tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10611988.post114294362018908771..comments2023-12-08T00:54:27.168+11:00Comments on Sorrow at Sills Bend: the glittering breadcrumb traillucy tartanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09244574932248425378noreply@blogger.comBlogger25125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10611988.post-1143775487302880602006-03-31T14:24:00.000+11:002006-03-31T14:24:00.000+11:00Just to clarify about auto-googling etc. The reaso...Just to clarify about auto-googling etc. The reason I was directed to your fine blog was because as I have a novel just published my publicist forwards all media mentions in order to keep me informed of the reach of her work. <BR/><BR/>Having said that, I enjoyed reading your posts and the comments because as a fellow blogger ( in a very different sphere - Morocco) I am also interested in the Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10611988.post-1143427556173908902006-03-27T13:45:00.000+11:002006-03-27T13:45:00.000+11:00On the topic of 'the Internet's full of rubbish':I...On the topic of 'the Internet's full of rubbish':<BR/><BR/>I've recently discovered that you can contribute to wikipedia - http://en.wikipedia.org/ - and, perhaps more excitingly for wordnerds like myself, you can <I>edit</I> it! I've been reading through the 'back door' stuff lately...no, make that the 'kitchen table' stuff at wikipedia. It's <I>facinating</I> for so many reasons! I'm Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10611988.post-1143238930550826642006-03-25T09:22:00.000+11:002006-03-25T09:22:00.000+11:00Lucy there was a similar moment last year on the U...Lucy there was a similar moment last year on the US litblogs when James Wood went over to the Reading Experience to have words with Dan Green. It's worth a look.<BR/><BR/>http://noggs.typepad.com/the_reading_experience/2005/07/james.html<BR/><BR/>And not to divert traffic or nuffink, there's a link at yours truly about an article by James McConville on why academics should be blogging. I don't Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10611988.post-1143157860450528042006-03-24T10:51:00.000+11:002006-03-24T10:51:00.000+11:00She is a blogger, so she was interested in the res...She is a blogger, so she was interested in the rest of the blog rather than just what I wrote about her work. I don't know whether she autogoogled, I suppose I assumed she had some kind of media monitoring service. (I noticed around the same time that a lot of visitors were coming from Rehame--could easily have been unrelated, but it raises another issue. Corporations or people who employ Kirstyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14035268080440921379noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10611988.post-1143155071313213622006-03-24T10:04:00.000+11:002006-03-24T10:04:00.000+11:00I'm with Laura on this one, RH.I think JCC is a mo...I'm with Laura on this one, RH.<BR/>I think JCC is a move along for HG.<BR/><BR/>(sorry for sounding like a public service annual report)Ampersand Duckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12245377686193859488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10611988.post-1143121071940810882006-03-24T00:37:00.000+11:002006-03-24T00:37:00.000+11:00Seriously, I will give it a go if I can find it at...Seriously, I will give it a go if I can find it at a library or somewhere. I might sneak into Borders and race through fifty pages. She's easy to read, very skilled that way.<BR/>Thanks Laura. And sorry for the rudeness.R.H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04639593801088008224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10611988.post-1143103939549239482006-03-23T19:52:00.000+11:002006-03-23T19:52:00.000+11:00I'm okay (thanks for asking PC)...there's another ...I'm okay (thanks for asking PC)...there's another bodum. It's just that it's a big one and I never get it quite exactly right like I nearly always do with the small one. You know? And I can't justify buying myself another at the moment. You know? <BR/><BR/>I have put On Beauty on hold at the library. Which means I should be able to read it sometime in the next year.ThirdCathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17961559066632251691noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10611988.post-1143097816408443782006-03-23T18:10:00.000+11:002006-03-23T18:10:00.000+11:00I'm still worried about Thirdcat's caffeine withdr...I'm still worried about Thirdcat's caffeine withdrawal.Kerryn Goldsworthyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11270814460793882309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10611988.post-1143096839748390512006-03-23T17:53:00.000+11:002006-03-23T17:53:00.000+11:00No I haven't read it, and won't. The title alone g...No I haven't read it, and won't. The title alone gives me the sh-ts.