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Thursday, January 18, 2007

#43 - Fantasy

(Hi, this is Laini here.) I feel a little sheepish sometimes when I choose a prompt entirely because it's what's on the tip of my own mind, but that's just what I'm doing this week. I hope you don't mind, and besides, I think it's a good prompt!

I'm thinking about "fantasy" because I write fantasy, my forthcoming novel is fantasy, and because tomorrow I will be "appearing" for the first time to talk about fantasy in general and my novel in particular, and I'm nervous! I'm going to the ALA (American Library Association) Midwinter Conference, and this was supposed to be a low-stress toe-dip into the waters of the big book world, just strolling around with my editor meeting librarians and handing out my book galleys at the Penguin booth, BUT. A very prominent fantasy writer had to drop out of a panel discussion at the last minute, and I get to fill in! With two other very prominent science fiction writers, who probably have 100 books between them to my weeny little one. The topic is the rise in popularity of fantasy, and I'm thinking and thinking -- why do I love fantasy? -- and formulating my thoughts for tomorrow. So thanks for playing my game. (Come on, play.)

Why do you love/not love fantasy? Or, what does fantasy mean to you?

Or, as is the way of Sunday Scribblings, write about anything that the word 'fantasy' puts into your mind. Have fun, and wish me luck!

1. inconsequential
2. liza's eyeview
3. hundred and one
4. journeythroughlife
5. shelley
6. papyrus
7. tania
8. sinclair
9. bug
10. brilliantdonkey
11. xegbp
12. misplaced
13. elspeth
14. twilightspider
15. rethabile
16. speedy chick
17. tiffany
18. DJPare
19. brian
20. regina clare jane
21. daffa
22. footpad
23. ish
24. britt-arnhild
25. desert rat
26. michelle fry
27. kamsin
28. novel nymph
29. karen travels
30. bongga mom
31. ascenderrisesabove
32. penelope
33. mike mc
34. alexandra g
35. mike
36. frances
37. ~kathryn~
38. laini
39. gogo
40. delena
41. chief biscuit
42. raven
43. marilyn
44. remiman
45. susanlavonne
46. january
47. becca
48. jone
49. the quintessential feline
50. nuttersnotes
51. megan
52. rose of sharon
53. awareness
54. liza lee miller
55. sognatrice
56. gautami tripathy
57. bohemian girl
58. bridget m
59. bostonerin
60. the friendliest flower
61. bella
62. herb urban
63. cynthia
64. giggles
65. sarala
66. kristine
67. mardougrrl
68. kg
69. rose
70. la vie en rose
71. sundaycynce
72. blackdaisies
73. deirdre
74. kay
75. stacy
76. lucy
77.
78.
79.

97 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

http://negligible-trivial.blogspot.com/2007/01/fantasy-you-say.html

sorry, a 5 min job....in a rush today :)

might clean it up later....

12:19 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

A fun prompt! Good luck to you!

http://lizas-eyeview.blogspot.com/2007/01/sunday-scribblings-fantasy.html

1:44 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Gosh, can't believe how quick i was with this. Here it is...

http://hundredandonethings.blogspot.com/2007/01/fantasy.html

2:31 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

http://journeythroughlife-afreshstart.blogspot.com/2007/01/sunday-scribblings-fantasy.html

3:32 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

What a great opportunity...what an exciting turn of luck...they'll benefit from your own unique thoughts...and you'll get to interact with some a couple of old salts. have fun!

5:34 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Outstanding prompt; thank you!

Here's mine.

