tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7615829725379318976.post1462099420862237096..comments2024-03-27T16:13:44.149-07:00Comments on Cross and Cutlass: Tis a Writer's Life for Me! - Book endingsMaryLu Tyndallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03627854450199870544noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7615829725379318976.post-43854830303310304912016-12-06T18:28:03.623-08:002016-12-06T18:28:03.623-08:00thanks for postthanks for postAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14753156555223561443noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7615829725379318976.post-67361824175834332812012-02-27T10:44:46.146-08:002012-02-27T10:44:46.146-08:00Ah, yes, endings that make you sigh with a smile. ...Ah, yes, endings that make you sigh with a smile. Love, love, love. You do an incredible job with this :)Sheri Salatinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09691527740479143273noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7615829725379318976.post-61543969704382245782012-02-27T09:45:00.502-08:002012-02-27T09:45:00.502-08:00Ah.. thanks Debbie!Ah.. thanks Debbie!MaryLu Tyndallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03627854450199870544noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7615829725379318976.post-43217661150027579442012-02-27T00:17:48.324-08:002012-02-27T00:17:48.324-08:00MaryLu, you picked my absolute favorite ending to ...MaryLu, you picked my absolute favorite ending to use as your first example. When I finished The Falcon and the Sparrow, I leaned back, tears in my eyes, and let out a huge fulfilled sigh. It was first time I used the line 'The best movie I've never seen'. hugsChaplain Debbiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00962927651639562649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7615829725379318976.post-86406991387436864252012-02-25T10:34:04.803-08:002012-02-25T10:34:04.803-08:00I've read books that have done that too, Linda...I've read books that have done that too, Linda. It's horrible. It feels like the author just grew weary of the entire book. I normally don't read that author again.MaryLu Tyndallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03627854450199870544noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7615829725379318976.post-91782164345710391052012-02-25T09:10:43.366-08:002012-02-25T09:10:43.366-08:00Absolutely! And nothing is more frustrating than ...Absolutely! And nothing is more frustrating than to get the the last chapter and feel like the author ran out of word count and just threw the ending together and resolved everything with a wave of the wand. Resolutions do have to make sense. I hate laboring through a book and then poof! It all magically disappears and is tied up with some ridiculous ending.Mocha with Lindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16387717261200678465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7615829725379318976.post-1986431587631024272012-02-24T14:29:15.440-08:002012-02-24T14:29:15.440-08:00Oh, Brenda, I loved Linda Windsor's chapter en...Oh, Brenda, I loved Linda Windsor's chapter ending! Very nice. Thank you for sharing it. :-) And thanks for your kind words.. I don't want to make you sad, but I know what you mean. I feel the same way about a good book or movie. <br /><br />Jennie, Thanks Jennie! I had forgotten I used humor in my Charleston series. Well, that was before the next sister got herself in trouble! Believe it or not, I had people get mad at me about that.. Sigh. They didn't want to wait to find out! I'm such a big meanie. ;-)MaryLu Tyndallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03627854450199870544noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7615829725379318976.post-23752221351303196322012-02-24T11:32:07.079-08:002012-02-24T11:32:07.079-08:00Oh, yes. You want the reader to sigh at the closin...Oh, yes. You want the reader to sigh at the closing words. <br /><br />I love it when I can read a book or watch a movie all over again and rediscover how it ended.<br /><br />By the way, I love the endings of "Charles Towne Bells". I just realized that each one wraps up the story with just a bit of humor. I think that is part of the reason they are unforgetable. <br /><br />JennieJennienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7615829725379318976.post-79325864397743395202012-02-24T06:08:50.370-08:002012-02-24T06:08:50.370-08:00Fri Feb 24th,
"Morning, MaryLu."
Chapter...Fri Feb 24th,<br />"Morning, MaryLu."<br />Chapter endings ... I can only imagine, and 'try' to appreciate the agonizing hours you must go through, at the finality of each novel !!! No, it doesn't sound easy at all ... as you've already shared -- tying up loose ends, causing everything to make sense, sharing hope and peace and resolve, etc, etc, etc. Leaving your readers with that "feel-good" feeling.<br />I enjoyed all of the endings you shared -- both from your own novels, and those of others.<br />Just having finished the book "Maire", by Linda Windsor ... Chpt 27 ends: 'The words echoed again and again with each hungry beat of Maire's heart. It was a wonderful thing, this love. Without it, two hearts were incomplete. With it, they were truly one, not just with each other, but with God. If Maire never understood another thing about her new faith, she knew this to be true: God is love -- and all things are possible in the name of love.'<br />Well, on the simple mind of this reader "me" .... all I can tell you MaryLu is: that when I draw to the close of your novels, even though yes, there is a "feel-good" feeling .... it also saddens me too ... only because I don't want the book/story to come to an end !!!<br />I am quite sure, that in "Forsaken Dreams" ... your ending will be just as grand, as in 'all' of your previous books !!!<br />Take care, and, God Bless,<br />In Him, Brenda HurleyBrenda Hurleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02300198431909618080noreply@blogger.com