<BR/>She's a one-book writer, and should have stopped there. Frank Hardy made the same mistake. So have others.R.H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04639593801088008224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10611988.post-1143095694398928472006-03-23T17:34:00.000+11:002006-03-23T17:34:00.000+11:00I disagree with just about all those opinions, RH,...I disagree with just about all those opinions, RH, and some of the things you present as facts are wrong. Have you read <I>Joe Cinque's Consolation</I>? It's very unlike her earliest novels - it *is* something new - and I think you'd appreciate it.lucy tartanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09244574932248425378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10611988.post-1143093946664846382006-03-23T17:05:00.000+11:002006-03-23T17:05:00.000+11:00Helen Garner was a poor writer; a yuppie's Barbara...Helen Garner was a poor writer; a yuppie's Barbara Cartland. <BR/>Monkey Grip wasn't bad, but very weak in places, which makes it not good. Everything else she's done since has been a continuation. Her male characters aren't even steroetypes, just effigies, wheeled in and out on cue.<BR/> <BR/>Garner's fans are all female, and no wonder. It's just kissy-kissy. <BR/>"Brad seems to be paying a lot R.H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04639593801088008224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10611988.post-1143092862150190412006-03-23T16:47:00.000+11:002006-03-23T16:47:00.000+11:00'every time I see it in a shop' - and haven't the ...'every time I see it in a shop' - and haven't the bookshops been pushing it hard! It's front and centre everywhere you go.<BR/><BR/>You mentioned last week the upcomingness of the book fair. SIGH Canberra is far and life is unkind.lucy tartanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09244574932248425378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10611988.post-1143091473800680522006-03-23T16:24:00.000+11:002006-03-23T16:24:00.000+11:00Shucks, thanks for the mention. It's a handy form ...Shucks, thanks for the mention. It's a handy form of encryption if you can bear the thought of writing awful poetry.<BR/><BR/>Still have to read On Beauty. I want to own a copy for the same reason you bought yours -- because the cover makes me drool every time I see it in a shop. I may be lucky and score a secondhand copy this weekend at the Book fair.Ampersand Duckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12245377686193859488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10611988.post-1143077285966671472006-03-23T12:28:00.000+11:002006-03-23T12:28:00.000+11:00I'm afraid you do not get a prize for anti-baz. B...I'm afraid you do not get a prize for anti-baz. But I have a feeling it's statistically even rarer than a full house, so you do get to feel special. <BR/><BR/>That was a terrific post of yours, Galaxy. Any writer would have to be delighted to receive that kind of serious attention to their work, and as I remember it the author seemed delighted. <BR/><BR/>She was a blogger herself too wasn't lucy tartanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09244574932248425378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10611988.post-1143076447026282302006-03-23T12:14:00.000+11:002006-03-23T12:14:00.000+11:00Not on topic, I'm sorry, but does one win a prize ...Not on topic, I'm sorry, but does one win a prize if Baz doesn't appear in any of the pictures on Baz Lotto?<BR/><BR/>On topic. I wonder why people pick on the internet as a repository of shite. There is a 'flood of shallow, hysterical opinion' in every medium. I suppose the difference is one of accessibility... <BR/><BR/>I had a positive experience with an author who commented on my musings Kirstyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14035268080440921379noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10611988.post-1143074579425773592006-03-23T11:42:00.000+11:002006-03-23T11:42:00.000+11:00Yeah, I forgot it too. Interestingly is right. A...Yeah, I forgot it too. Interestingly is right. And I'm pathologically sensitive about criticism of the interwebs. <BR/><BR/>I began to write about why but surely it'd be a classic case of teaching grannies to suck eggs.<BR/><BR/>From the vantage point of those not yet embedded in it, the internet must look enormously full of shit. I don't always remember to make due allowance for this. t.i.mlucy tartanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09244574932248425378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10611988.post-1143072581440940342006-03-23T11:09:00.000+11:002006-03-23T11:09:00.000+11:00You can't protest too much on your own blog. I rem...You can't protest too much on your own blog. I remembered the paraphrased words quite well and knew there was no discussion of autogoogling. Maybe I should have commented on the substance of the post and not the aside. A reflection, I suspect, of how sensitive I am to criticism of the interwebs (for what reason I do not know). Interestingly, I had forgotten 'the