(http://butwait.blogspot.com/2007/01/fantasy.html)

7:29 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Good Luck and have fun! I have my story written, but I'll post on Saturday. Have a great weekend everyone. :)

7:42 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Here's my latest device offered up in fear and trembling and in the hope that nothing can be traced back to me.
http://my-thoughts-for-a-penny.blogspot.com/2007/01/alls-well-in-scribbling.html

8:33 AM  
Blogger tania said...

good luck at the ALA panel! i'm sure you will knock their socks off!

thank you so much for the prompt.
http://smallperversions.blogspot.com/2007/01/uh-oh-sunday-scribblings-this-week-is.html

8:34 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

good luck reading at the panel! it's going to be fabulous, what a great opportunity.

sinclair
http://sugarbutch.blogspot.com/2007/01/sunday-scribblings-fantasy.html

8:37 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

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9:24 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Best of luck! What a great opportunity!
http://writerbug.blogspot.com/2007/01/sunday-scribblings-fantasy.html

9:25 AM  
Blogger Misplaced said...

Thanks for the prompt- and good luck

9:27 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Best of luck! What a great opportunity!
http://writerbug.blogspot.com/2007/01/sunday-scribblings-fantasy.html

9:28 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Here is my entry. Put down the knives and back away from the monitor......tis just a joke!

http://briliantdonkey.blogspot.com/2007/01/pass-chips.html

9:28 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Best of luck! What a great opportunity!
http://writerbug.blogspot.com/2007/01/sunday-scribblings-fantasy.html

9:31 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Best of luck! What a great opportunity!
http://writerbug.blogspot.com/2007/01/sunday-scribblings-fantasy.html

9:35 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Best of luck! What a great opportunity!
http://writerbug.blogspot.com/2007/01/sunday-scribblings-fantasy.html

9:35 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Best of luck! What a great opportunity!
http://writerbug.blogspot.com/2007/01/sunday-scribblings-fantasy.html

9:38 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Best of luck! What a great opportunity!
http://writerbug.blogspot.com/2007/01/sunday-scribblings-fantasy.html

9:45 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Best of luck! What a great opportunity!
http://writerbug.blogspot.com/2007/01/sunday-scribblings-fantasy.html

9:48 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Ahh! Blogger made my comment appear a million times! Sorry about that! Feel free to delete the redundant ones!

9:51 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

How exciting Laini! Wishing you all the best tomorrow!!

10:59 AM  
Blogger xegbp said...

http://poetryfromxegbp.blogspot.com/2007/01/i-like-robots.html

11:17 AM  
Blogger Misplaced said...

Let me try this again.


http://misplacedinthemidwest.blogspot.com/2007/01/what-is-fantasy-first-thing-that-comes.html

1:19 PM  
Blogger Elspeth said...

http://nowiswow.blogspot.com/2007/01/fantasy.html

1:50 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Congratulations Laini - have a GREAT time!

http://twilightspider.blogspot.com/2007/01/fantasy.html

3:44 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Hello everyone. Here is The fantastic story of recycling the world

Wish you a happy weekend.

3:44 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

http://no-speed-limits.blogspot.com/2007/01/fantay.html

4:22 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

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4:28 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Here's my first attempt at writing fantasy. Thanks for the prompt - it was fun!

http://poetryandhums.blogspot.com/2007/01/sunday-scribblings-fantasy.html

6:12 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

http://djpare.blogspot.com/2007/01/sunday-scribblings-43-fantasy.html


By the way, congrats and good luck, Laini!

6:32 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I see you been spammed again by hot girls and drugs. Now there is fantasy!!!

Here is my story this week, and I have continued last weeks story.

"It's a Fantasy".

http://hummingbunny.wordpress.com/2007/01/20/its-a-fantasy/

9:34 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Yes, good luck, Laini! How exciting!

Here's mine:

http://sparkinyou.blogspot.com/2007/01/sunday-scribblings_20.html

9:44 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

my fantasy land

http://daffado1.blogspot.com/2007/01/sunday-scribblings-43.html

9:54 PM  
Blogger Footpad said...

My contribution can be found here.

12:35 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I had a go. Maybe a bit stilted and I will loosen up as the Sundays progress. :-)

http://isham-verse.blogspot.com/2007/01/tale.html

3:04 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Here is my contribution:
http://brittarnhildshouseinthewoods.typepad.com/brittarnhilds_house_in_th/2007/01/warmth_for_body.html

3:14 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Really late this week, but here it is: A Fool's Fantasy

http://www.celticharper.com/blog/?p=124

11:49 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I'm early this week. Thanks for the great prompt.

