tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post4445342539978936050..comments2024-03-26T23:41:10.319+00:00Comments on Authors Electric: Essential Nosiness by Sandra HornKatherine Robertshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17196712319655603442noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-59849224304559542462015-02-22T15:53:40.313+00:002015-02-22T15:53:40.313+00:00It took me far too long to figure out that Byron&#...It took me far too long to figure out that Byron's published letters and journals are as carefully edited as they are beautifully written. Friends destroyed things they felt would harm the legend. Byron himself kept a tight rein on what seemed un-Byronic. We receive selections that crackle with intelligence, wit, stylistic razzmatazz...no boring little musings or private nasty moments. The Official Byron is never 'off' and seldom uncinematic. Delightful to read--but misleading and discouraging to anyone caught up in the muddling stream of real life. Great post, Sandra.glitter noirhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11728649916344336118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-20632313750038594952015-02-20T16:18:20.036+00:002015-02-20T16:18:20.036+00:00Wendy, I hope you got the message that it was me, ...Wendy, I hope you got the message that it was me, not your system, that was at fault. <br />Thank you for the comments, everyone.Sandra Hornhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01761260568729338471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-1019510589900372712015-02-20T12:30:29.667+00:002015-02-20T12:30:29.667+00:00Fascinating post and since I'm working on some...Fascinating post and since I'm working on something that is a fictionalised biography or, as I keep saying when asked, a 'novel about ...' right now very relevant to me. Of course the further back in history you go, the easier it ought to become - theoretically, anyway. But I'm not sure that it does. Walking that tightrope between telling the occasionally grim truth and sanitising things when you're writing about somebody who was once a living breathing person - so difficult. Bernard MacLaverty speaks of fiction being 'made up truth' and I feel I should put that on a big notice over my desk at the moment! Catherine Czerkawskahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14554969254207924049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-53890100625596286202015-02-20T12:18:41.131+00:002015-02-20T12:18:41.131+00:00I agree with your comments about 'Slipstream&#...I agree with your comments about 'Slipstream' - it's one of the most 'naked' autobiographies I've ever read. Lovely post Sandra. Kathleen Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07645566938871914385noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-80424286749319116702015-02-20T11:18:56.036+00:002015-02-20T11:18:56.036+00:00This comment has been removed by the author.Wendy H. Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04022089775887274043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-56251439822132118932015-02-20T11:18:55.325+00:002015-02-20T11:18:55.325+00:00This was a fascinating post and it certainly made ...This was a fascinating post and it certainly made me think. I would say I am particularly nosy in that I take a lot of things in any my mind somehow processes this into something I can use in a book. I would agree with you that biographies don't really give you an insight into the individual. Often it will be a glamourised account. The only thing which was a little disappointing for me is that the photographs are not sowing up. I merely have white boxes with HD003.jpg and HD002.jpg. I am wondering if this is because I am on a iMac computer. I don't have any way of checking this as I have no non apple products. Wendy H. Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04022089775887274043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-72636091607111907532015-02-20T09:21:02.729+00:002015-02-20T09:21:02.729+00:00This is a fascinating area of investigation, Sandr...This is a fascinating area of investigation, Sandra. The more I read about specific (or even fictional) individuals, the more convinced I become that there's no single truth that can 'explain' them. I kept a diary for about 20 years. Writing up the day's 'events' (which is probably the wrong noun since, so often, nothing much had happened beyond my fingers tapping on a keyboard), was either a chore or a mini-essay about some abstract speculation. I often accused myself of being boring, lazy and various other unattractive things, but I think if I (or anyone else) were to read those entries now, I (they) would form all sorts of different opinions of the writer. Personalities are such fluid things - it's only the judgements of others that appear to stabilise them.Bill Kirtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16345949773423764808noreply@blogger.com