tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6656468.post5072629690266710597..comments2024-03-29T11:20:37.238+00:00Comments on Grumpy Old Bookman: Pre-holiday clearanceMichael Allenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11338398159818400930noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6656468.post-15069331210339168762013-04-27T11:23:21.089+01:002013-04-27T11:23:21.089+01:00The extract is powerful--as was she, obviously. Ho...The extract is powerful--as was she, obviously. How wonderful that she lived her dream of writing through her romantic novels.<br /><a href="http://www.amsjettransmissions.com/" rel="nofollow">Transmission Service Hollywood FL</a>jim smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10097031296957153916noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6656468.post-74765372176088862032012-07-12T08:05:28.745+01:002012-07-12T08:05:28.745+01:00Wow that was strange. I just wrote an very long co...Wow that was strange. I just wrote an very long comment but after I clicked submit my comment didn't show up. Grrrr... well I'm not writing all that over again. Anyway, just wanted to say great blog!<br /> <a href="http://www.greenteaweightlossslim.com/" rel="nofollow">lose weight site</a> and <a href="http://www.ledgrowlightsforsale.org/" rel="nofollow">Visit Website</a>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6656468.post-43902302449661849222007-09-06T00:06:00.000+01:002007-09-06T00:06:00.000+01:00Read Moore? Perhaps G. O. Read-Moore?Read Moore? Perhaps G. O. Read-Moore?Zen of Writinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07335608209050545751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6656468.post-68620234783189354262007-09-04T06:57:00.000+01:002007-09-04T06:57:00.000+01:00Just had another look at the GOB's post, and disco...Just had another look at the GOB's post, and discovered I needn't have bothered telling people about 'Atonement'. Never mind. It's good enough to mention twice. Or three times.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6656468.post-10549824417107205552007-09-04T06:54:00.000+01:002007-09-04T06:54:00.000+01:00Very briefly.I've just read the FT extract from 'N...Very briefly.<BR/><BR/>I've just read the FT extract from 'No Time for Romance'.<BR/><BR/>Now I know where Ian McEwan went for some at least of the impressive detail in one of the most memorable scenes from 'Atonement'.<BR/><BR/>I understand it's now being filmed. But I'd recommend reading the book.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6656468.post-17237844929644519462007-09-03T20:53:00.000+01:002007-09-03T20:53:00.000+01:00I can't get enough of good memoirs, and now you've...I can't get enough of good memoirs, and now you've introduced me to another one. I never would have guessed that the author of Doctor Kildare was such a fine writer.Mary Witzlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06458299046574564155noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6656468.post-74464806802179025502007-09-03T16:36:00.000+01:002007-09-03T16:36:00.000+01:00Hay Castle was never on the market - it is The Lim...Hay Castle was never on the market - it is The Limited Bookshop which has been sold, a huge, rambling place in the middle of town which was once an agricultural machinery showroom.Eigonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11368838188678418192noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6656468.post-25181345872562153352007-09-03T00:18:00.000+01:002007-09-03T00:18:00.000+01:00I recently discovered that a blog post had been st...I recently discovered that a blog post had been stolen. Seems another blog which looks to have been set up solely to gather visitors who might click on its google ads had snatched the post because it contained words that would fit its theme (& maybe garner search engine hits?) ... this was probably automated as the thief blog (spam blog?) is loaded up with posts from a variety of sources, none attributed to their true author. It doesn't look like the culprit is out to make a name for itself as an artist but, like spam, if you have superlow overhead you can make money when the income is pennies and if that means stealing to fill up your destination with content and it's easy to steal ... not that I think thief blog is gonna make more than a pfennig off my little blog post about visiting London in 1988.Glenn Ingersollhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10674475308395975995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6656468.post-80256583815480180612007-09-02T11:25:00.000+01:002007-09-02T11:25:00.000+01:00Lovely article on Lucilla Andrews by Juliet Gardin...Lovely article on Lucilla Andrews by Juliet Gardiner. She has also written the foreword to the new edition of "No Time for Romance", which has just been reprinted in paperback. There aren't many books that make me weep but that one does. Precisely because Andrews never says, 'This ought not to be happening,' you realise how unimaginably dreadful it all was. But she copes, she grows up -and reading it you feel humbled. Well, I did.<BR/><BR/>Terrific stuff and a real page turner.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6656468.post-79131284594152263002007-09-02T07:51:00.000+01:002007-09-02T07:51:00.000+01:00Lucilla Andrews — what a lady! Talent blooming out...Lucilla Andrews — what a lady! Talent blooming out of experience - what more can be said?<BR/><BR/>AS FOR:<BR/>'Your job, as a writer: think of ways to manoeuvre yourself into topping the poll in a similar sort of story'<BR/><BR/>Mm. How about going around nursing and residential homes and surreptitiously slipping a copy of Blazing Embers under the pillows of all the residents? Oldie's Favourite Bedtime Reading survey?<BR/>Nah! The care staff would sneak it off to read it themselves.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6656468.post-67692901122797111032007-09-02T03:06:00.000+01:002007-09-02T03:06:00.000+01:00That was a touching tribute to Lucilla Andrews. Th...That was a touching tribute to Lucilla Andrews. The extract is powerful--as was she, obviously. How wonderful that she lived her dream of writing through her romantic novels, yet left such a powerful memoir.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6656468.post-75642524259131618932007-09-01T20:57:00.000+01:002007-09-01T20:57:00.000+01:00On Travelodge+Campbell:Dear Mr. Grumpy,is it my im...On Travelodge+Campbell:<BR/><BR/>Dear Mr. Grumpy,<BR/><BR/>is it my impression or are you suggesting that fame (i.e., recognition of one's creative 'value' in this society) can only be expected when we engage in doing something utterly silly that may catch other people's attention?<BR/><BR/>Whatever happened to true talent? Intellect? Wisdom?<BR/><BR/>Then again, that's usually quite a bore. Give us gossip any time. And lots of noise. And a good PR campaign. You've got to pay a price if you (quite unwisely) wish to stop being just another anonymous ant amongs billions.Clary Antomehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10728784994847295524noreply@blogger.com