Comments on Wife in the North: Author, author

You have been nominated for Milf Lovers monthly by...

2008-07-11T10:42:00.000+01:00

You have been nominated for Milf Lovers monthly by my mate Electro Kev - as he has a TV...

It is soooo true that once you have children your ...

2008-07-11T00:49:00.000+01:00

It is soooo true that once you have children your partner will cease photographing you! All the years we had together and once our daughter comes along there is suddenly a missing space where Mummy used to be in the albums. I've heard several of my friends complain of the same thing. What is it with men that they do that? My three year old is also keen to point out my 'big boobs' my 'big tummy' and yes, 'my big bum' They really do keep you grounded and ego free that's for sure!

I saw you on TV some time ago and thought you look...

2008-04-22T09:07:00.000+01:00

I saw you on TV some time ago and thought you looked fabulous...

I also thought Princess Di looked fabulous when she was young. But look at any photo of her by the time, say, she was getting fed up with her husband, and you'll see how large her nose had grown!

It comes to us all ...

doglover (just back to blog-reading after computer problems)

i really wasn't suggesting the cauliflower ears, b...

2008-04-21T20:40:00.000+01:00

i really wasn't suggesting the cauliflower ears, but you see, this is why you are doing so well; it's about being perceptive and incisive.

very sorry about implied cauliflower ears remark
Humble Pigx

Women with larger noses are much more attractive t...

2008-04-18T11:44:00.000+01:00

Women with larger noses are much more attractive to men - don't ask me why, but it appears that it is a known fact.

Did you really win a prize in 1902? I mean I knew...

2008-04-17T10:36:00.000+01:00

Did you really win a prize in 1902? I mean I knew you were old but Crikey!!

Maybe Saga would buy a job lot of the book or failing that the Local Tourist Board?

I'm with ExpatMum - lie, just lie, blatantly, thro...

2008-04-16T23:19:00.000+01:00

I'm with ExpatMum - lie, just lie, blatantly, through your teeth, with gusto, on the wretched form... oh hang on, then you really would have a problem with the growing nose thing, wouldn't you..

Belated thank yous for adding me to your blogroll. Just delighted.
Livvy x

So now publishers expect their authors to do the j...

2008-04-15T08:36:00.000+01:00

So now publishers expect their authors to do the job of the marketing department too? Isn't it enough to have written them something to sell in the first place?

judith i think you are possibly one of the funnies...

2008-04-14T20:27:00.000+01:00

judith i think you are possibly one of the funniest writers i have read in a very loooong time. THANK HEAVANS!!!! been laughing out loud all evening...sending site to friends.
you've Got It!Q!!
HOORRAH
x

The way you describe yourself isn't the way I pict...

2008-04-13T04:03:00.000+01:00

The way you describe yourself isn't the way I picture you at all, so it's going to be funny to finally see you when I buy the book.
I hope Pig's wrong and ears & noses don't keep growing or I'll end up looking like Albert Tatlock.

No worries, a large hat can hide any obscenity in ...

2008-04-12T08:03:00.000+01:00

No worries, a large hat can hide any obscenity in a photo!
Worry more about the launch. People meet you in real life and feel that they can say that you are fatter/thinner/taller/smaller/larger nosed than they thought!

Blessed are the bignoses, for they shall inherit t...

2008-04-12T03:45:00.000+01:00

Blessed are the bignoses, for they shall inherit the earth.

Yes, that bloody questionnaire brings it all back ...

2008-04-12T00:36:00.000+01:00

Yes, that bloody questionnaire brings it all back down to earth pretty quickly. You either have to be very imaginative (ie. there are hoards of support groups for people who have moved to the north) or lie through your teeth. Preferably both. I don't think they even read them.
As for the photo, go black and white.
BTW since the book covers are so different, which do you prefer? (Probably not a good question to answer actually.)

As if the writing isn't hard enough!

2008-04-11T18:15:00.000+01:00

As if the writing isn't hard enough!

We always serve as our own worst critic. Must be ...

2008-04-11T15:57:00.000+01:00

We always serve as our own worst critic. Must be that catholic thing...

Anyone who has spent time with you knows how lovely you are. Ease up!

So. If potty mummy has a 5th class university deg...

2008-04-11T15:16:00.000+01:00

So. If potty mummy has a 5th class university degree and shouldn't be bothered to publish, wherein is there hope for those in America with only high school diplomas to their names? I know I live in the "land of opportunity" but I think most of those go to those who ship in from other countries. I guess I'll have to try harder! Or, I could write to my high school teacher, Dave Guterson, who is published (remember Snow Falling on Cedars?). Yup, that's him!

Please, don't shoot me for being a name dropper.

You always tell it straight here, which is refresh...

2008-04-11T14:49:00.000+01:00

You always tell it straight here, which is refreshing and funny. This nose business bothers me too!

Recently one of my kids told me I had a nice face. Ah, I said, but not a pretty face? He considered carefully before saying, it depends what you're doing...

OMG, so being published is not the holy grail, or ...

2008-04-11T09:27:00.000+01:00

OMG, so being published is not the holy grail, or the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow, at all!

It's not the end, or the beginning? Not the beginning of the end - or even, as Churchill once so memorably put it, "the end of the beginning"?

Please tell us that there are SOME perks to it though!

Wifey, despite what Pig says about your bulbous no...

2008-04-11T00:31:00.000+01:00

Wifey, despite what Pig says about your bulbous nose and colossal cauliflower ears, can't believe you really look like Jim from Eastenders - I'm sure it was just the lighting.

I suppose if you were disarmingly beautiful then n...

2008-04-10T23:16:00.000+01:00

I suppose if you were disarmingly beautiful then nobody would by your book. We love you because you are just like the un-evenly-faced rest of us!

G.I.M

but you are suggesting the cauliflower ears then.....

2008-04-10T22:29:00.000+01:00

but you are suggesting the cauliflower ears then...

i am not suggesting for a second that you have a b...

2008-04-10T22:26:00.000+01:00

i am not suggesting for a second that you have a bulbous nose.

apparently your nose and your ears always keep on ...

2008-04-10T22:25:00.000+01:00

apparently your nose and your ears always keep on growing. Hence all those old people with bulbous noses and colossal cauliflower ears.

It all sounds too much bother being published, I'm going to tell Hamlyn thanks but no thanks. Didn't you get the pulitzer? Or was it the booker? ;-)
Pigx

I WAS about to start sending a children's story I'...

2008-04-10T21:30:00.000+01:00

I WAS about to start sending a children's story I've written to a number of agents. Since I have no awards, prizes or anything other than a second class degree from a second (scratch that, 5th) class university to my name, am not sure I will bother now...