tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post1302431772672488809..comments2024-03-25T09:56:16.164+00:00Comments on An Awfully Big Blog Adventure: WHO ARE YOU TODAY? by Penny DolanUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-70192875327383081532013-10-03T17:37:34.987+01:002013-10-03T17:37:34.987+01:00This is why I eventually dropped out of school vis...This is why I eventually dropped out of school visits altogether, although I'm at present hyping myself up for a book launch on October 15th. Any chance of you coming, Penny?Enid Richemonthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17218197995089241666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-30128699868093792792013-10-02T23:34:49.105+01:002013-10-02T23:34:49.105+01:00Ah yes, Damian. The Showtime staff-room. A whole o...Ah yes, Damian. The Showtime staff-room. A whole other issue. Not always the place to relax that you expect - can recall a staff taking me out for a pub lunch, expecting vivacious conversation after a morning of three different sessions and with an afternoon to follow. On the other hand, there's the staffrooms where nobody talks to you, and you feel even more of a daft cheesy-grinning idiot. I tend to do a bit of being sociable but then escape to a library or similar spot for a definite quiet me-myself time.Penny Dolanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16386668303428008498noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-62859052517113817832013-10-02T15:37:25.907+01:002013-10-02T15:37:25.907+01:00I LOVED this post Penny and I wish I'd read it...I LOVED this post Penny and I wish I'd read it before mine came up but I was winging my way home from South Africa the whole of yesterday! <br /><br />So so true! The Showtime Author. It flattens you as you smile and cope with every emergency and contingency as if Showtime author and Working author is done as easily as stirring a cake with one hand! Dianne Hofmeyrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18222157214605257030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-24734857856156831072013-10-02T12:00:32.244+01:002013-10-02T12:00:32.244+01:00A good post Penny - and all so true. You've pe...A good post Penny - and all so true. You've perhaps wisely stayed clear of the staffroom issue which in itself can be problematic at times as you enter them not knowing whether you can just flop and gather your thoughts and composure or whether showtime author is still in demand... Damian Harveyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06186889040243262544noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-43719004808403444352013-10-01T20:22:52.561+01:002013-10-01T20:22:52.561+01:00 So true, Penny! I love the illustration. So true, Penny! I love the illustration.Lynda Waterhousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04880769618542325268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-17742997122885396562013-10-01T18:19:39.166+01:002013-10-01T18:19:39.166+01:00Love this post ! Thank you, Penny...Love this post ! Thank you, Penny...adelehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15826710558292792068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-14050170992527900792013-10-01T15:25:45.719+01:002013-10-01T15:25:45.719+01:00Sensibilia, it is possible to be both shy and nerv...Sensibilia, it is possible to be both shy and nervous, and a captivating extrovert in front of people you don't know. Well, that's what I tell myself.<br /><br />Austin, a sad truth!Penny Dolanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16386668303428008498noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-38416607444017662042013-10-01T15:22:28.934+01:002013-10-01T15:22:28.934+01:00Stroppy, your online show time is good, especiall...Stroppy, your online show time is good, especially "mysterious lady looking away over the Venetian lagoon" photo.Penny Dolanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16386668303428008498noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-87954427427184362982013-10-01T14:03:40.267+01:002013-10-01T14:03:40.267+01:00I only do my show-time author bit online. Does tha...I only do my show-time author bit online. Does that count? Then I don't need a smart outfit, or to be able to respond to anything without thinking. So maybe that's where I go wrong - I can't be the performing author at all!Stroppy Authorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16560035800075465845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-32549591625952438222013-10-01T11:44:20.970+01:002013-10-01T11:44:20.970+01:00Thanks for all the comments so far - and very glad...Thanks for all the comments so far - and very glad I'm not alone in thinking all this.<br /><br />Julie, your "That's where I've been going wrong" did make me laugh!Penny Dolanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16386668303428008498noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-24129190326501875622013-10-01T11:24:59.943+01:002013-10-01T11:24:59.943+01:00So that's where I've been going wrong! I&#...So that's where I've been going wrong! I'm supposed to do dressing up when I'm in schools and not when I'm alone at my computer ;)<br /><br />Wise words Penny. <br /><br />JulieJulie Sykesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-17489303872409759672013-10-01T10:52:52.611+01:002013-10-01T10:52:52.611+01:00This is the truest of the true , thanks Penny xxThis is the truest of the true , thanks Penny xxCatherine Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17023404159399560691noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-67489407479836510612013-10-01T10:37:24.928+01:002013-10-01T10:37:24.928+01:00Indeed, indeed.
And of course, there are working ...Indeed, indeed.<br /><br />And of course, there are working authors a-plenty who do not slip comfortably at all into the costume of the showtime author.<br /><br />There may also be wildly successful, self-publicising authors who are not very good at writing.<br /><br />It is, however, one of the realities of our age that while I would hope a work is still judged for its merits on the words alone, a publisher will often decide on how hard and how far to promote the book based on a pay-off against the attractiveness of the author's face and her ability to charm a live audience.<br /><br />It seems that a book cannot live on words alone, these days.<br />Austin Hackneyhttp://www.omniscrit.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-49740672228654777202013-10-01T10:15:43.119+01:002013-10-01T10:15:43.119+01:00So true, Penny. We are all these people!So true, Penny. We are all these people!Linda Strachanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04354324158228109351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-68397935537322456592013-10-01T09:37:50.215+01:002013-10-01T09:37:50.215+01:00"The Working Author - imo and all that - tend..."The Working Author - imo and all that - tends to be a solitary, slightly tetchy creature, mooching around, thinking writing thoughts, mulling over words or plots, rehearsing lines or scenes or testing out characters in their head."<br /><br />Not yet an accredited author, but aspiring, I appreciate this description and totally recognise myself. <br /><br />It's quite a relief, actually, to find that this is normal, not eccentric weird behaviour.<br /><br />As for "Showtime Author", all that is very far in the future for me (if ever) and is somewhat scary for a naturally shy, reclusive person. Well, as they say about taking out an insurance policy and then finding it is never used, either scenario is equally freighted with both cost and benefit.sensibiliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08715737628925538412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-46076122466287900602013-10-01T09:14:49.072+01:002013-10-01T09:14:49.072+01:00We agree, all three!We agree, all three!Joan Lennonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15763862159032836768noreply@blogger.com