tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37400848.post2868147983575157088..comments2023-12-31T08:43:00.853+00:00Comments on Wife in the North: Watch the Bookwife in the northhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15227214647512546906noreply@blogger.comBlogger40125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37400848.post-48591933396964351092008-07-22T21:00:00.000+01:002008-07-22T21:00:00.000+01:00Or... you can buy the book 'Wife in the North', by...Or... you can buy the book 'Wife in the North', by former Sunday Times journalist Judith O’Reilly (...her husband still works there) who makes their holiday home (?) near Alnmouth the family home and presents it as if it were on the Shetland Islands. Rubbing along on just 120k a year, and with a curious amount of spare time (quote:"My husband might have been missing in action but I do have help with the children".), Ms O'Reilly moans on about missing, London (Islington),and having to struggle, (with a nanny for the children! and pots of cash),on how lonely she is etc; But she finds solice in 'blogging' her thoughts,then shamelessly exploits all her media contacts and bags a book deal of £70k (advance). Don't expect to recognise this as the Northumberland we know, it's all of 35miles from the Metro Centre. Another world you know.....<BR/><BR/>PS you worked in TV.ItsFairCommenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14652686357897257329noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37400848.post-74184163611603649312008-06-29T12:30:00.000+01:002008-06-29T12:30:00.000+01:00That trailer is so hilarious. I love it, I almost ...That trailer is so hilarious. I love it, I almost love it as much as wife in the north country, are they going to do bus tours to your house? They might auction you at summer fairs. Brilliant.Single Mother on the Vergehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13947480104386831498noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37400848.post-77883938873890647752008-06-23T18:36:00.000+01:002008-06-23T18:36:00.000+01:00Well hello fellow neighbour! We are just a bit fur...Well hello fellow neighbour! We are just a bit further south, near Whitby!<BR/>So interested to read your blog. I once had a lengthy conversation with Jeremy Paxman re a book I was compiling as a school history project!<BR/>Intersting!<BR/>Great to meet you, will keep posted here.mrsnesbitthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16882736507772457598noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37400848.post-60370265447019867732008-06-23T15:40:00.000+01:002008-06-23T15:40:00.000+01:00just wrested a copy of the sunday times off a fell...just wrested a copy of the sunday times off a fellow expat, and saw your pic on front cover. will be reading it this evening...but a bit worried about the trauma mystery.<BR/><BR/>Congrats!<BR/>PigxPig in the Kitchenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10631525119816074013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37400848.post-87612149332140289552008-06-23T15:15:00.000+01:002008-06-23T15:15:00.000+01:00ROFL - Have just watched the promo with my three y...ROFL - Have just watched the promo with my three year old and it was so funny it made me come out from lurkers corner...LOL...we're off to have another look. He's demanding a second viewing of the bear ;-DAlmost Mrs Averagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03566374419318255177noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37400848.post-77867753237637879572008-06-23T13:24:00.000+01:002008-06-23T13:24:00.000+01:00have seen your blog around but was very moved by t...have seen your blog around but was very moved by the trauma you shared in the sunday times. i shall be linking to keep up with your blog, and pre-order my copy of your book too. best wishes.bushrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10434429764866383044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37400848.post-47751232153949595822008-06-23T08:16:00.000+01:002008-06-23T08:16:00.000+01:00Read the Sunday Times too - will try and appreciat...Read the Sunday Times too - will try and appreciate mine more as she runs (and even when she trails along miserably complaining that she wanted to go to the rocks) along the beach.occasional northernerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12937407254161207915noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37400848.post-72262402920065237792008-06-22T23:47:00.000+01:002008-06-22T23:47:00.000+01:00Read the article in The Times this morning - you a...Read the article in The Times this morning - you are so pretty! And what's more, no sign of nits.Swearing Motherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07277450057243928790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37400848.post-22017593491241045302008-06-22T23:03:00.000+01:002008-06-22T23:03:00.000+01:00Good for you Wifey!!It's not the commas I'm intrig...Good for you Wifey!!<BR/><BR/>It's not the commas I'm intrigued by though, it's the fucking collage - is there an actual photo of it in the book?<BR/><BR/>:)merry weatherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15790847146645006254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37400848.post-53061172085014891752008-06-22T22:50:00.000+01:002008-06-22T22:50:00.000+01:00What's wit the comment about the commas > were you...What's wit the comment about the commas > were you joking ? Just, enjoy, the promo, for, goodness, sake ,,,,,,,,,Clairehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11363365731494419323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37400848.post-39403009992608184832008-06-22T20:57:00.000+01:002008-06-22T20:57:00.000+01:00Watched the promo last week - it is very clever.I ...Watched the promo last week - it is very clever.<BR/><BR/>I have just read your article in the Sunday Times. I am glad that you are now happy in the north after all the upheaval and uncertainty of the last few years. I do not think that I would want to move back to Surrey now. Mainly because we have got the cottage almost as we want it and I can't face another move and renovation job.cheshire wifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13944869219641386387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37400848.post-40734264236397676802008-06-22T19:29:00.000+01:002008-06-22T19:29:00.000+01:00Fantastic - can't wait to read your book. I'm just...Fantastic - can't wait to read your book. I'm just diving into your blog following a well scrumpled Telegraph newspaper clipping tip-off sent via my Mum to me here in Northern California Wine Country. The scary thing for me after watching your video is that there truly are bears near here. Each summer I take my three boys up to Tahoe for a few days by the lake (can't afford England this year)and it's fairly typical to take a step out on the deck and