Comments on: Sam The Plumber On Coaching http://www.advancedfictionwriting.com/blog/2009/07/08/sam-the-plumber-on-coaching/ America's Mad Professor of Fiction Writing Wed, 17 Mar 2010 23:17:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1.3 By: Karen Barnett http://www.advancedfictionwriting.com/blog/2009/07/08/sam-the-plumber-on-coaching/#comment-7862 Karen Barnett Wed, 08 Jul 2009 20:28:22 +0000 http://www.advancedfictionwriting.com/blog/2009/07/08/sam-the-plumber-on-coaching/#comment-7862 That's hysterical... I can't wait to read it to my husband. You're going to need a t-shirt for your next teaching/mentoring gig that says, "Randy Ingermanson -- WIFE coach." That’s hysterical… I can’t wait to read it to my husband. You’re going to need a t-shirt for your next teaching/mentoring gig that says, “Randy Ingermanson — WIFE coach.”

]]> By: Felicia Fredlund http://www.advancedfictionwriting.com/blog/2009/07/08/sam-the-plumber-on-coaching/#comment-7863 Felicia Fredlund Thu, 09 Jul 2009 11:05:17 +0000 http://www.advancedfictionwriting.com/blog/2009/07/08/sam-the-plumber-on-coaching/#comment-7863 That must be the best Sam the Plumber I've read so far. Just had to show it to my boyfriend, and he liked it too. I want the shirt btw! ;) That must be the best Sam the Plumber I’ve read so far. Just had to show it to my boyfriend, and he liked it too.
I want the shirt btw! ;)

]]> By: Kim Miller http://www.advancedfictionwriting.com/blog/2009/07/08/sam-the-plumber-on-coaching/#comment-7864 Kim Miller Thu, 09 Jul 2009 13:08:33 +0000 http://www.advancedfictionwriting.com/blog/2009/07/08/sam-the-plumber-on-coaching/#comment-7864 The trouble with what Sam almost thought up is that other people have already thought up the real thing. Google 'wife coach' and you'll find them out there. That is scarier than the possibility that Sam is out there. The trouble with what Sam almost thought up is that other people have already thought up the real thing. Google ‘wife coach’ and you’ll find them out there. That is scarier than the possibility that Sam is out there.

]]> By: Cori Fedyna http://www.advancedfictionwriting.com/blog/2009/07/08/sam-the-plumber-on-coaching/#comment-7865 Cori Fedyna Thu, 09 Jul 2009 14:25:57 +0000 http://www.advancedfictionwriting.com/blog/2009/07/08/sam-the-plumber-on-coaching/#comment-7865 Very clever --- Wife Coach. I know that you are a man of science, but I have to tell you something. I was in a book store in central Maryland, and was rushing through the aisles because as usual, I was late for something or other. Suddenly, three feet in front of me a book falls from the shelf. I pick up the book to put it back on the shelf so no one would trip and couldn't help notice the author was Randy Ingermanson. It was uncanny how the book fell, after I had just told some stranger about reading your blog. Since all things in this world are connected somehow. What do you think this means? I don't believe in coincidences. Oh, the book was "Double Vision." ~~~Cori Very clever — Wife Coach.

I know that you are a man of science, but I have to tell you something. I was in a book store in central Maryland, and was rushing through the aisles because as usual, I was late for something or other. Suddenly, three feet in front of me a book falls from the shelf. I pick up the book to put it back on the shelf so no one would trip and couldn’t help notice the author was Randy Ingermanson.

It was uncanny how the book fell, after I had just told some stranger about reading your blog. Since all things in this world are connected somehow. What do you think this means? I don’t believe in coincidences. Oh, the book was “Double Vision.” ~~~Cori

]]> By: A J Hawke http://www.advancedfictionwriting.com/blog/2009/07/08/sam-the-plumber-on-coaching/#comment-7867 A J Hawke Thu, 09 Jul 2009 18:47:44 +0000 http://www.advancedfictionwriting.com/blog/2009/07/08/sam-the-plumber-on-coaching/#comment-7867 Is this a metaphor for how hard it is to consistently communicate what we mean as writers? One time I got an email from the person editing my novel. She had trouble understanding what I meant by "I stacked the horses out in the pasture." Of course, what I thought I had written was "I staked the horses..." Even when she pointed it out, it took a moment to see what was the problem. I still can't get the picture out of my mind of all those poor horses stacked on top of each other. Thanks for the fun interlude with Sam the Plumber. A J Is this a metaphor for how hard it is to consistently communicate what we mean as writers? One time I got an email from the person editing my novel. She had trouble understanding what I meant by “I stacked the horses out in the pasture.” Of course, what I thought I had written was “I staked the horses…” Even when she pointed it out, it took a moment to see what was the problem. I still can’t get the picture out of my mind of all those poor horses stacked on top of each other.

Thanks for the fun interlude with Sam the Plumber.

A J

]]> By: Davalynn http://www.advancedfictionwriting.com/blog/2009/07/08/sam-the-plumber-on-coaching/#comment-7871 Davalynn Thu, 09 Jul 2009 21:20:24 +0000 http://www.advancedfictionwriting.com/blog/2009/07/08/sam-the-plumber-on-coaching/#comment-7871 I particularly enjoyed the loop you created with the bat. That's something I need to work on as a nonfiction writer longing to write fiction. And the conversation with your wife regarding what's real and what's not. Nice. I particularly enjoyed the loop you created with the bat. That’s something I need to work on as a nonfiction writer longing to write fiction. And the conversation with your wife regarding what’s real and what’s not. Nice.

]]> By: Shruti Chandra Gupta http://www.advancedfictionwriting.com/blog/2009/07/08/sam-the-plumber-on-coaching/#comment-7875 Shruti Chandra Gupta Wed, 15 Jul 2009 05:04:29 +0000 http://www.advancedfictionwriting.com/blog/2009/07/08/sam-the-plumber-on-coaching/#comment-7875 Hi Randy, That was hilarious. I got my laughter dose for today. :) The character of Sam is very real. Hi Randy,

That was hilarious. I got my laughter dose for today. :)

The character of Sam is very real.

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