tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post6974412420266067678..comments2024-03-18T09:09:59.625-04:00Comments on Janet Reid, Literary Agent: Week in Review 3/15/15Janet Reidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00615380335938685231noreply@blogger.comBlogger36125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-61386195003333945372015-03-18T11:21:13.317-04:002015-03-18T11:21:13.317-04:00This is the silliest best natured comment bunch ev...This is the silliest best natured comment bunch ever. "Wow" may be an understatement.<br />Flowers McGrathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01832227069627959864noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-30975176224961904372015-03-16T07:46:27.361-04:002015-03-16T07:46:27.361-04:00So glad to see Amy's comment.
"Fair wind...So glad to see Amy's comment.<br /><br />"Fair winds, and following seas."<br /><br />Cheers Hankfrench sojournhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14262858704848580714noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-29805562761676512182015-03-16T00:49:55.877-04:002015-03-16T00:49:55.877-04:00I think we need QOTKU to establish FPLM-Paradise a...I think we need QOTKU to establish FPLM-Paradise as an official branch before war breaks out. :)<br /><br />FPLM-New York, FPLM-Carkoon, FPLM-Paradise... this is getting like CSI--only with better scripts. :)Colin Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03292997431935215499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-41247041472652369382015-03-16T00:19:56.946-04:002015-03-16T00:19:56.946-04:00Amy—I'm nowhere near as humorous as Dena, but ...Amy—I'm nowhere near as humorous as Dena, but I do have a law license. Perhaps you'd be willing to accept this stray? Crimes are my cup of tea and I might be able to argue that Dena's defection was a crime under Paradise Law, which would, of course, require that she be removed to Paradise's Jurisdiction. You'd have her back from those Carkoonians lickety-split.Megan Vhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00752842865397799428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-28779627122364430292015-03-15T21:57:02.992-04:002015-03-15T21:57:02.992-04:00Another great WIR and a lot of lurkers commenting ...Another great WIR and a lot of lurkers commenting for the first time this week. It was nice to see new names.<br /><br />Amy, I'm glad you and your family are all right. Don't worry, we'll send you the coffee drinkers. We couldn't find the coffee maker and I think we all know how some people become when they don't get their morning brew. It's not pretty. They're the creatures in the next cave Colin was talking about. Our branch office in Carkoon is strictly tea, wine, beer and (when REJ gets here with the tangerines) sangria.LynnRodzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10796099106913990163noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-84716028084443914142015-03-15T21:46:36.996-04:002015-03-15T21:46:36.996-04:00The question is, do I want the Carkoonians here? W...The question is, do I <i>want</i> the Carkoonians here? We have pretty strict entry requirements for Paradise. I'll only accept strays on a case-by-case basis.<br /><br />I'm starting to think that extra coffee was the problem rather than the solution. I need to mellow out a little. I know! I'll go eat lunch on my porch. Maybe another pod of dolphins will pass by as I nibble my Camembert.Amy Schaeferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17263719891092841767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-22747018832994860102015-03-15T21:38:31.918-04:002015-03-15T21:38:31.918-04:00When she gets here I'll get her into a comprom...When she gets here I'll get her into a compromising position with a Vegemite sandwich and send you a picture.<br /><br />It's always good to have some of the dirt from under your lawyer's fingernails. Besides, she only gave a Stabenow book three stars.Craig Fhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07157301156577795781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-12593057883171718202015-03-15T21:14:49.915-04:002015-03-15T21:14:49.915-04:00LOL Amy! You have shark-infested waters and seem ...LOL Amy! You have shark-infested waters and seem to be VERY GOOD at defending your territory. You certainly don't need the likes of me!<br /><br />And think about it. If I evict the cave-dwellers on Carkoon, maybe they'll move on to Paradise and help the sharks defend your territory. Sounds more effective than the legal system :)<br /><br />And besides, I haven't been exiled yet, altho it seems I'm on my way.........<br />Dena Pawlinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14444683810125395220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-88454859260033182782015-03-15T21:08:38.725-04:002015-03-15T21:08:38.725-04:00Dena, you are dead to me. I ask you for help, and ...Dena, you are dead to me. I ask you for help, and what do you do? Run off to join my adversary. You all may think you've got in good over there in Carkoon, with your tangerines and your beer and your fancy photocopiers, but you underestimate Team Paradise at your peril.<br /><br />Something tells me I need another coffee.Amy Schaeferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17263719891092841767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-56381352348123987672015-03-15T19:53:43.497-04:002015-03-15T19:53:43.497-04:00Colin: believeyoume, you do not want me as an acco...Colin: believeyoume, you do not want me as an accountant. Basic checkbook balancing I can do. Complicated proposed/actual budget spreadsheet schtuff....nope. Lisa Bodenheimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17809067722921953857noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-19335133873327338272015-03-15T17:51:08.182-04:002015-03-15T17:51:08.182-04:00Hey Colin,