Verbal: Fantasy at my finger tips

1:07 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Fantastic!

http://thefarsideofthesea.blogspot.com/2007/01/fantasy.html

1:30 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

For my fantasy, click here.

2:06 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

http://travelsinwind.blogspot.com/2007/01/fantasy.html

Here is mine. I had quite the fitting pic to go with it!

Good luck, Laini!!

Karen

3:17 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Good luck Laini with the panel discussion! My SS posting this week was inspired by my kids:

http://bonggamom.blogspot.com/2007/01/when-fantasy-reality.html

3:49 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

here is mine...

http://ascenderrisesabove.com/wordpress/?p=952

3:52 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

http://penelopetwist.blogspot.com/2007/01/fantasy.html

Here's my second entry. I hope people like it. :)

4:49 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

http://wordanger.blogspot.com/2007/01/tail-eating-serpent.html

5:39 PM  
Blogger Alex S said...

http://marvelousmadness.blogspot.com/2007/01/sunday-scribblings-fantasy.html

Thanks !!

6:01 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

http://highlandclassic.blogspot.com/2007/01/sunday-scribblings-fantasy.html

7:27 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Hi all,

Hope everyone had a good week.
I'm up at:
http://blogjem.com/2007/01/21/sunday-scribblings-january-21st/

And I'm off to visit as many of you as I can.

Peace

8:27 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

i'm a bit late this week
http://uplatette.blogspot.com/2007_01_21_archive.html

8:54 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Woo. This one was hard for me, but I did it!

http://gogoroku.blogspot.com/2007/01/sunday-scribblings-fantasy.html

12:34 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Woo. This one was hard for me, but I did it!

http://gogoroku.blogspot.com/2007/01/sunday-scribblings-fantasy.html

12:34 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

here's mine for the week! =) can't wait to read everyone else's!

~Delena

1:33 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

here's mine - I'm Anne

3:49 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

here's mine - I'm Anne

3:50 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

here's mine - I'm Anne

3:52 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Trying this again this week. Hopefully it works properly for me this round.

http://ravenschildsaerie.blogspot.com/

4:18 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Here's mine...

http://marilyn.typepad.com/california_fever/2007/01/fantasy.html

4:32 AM  
Blogger rel said...

Laini,
A huge congratulations to you!

To the rest of you writers and readers, here is my phantasmagorical ideas on fantasy.

http://pciyrtpy.blogspot.com/2007/01/sunday-21-january-2007-prompt-43.html

Thank you for a magical prompt to dredge the depths of my imagination.

rel

4:46 AM  
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5:46 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

thanks!

http://soozphotoz.typepad.com/soozphotoz/2007/01/sunday_scribbli_2.html

5:56 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Happy Sunday, y'all:

http://poetmom.blogspot.com/2007/01/sunday-scribblings-fantasy.html

6:32 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

here's mine:

http://beccasbyline.blogspot.com/2007/01/sunday-scribblings-fantasy.html

6:36 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Yay, it is before 8 AM on the west coast and I can post. Great topic, Laini.
Herre is mine: http://deowriter.blogspot.com/2007/01/sunday-scribblings-fantasy.html

7:28 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Here's mine and if I don't say so myself, it might make your mind wander... :)

http://quintessentialfeline.blogspot.com/2007/01/fantasy.html

8:17 AM  
Blogger NuttersNotes said...

This is a crack up.....really. Writing content? Suspect. Humor factor? Priceless

http://nuttersnotes.blogspot.com/2007/01/next-american-idol.html

8:26 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Let’s pretend

8:26 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I'm back...

http://ruminatingintheroses.blogspot.com/2007/01/sunday-scribblings-fantasy.html

9:01 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Hi there....here's my offering this week. And I just may make this fantasy happen! :)


http://mayfairplace.blogspot.com/2007/01/she-rubbed-steam-off-window-with-her.html

9:40 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Here is my addition . . .

