tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post384135393874278761..comments2024-03-18T09:09:59.625-04:00Comments on Janet Reid, Literary Agent: you know they're wrong, I know they're wrong, how the hell can't they see they're wrong??Janet Reidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00615380335938685231noreply@blogger.comBlogger57125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-38569194201529961362018-03-03T13:23:43.769-05:002018-03-03T13:23:43.769-05:00Thanks, Julie. Thanks, Bonnie.
Oh yes, Bonnie, yo...Thanks, Julie. Thanks, Bonnie.<br /><br />Oh yes, Bonnie, you're the one who explained to me what "voice" is, I believe :).One Of Us Has To Gohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00286506993128699826noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-87373177845008457092018-03-03T06:57:54.313-05:002018-03-03T06:57:54.313-05:00One Of Us - but everybody else, too:
Have you rea...One Of Us - but everybody else, too: <br />Have you read <i>The Book Thief</i>? It's written from the standpoint of the ordinary German population and how they suffered, from their own government as well as from the official Enemy. The author, Markus Zusak, was born in Australia but seems to have based the central character on his mother. <br /><br />Its style is highly distinctive (a good example of "voice" for you) and it permanently rates as one of my all-time favourite books. Ever. Do read it if you haven't already - it really is the picture worth a thousand words.Bonnie Shaljeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13067442140631504611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-9931490662811747732018-03-03T01:13:49.676-05:002018-03-03T01:13:49.676-05:00Sometimes reading these comments is like this.<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_kgRFHaNo-Y" rel="nofollow">Sometimes reading these comments is like this.</a><br /><br />Julie Weathershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13725236516593676381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-4059938449916029002018-03-03T00:41:17.089-05:002018-03-03T00:41:17.089-05:00One
There is a famous German pilot and I can'...<b>One</b><br /><br />There is a famous German pilot and I can't recall his name now, but I have to admire him. He got terribly sick flying, but forced himself to get over it and eventually became Germany's top ace. He developed maneuvers and training programs that were new to flying. The Nazi party was doing away with Catholics and he put protection around his bishop who he also had marry him and his wife. There was a lot of pressure for him not to do that, but he insisted. <br /><br />A boy he went to school with was Jewish and he managed to transfer their family business to someone else so they wouldn't lose it and get them protection. They were boyhood friends and they remained friends regardless of politics. <br /><br />Nothing is ever black and white. There are always layers of stories.<br /><br />Julie Weathershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13725236516593676381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-83918918134621030702018-03-02T23:50:54.860-05:002018-03-02T23:50:54.860-05:00Craig F - You have a typo. I think you meant the #...Craig F - You have a typo. I think you meant the #2 most-liked commenter. Gingermollymarilynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15684318210445109786noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-87150298234839914382018-03-02T23:44:12.922-05:002018-03-02T23:44:12.922-05:00Ooh, John D. Frain, I can't help but think wha...Ooh, John D. Frain, I can't help but think what's going to happen in your extra minute! It seems so fortuitous. The magic lies in those extra minutes.Gingermollymarilynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15684318210445109786noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-55837313041772126142018-03-02T23:38:18.191-05:002018-03-02T23:38:18.191-05:00Craig!! I don't dislike you at all and I don&#...Craig!! I don't dislike you at all and I don't get the impression anyone else does either. Stop that. As for the recent violence in your state, I have no words. Well, none that would be appropriate to express here, as they're filled with rage and despair. That doesn't mean I think <i>you</i> shouldn't express your feelings here. It's natural to share grief with friends. I haven't responded to that, and I'm sorry. My silence comes from a place of feeling helpless to make it better, not disapproval or dislike.<br /><br />BJ, thank you. I'll admit to being lazy (and in a rush) earlier.