tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post3284764614791893060..comments2024-03-25T09:56:16.164+00:00Comments on An Awfully Big Blog Adventure: Nurse! The screens! Catherine JohnsonUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-57561386886528356602011-04-20T09:33:41.709+01:002011-04-20T09:33:41.709+01:00The lost alphabetical apple - the event, rather th...The lost alphabetical apple - the event, rather than the story - sounds like it could turn into a brilliant short story though ...madwippitthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02595748471651052552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-66338273246551519682011-04-18T23:48:38.288+01:002011-04-18T23:48:38.288+01:00Ow! As someone currently having computer problems ...Ow! As someone currently having computer problems I sympathise. I have done back ups on disc but I am still wondering whether I should be environmentally irresponsible and print vast quantities as hard copy.catdownunderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06959328192182156574noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-49804130043851989692011-04-18T21:14:26.336+01:002011-04-18T21:14:26.336+01:00The accidental alphabetical one sounds like a piec...The accidental alphabetical one sounds like a piece of fine oulipo, the sort of thing I buy to think about rather than read (like 'The Interrogative Mood'). I have at least ten finished and unpublished books sitting on my hard drive (and backed up countless times elsewhere). They are all deranged masterpieces, naturally.Andrew Stronghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04875188855955154864noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-2272240681291817132011-04-18T20:17:19.892+01:002011-04-18T20:17:19.892+01:00Oh the one that got away!
Why is it the words we ...Oh the one that got away! <br />Why is it the words we delete by accident, without a copy - or like yours, Catherine, reorganised into gibberish will always seem so much better in memory than they possibly would be, if they got a second chance?<br /><br />I doubt if you would find any writer who does not have something left in the cupboard, that, as Katherine said, is probably better left there!<br /> <br />Wishing you joy with the new exciting idea, such a great stage - isn't it!Linda Strachanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04354324158228109351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-39978050919204384232011-04-18T17:21:23.002+01:002011-04-18T17:21:23.002+01:00It was a very old Apple! And I don't think I w...It was a very old Apple! And I don't think I would go back now, I've forgotten all about those people, whoever they were, xcCatherine Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14610226884546830879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-90566737487402398272011-04-18T17:11:03.663+01:002011-04-18T17:11:03.663+01:00Love the idea of the alphabetical one! (I do somet...Love the idea of the alphabetical one! (I do sometimes read the OED.) Was in the Apple store in Cardiff, looking at the Air Mac thingy. Asked an Apple geek lots of geeky editing on-screen Track Changes questions. Am sure they'd be able to tell you how to undo it in a flash. But would you return to it if you could?Sarah Taylor-Fergussonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01507013836947182706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-53252052130159152742011-04-18T16:59:02.037+01:002011-04-18T16:59:02.037+01:00It is wonderful that you've turned the corner ...It is wonderful that you've turned the corner emotionally and you're charged up about the new project. <br /><br />Obviously you had to mourn first. <br /><br />Noel Coward, on reading an aspiring novelist's work, told her to bury it in a drawer with a lily on top.michelle lovrichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01026972300195225090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-87771557975513693292011-04-18T16:51:36.601+01:002011-04-18T16:51:36.601+01:00Thanks for all good wishes, here's to everyone...Thanks for all good wishes, here's to everyones projects turning out brilliant!<br />And thanks for the vote of confidence Keren, I should Kindle it....Catherine Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14610226884546830879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-64517080918756209632011-04-18T16:43:35.315+01:002011-04-18T16:43:35.315+01:00'How many people would do all that work for no...'How many people would do all that work for nothing?' Ah, but you didn't; that work got you to the place where this new idea comes in, and all writing is useful exercise, stretching the writing muscles. I'd like to see that alphabetic non-novel, too - Tate is a great idea! Wishing you much happiness with your new story.Stroppy Authorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16560035800075465845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-64613153658205881882011-04-18T12:30:33.507+01:002011-04-18T12:30:33.507+01:00OH the alphabet story is horrific! I'm sorry y...OH the alphabet story is horrific! I'm sorry you're ditching the Princess - maybe it will resolve itself one day? <br />I have three sad unsold novels and two novellas. I've not given up hope on one of the novels but the rest are right offs. ' Learning experiences.' Maybe.Nickyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15442269757463713048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-65163237840387968992011-04-18T12:16:32.399+01:002011-04-18T12:16:32.399+01:00All good wishes to you and the new book, Catherine...All good wishes to you and the new book, Catherine. Hope you both have exciting adventures!<br /><br />I definitely heard some desolate rumblings from deep within my computer as I read your tales of loss and woe. <br /><br />Maybe a couple of my aged m/s would be worth looking at again. However, I'm not sure the machine could now read the old codes. Should we be glad we have the technically locked desk drawer to protect our lost or hidden dreams?Penny Dolanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16386668303428008498noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-63851723380173006092011-04-18T12:13:11.988+01:002011-04-18T12:13:11.988+01:00I called them my suspended animation stories. Some...I called them my suspended animation stories. Sometimes chopped up bits of them appear in other stories, sometimes an electic current of a new idea surges through them and I become a frantic Mrs Frankenstein.<br />Catherine - why don't you exhibit your second novel in Tate Modern?Lynda Waterhousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04880769618542325268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-830006172781004452011-04-18T11:59:58.785+01:002011-04-18T11:59:58.785+01:00Hi
I know the feeling.
My baby has just turned i...Hi<br /><br />I know the feeling.<br /><br />My baby has just turned into the village idiot rather than the star I was hoping for.<br /><br />I still hold a faint hope of making it work, but I suspect it will also be one for the drawer...Neilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04109444229860301902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-22445255290204579872011-04-18T11:59:00.768+01:002011-04-18T11:59:00.768+01:00OMG - what a terrible thing to happen (the alphabe...OMG - what a terrible thing to happen (the alphabetical order thing) - a curse to beat the Dolorous Word! <br /><br />Feel for you - even it WAS an 'early work'! But yes, I have a number of such works. Every now and then one of them twitches and stirs in its long sleep, but it always turns out to be better to tiptoe away and switch off the lights.Katherine Langrishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12529700103932422873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-80414127524315613452011-04-18T11:58:41.504+01:002011-04-18T11:58:41.504+01:00I want to read the Josh one right now please.I want to read the Josh one right now please.Keren Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13121027210783177857noreply@blogger.com