tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3135368746376329105.post5513072069583370784..comments2023-03-18T03:41:29.822-07:00Comments on Once Upon A Word: Meet Author Margaret MayoAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16703677258513182786noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3135368746376329105.post-23014761747190914212014-12-09T04:57:32.580-08:002014-12-09T04:57:32.580-08:00Louisa May Alcott was also one of my favorite auth...Louisa May Alcott was also one of my favorite authors. <br />I do like the sound of your real name. Of course, now I'm intrigued by your maiden name. But that's just me being nosy. <br />I would never have imagined you as a panster. See. I'm learning many interesting things about you. Do you usually wait until you've finished a book to create a title? Have you ever thought of a title before you even began writing?<br />I enjoyed reading your blog. 80 books! That's a lot of imagination and work. I wish you continued success in all that you do.Sarah J. McNealhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17749991094677728042noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3135368746376329105.post-65490300064166161542014-12-08T14:36:47.625-08:002014-12-08T14:36:47.625-08:00We mistakenly left Ms. Mayo's links off the ar...We mistakenly left Ms. Mayo's links off the article. Here are the websites and social media links I have for her:<br />Website: http://www.margaret-mayo.com/<br />Blog: http://www.margaret-mayo.com/blog/<br />Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/margaret.mayo.794<br />Goodreads: http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/61189.Margaret_Mayo<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16703677258513182786noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3135368746376329105.post-35907893876198984952014-12-08T10:12:50.806-08:002014-12-08T10:12:50.806-08:00Margaret, I've had the pleasure of meeting you...Margaret, I've had the pleasure of meeting you in 'real life' a couple of times after meeting you online, and I think we are alike in many ways, not least in us both being pantsers. However, you are far more self-disciplined than I am, since you still work 'office hours'!<br />I look forward to seeing what story you come up with, following your chance remark on FB last week :-) Paula Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10040623635956769807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3135368746376329105.post-48301413517855520642014-12-08T08:59:55.412-08:002014-12-08T08:59:55.412-08:00I enjoyed reading about your writing process, Marg...I enjoyed reading about your writing process, Margaret. It seems most of the comments here are from "pansters" and that would include me. Somehow I just can't sit down and write an outline, although I do enjoy a random "brainstorming" session, and tend to do it when I get stuck. Your description of your study where you write made me smile.Vicki Crumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14206290002803849355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3135368746376329105.post-224902991112218242014-12-08T08:11:15.903-08:002014-12-08T08:11:15.903-08:00HI Margaret. I'm another pantster. It's am...HI Margaret. I'm another pantster. It's amazing how the characters start to take over in chapter two then direct the story until the end. I can relate to you correcting the headmaster's spelling. Spelling was my best subject. I was disappointed when I got less than 100 on spelling tests. <br /><br />One day during lunch break the teacher sat at his desk grading Spelling papers. I looked over his shoulder and noticed he was using another student's paper (Rebecca's) to grade the others by. Well, Rebecca had spelled the word "depot," WRONG. So, I told him. I mean, otherwise, everyone who spelled "depot" right would be marked off. This had repercussions. A girl who had a marked dislike for me must have walked through about the time I corrected the teacher. She immediately told Rebecca, who got in my face to say, "I really appreciate you telling the teacher I spelled the word wrong." <br /><br />I was crushed. Rebecca didn't know he was using her paper to grade everyone else's. Like you, I was horribly shy. And Rebecca was my idol. She made perfect grades in everything. She couldn't stand to make less than a perfect score on anything. <br /><br />I never told her the whole story. I waited until I got home, then cried my eyes out. To this day it still bothers me that I hurt Rebecca, and whether I did the right thing. Laurean Brookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06242693739806417138noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3135368746376329105.post-54227019947459276922014-12-08T05:43:04.155-08:002014-12-08T05:43:04.155-08:00Nice to meet you "in person", Margaret. ...Nice to meet you "in person", Margaret. I think more authors fall into the punster category than not. I do know a couple of authors who make outlines for their story, and that just makes me shudder. You've had a long wonderful career, which makes me feel like a beginner.<br />Probably all girls read Little Women, but I don't think it grabbed me as it does so many others. Maybe I should read that again, now, as a "mature" woman. <br />It's nice to have you among our RJV group, our little family of authors. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16272417114895975742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3135368746376329105.post-70502935916357233262014-12-07T21:59:04.410-08:002014-12-07T21:59:04.410-08:00Enjoyed your post and learning more about you. I&#...Enjoyed your post and learning more about you. I'm a panster, but somehow the story does find its way to the last chapter. :) Thanks for sharing. :) Karen Michelle Nutthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04083893569523248900noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3135368746376329105.post-37015348421704841102014-12-07T19:59:13.598-08:002014-12-07T19:59:13.598-08:00Nice to read about you, Margaret. Being a guy, I ...Nice to read about you, Margaret. Being a guy, I don't read romance novels, but it was interesting to hear your take on the writing process. You write very much in the same fashion I do, by just letting the story come about. Astonishing how it all comes together, isn't it? JDMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14553746548877350294noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3135368746376329105.post-53342925971268791202014-12-07T19:04:32.017-08:002014-12-07T19:04:32.017-08:00Margaret, I share your love of Little Women. As a ...Margaret, I share your love of Little Women. As a young girl, I read it over and over. And I can relate to being a pantster, as well.<br />Thanks for sharing these tidbits about yourself today. Linda SwiftLinda Swifthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00749255692298669394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3135368746376329105.post-952688758919140132014-12-07T18:48:59.935-08:002014-12-07T18:48:59.935-08:00I enjoyed reading your blog, followed your link fr...I enjoyed reading your blog, followed your link from facebook. Does Mrs. Mayo have her own website? Metoniahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15278716285958450264noreply@blogger.com