<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-84490770459786392862018-03-02T21:52:47.828-05:002018-03-02T21:52:47.828-05:00KDJames' link: https://xkcd.com/386/KDJames' link: <a href="https://xkcd.com/386" rel="nofollow">https://xkcd.com/386/</a><br /><br />BJ Muntainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12977414826388000094noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-9888501708880752322018-03-02T21:45:31.278-05:002018-03-02T21:45:31.278-05:00Lennon, 💗.Lennon, 💗.One Of Us Has To Gohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00286506993128699826noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-20075894337657157632018-03-02T21:32:41.756-05:002018-03-02T21:32:41.756-05:00I'll toss in my name as, probably, the number ...I'll toss in my name as, probably, the number two most disliked vommenter. This is a very diverse community and there are different world views for each of us. Mine is just mine and has a different perspective than yours.<br /><br />I have no idea how my perspective is different from yours but I am sure it is. What I like most about this blog is that the vommenters almost always consider their response before posting it.<br /><br />Like in most things, emotion sometimes gets in the way of consideration. The past few weeks have been particularly trying for me and will be that way for a while more. I hope you can deal with it. If not, too bad.<br /><br />On off topic vomments: I would love to be able to celebrate positive things with all of you, but bad things happen. I will commiserate with those as much as possible. Try not to brand those who don't share your view of the world too quickly.Craig Fhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07157301156577795781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-83823897758145544342018-03-02T20:42:00.723-05:002018-03-02T20:42:00.723-05:00This post reminds me of one of my favourite XKCD p...This post reminds me of one of my favourite XKCD pieces: https://xkcd.com/386/<br /><br />Pretty sure the first time I commented over here, after lurking for years, was because Janet said something about writing and I truly disagreed with her. I think (hope!) I was respectful and civil, but I know I was fairly emphatic. And the leeway to do that, to disagree, is something I've always appreciated about this forum.<br /><br />There are times it sounds a bit like an echo chamber over here, and that can be irritating in its own way. I enjoy the occasional dissenting opinion and respect the fortitude it takes to be that lone voice in a crowd. As long as it's about the topic, not the person.<br /><br />I've learned a lot from people here whose viewpoints and experiences are very different from mine. It would be a real shame if people felt constrained or judged into silence for fear they might be deemed "inappropriate" for having a unique opinion. I look forward to hearing what <i>everyone</i> has to say. <br /><br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-64224145216904905952018-03-02T20:13:55.815-05:002018-03-02T20:13:55.815-05:00One Of Us Has To Go - Your words remind me of our ...<b>One Of Us Has To Go</b> - Your words remind me of our topic from the other day (writing about unspeakable things). Your stories don't surprise me but they certainly show something I don't normally read about and they are truly heartbreaking. I am so glad your family was/ is pro-human. Me, too.Lennon Farishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03570629350169504234noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-69487005856211663252018-03-02T19:32:25.815-05:002018-03-02T19:32:25.815-05:00Thanks, Mora. It was a lot about propaganda. My gr...Thanks, Mora. It was a lot about propaganda. My grandmother once shook Hitler's hand as he paraded through her small village. She thought she should never wash her hands anymore.<br /><br />But her father soon knew better. He was able to understand English and secretly tuned into the BBC (British radio). It was a VERY dangerous thing to do but he needed to know the truth.<br /><br />He didn't join the party. But the whole family was scared of the Nazis, even though nobody was Jewish. People, particularly in villages, got 'found' if they hadn't registered with the Nazi party.<br />My grandma told me she begged her dad to join. For their safety.<br /><br />She also told me how they hid a young Russian soldier in their cellar and fed him with soups. They weren't pro-Russian, just pro-human. That soldier was so scared of fighting. He kind of broke down.<br /><br />And I remember how my grandma said: "If the Americans hadn't come quickly, we'd all have died!"<br />She meant dying from starvation. The Americans came and flew over destroyed Germany and dropped tons of flour.<br /><br />I love America ☺.