Damien Walters Grintalis

Thank you very much, Anonymous! I'm sorry for ...

2012-04-22T21:01:37.567-04:00

Thank you very much, Anonymous! I'm sorry for my delayed response. Blogger had marked your comment as spam for some strange reason.

Thank you very much, Josin!

2012-04-17T14:37:40.417-04:00

Thank you very much, Josin!

That's wonderful! And you've got a great a...

2012-04-17T14:23:59.524-04:00

That's wonderful! And you've got a great agency behind you! Congrats!

:-)

Thank you so much, Libby!

2012-04-16T20:33:39.154-04:00

Thank you so much, Libby!

Very cool!

2012-04-12T16:41:36.500-04:00

Very cool!

Thank you, Tony! And yes, it is very cool to share...

2012-04-04T22:03:32.372-04:00

Thank you, Tony! And yes, it is very cool to share a TOC with Cate! :)

Righteous! (hehe). Awesome news all around. I s...

2012-04-04T19:19:19.146-04:00

Righteous! (hehe). Awesome news all around. I see you're sharing the antho with Cate, very cool. No pun intended. :-) Congrats!

Thank you, Tracy!

2012-03-25T10:54:08.691-04:00

Thank you, Tracy!

Congrats, Damien! Sounds as if it's been a ver...

2012-03-25T08:28:47.781-04:00

Congrats, Damien! Sounds as if it's been a very successful year for you and I'm sure much more success is in your future. Keep them stories flowing. :)

Thank you, Christine!

2012-03-22T22:48:47.534-04:00

Thank you, Christine!

Congratulations!

2012-03-22T20:42:06.950-04:00

Congratulations!

Thank you, all!

2012-03-21T00:19:04.511-04:00

Thank you, all!

Exactly right. I couldn't agree more with this...

2012-03-20T11:57:21.574-04:00

Exactly right. I couldn't agree more with this post.

Absolutely! Writers should tattoo this on their p...

2012-03-20T07:12:58.717-04:00

Absolutely! Writers should tattoo this on their person. :-)

Yep. Well said.

2012-03-19T15:31:12.664-04:00

Yep. Well said.

Thank you, Lee and Cate!

2012-03-17T10:24:09.273-04:00

Thank you, Lee and Cate!

Congratulations Happy Dance

2012-03-17T08:36:33.367-04:00

Congratulations *Happy Dance*

Sweet! Congrats!

2012-03-17T07:29:06.662-04:00

Sweet! Congrats!

This is a wonderful, thought-provoking post. Som...

2012-03-15T14:14:20.932-04:00

This is a wonderful, thought-provoking post.

Some thoughts for your consideration: I think it was important for Ripley to lose *everything* prior to returning to LV-426. It's the only way I can see her decision working in any way, from a character perspective. Otherwise, it's just madness that drives her. Here is a person who has been brought back to zero on every front: personally (loss of time and daughter), professionally (loss of flight status, being thrown under the bus for detonating the ship)...not even sleep is a safe haven. Ripley has nothing in which to seek solace. She can feel herself losing her grip because of the collective strain and it is for this reason alone that she is forced to confront her (very real) demons. Ripley gets on that ship for vengeance (double checking that they're heading out to destroy them) and the chance to regain her flight status (the carrot the company offers). What she doesn't expect is that she'll also find spiritual peace in Newt. By the end, she even reclaims her dreams. It's an arc that would work for a character of any gender, but since it's Ripley we're talking about, "Aliens" becomes a story that argues women can have it all: self-actualization and a family life. Here's a busy career woman (it doesn't get much busier than battling hostile xenomorphs) who still finds time for the child in her life. In the end, (as my wife would say) being a feminist isn't about what role women play, but whether the role they play is the one they have chosen for themselves.

Thank you, Brooklyn!

2012-03-14T23:09:46.996-04:00

Thank you, Brooklyn!

YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2012-03-14T19:51:48.828-04:00

YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thank you, Josin!

2012-03-14T17:50:24.812-04:00

Thank you, Josin!

YAY! Congrats.

2012-03-14T17:33:47.275-04:00

YAY!

Congrats.

I adore similes and metaphors, too. Congrats on se...

2012-03-12T03:58:07.346-04:00

I adore similes and metaphors, too. Congrats on selling your book! It's great to see Horror selling. When I wrote a UF, there were plenty of agents to query, but now that I'm finishing a Horror novel, there are so few...it's worrying.

Thank you, Anonymous! :) Indigo, thank you. Desc...

2012-03-04T23:56:14.588-05:00

Thank you, Anonymous! :)

Indigo, thank you. Description can be tough. It's that delicate balance between enough so the reader can see what you're trying to show them and so much that their eyes glaze over. :)