tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6656468.post116827537465599548..comments2024-03-29T07:15:11.234+00:00Comments on Grumpy Old Bookman: Tuesday titbitsMichael Allenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11338398159818400930noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6656468.post-1168591276544922532007-01-12T08:41:00.000+00:002007-01-12T08:41:00.000+00:00"via an internet search for a diarist's name coupl..."via an internet search for a diarist's name coupled with the single word pikle. (No, I don't understand that last bit either. But I did mention the midday sun.)"<BR/><BR/>This pikle thing is quite a useful technique. By ensuing that various pages have a unique "non-word" in them, you can use Google to search them all at one time, whether on the same site or not.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6656468.post-1168457408332001862007-01-10T19:30:00.000+00:002007-01-10T19:30:00.000+00:00Ophra Wimsfree and the Mayonnaise ManFor the benef...<A HREF="http://everyonewhosanyone.com/awsyn.html" REL="nofollow"><B><I>Ophra Wimsfree and the Mayonnaise Man</I></B></A><BR/><BR/>For the benefit of the uninitiated, let me join the GOB in plugging the above book, the work of Gerard Jones, and, like <A HREF="http://everyonewhosanyone.com/ggsyn.html" REL="nofollow"><I>Ginny Good</I></A>, available free. (The difference is that GG comes as an audio book, while OW is accessible only to those who have learned to read.)<BR/><BR/>Now I'm recommending it without even having read it, simply because I have faith that the author of <I>Ginny Good</I> would not present us with a turkey.<BR/><BR/>You paid good money for <I>The Da Vinci Code</I>, likewise for the latest Harry Potter (though you'd die under torture sooner than admit it). The least you can do is to have a look at infinitely superior work which you can read without getting off your backside, and without paying a penny -- though Gerard Jones would be very pleased if you would.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6656468.post-1168374278215892982007-01-09T20:24:00.000+00:002007-01-09T20:24:00.000+00:00Susan -- They may not make them like they used to,...Susan -- They may not make them like they used to, but the prolific writers of library fiction are still around. You'll find a few still on the lists of publishers like Robert Hale, responsible, I believe, for putting out some of the Chesney books. Hale also has some prolific guys in its Black Horse Western stable. One Aussie is writing them regularly under five pen-names; another under four. The story of the second, Keith Hetherington, is told in the current edition of the online mag Black Horse Extra. Click on my own pen-name above and it should take you there.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6656468.post-1168356307061408182007-01-09T15:25:00.000+00:002007-01-09T15:25:00.000+00:00Ah, my perpetual hero. I'm blacklisted by The NY ...Ah, my perpetual hero. I'm blacklisted by The NY Times AND The London Review of Books. Yippee! I've arrived. Thanks. G.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6656468.post-1168350957667008792007-01-09T13:55:00.000+00:002007-01-09T13:55:00.000+00:00As I recall, the main objection to Mr. Eggleton wa...As I recall, the main objection to Mr. Eggleton was not his book, but his, um, 'marketing,' which was apparently the copy-pasting of his own review anywhere and everywhere he could post it. <BR/><BR/>To quote one reaction on Security Watch, "Doing a quick search of the book, I could only find so-so press reviews, and awful reactions not to the book, but to the spamming."<BR/><BR/>After reading some rather bullying remarks attributed to Mr. Eggleton when people have asked him to cease, I'm left with little interest in the man's book, which may even be good (though it's questionable when you have to force it on people). Bottom line, I suppose, is that it's possible to find someone somewhere to give you an "award" if you are obnoxious enough and refuse to go away.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6656468.post-1168346917477167462007-01-09T12:48:00.000+00:002007-01-09T12:48:00.000+00:00Sean Lindsay from '101 reasons to quit writing' in...Sean Lindsay from '101 reasons to quit writing' interviewed several writers & industry folk to find out why they were still at it. There's some insightful stuff in there, most of it on either side of my own interview.Simon Hayneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02660767551431793439noreply@blogger.com