tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4282612866471682237.post2524834678687204684..comments2023-05-26T09:43:26.163-06:00Comments on Robin Ambrose: Writing About FathersAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14628412968169366744noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4282612866471682237.post-23852800225524579182011-06-24T07:58:56.534-06:002011-06-24T07:58:56.534-06:00Krista--those are great fathers to write about. I ...Krista--those are great fathers to write about. I think any parent who really truly tries... will end up with guilt that they didn't try harder. :) Unless, of course, we realize that adversity makes our kids stronger, too. :)<br><br>Can't wait to read your book!Robin Weekshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09413777557796110450noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4282612866471682237.post-64909948015546637072011-06-23T22:18:51.626-06:002011-06-23T22:18:51.626-06:00AND it was great to get a peek at your writing!!!AND it was great to get a peek at your writing!!!Kristahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03734014895825429358noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4282612866471682237.post-28721299931440480042011-06-23T22:10:53.073-06:002011-06-23T22:10:53.073-06:00I've written a lot of different fathers. In my...I've written a lot of different fathers. In my book coming out next year (Grace & Chocolate--plug) the mc's father is a very meek man who has survived a relationship with an alcoholic wife. I loved writing his story, because he has to realize he played a good part in his daughter's troubled upbringing, though he feels he failed.<br>In another book, The Orchard, the mc's dad is vain and manipulative. That was also fun to write, especially when he is put in his place.<br>Hope your Father's Day was great!Kristahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03734014895825429358noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4282612866471682237.post-87468681902501208942011-06-22T14:23:21.128-06:002011-06-22T14:23:21.128-06:00Phil--Thanks! I can think of no higher praise than...Phil--Thanks! I can think of no higher praise than that my MC's dad (who is actually a lawyer), is channeling everyone's favorite father-lawyer. :)<br><br>**Grinning**Robin Weekshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09413777557796110450noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4282612866471682237.post-24033365087096533302011-06-22T14:20:02.546-06:002011-06-22T14:20:02.546-06:00I am guilty of having an absent father in my WIP, ...I am guilty of having an absent father in my WIP, but he is trying to reconnect with my MC. I find that so much YA lit has dead parents or absent parents. The parents of my MC are definitely side characters, but they do factor into and effect the main plot and MC's struggle. <br><br>I really liked the father in your excerpt. He reminded me of Atticus Finch.Philhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14148279503538324679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4282612866471682237.post-79216708001594125052011-06-19T14:25:00.540-06:002011-06-19T14:25:00.540-06:00Shelly--strangely, I just got a comment on my Poet...Shelly--strangely, I just got a comment on my Poetry Summer Week 3 post that is almost a perfect reply to yours: a mention of the poem Success is Counted Sweetest by Emily Dickinson.<br><br>Those of us with great fathers probably don't appreciate Father's Day like those who must do without.Robin Weekshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09413777557796110450noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4282612866471682237.post-51918080053599054022011-06-18T22:59:23.989-06:002011-06-18T22:59:23.989-06:00That story about he boy in the play was sad :(I wa...That story about he boy in the play was sad :(<br><br>I was blessed with a good father but tomorrow when we sing to the father's in primary, my heart goes out to <br>-the girl who's father died last year<br>-the boy who was adopted by a single mother<br>-the siblings who's dad just left the family months ago<br>and those are just the ones I can think of off the top of my head.<br><br>There seems to be enough drama in real life sometimes.Small Town Shelly Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13535247595352753415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4282612866471682237.post-35148186228080790442011-06-18T20:58:06.521-06:002011-06-18T20:58:06.521-06:00Thanks, Steve--you must have great parents. Me, to...Thanks, Steve--you must have great parents. Me, too. I struggle to write believable dead-beats. :)Robin Weekshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09413777557796110450noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4282612866471682237.post-17250168838126393482011-06-18T20:38:18.530-06:002011-06-18T20:38:18.530-06:00Great post!!! I have a range of fathers in my nove...Great post!!! I have a range of fathers in my novels. Some are dorky, some are uber-strict, some are terrible, but I must say I enjoy writing father-figures that are examples of good men. My current WIP is that way and the writing seems to flow so much easier.Steven Whibleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12041214219959162443noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4282612866471682237.post-52030979227087572662011-06-18T12:22:22.275-06:002011-06-18T12:22:22.275-06:00Thanks, Michael! I wanted to give my MC a little h...Thanks, Michael! I wanted to give my MC a little haven of people that actually liked her. :)<br><br>Donna--Jo totally make the right call on that one. It think she'd have lost fans if she killed off Mr. Weasley. Harry lost every other father figure in the series.<br><br>It was also sad to lose Tonks and Lupin, but leaving their infant son behind was a powerful parallel to the beginning of the series.<br><br>Oh, and: Yay! I made someone cry!! *does happy author dance* :DRobin Weekshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09413777557796110450noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4282612866471682237.post-20574644583906734012011-06-18T11:39:09.839-06:002011-06-18T11:39:09.839-06:00That's lovely, Robin. You got me teary there. ...That's lovely, Robin. You got me teary there. All the fathers in my WIP are good dads. Not perfect, but good.<br><br>Jo Rowling, when she announced before the release of Deathly Hallows that two additional people would die (compared with what she had planned in the epilogue, which she'd written before any of the books) explained that it was because she'd let one person live who had been meant to die.<br><br>That person was Mr. Weasley. The snake attack in OotP was meant to kill him. But when it came time to write it, she realized that all the fathers in the series sucked. She couldn't bring herself the kill off the only decent father figure.<br><br>Tonks and Lupin were the two who had to die instead.Donna K. Weaverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15763832177263927311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4282612866471682237.post-75970310296746286162011-06-18T11:02:39.187-06:002011-06-18T11:02:39.187-06:00Great writing and it's good to see that at lea...Great writing and it's good to see that at least one person out there appreciates fathers enough not to make them "dead" for a main character.Michael Offutthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10557969104886174930noreply@blogger.com