I'd be honored [or is that honoure...Hey Colin,<br /><br />I'd be honored [or is that honoured?] to be your official legal representative, so long of course that you've okayed it with any powers-that-be at the main office.<br /><br />I've evicted professional baseball players, professional basketball players, actors, and yes lawyers. So altho you'd think it would be a professional courtesy, I've done it.<br /><br />There is at least one judge around here that does sort of remind me of a Hutt. Which makes me think -- are you sure the "shady creatures in the caves" aren't lawyers?<br /><br />Or if nothing else, it sounds like an excellent name for a rock band.<br /><br />Dena Pawlinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14444683810125395220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-11914252759564064172015-03-15T17:25:23.950-04:002015-03-15T17:25:23.950-04:00So you're.....not going to tell us the title o...So you're.....not going to tell us the title of the Harlan Coben book? I know it's a popular conception that we library workers get to read all day, but je regrette, ce n'est pas vrai, so I can't read 'em all to find it myself ;)<br /><br />(additionally, my "to be read" list is not something we're going to talk about. Nor my "to be watched" list. My "to be written" list I'll discuss occasionally.)Jennifer R. Donohuehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00363886899308588391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-238765685330577182015-03-15T17:22:36.460-04:002015-03-15T17:22:36.460-04:00Glad to see you're okay Amy!Glad to see you're okay Amy!Megan Vhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00752842865397799428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-51787443347324444242015-03-15T17:18:01.545-04:002015-03-15T17:18:01.545-04:00Gorsh durnitt! I was hoping to get Lisa as our acc...Gorsh durnitt! I was hoping to get Lisa as our accountant for the Carkoon office. We need someone good with numbers. The last accountant couldn't count beyond 30. After that he ran out of toes. But it looks like she's in QOTKU's good books, so she won't be exiled anytime soon... *sigh*Colin Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03292997431935215499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-26589259590637338252015-03-15T17:12:44.831-04:002015-03-15T17:12:44.831-04:00Lisa, you're right about the math. I did it by...Lisa, you're right about the math. I did it by hand and carried an extra one. I did a quick Excel spread sheet and you're right! Thanks for catching that. It's corrected now.Janet Reidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00615380335938685231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-25964880706256490342015-03-15T17:05:25.713-04:002015-03-15T17:05:25.713-04:00Dena: Kitty's going to check with the local au...Dena: Kitty's going to check with the local authorities here on Carkoon (some guy who lives in a hut... no? His name is Hutt? Really? Okay...), but I think your California license is good here. So I'd be pleased to have you be the official legal representative for FPLM-Carkoon. There are some pretty shady creatures in the caves nearby, so it's possible we'll need some help with evictions if things get out of hand.<br /><br />Perhaps Kitty can find out what the judges are like here. Hopefully not too different from what you have there in SoCal. :) Colin Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03292997431935215499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-76773906976348103602015-03-15T16:53:58.246-04:002015-03-15T16:53:58.246-04:00Amy! I'm so glad you're okay!
So far as ...Amy! I'm so glad you're okay!<br /><br />So far as I understand it, FPLM's main office is in New York, with a branch in Carkoon [which I can't find on my apparently-outdated map but I have a sneaking suspicion it's not anywhere near California] and a branch in Paradise [which appears to be even farther away, altho the sharks are definitely swimming around there, because y'all are defending your territorial rights so vigorously.]<br /><br />I'm only licensed in California.<br /><br />Would love to help you any way I can, tho. I won the door prize at yesterday's RWA chapter meeting [a book on writing fiction, yay], so karma is currently in my favor. Or, conversely, is your branch open to queries? Yes, today I'm taking advantage of karma and sending out a few more. Maybe I'll send one your way :)<br /><br />Colin, yes your children are lovely. Mine are... well... mine. This year is a big birthday year for three of my four:<br /><br />#1 – 21 [altho he's already been legally sauced, because he was stationed in Okinawa last summer and the legal drinking age there is 20. He was somewhat disappointed when his deployment ended and he had to return to the states lol]<br /><br />#2 – 19 [his bday is tomorrow]<br /><br />#3 – 18<br /><br />#4 – 16 <br /><br />Our weather is certainly safer than a hurricane/cyclone, but it's definitely not paradise here. We've been sweating thru several days of 98 degree heat, which as I understand it was the hottest recorded temperature for March 14, 2015 in the entire USA, and today an ambulance was called to my kids' first baseball game of the season because a spectator succumbed to the heat. Air conditioning is a wonderful thing.<br /><br />I'll stop now before this turns into a vomment, or is it already too late for that?<br /><br />Dena Pawlinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14444683810125395220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-57816603286330551702015-03-15T16:36:35.732-04:002015-03-15T16:36:35.732-04:00Heigh-Ho, Heigh-Ho it off to Carkoon I go. With fi...Heigh-Ho, Heigh-Ho it off to Carkoon I go. With five tons of beer making equipment and a plan.<br /><br />It is a wonderful thing to be drain bamaged because I remember absolutely nothing about prologues last week. That will make my revenge all the more sweet.<br /><br />I will get the woodland creatures drunk and get them to sign a petition to end those nasty P things.<br /><br />Within a couple of years prologues will be eradicated from the known universe.Craig Fhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07157301156577795781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-47253927721750247492015-03-15T16:31:09.340-04:002015-03-15T16:31:09.340-04:00AMMMMMMYYYYYYY !!!
