tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5571218098538219550.post1722296530113661051..comments2023-06-09T11:42:30.836+01:00Comments on Dreaming In Text: Other AuthorsBrian Keaneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17754984212153946279noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5571218098538219550.post-34579356652934485552010-03-02T12:28:01.632+00:002010-03-02T12:28:01.632+00:00True enough, Sue. Children's authors are a fai...True enough, Sue. Children's authors are a fairly civilized bunch on the whole.Brian Keaneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17754984212153946279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5571218098538219550.post-4212482534943567002010-03-02T11:37:57.140+00:002010-03-02T11:37:57.140+00:00Sounds like a nightmare but memorable all the same...Sounds like a nightmare but memorable all the same. One of those parties that will never be forgotten! I've been extremely lucky - so far - in that all the authors I've admired from afar and then had the good fortune to meet have turned out to be lovely. But maybe that's just children's authors for you!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00018944465720933242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5571218098538219550.post-29208644203892293092010-03-02T07:38:22.678+00:002010-03-02T07:38:22.678+00:00Thanks Charmaine. Good to hear from you.Thanks Charmaine. Good to hear from you.Brian Keaneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17754984212153946279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5571218098538219550.post-90197163275006721712010-03-02T01:11:06.350+00:002010-03-02T01:11:06.350+00:00Brian I think it's great that you can find the...Brian I think it's great that you can find the quirkiness in life's occassions. Whenever a friend tells me of an encounter that shakes them, I let them know 'it's all material for the book'.Charmaine Clancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06642615452680721583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5571218098538219550.post-77264619684366477472010-03-01T18:55:00.754+00:002010-03-01T18:55:00.754+00:00that should have been 'but' not 'buy&#...that should have been 'but' not 'buy'Brian Keaneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17754984212153946279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5571218098538219550.post-36770459761609266032010-03-01T18:54:35.729+00:002010-03-01T18:54:35.729+00:00Fairly often, Derek. Children's authors are re...Fairly often, Derek. Children's authors are regularly asked to go into schools to talk to pupils. <br /><br />I don't know if you're still writing fantasy buy my agents are MBA. They handle fantasy and they've been lovely to me.Brian Keaneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17754984212153946279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5571218098538219550.post-33877043740899951992010-03-01T13:22:40.665+00:002010-03-01T13:22:40.665+00:00I once emailed Terry Pratchett, asking him if ther...I once emailed Terry Pratchett, asking him if there were any fantasy fiction literary agents that he'd had particularly positive experience of. He emailed back to say that he'd never had need of a literary agent so he couldn't help me! A lesson learned. Brian, do you often meet your readers?DThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11803989273524731892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5571218098538219550.post-13383610837559626902010-02-26T12:49:30.109+00:002010-02-26T12:49:30.109+00:00I had a memorable meet up with an author once. It ...I had a memorable meet up with an author once. It was perhaps the opposite of yours in terms of character but not in terms of befuddlement. The author had penned a series of mystery novels under her own name and had cranked out novels for a famous series under a shared pen name (something like <i>Hardy Boys</i> or <i>Nancy Drew</i>). What I heard as she spoke was that she was a factory. Much like Trollope was supposed to be, she just kept churning out the stories, which actually were not that well written I thought, and she told her tale with just enough narcissism to make clear that she was duly impressed with herself and that everyone else should be. I vowed then to stay grounded whatever the fates had for me.Paulhttp://www.paullamb.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com