tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post387857061130926277..comments2024-03-25T09:56:16.164+00:00Comments on An Awfully Big Blog Adventure: FIRST LINES by Val TylerUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-71982229326408317362017-07-11T11:49:36.237+01:002017-07-11T11:49:36.237+01:00No, Sue, I never read The Plague by Camus. What a ...No, Sue, I never read The Plague by Camus. What a lively idea. Sounds a little like a 'writer' I know who told me he was going to be a 'best selling author'. I was interested and asked what he had already written (he was in his twenties, recently married with no children and 9-5:00 job). In all seriousness he told me he had not written anything yet because he didn't have the time! I had four children and would start writing at 5:00 in the morning to squeeze in a couple of hours before the kids got up. His wife added that he was 'very good'. To my knowledge, two kids and many years later, he has still written nothing.<br /><br /><br />Val Tylerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10504708163208266236noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-56696090481320175982017-07-06T23:56:26.635+01:002017-07-06T23:56:26.635+01:00I recognised 1,2 and 10 - embarrassing, because I ...I recognised 1,2 and 10 - embarrassing, because I have read Thr Eyre Affair and Stotmbreaker, but it *was* a long time ago! <br /><br />A favourite opening line of mine is from Blaze Of Glory by Michael Pryor: "Aubrey Fitzwilliam hated being dead." It turns out that he is *technically* dead, literally trying to keep body and soul together to avoid real death, after a stuff up in an experiment with death magic. But does that draw you in or what? <br /><br />Did you ever read The Plague by Camus? I remember very little of the novel, which I had to read for French at university, but there was a character in it who has stuck in my memory. He has been writing the opening line of a novel for twenty years, and has never gone any further, because he wants to get it just right before proceeding further...Sue Bursztynskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09362273418897882971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-74831347274551846452017-07-06T10:16:12.117+01:002017-07-06T10:16:12.117+01:00Such good opening lines, and I'd not heard of ...Such good opening lines, and I'd not heard of any of them. Thank you. Val Tylerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10504708163208266236noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-41070066607986590222017-07-06T08:51:31.621+01:002017-07-06T08:51:31.621+01:00These are great! I also like "It was a dark,...These are great! I also like "It was a dark, blustery afternoon in spring, and the city of London was chasing a small mining town across the dried-out bed of the old North Sea."Joan Lennonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15763862159032836768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-40034090359495581832017-07-06T08:48:47.790+01:002017-07-06T08:48:47.790+01:00I knew 4.
"It was the day my grandmother expl...I knew 4.<br />"It was the day my grandmother exploded," is a favourite of mine.<br /><br />And, "I had been making the rounds of the Sacrifice Poles the day we heard my brother had escaped."Susan Pricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07738737493756183909noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-86216626366144633142017-07-06T04:24:59.472+01:002017-07-06T04:24:59.472+01:00I knew only a few of them and they all are fantast...I knew only a few of them and they all are fantastic openers.Mysticahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10941269615559681014noreply@blogger.com