Who-ray you are oh-kay.
Saw V...AMMMMMMYYYYYYY !!!<br /><br />Who-ray you are oh-kay.<br /><br />Saw Vanuatu on the news. Awful, just awful.<br /> <br />Prayers and support coming from my end of paradise where it's mud-month. Snow is finally melting and the muck is shoelace high.<br /><br />Carolynnwith2Nshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18394998702410764388noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-27876176230471769502015-03-15T16:28:17.791-04:002015-03-15T16:28:17.791-04:00For those interested, here's a BBC report on V...For those interested, here's a BBC report on Vanuatu, including video clips and pictures. It's one thing to read Amy say the country's been flattened. It's quite another to see it for yourself:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-31895231" rel="nofollow">http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-31895231</a>Colin Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03292997431935215499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-5703162310746876072015-03-15T15:58:44.307-04:002015-03-15T15:58:44.307-04:00AMY!!! So glad to see and hear that you and yours ...AMY!!! So glad to see and hear that you and yours are okay! :) I will nod sagely and add the people of Vanuatu to the prayer list. But let me be the first to admit I'll be looking it up on a map... :)<br /><br />As for the Paradise branch... well, I'm Janet would go for that. After all, she would HAVE to take a tour of the premises to make sure it's up to FPLM's standards. That would include at least a few days taking in the beach, sampling the local beverages, and getting feedback from the resident sharks. Sounds like a winning idea to me. And with Julie helping on the Aussie front... :)<br /><br />Bessie: As far as this blog is concerned, here's where my time on Carkoon began: <a href="http://jetreidliterary.blogspot.com/2015/02/week-in-review-21515.html" rel="nofollow">http://jetreidliterary.blogspot.com/2015/02/week-in-review-21515.html</a>. I believe this is the first reference to Carkoon. :)Colin Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03292997431935215499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-32693651047194629942015-03-15T15:57:53.714-04:002015-03-15T15:57:53.714-04:00Bessie: Carkoon....the furthest I went back was 2/...Bessie: Carkoon....the furthest I went back was 2/25-26 when Colin exiled himself there over lima beans, sparkling water, and whisky/brandy reference. I'm sure there's something further back. And I'm also sure Colin and the crew can explain it much better than me. <br /><br />In fact, I think there's a Carkoon short story, if not a novel waiting to be written!! But...what genre shall it be? <br />Lisa Bodenheimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17809067722921953857noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-11248663473519702142015-03-15T15:35:54.365-04:002015-03-15T15:35:54.365-04:00Amy, I'm glad you're safe. I've been f...Amy, I'm glad you're safe. I've been fretting since this a.m.Susan Bonifanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01140265430286280374noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-28107025857507222292015-03-15T15:30:15.427-04:002015-03-15T15:30:15.427-04:00Any chance we could get a refresher on the histori...Any chance we could get a refresher on the historical meaning/origin of carkoon in comment land. Trying to read everything but alas, so so many words and very little time.<br /><br />Loving the weekly review, and all the posts as always!Flowers McGrathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01832227069627959864noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-52794045951640443612015-03-15T15:27:03.447-04:002015-03-15T15:27:03.447-04:00Glad to hear you are safe, Amy, and yes thoughts a...Glad to hear you are safe, Amy, and yes thoughts and desires for speedy help to the people in need.<br /><br />Yay. Wonderful to get a mention in the WIR. <br /><br />But, ummmmm, regarding math....? It's definitely not my strong suit but with the Shark at a Crimelandia Conference in Portlandia perhaps some of the fumes from those exotic Blue Start donuts have affected the math and/or figures she used? <br /><br />When multiplying 10,000 books x $25.00 retail x 60% discount I come up with a total of $150,000.00 which MEANS the publisher retains a whopping $48,800.<br />Is that right? Lisa Bodenheimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17809067722921953857noreply@blogger.com