tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13617199.post115263920692866090..comments2023-10-02T05:32:46.993-04:00Comments on Love with a Shot of Adrenaline: BrothersNatalie J. Damschroderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07800784042353921973noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13617199.post-1152815739794775622006-07-13T14:35:00.000-04:002006-07-13T14:35:00.000-04:00Not so far, but I don't know him very well yet. :)...Not so far, but I don't know him very well yet. :)Natalie J. Damschroderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07800784042353921973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13617199.post-1152716419534898302006-07-12T11:00:00.000-04:002006-07-12T11:00:00.000-04:00Wow, Erica. No wonder you write such wonderful bo...Wow, Erica. No wonder you write such wonderful books. You have so much to draw on! Can't say I envy it, of course. What a horrible story about your uncle.<BR/><BR/>Karm, yes, you MUST watch Firefly. I command you. :)<BR/><BR/>I'm in the middle of that article now, and trying to figure out how to get my husband to read it. LOLNatalie J. Damschroderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07800784042353921973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13617199.post-1152715490193396982006-07-12T10:44:00.000-04:002006-07-12T10:44:00.000-04:00Karm:That was a GREAT article! Loved about how it ...Karm:<BR/>That was a GREAT article! Loved about how it really determines how we settle conflicts.<BR/><BR/>EErica Orloffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16415925758466527671noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13617199.post-1152715115263543702006-07-12T10:38:00.000-04:002006-07-12T10:38:00.000-04:00I've seen SERENITY but have yet to see the FIREFLY...I've seen SERENITY but have yet to see the FIREFLY DVDs. Gotta get cracking on that. The scenes you describe are just wonderful.<BR/><BR/>I hope that when my son and daughter grow up (they're 5 & 3 right now respectively), they remain as close as they are right now. <BR/><BR/>And speaking of siblings, last week's TIME magazine just did a huge spread on siblings and their influence on our lives. It said that more than our parents, and even our peers, close-in-age siblings are truly the major influencers in our lives. Our relationship with them is what teaches us how to interact with friends and boyfriends/husbands.Karmelahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01075322054922016473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13617199.post-1152705555081043842006-07-12T07:59:00.000-04:002006-07-12T07:59:00.000-04:00Hi Natalie:I don't, alas. But there are a lot of c...Hi Natalie:<BR/>I don't, alas. But there are a lot of complicated familial relationships. I am very close with my second (or he might be third--I can never understand those things) cousin, who is like my brother. He's one of my best friends and godfather to my son--was just visiting me for ten days. I have ANOTHER first cousin (male) who I grew up aspiring to be like--also close. He was very, very brilliant, political, etc. His father was murdered--and my father was there--during a barfight. Very long Hell's Kitchen story . . . they went to "defend" their name from someone trashtalking, and the guy pulled a knife and punctured his lung and he died on the sidewalk--with my father still fighting and not even realizing it happened. I think the fact that I still HAD my dad, and he didn't . . . eventually just sort of blew up in all our lives decades later and we're now estranged and I believe always will be. Granted he's now pushing 50, has a doctorate, I believe . . . but some things are just too much. <BR/><BR/>And while all that sounds awful, and is, you can see why I always say truth is stranger than fiction, and why complex familial relationaships . . . to me, they're like the elephant's graveyard of fiction. Joss W. clearly gets that it's compelling and not hollow when you have that to identify with.<BR/><BR/>EErica Orloffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16415925758466527671noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13617199.post-1152680921784457422006-07-12T01:08:00.000-04:002006-07-12T01:08:00.000-04:00Yes, definitely all about the characters. :) I us...Yes, definitely all about the characters. :) I used to be more into SF than I am now, and I don't watch any other SF shows. It was the stuff that made it hard to market (as Joss-the-King says, it's a sci fi/western/thriller/paranormal/adventure/humor series) that made me love it so much.<BR/><BR/>It's probably too personal to ask, but do you have a brother/sister relationship that inspires you to write them into most of your books? Or did you always want one?<BR/><BR/>I didn't mention that I always wished I'd had a big brother, in a vague, "what if" kind of way.Natalie J. Damschroderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07800784042353921973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13617199.post-1152653557111500692006-07-11T17:32:00.000-04:002006-07-11T17:32:00.000-04:00Hi Natalie:LOVE the Simon/River relationship. ADOR...Hi Natalie:<BR/>LOVE the Simon/River relationship. ADORE Serenity. And I usually hate sci fi (I know . . . gasp!) but it's all about the characters. And also all the Buddhist themes that creep in.<BR/><BR/>I nearly always, always have brother/sister relationships. The Roofer is all about Tom as the sacrifical lamb and it was the most gut-wrenching book to write. There is a scene in which he and Ava (the sister) go on the subway from Hell's Kitchen, criss-cross the city and go to Lincoln Center to see what normal people look like, almost like an anthropology experiment, because they KNOW their family is so utterly dysfunctional. <BR/><BR/>Yet those kind of bonds are irresistable to write about.<BR/><BR/>EErica Orloffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16415925758466527671noreply@blogger.com