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9:53 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I stumbled upon this site and this is my first entry. Chk it here at The Reality Of Fantasy

10:34 AM  
Blogger boho girl said...

mine is up lovelies!

http://bohemiangirldesigns.blogspot.com/2007/01/sunday-scribblings-fantasy.html

11:06 AM  
Blogger Your Style Muse said...

Thank you. Nice prompt and good luck with your conference and talk!

http://knittingtango.blogspot.com/2007/01/sunday-scribblings-fantasy.html

-b.

11:14 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

http://bostonerin.livejournal.com

A great prompt!

3:02 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

http://thefriendliestflower.blogspot.com/2007/01/fantasy.html

the friendliest flower

3:30 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

http://deelovelee.typepad.com/mamamuses/2007/01/ss_fantasy.html

3:49 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

http://www.herburban.com/?p=839

Newbie on board. Love the concept!

5:38 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

http://acrazyquiltlife.blogspot.com/2007/01/take-me-to-another-world.html

6:02 PM  
Blogger Giggles said...

I'm late...here it is....

http://happytiler.blogspot.com/2007/01/sunday-scribblings-true-fantasy.html

6:07 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Here is mine.
http://sharala.blogspot.com/2007/01/sunday-scribblings-fantasy.html
I'll have to read all of yours tomorrow. It's bedtime.

7:59 PM  
Blogger Kristine said...

my fantasy ...
http://kmays.blogspot.com/2007/01/sunday-scribble-fantasy.html

8:36 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

This one took me in a weird direction...

Here it is.

8:54 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Here it is — my second Sunday Scribblings!

Thanks so much!

http://writenowisgood.typepad.com/write_now_is_good/2007/01/snowman_fantasy.html

9:01 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Here's mine!
Fun prompt!
http://roseslife.blogspot.com/2007/01/fantasy.html

9:47 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Here goes my maiden voyage. Thanks!

http://www.herburban.com/?p=839

9:50 PM  
Blogger sundaycynce said...

Laini, thanks for this topic. Hope your panel discussion / presentation went well. I am sure that it did! I am certain much was learned by all.

Here's my response to what you asked, I hope. Anyway I enjoyed the reminiscence involved in writing it, and I am going to reread some of the books I talked about. You would love Tales from the Enchanted Isles. The illustrations, only one precious full page picture per story, remind me very much of your drawings.

http://sundaycynce.blogspot.com/2007/01/fantasy.html

10:18 PM  
Blogger Deirdre said...

Here's mine.

http://writinganamcara.blogspot.com/2007/01/sunday-scribblings-fantasy.html

3:13 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

it's a little late but here's my fantasy - http://kayspace.blogspot.com/2007/01/my-fantasy.html

Kay

5:01 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Late but, hey, I was grading midterm exams.

http://sassafrasmama.blogspot.com/2007/01/fantasy.html

7:03 PM  
Blogger Lucy said...

http://luluspetals.blogspot.com/2007/01/fantasy.html

Good Luck Laini! Let us know how the discussion goes!

8:23 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Very, very late. But this prompt wouldn't let me alone until I wrote something.

http://fridaworld.blogspot.com/2007/01/sunday-scribblings-fantasy.html

6:54 AM  
Blogger Crafty Green Poet said...

Ridiculously late but I had just started reading my first ever fantasy novel that doesn't revolve around cats and here's my review:

http://craftygreenpoet.blogspot.com/2007/01/mythago-wood-by-robert-holdstock.html

10:52 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Happy Sunday,
Ok finally got something up.
Now Im going to run around and visit as many of you as I can.
Waving at you all from New York

http://blogjem.com/2007/01/28/sunday-scribblings-january-28th/

8:27 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

This was a good prompt...
http://wordsmithgrrl.livejournal.com/3469.html

8:59 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Well said.

8:40 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

http://roswellgray.livejournal.com/198183.html

9:15 PM  

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