movies' bit.ThirdCathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17961559066632251691noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10611988.post-1143067836405079412006-03-23T09:50:00.000+11:002006-03-23T09:50:00.000+11:00Thanks for those interesting comments. Thirdcat, ...Thanks for those interesting comments. Thirdcat, how was your coffeeless morning? <BR/><BR/>I have just deleted the lines mentioning Helen Garner. They didn't belong in this post. When I read your comments I got interested enough to run Google and Technorati searches on her name. There is not much out there that's negative or dismissive about her work. So I did what I should have done in lucy tartanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09244574932248425378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10611988.post-1143038189159442382006-03-23T01:36:00.000+11:002006-03-23T01:36:00.000+11:00Occult manifestation is a brilliantly right metaph...Occult manifestation is a brilliantly right metaphor. There you are, just scribbling away, and -- WHAT THE HELL IS THAT!?<BR/><BR/>The print equivalent is when someone you think of as a name turns out in person to have read something by you. But flesh and paper present fewer occasions.<BR/><BR/>In either case, though, I think the shocks become less sharp over time. If M. R. James protagonists Ray Davishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15998321016748928251noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10611988.post-1143034781437812172006-03-23T00:39:00.000+11:002006-03-23T00:39:00.000+11:00I think Garner is a special case; if she has autog...I think Garner is a special case; if she has autogoogled, think of the many horrible things she would have found said about her -- enough to skew anyone's perceptions of the internet. And there <I>is</I> an awful lot of vile stuff out there. Um, out here. Look at some of the comments threads at T*m Bl**r's.<BR/><BR/>Thirdcat, if you had brought your little boy, she probably would have got down Kerryn Goldsworthyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11270814460793882309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10611988.post-1143027579890649942006-03-22T22:39:00.000+11:002006-03-22T22:39:00.000+11:00a propos of Helen Garner in The Monthly I was a bi...a propos of Helen Garner in The Monthly I was a bit disappointed by that too. Although I'll not hear a bad word said about her and deeply regret I wasn't able to catch her at Writers' Week. Staying on the a propos of nothing theme, I was completely unable to find someone to care for my little boy on the day she was speaking. And if I'd taken him along, well then she would have heard a torrent of ThirdCathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17961559066632251691noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10611988.post-1143017447745385182006-03-22T19:50:00.000+11:002006-03-22T19:50:00.000+11:00white teeth one of my fave books, amazing first bo...white teeth one of my fave books, amazing first book. saw zadie smith a good 7 years ago at melbourne writers festival and she talked about eminem lyrics. tres funk. also red autograph man very quickly. havent got new one yet (read the reviews like yours) face author david foster wallace - infinite jest. safran foer and krauss, the corrections and shantaram also big fans of. anyway. comments. bbredbarrenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02704855809119083457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10611988.post-1143005285145225692006-03-22T16:28:00.000+11:002006-03-22T16:28:00.000+11:00I think that celebrities autogoogling and commenti...I think that celebrities autogoogling and commenting on sites where they are mentioned will become more common as blogs become more mainstream and as the tech-saavy kids of today grow up.<BR/><BR/>At the moment, some companies blog (though mostly tech ones), and a small cabal of celebs do too (though they tend to be either writers or techies too).<BR/><BR/>In the future, when blogs become so Konrad Westhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02205920263627282011noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10611988.post-1143003853981275232006-03-22T16:04:00.000+11:002006-03-22T16:04:00.000+11:00The future is acrostic!The future is acrostic!Zoehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01546885088503890394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10611988.post-1142999289517234712006-03-22T14:48:00.000+11:002006-03-22T14:48:00.000+11:00Yes, agreed. I'm more wondering why autogoogling,...Yes, agreed. I'm more wondering why autogoogling, & other kinds of googling, get a bad press in general, than saying anything in particular about S McC -- he's just the latest in a surprisingly long line of people who appear to comment on posts mentioning their own names, here and at other blogs I read.lucy tartanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09244574932248425378noreply@blogger.com