tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4763772100015353700.post7228643379764480817..comments2023-10-11T14:18:03.816+01:00Comments on Works Well: Pigs wallow, so why not amateur authors?Roderick Robinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16828395545197001637noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4763772100015353700.post-29568439344813152022011-08-10T16:16:01.089+01:002011-08-10T16:16:01.089+01:00Hip hip hurray!Hip hip hurray!Juliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02381204473168533313noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4763772100015353700.post-66759131353551717712011-08-09T11:41:40.303+01:002011-08-09T11:41:40.303+01:00Plutarch: Fanny's remark would have been a fir...Plutarch: Fanny's remark would have been a first-rate put-down. Myself, I don't see any fun in transferring the thoughts, behaviour, instincts and terrors of someone I know to an MS and calling the result a novel. A bit like taking notes and doing an article about an automated warehouse. In any case most of the characters in A Stall Recovered (I'm now favouring the return of the indefinite article) are French and in my experience French and English personalities are immiscible. Where my acquaintances and relations may be immortalised is when I have taken one of their <em>apercus</em> and made it my own. The problem of intellectual property raises its head.Roderick Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16828395545197001637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4763772100015353700.post-54316571564716146852011-08-08T17:50:44.044+01:002011-08-08T17:50:44.044+01:00There could also be the fear among your friends, ...There could also be the fear among your friends, relations and closest family, that they may appear in one form or another in the novels you write. Fanny Trollope, Anthony's Mother, a prolific and successful novelist now forgotten, when asked about this problem, countered "Do you see the pig in the sausage?" Forgive me if I have told you this story already.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06972049290586377462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4763772100015353700.post-71437836566907777422011-08-07T11:45:50.082+01:002011-08-07T11:45:50.082+01:00The Crow: She's changed a bit since you OK'...The Crow: She's changed a bit since you OK'd the Texan dialogue in that scene before she solo-ed. But I suspect you'd get on.<br /><br />RR: I'm the same. I write my posts in MsW because they're easier to read and because MsW has features (eg, accents) that I need. After which I tinker and tinker. Sometimes I overdo it. I cut out too much and lose the meaning. Dunno whether that's worse that writing too much.<br /><br />MsW is vital for the huge novel file because of the Search feature. <br /><br />RW (zS): As with The Crow, I'm sure you'd get on. She speaks terrific French (far better than me). She drinks beer (I felt she had to given the iron-clad links I have with you) but when it comes to food she's a US fast-fooder. Doesn't think the French are any good at this form of cuisine. I like to imagine myself introducing her to you all then stepping back discreetly and letting you all get on with it.Roderick Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16828395545197001637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4763772100015353700.post-30729841935691878722011-08-07T02:15:57.323+01:002011-08-07T02:15:57.323+01:00Jana is someone I would like to get to know. Readi...Jana is someone I would like to get to know. Reading also allows for neglecting social obligations. I'm engaged in the newest Connie Willis novel at present. So I send my hearty congratulations across the Atlantic with a Prost!Rouchswalwehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01393987883437907945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4763772100015353700.post-48202493687819191932011-08-06T22:09:44.868+01:002011-08-06T22:09:44.868+01:00Congratulations, look forward to reading the new n...Congratulations, look forward to reading the new novel.<br />I could never attempt a novel, lacking discipline and know how. <br />I tinker with blog posts even after they are up, dropping words here and there, correcting grammatical mistakes, and paying the syntax.Relucent Readerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12414827898661535555noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4763772100015353700.post-40016694372341134592011-08-06T21:13:32.430+01:002011-08-06T21:13:32.430+01:00Huzzah, huzzah! Congratulations, dear BB, on comp...Huzzah, huzzah! Congratulations, dear BB, on completing Jana's story. I hope she fares well with publishers, when you have revised it to your satisfaction.The Crowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04846997590157958766noreply@blogger.com