isn’t Joni great?

By: Pia

Pia — Sun, 22 Oct 2006 00:32:54 +0000

Lance, I was just downstairs listening to Joni Mitchell on NPR, and then came up to poke around the internet, and here’s this gift of an interview with Olympia Vernon. Which of her novels should I read first? The cover with the palm is one of the best covers I think I’ve ever seen.

Thank you both!
pia z. e.

By: Frank Daniels

Frank Daniels — Sat, 21 Oct 2006 15:01:54 +0000

Great interview Lance. I can’t wait to read some of Olympia’s stuff. Also love LOVE how she talks about listening to the characters and not drowning them out with music you force on them. This is a great piece of advice, and one I only realized myself this past year or so. I used to write with music all the time (NEVER edited while listening to tunes though), and in some ways I think it helped the characters come to life in my book, but now I find it much more to their liking when I let them choose what to listen to. God, I feel cheesy saying that, but it is so true. Plus, Olympia said it first so I feel as though precedent has been set and all that. Thanks Olympia!