catch a big black bear rifling through the recyclables accidentally not locked in a bear-proof trash container. I blame my husband for dragging me across the pond some seventeen years ago.... Still here. With the help of several hundred bottles of red wine a year!Franceshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12372215919013741110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37400848.post-67300131114052786782008-06-22T19:26:00.000+01:002008-06-22T19:26:00.000+01:00Fantastic - can't wait to read your book. I'm just...Fantastic - can't wait to read your book. I'm just diving into your blog following a well scrumpled Telegraph newspaper clipping tip-off sent via my Mum to me here in Northern California Wine Country. The scary thing for me after watching your video is that there truly are bears near here. Each summer I take my three boys up to Tahoe for a few days by the lake (can't afford England this year)and it's fairly typical to take a step out on the deck and catch a big black bear rifling through the recyclables accidentally not locked in a bear-proof trash container. I blame my husband for dragging me across the pond some seventeen years ago.... Still here. With the help of several hundred bottles of red wine a year!Franceshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12372215919013741110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37400848.post-35930374809112710392008-06-22T14:57:00.000+01:002008-06-22T14:57:00.000+01:00Just wanted to say that I read your extracts from ...Just wanted to say that I read your extracts from today's Sunday Times and really enjoyed it. <BR/><BR/>thanks <BR/><BR/>Paddy's mumPaddy Ebeneezerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16436008467878843228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37400848.post-14843364536846170792008-06-22T13:38:00.000+01:002008-06-22T13:38:00.000+01:00You look so beautiful, Judith!You look so beautiful, Judith!Mikohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05410781872502597824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37400848.post-32273245719054038842008-06-22T09:28:00.000+01:002008-06-22T09:28:00.000+01:00Have just seen your new piece in the Sunday Times,...Have just seen your new piece in the Sunday Times, and was very much moved by the sadness there. I'm so sorry it happened that way for you - there can have been few things more heart-breaking.<BR/><BR/>There was much gladness too though - which will make people want more than ever to read the book, I think. And a lovely picture of you in your shades of pink with the castle as backdrop!<BR/><BR/>(See Laurie - a whole sentence, and no commas! Commas are a writer's chief enemy, I think - the trick is to try to do without them, letting the rhythm of speech itself do the work. And Judith's promo would have looked rather silly I think, with your commas inserted!)I Beatricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15671136605194399080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37400848.post-91040974879032118552008-06-22T00:25:00.000+01:002008-06-22T00:25:00.000+01:00Absolutely brilliant video! Now I've got to go buy...Absolutely brilliant video! Now I've got to go buy the book. Love your blog, by the way. I just stumbled on it somehow or other. I am American, married to a Brit from London. (We met online, and will celebrate our 4-year wedding anniversary in July.) I lived with him for a few years in London (LOVED IT!), but now we are in our happy little cottage near Charleston, SC.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37400848.post-14189692573052196472008-06-21T18:33:00.000+01:002008-06-21T18:33:00.000+01:00i beatrice: "Bears might eat me Mummy.""Where are...i beatrice: "Bears might eat me Mummy."<BR/><BR/>"Where are we Mummy?"<BR/><BR/>you need a comma before Mummy in both sentences.<BR/><BR/>sorry to be so picky. it's a charming promo and i'm seeing it pop up on other blogs, too.lauriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18055442432266567561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37400848.post-34633719992461772982008-06-21T16:14:00.000+01:002008-06-21T16:14:00.000+01:00Fabulous! Looking forward to the book.Fabulous! Looking forward to the book.Working Mumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16243697047355131343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37400848.post-82087646597307293522008-06-21T08:50:00.000+01:002008-06-21T08:50:00.000+01:00Loved the promo Judith - and have the book coming ...Loved the promo Judith - and have the book coming from Amazon.<BR/><BR/>And Laurie - I was once a proof-reader too, for Penguin; and for the life of me I can't see where you'd want to put any commas?I Beatricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15671136605194399080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37400848.post-39664859916790427462008-06-20T20:45:00.000+01:002008-06-20T20:45:00.000+01:00very very nice. i like it. but ... is it too late ...very very nice. i like it. but ... is it too late to put in a couple of much-needed commas?<BR/><BR/>(sorry. former copy editor here.)lauriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18055442432266567561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37400848.post-39069965854714661982008-06-19T11:24:00.000+01:002008-06-19T11:24:00.000+01:00Way to go, Judith. Maybe you were wasting your tim...Way to go, Judith. Maybe you were wasting your time writing a successful book when you could have been producing (albeit with expert help) promotions like this one. Terrific!Stinking Billyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13577508577062044906noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37400848.post-39807549554254381622008-06-19T11:20:00.000+01:002008-06-19T11:20:00.000+01:00Love the promo - even big son loved it. Very best ...Love the promo - even big son loved it. Very best of luck with this project, Judith!<BR/><BR/>I tune in every now and then to read...Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06280161801824435219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37400848.post-9409741567943744502008-06-19T11:03:00.000+01:002008-06-19T11:03:00.000+01:00That was a very good promo! Well done! Will have t...That was a very good promo! Well done! Will have to put the book on a wish list!Maggie Mayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06183886005936250976noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37400848.post-50277320718101231882008-06-18T23:03:00.000+01:002008-06-18T23:03:00.000+01:00so cool! and i looked very carefully to see if yo...so cool! and i looked very carefully to see if your face is asymmetrical, and you'll be delighted to hear that it's not!<BR/><BR/>what a fab promo...are you getting very excited??!<BR/>PigxPig in the Kitchenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10631525119816074013noreply@blogger.com