tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5835041315570334227.post2711457930214012640..comments2024-03-20T00:52:16.558-07:00Comments on Avoiding the stairs.: Guest Blog - The View from Across the PondJD Maderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13058074115809620653noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5835041315570334227.post-36249894829179687082011-09-20T08:55:34.643-07:002011-09-20T08:55:34.643-07:00You're quite welcome, Morgen. And thanks for ...You're quite welcome, Morgen. And thanks for checking it out, Rosanne. I agree...things are interesting right now. AND it is becoming rarer and rare to see someone on a train or plain reading. It's like we're painters and the whole world is going blind. <br /><br />I think that may change, though...JD Maderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13058074115809620653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5835041315570334227.post-49655479759694662922011-09-19T22:14:45.727-07:002011-09-19T22:14:45.727-07:00Oh my, this was interesting. Morgen has a way of s...Oh my, this was interesting. Morgen has a way of spinning out a sentence you just HAVE to read to the end. And she mention me! What can I say? I like making that kind of an impression on people - no matter where I'm from, where I live, or what I write (or how I hold my saucepans!). <br />And that's the rub, isn't it - we are all trying to please an audience that is rapidly losing our ability to describe it adequately. The world of readers used to be chopped up into discrete audiences defined by language, region, genre, category, location, culture and custom - not to mention language, idiom, spelling and other verbal gymnastics. Now, we try to please as large a slice as we can, pretending there are no boundaries or borders, or trying to eliminate them with a piece of fiction that does not use the words colour or favour!<br />Ah! It is an amazing time to be a writer - but has there been any time when anything in this industry was predictable? <br />Thank you for this, Dan - I really enjoyed it.Rosanne Dinglihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18297891545294681562noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5835041315570334227.post-6132871532137516702011-09-19T10:21:05.624-07:002011-09-19T10:21:05.624-07:00You're very kind. :) Everything I do do (do do...You're very kind. :) Everything I do do (do do ron ron) is because (a) I enjoy it (b) it makes me realise how many of us there are out there who need a leg up / helping hand (and other limb-related affiliations) and ultimately (c) that someone swinging by may like to buy one of my eBooks when they're ready (hopefully early October). Thanks again JD. xAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com