tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8550058566159443898.post131493624751084042..comments2024-02-23T03:44:40.820-05:00Comments on Cyganeria: The Anonymous AuthorMashahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06943998810222103926noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8550058566159443898.post-57086650392205048372022-11-28T01:40:34.209-05:002022-11-28T01:40:34.209-05:00Great reaading your blogGreat reaading your blogIrving Doorshttps://www.find-doors.com/us/custom-doors-texas/irving-doors.shtmlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8550058566159443898.post-53494807243940192662012-10-26T08:00:55.336-04:002012-10-26T08:00:55.336-04:00I like The Experience of drinking gas station coff...I like The Experience of drinking gas station coffee. On roadtrips. Late at night. I don't like the coffee, and if I drink it any other way - outside of The Late Night Drive, I feel kind of depressed..<br /><br />If there are ever back cover photos of me, they'll be altered to fit the mood of the whole book, artistic representations that give nothing away..<br /><br />Jenna, please tell me Madeliene Brent/Peter O Donnell is a true-to-life example! I love that!Mashahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06943998810222103926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8550058566159443898.post-76089350675229417412012-10-23T00:08:03.911-04:002012-10-23T00:08:03.911-04:00I'm with Laura, I do like gas station pumpkin ...I'm with Laura, I do like gas station pumpkin spice coffee . . . who told you? c;Christiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18107748184124761940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8550058566159443898.post-12808063249319252042012-10-20T18:16:28.265-04:002012-10-20T18:16:28.265-04:00P.S. Christie, HAHAHAHA. That is not how I picture...P.S. Christie, HAHAHAHA. That is not how I pictured Shel Silverstein. He looks like an angry biker... I can see why your godson might've hesitated. ;)Jenna St. Hilairehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04474588706124865006noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8550058566159443898.post-73051327562995563442012-10-20T18:15:32.877-04:002012-10-20T18:15:32.877-04:00I love that you mention author photos. They are al...I love that you mention author photos. They are almost universally disappointing, for various reasons, and yet I like them somehow. Though sometimes they're definitely better left out, and not just for homeliness; when your pen name is Madeleine Brent and your real name is Peter O'Donnell, for instance. ;)<br /><br />I like to know a little about authors, but not if they're going to demean people who disagree with their opinions. It's hard to imagine anyone hating you for dissing pumpkin spice coffee from a gas station, though. ;) Anyway, I'm from Seattle. I like good coffee.<br /><br />Great post! My response is currently over 1400 words long. We'll see if I can edit that down, but I don't know. I have strong opinions on this subject. :PJenna St. Hilairehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04474588706124865006noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8550058566159443898.post-2822428214519388672012-10-18T16:05:49.621-04:002012-10-18T16:05:49.621-04:00I like gas-station coffee, though. I also like rea...I like gas-station coffee, though. I also like really good coffee. To me, those are like two species that aren't in competition at all. My Pilot Exclusive Pumpkin Spice powder-box "cappuccino" and my local dark roast are equally well suited to their respective niches. <br /><br />And even though it is fractally badly-written, it's probably possible to come up with a plausible account of <i>The Da Vinci Code</i> as "a smart book" (however, "It has some names from history in it" doesn't count :( ).<br /><br />But being a snob about coffee and <i>The Da Vinci Code</i> seems essentially harmless. <br /><br />You might be missing out on some good books, though, if you can't get past the author photo. Some people are just not well served by photography, but they have been heckled by agent or publisher or whatever to Sell The Face!! and that is not their fault; they're just trying to tell you this story and don't want to make their own lives harder by getting a reputation as a Troublesome Crazy Author Who Is Too Neurotic and/or Narcissistic To Approve Any Photos. Tape a piece of brown paper over that author photo and carry on. Lauranoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8550058566159443898.post-83533610181290905422012-10-17T18:16:08.742-04:002012-10-17T18:16:08.742-04:00Wait, here's an unblurry one:
http://ruggerja...Wait, here's an unblurry one:<br /><br />http://ruggerjay.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8341cf11753ef013488d10edb970c-800wi<br /><br />And the spamming, STOPS.Christiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18107748184124761940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8550058566159443898.post-87036245241391285972012-10-17T18:14:59.328-04:002012-10-17T18:14:59.328-04:00It was this one: http://creativekidsplay.com/wp-co...It was this one: http://creativekidsplay.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/shel-silverstein.jpg<br />Christiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18107748184124761940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8550058566159443898.post-65262748251029191172012-10-17T18:14:20.647-04:002012-10-17T18:14:20.647-04:00P.S. A photo of Shel Silverstein kept my cousin/go...P.S. A photo of Shel Silverstein kept my cousin/godson from reading _The Giving Tree_ until a week ago. I gave it to him last Christmas.Christiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18107748184124761940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8550058566159443898.post-69938733079914345892012-10-17T18:13:13.631-04:002012-10-17T18:13:13.631-04:00I shudder at author public image. I would avoid i...I shudder at author public image. I would avoid it altogether, if I could. And I've often wondered, if I publish a book, do I HAVE to have a picture of me on the back cover? I know I prefer books where the author remains a tiny, neat printed name, cloaked in the voice of a brilliant story.<br /><br />But I'm a private person. And I like stories to speak for themselves.<br /><br />Good food for thought.Christiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18107748184124761940noreply@blogger.com