tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post7346437095123194093..comments2024-03-26T23:41:10.319+00:00Comments on Authors Electric: Paying Homage to the Creator of the Galaxy's First e-Book - by Rosalie WarrenKatherine Robertshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17196712319655603442noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-77700173584190562882012-08-28T17:18:57.307+01:002012-08-28T17:18:57.307+01:00Cally - thanks for your response to Ros's blog...Cally - thanks for your response to Ros's blog - a real (and much-needed) kick up the arse for me.<br /><br />Ros - I so much enjoyed reading this. As with so many of us, it resonated with something in my own life. I have a close friend who's the daughter (and only child) of a very famous film maker whose name I won't quote for reasons that follow, namely that her dad has Altzheimers, and she's had to put him into a care home. She's recently had to go through his clothes because of an infestation of moths, and the intrusiveness of doing this is breaking her heart. Our lives consist of so many little things - suits and shirts, letters, souvenirs, diaries, photographs... How small we are, and yet, how grand.Enid Richemonthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17218197995089241666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-19075415052163109582012-08-26T21:25:14.761+01:002012-08-26T21:25:14.761+01:00Thank you, Cally, Catherine and Julia for the kind...Thank you, Cally, Catherine and Julia for the kind comments and wise words.<br /><br />Dad was a fan of P.G. Wodehouse and I am now going to read all of his collection of that author's work. I think he had every book and short story PGW ever wrote! I've read some and already know I like them, so I have many treats in store.<br /><br />Rosalie Warrenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10790708661647164052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-79767608168718295022012-08-26T21:20:51.118+01:002012-08-26T21:20:51.118+01:00I really like this piece. Not disjpngted at all, j...I really like this piece. Not disjpngted at all, just meditative. I agree with Cally that of course you shoud read your Dad's stuff -- when you are ready. He probably didn't show you at the time becuase maybe you weren't and maybe he was nervous. Children's comments can hurt so much ...julia joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09773900100240758504noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-10905602257648484282012-08-26T12:35:14.602+01:002012-08-26T12:35:14.602+01:00Very much identified with this piece, Ros. I remem...Very much identified with this piece, Ros. I remember sorting through my late mum's personal papers - she died 14 years ago on 28th - and finding a meticulously kept notebook containing notes about things she had read and favourite bits of writing, poems and so on, carefully copied out. I didn't know she had done it and she had never showed it to me, but I found it very moving. When she died she was rereading one of E F Benson's wonderful Lucia books, and every time I reread it myself - which I do, quite often - it feels like reaching out to have another little conversation with her. Catherine Czerkawskahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14554969254207924049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-75286261221641668342012-08-26T09:54:18.850+01:002012-08-26T09:54:18.850+01:00WRITE first, second and last - as Catherine says &...WRITE first, second and last - as Catherine says 'everything else is a distraction' And one day READ your dad's writing. But when you are ready to do so, not just yet. Like editing, so bereavement needs time to 'settle' and transmute until you feel you really WANT to read this stuff. While you are stuck in 'dilemma' stage leave them alone. When you are certain READ. But for now WRITE, WRITE and WRITE. And then WRITE a bit more. It's my prescription to US ALL for autumn/winter months. It'll get dark, wet and windy - the sales 'platforms' and marketing stuff will always be there and always changing and bugging us but WRITING is the key to it all so don't neglect the WRITING. And if you need some time off writing then READ. But be creative EVERY day. EVERY. SINGLE. DAY. (no charge for this prescription in Scotland - charges may apply in England and Wales who knows!)CallyPhillipshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15481379296340077102noreply@blogger.com