Name that Voice guessing thread

[impressive]

Imp, are you gonna collate all these votes and results, once the time is up?

I'm just gonna post the authors. It's up to y'all to cat fight over who "won" with the most correct guesses.

 

[CharleyH]

ROFL.

Yeppers, part of my "voice" is writing far to many words

LOL, just teasing.

 

[cheerful_deviant]

LOL, just teasing.

No you weren't, we know you.

 

[impressive]

No you weren't, we know you.

You read my mind!

 

[BlackShanglan]

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15. Shanglan
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Should I be flattered?

 

[cloudy]

1. CD
2. Cantdog
3. Imp
4. Dran
5. Earl
6. Lou
7. Lucifer
8. Cloudy
9. Neon
10. Charley
11. Burley
12. Colly
13. Gauche
14. Abs
15. Shanglan
16. Liar
17. Lauren
18. Crim
19. Black Tulip
20. Rideme Cowgirl

These will probably change...

 

[CharleyH]

Should I flattered?

That depends ifyou like the story

 

[BlackShanglan]

Somehow I don't think I'm fooling anyone here.

(Admittedly, not my goal.)

 

[minsue]

Somehow I don't think I'm fooling anyone here.

Ya think?

 

[BlackShanglan]

Ya think?

I wonder whether it's the style or the content, though. *ponder* Or possibly also the timing.

 

[ABSTRUSE]

Somehow I don't think I'm fooling anyone here.

(Admittedly, not my goal.)

I am.

 

[impressive]

I understand why most folks seem to think #15 is Shang ... and I believe it's as much setting as style. I don't understand what it is about #12 that screams "Colly" to everyone. I mean, there's not a single loose=lose in the entire piece.

 

[impressive]

I am.

Me, too.

 

[ABSTRUSE]

Me, too.

I love it, don't you???

 

[Guest]

I am.

Sly bitch! I never even considered that you'd entered one. Right, I need to re-think...

OUCH!

 

[Alex De Kok]

Questions:

• How do you feel about being identified (or not) by your writing style/voice?
• Will being pegged by your prose change the way you write? If so, how and why?
• How will being mistaken for somebody ELSE make you feel? Flattered? Horrified? Amused?

I have been identified by a reader or two, presumably because of my voice. I don't see me changing. I looked back over my submissions here, going back to 2000, and my style, voice, call it what you will, has changed very little. At least I think so. The only times I have consciously changed it were for my Talisman Chain story, where I was trying for a feel of circa 1825, and my 'Kajira' story. This was set in author John Norman's 'Gor' universe, and I found myself imitating his voice. As for being mistaken for someone else - at least amused, and quite possibly flattered, depending of course on who!

I'm very conscious of the fact that I don't do nearly enough reading. I'm having a hell of a problem trying to identify who's who. Guesses later, maybe . . .

Alex

 

[ABSTRUSE]

Sly bitch! I never even considered that you'd entered one. Right, I need to re-think...

OUCH!

I snuck in under stealth mode, submitted and ran ....LOL.
Good Luck........twat.

 

[impressive]

I love it, don't you???

Can't decide.

I didn't take pains to disguise myself.

 

[Guest]

I don't appear to be "fooling" many, but that's brilliant, because it means my writing does have a distinctive voice. Or, as Shanglan said, is it the content? Mix of both? I suppose my voice and the content I tend to write all goes into my making up my "signature style".

I'm just so

 

[minsue]

I wonder whether it's the style or the content, though. *ponder* Or possibly also the timing.

(Background: Lord Sebastian Vayne goes slumming in an attempt to ignore his growing interest in his own housemaid.)

*ponder*

 

[Guest]

I snuck in under stealth mode, submitted and ran ....LOL.
Good Luck........twat.

Not like you, you leery loudmouth.

 

[BlackShanglan]

I just look forward to the next topic. This time I snipped out of my novel; next time I'll be sure to choose something whose setting offers a bit more of a challenge

Shanglan

 

[ABSTRUSE]

Not like you, you leery loudmouth.

LOL............I know.

Bitch.

 

[BlackShanglan]

:
(Background: Lord Sebastian Vayne goes slumming in an attempt to ignore his growing interest in his own housemaid.)

*ponder*

Damn. Undone by my own exposition. I shall really try to last longer than a sentence next time.

 

[neonlyte]

Sly bitch! I never even considered that you'd entered one. Right, I need to re-think...

OUCH!

Me neither but the knowledge points to a resolution.

My voice seems hidden