tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post6607911839830881030..comments2024-03-25T09:56:16.164+00:00Comments on An Awfully Big Blog Adventure: A Sort of Life - Celia ReesUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-25781994773324036412011-01-16T19:20:19.406+00:002011-01-16T19:20:19.406+00:00Excellent blog, Celia, and I feel agin spending ag...Excellent blog, Celia, and I feel agin spending ages on social networking, because then I'd have no time to write. One thing to dash off a comment like this, or a message on Balaclava, but to keep up my own blog, and do it all the time - I just can't. I've tried. So blogging on ABBA is enough for me.<br />However!!! When GG was arrested somewhere in Latin America, the first thing he did was to dictate a telegramme telling the world about it. He knew the value of publicity all right. Mind, I can't now remember if that was before or after he was released. If before, it might also have been a piece of self-preservation!!!Leslie Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15105465949970430998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-24473498408245984142011-01-16T10:24:55.628+00:002011-01-16T10:24:55.628+00:00When I grow up I want to be able to wear a hat as ...When I grow up I want to be able to wear a hat as effortlessly stylish as MA. What a fab pic. And how timely her quote. I am FOREVER worried about whether I have enough virtual exposure, and I'm not even published yet! At times it feel so cut-throat and competitive that I think my sensitive writerly skin can't take it and I'll have to delete all my social-networking accounts and throw my MS into the metaphorical bottle and let it ride the waves... I'm always wondering if Jane Austen/Dickens would've 'enjoyed' the mass hysteria as much as everybody else seems to?Debs Ricciohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10837598374947020855noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-46661237958386923592011-01-15T17:50:34.983+00:002011-01-15T17:50:34.983+00:00I loved that picture, too. And thanks for pointing...I loved that picture, too. And thanks for pointing me to the blog, Adele. I always enjoy reading what MA has to say about writing. Always wise, down to earth and unpretentious but maybe that is because she doesn't need to shout.Celia Reeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05059549379622664741noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-43768579600136132942011-01-15T14:23:35.346+00:002011-01-15T14:23:35.346+00:00I love the photo of Margaret Atwood that you'v...I love the photo of Margaret Atwood that you've found, Celia, and I'm glad you enjoyed the quote. I agree rather with M A and feel that, brilliant as tweeting/blogging/shouting etc may be, IF YOU ENJOY DOING IT, part of all that is the job of the publishers and that pushing authors to do everything themselves is sort of passing the parcel in a way. I am still waiting to know the difference in ACTUAL COPIES SOLD between a book that is tweetless and a book that is tweeted.adelehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15826710558292792068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-73947113858269263532011-01-15T13:47:09.156+00:002011-01-15T13:47:09.156+00:00Very true. But are we *ever* satisfied? Doesn'...Very true. But are we *ever* satisfied? Doesn't the written text always fall short of the ideal, the book it was in our minds before/while writing it?Stroppy Authorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16560035800075465845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-82627212494581432542011-01-15T13:21:28.288+00:002011-01-15T13:21:28.288+00:00Absolutely! And I think this what defines an artis...Absolutely! And I think this what defines an artist: whether goals are intrinsic. External goals are usually profoundly shallow. (And I adore Graham Greene's novels - he achieves something I can only dream about: a texture and atmosphere that is like no other author.)Andrew Stronghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04875188855955154864noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-725604618385314482011-01-15T12:23:03.324+00:002011-01-15T12:23:03.324+00:00Perceptive post. So to shout and not to shout, tha...Perceptive post. So to shout and not to shout, that is the question?Penny Dolanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16386668303428008498noreply@blogger.com