<br /><br />Germans actually also have a reason to celebrate the end of the war... and to remember. But we don't. Because we know that others have a (at least objectively) better reason. (We don't officially remember the good German people who were made to join the front and died - not to offend the others. They are kind of forgotten. My grandfather got captured. He wasn't a Nazi.)One Of Us Has To Gohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00286506993128699826noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-49194643646206222702018-03-02T18:29:18.468-05:002018-03-02T18:29:18.468-05:00One Of Us Has To Go, hey, just wanted to say, I he...<b>One Of Us Has To Go</b>, hey, just wanted to say, I hear you. WW2 is my favorite bit of history, specifically the Eastern Front, and I've always been very curious about the German side of things. Not the Nazis but the regular people who were there. I'm sure you know that miniseries that came out of Germany a few years ago, which the creators meant as a way for people to talk to their family members who were silent about their experience for decades. And yet I bring up that series and people are like, Oh, what is it, an "it-wasn't-our-fault" kind of thing? And then it got shit reviews because "how dare you" basically.<br /><br />I read a lot of memoirs of German soldiers for novel research, and they never failed to surprise me. Even if the novel never gets published, glad I read them. Thank you for sharing.Mora Greenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11450611760340340659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-49604093166375230502018-03-02T18:21:52.469-05:002018-03-02T18:21:52.469-05:00Sherry, thanks to Janet and the Reiders here I hav...<b>Sherry</b>, thanks to Janet and the Reiders here I have a TBR pile that is years long. Reading time is precious so I'm making a determined effort to focus on reading in my genre and ignoring recommendations from here. Of course, after so many of you singing the praises of Sunburn...*sigh*.<br />AJ Blythehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04529233142099749005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-8609449538561419582018-03-02T18:06:25.217-05:002018-03-02T18:06:25.217-05:00One Of Us Has To Go
I'm sure you haven't....<b>One Of Us Has To Go</b><br /><br />I'm sure you haven't. Frankly, I think Germany's pendulum has swung so far the other way people are being made to feel they should be ashamed of their country and who they are and pay for all eternity. Wrong. <br /><br />I'm not going to get into what I think of the current situation in Germany, but I do have friends there, so I am not another ignorant American forming my opinion from news bites. <br /><br />It's like someone launching into me for my ancestors owning slaves and I owed them? What? My dad's side of the family emigrated from Denmark in the late 1800's legally through Ellis Island. They may have, I suppose somewhere down the line when they were Vikings they may have or may have been slaves, but that didn't have anything to do with the south so leave me out the collective guilt trip.<br /><br />Who HAS forgotten is the crop of Americans who march freely and call anyone who disagrees with them a Nazi or fascist and they don't even understand what the words mean. Someone needs to be teaching history in our schools.Julie Weathershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13725236516593676381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-4145408441181497322018-03-02T17:33:07.819-05:002018-03-02T17:33:07.819-05:00Colin Well, the universe needs more writers. It mo...<b>Colin</b> Well, the universe needs more writers. It most certainly does not need more politicians which is why our queen is a literary agent and not say, Marie Antoinette. E.M. Goldsmithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18387494005655553037noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-64173531341021038202018-03-02T17:16:13.360-05:002018-03-02T17:16:13.360-05:00Elise: Besides, it would get in the way of her ult...<b>Elise</b>: Besides, it would get in the way of her <i>ultimate</i> goal, which is, as we all know, to become my agent. :D :D :D<br /><br />... it was worth a try... ;)Colin Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03292997431935215499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-42924578199018767962018-03-02T17:08:41.036-05:002018-03-02T17:08:41.036-05:00Janet would NEVER run for president. That would be...Janet would NEVER run for president. That would be a massive step down. She’s already Queen of the Known Universe. Why would she want to be president of a tiny little part of one teensy bouncing ball in her universe? Please. E.M. Goldsmithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18387494005655553037noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-70492933570030050092018-03-02T16:59:43.002-05:002018-03-02T16:59:43.002-05:00roadkills, are you trying to get sent to Carkoon? ...roadkills, are you <i>trying</i> to get sent to Carkoon? (That's what happens to people who suggest extra work for Janet. I'm pretty sure being POTUS would be extra work.)