tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34819224.post8943767671494463894..comments2023-09-22T03:32:33.934-07:00Comments on Half Soled Boots: I've got no cigars.Shanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10704810407872873565noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34819224.post-30836157837442759772011-01-25T13:50:18.729-08:002011-01-25T13:50:18.729-08:00I am reading your posts...a little late but I'...I am reading your posts...a little late but I'm reading them and so glad that I am! I am nodding my head about what you said about the picture of the movie star on the front of the book...I'm exactly like that. I just bought Pillars of the Earth and the only copy they had was the one that had the pictures from the movie....I hate that! I almost didn't buy it because of that but it was only 2.60 and it was brand new....so I did....still galls me.Audreynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34819224.post-41062474578199480922010-11-05T12:58:07.030-07:002010-11-05T12:58:07.030-07:00Congrats, and you're welcome. :o)
And brown p...Congrats, and you're welcome. :o)<br /><br />And brown paper (or colored contact paper) does wonders for, um, less-than-desirable book covers . . . wherever their undesirablility may lie. ;o)Annaleahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12964274663555911996noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34819224.post-38255305203367917382010-10-31T19:36:39.843-07:002010-10-31T19:36:39.843-07:00Congrats Shan!!! - well deserved - so pleased fo...Congrats Shan!!! - well deserved - so pleased for you!!!<br />KarenKBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13162633215341799777noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34819224.post-22721008758780817222010-10-28T04:23:29.723-07:002010-10-28T04:23:29.723-07:00Now that you are an esteemed blog writer, with awa...Now that you are an esteemed blog writer, with awards gathering around you, with laurels crowning your locks, I feel inadequate to make a comment. But, I will, and you know I will. I was struck by your need to measure the size of the 'o' ... I must be cut from a different cloth made by the same loomer because I recently counted the number of words in a ridiculously long sentence, into the hundreds. Bah! You may have come in second but you are not second best! You just haven't yet reached the voters yet waiting to experience a little bit of Shannon-world musings.Dave Hingsburgerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11918601687946534172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34819224.post-91952406116275569922010-10-27T22:28:10.490-07:002010-10-27T22:28:10.490-07:00How much do I love you for having measured the low...How much do I love you for having measured the lowercase "o"?<br /><br />THIS MUCH. Which would be a lot more impressive if I knew the html that would make each of those letters 5 cm high.lizbonhttp://girlwich.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34819224.post-50941879036534853352010-10-27T08:29:22.179-07:002010-10-27T08:29:22.179-07:00I have the same problem being seen with a book wit...I have the same problem being seen with a book with the "Oprah's Book Club!" logo on it... what is it about that, anyway?<br /><br />Congratulations.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34819224.post-33267552005480859762010-10-27T07:22:26.605-07:002010-10-27T07:22:26.605-07:00Connecting with you today. I am the same way about...Connecting with you today. I am the same way about "Now a major motion picture!" It's a disincentive for me. Also, a lifelong Dickens aficionado, I often think how he would never have made it through today's writing experts, but I love his wordiness.<br /><br />Love your intentional reading! Best wishes with it.<br /><br /> Congratulations on the award!Marilynhttp://asgoodadayasany.wordpress.com/2009/08/04/discoverieidentity-crisis-and-all-this-time-i-thought-i-was-a-writer/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34819224.post-48099276010333741712010-10-27T06:30:01.189-07:002010-10-27T06:30:01.189-07:00Congrats on your second place finish! And you were...Congrats on your second place finish! And you were right about the green tomato mincemeat. It was so amazing I ended up making a second batch!kristieinbchttp://journeynorthof49.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34819224.post-91753883085796892732010-10-27T03:53:50.664-07:002010-10-27T03:53:50.664-07:00Congrats! I no longer have a blog to pump your sup...Congrats! I no longer have a blog to pump your support, but I voted between breast feeding and diaper changing. VF is one of my favorite books. I never thought it would be a page turner, but it is. And when you get annoyed with the moralizing, think about this: would you rather be friends with Becky or Amelia? Since most people answer Becky (me included), I suspect his moralizing is not as serious as it seems.<br /><br />And he probably was paid by the word :)bethnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34819224.post-12138973281643537612010-10-27T02:14:30.916-07:002010-10-27T02:14:30.916-07:00Congratulations for winning two awards in the Cana...Congratulations for winning two awards in the Canadian Blog Awards Shannon!!! It was fun again this year. You deserve to be read far and wide!Belindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09251920708783268740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34819224.post-56259262014488596102010-10-26T23:29:44.350-07:002010-10-26T23:29:44.350-07:00I remember that post.
Could have been a style of...I remember that post. <br /><br />Could have been a style of the time as well, publishers pressure for those as much as for word counts. I'm always struck by different writing and wordsmithing styles (like reallllllly long sentences or millions of commas) from different eras. Or he just liked to over-explain. Poor self-esteem, not thinking people would understand his words alone?katehttp://0521kt.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com