tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post4033166532231425105..comments2024-03-18T09:09:59.625-04:00Comments on Janet Reid, Literary Agent: 2014 Sox Knocker list-first itemJanet Reidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00615380335938685231noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-28018012050935876702014-12-10T00:21:06.161-05:002014-12-10T00:21:06.161-05:00Agree to disagree. But it gave me insight into wha...Agree to disagree. But it gave me insight into what you want as a literary agent. Apparently, we wouldn't be a good match.<br /><br />Because, honestly, I wanted to edit the hell out of your cited example because of a bunch of redundancies.<br /><br />Still, who am I to argue with success?Ardenwolfehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14053900506482830292noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-70023324486073096052014-12-09T17:37:19.493-05:002014-12-09T17:37:19.493-05:00Angie, it's not the same bookstore as the one ...Angie, it's not the same bookstore as the one today. Eons ago I had tea with George Whitman and he asked me if I needed a place to stay. I must've looked like I did, but I didn't. Lol! Young travelers, artists, writers, etc., could work in the store in exchange for a place to stay.<br /><br />So many changes have taken place there throughout the decades, yet so many things have remained the same. I must say, it's taken awhile to get used to not seeing him there when I walk in.LynnRodzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10796099106913990163noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-55221838167852414302014-12-09T13:48:26.491-05:002014-12-09T13:48:26.491-05:00It was in front of the Shakespeare and Co. where I...It was in front of the Shakespeare and Co. where I said all those F-words for the Avery Cates F-Bomb project.angie Brooksby-Arcangiolihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08000615140577512304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-8999762159515046732014-12-09T13:36:08.620-05:002014-12-09T13:36:08.620-05:00The best of the bad book list. I want to read it....The best of the bad book list. I want to read it. <br /><br />Shakespeare and Co. is still there but probably not the space he describes. It feels like walking into a Harry Potter movie. <br /><br />On Saturday afternoons There is and open writing critique group( prose and poetry). If you can elbow your way through the floor to ceiling paperbacks, the tourists selfie-ing,the browsers, and inch up the paperback-lined stairs, for five euro you can participate. <br /><br />I was skeptical but the feedback from the others writers is good; open minded and scathing. angie Brooksby-Arcangiolihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08000615140577512304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-52600419621557060772014-12-09T11:46:20.823-05:002014-12-09T11:46:20.823-05:00If you're into this, THE SWERVE by Stephen Gre...If you're into this, THE SWERVE by Stephen Greenblatt is another great book. It tells how Lucretius' "On the Nature of Things" was rediscovered in a monastery and distributed under the nose of the medieval church. It's his argument that it helped to shape thought and bring us out of the dark ages. <br /><br />I enjoyed that so much, I'll have to check out this one.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06772701833680781697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-28957757772378639822014-12-09T08:46:25.306-05:002014-12-09T08:46:25.306-05:00I read most of Amazon's sample, jumped on Birm...I read most of Amazon's sample, jumped on Birmingham's site, read his bio. If ever there was someone ready to 'Michener' that in which we would normally show no interest,it's Birmingham.<br />Man, that guy can get in your head and leave you wanting more.<br />And to think it's his first book, Go figure.Carolynnwith2Nshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18394998702410764388noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-64498519520285437382014-12-09T08:40:28.478-05:002014-12-09T08:40:28.478-05:00Sounds like an interesting book. I haven't rea...Sounds like an interesting book. I haven't ready ULYSSES either, which isn't a surprise (my OTR--Ought To Read--list is long). I'm not sure it would be my cup of tea, but the story around it might be.Colin Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03292997431935215499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-56228844122543526912014-12-09T08:22:16.519-05:002014-12-09T08:22:16.519-05:00Back in 2005 I wrote a piece of flash fiction call...Back in 2005 I wrote a piece of flash fiction called <a href="http://briefsandotherunmentionables.blogspot.com/2005/02/by-book.html" rel="nofollow">By The Book</a> in which Officer Rooney speaks to the local librarian when someone filed a complaint that she had rapped a kid's knuckles. 12-y-o Billy tried to check out "Ulysses," which Miss Emily considered "pure hedonism," so she rapped his knuckles. Officer Rooney points out: <i>“You know, Miss Emily, trying to plow through Ulysses is not the worst thing that a kid can do these days.”</i><br /><br />I haven't read "Ulysses" but I have read "A Portrait of the Artist As a Young Man" and a couple of his short stories.Kittyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11772310179223546476noreply@blogger.com