<br /><br />My parents had a friend, a German fellow who went to school with a certain Adolf Hitler. Yes, that one, and his fellow students were well aware that he had it in for them. The night his party gained power, they just got in their cars and headed for the border, knowing they'd be dead in a day if they stayed. I like this story because all too often we forget these were real people with Mums and Dads and people who knew them. Yes, I do know it all ended badly, but if you lived in those days the story was a lot more textured.<br /><br /><br /><br />Adelehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08790958029798438793noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-23240380014747867102018-03-02T16:49:26.516-05:002018-03-02T16:49:26.516-05:00I'm curious if the OP meant political comments...I'm curious if the OP meant political comments or legit bad advice. I'd never try to "educate" someone over a political opinion. But I can think of a recent instance when someone said something objectively wrong--that an entire genre was played out/not selling--and someone who writes and publishes in that genre explained why that's incorrect. The Sleepy Onehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17406738871201908077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-33407354140949119332018-03-02T16:20:36.463-05:002018-03-02T16:20:36.463-05:00SUNBURN is now on my list too. :)
roadkills-r-us:...SUNBURN is now on my list too. :)<br /><br />roadkills-r-us: No way am I campaigning for QOTKU on the 2020 ballot. Nothing to do with her politics. Everything to do with getting Janet to become my agent. Now, that's a campaign I can get behind. ;)Colin Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03292997431935215499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-62014589258333486332018-03-02T16:16:32.497-05:002018-03-02T16:16:32.497-05:00Have tried not to get involved so as not to stir.....Have tried not to get involved so as not to stir... but am unable.<br /><br />Julie, we have NOT forgotten about the Nazis, how horrible it was and what was done!! In Germany, there are lots of places to remember.<br /><br />And, trust me, I (as a German) am regularly made not to forget. Have lived in Zurich (Switzerland) and been told "You are all Nazis". Lived in London, talked about Germany beating England in soccer... Sudden response "But we won the war!"<br /><br />During the soccer World Cup 2006, I was afraid to cheer for my team and shout "Deutschland".<br /><br />Nobody in Germany puts up a national flag in their garden or in front of their house (like in America - probably Texas!). Nobody.<br /><br />Lived four years in Paris, once said in a bar as I listened to their music "Oh well, I don't actually like Oriental music". Response: "Are you Hitler?"<br /><br />My parents weren't even born during the war, my great-grandfather resisted the Nazis and didn't join their party, which was obligatory - I am kind of pretty proud of that/him.<br /><br />Germany don't have a holiday on remembrance day, we don't wear poppies so as not to offend all of you. But I'd love to join in and remember.<br /><br />We have not forgotten. We don't want to forget! We'd love to undo what's happened, we're ashamed of it!<br />We've not forgotten, the word Nazi is NOT tossed around. But we'd also love it if it didn't haunt us everywhere we go. It's painful for you but sometimes also for us (I'm actually very emotional right now...).<br /><br />I got caught in the damn terrorist attacks in Paris in 2015, ran for my life and then escaped to Canada. One thing that I appreciate here, I am honest with you, is that I am not linked to the Nazis (so far).One Of Us Has To Gohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00286506993128699826noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-68676595268083478702018-03-02T15:58:11.875-05:002018-03-02T15:58:11.875-05:00Is anyone else ready to start a campaign to write-...Is anyone else ready to start a campaign to write-in Janet for POTUS in 2020?<br />I got to that point even before her recommendation of one of my all-time favorite books.roadkills-r-ushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14029861300358380117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-9033065581105978452018-03-02T15:37:52.598-05:002018-03-02T15:37:52.598-05:00When Janet or someone else here recommends a book ...When Janet or someone else here recommends a book I usually add it to my wish list. I'm reading Prince of Thieves by Chuck Hogan which I think came through Janet.<br />Added Sunburn to my list. I appreciate book suggestions!Sharyn Ekberghhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11987304898246173619noreply@blogger.com