tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post1839964494645139255..comments2024-03-26T23:41:10.319+00:00Comments on Authors Electric: When a good friend dies - Katherine RobertsKatherine Robertshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17196712319655603442noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-86812179255784664732016-01-22T17:19:15.921+00:002016-01-22T17:19:15.921+00:00Thank you - oh, and the grubby mark on the book co...Thank you - oh, and the grubby mark on the book cover in the photo was courtesy of my cat, who came and sat on it in sympathy when it arrived... she didn't know her muddy paws would leave a mark on a plain white cover. If you want to read some of Sue's work, her short story QUEST is in the Mammoth Book of Seriously Comic Fantasy edited by Mike Ashley - I've added the link above.Katherine Robertshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17196712319655603442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-56109383755290966472016-01-21T18:33:55.853+00:002016-01-21T18:33:55.853+00:00Much sympathy, Kath.Much sympathy, Kath.Sue Purkisshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09084528571944803477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-73034426730141765342016-01-21T16:02:24.776+00:002016-01-21T16:02:24.776+00:00Katherine - such a moving post. I've thinking ...Katherine - such a moving post. I've thinking of doing the same with DRAGONCAT, which no publisher ever accepted, so I put it out as an ebook. The cover image was designed by David who'd never done one before, so I'm now considering a paperback to honour his memory. Love Catherine's comments on this, too.Enid Richemonthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17218197995089241666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-2988514643089982952016-01-21T15:09:52.930+00:002016-01-21T15:09:52.930+00:00Thanks for the lovely comments. Yes, Sue was a rem...Thanks for the lovely comments. Yes, Sue was a remarkable woman. She was a good writer too, better than me, but her work with publishers was confined to a short story in Mike Ashley's Comic Book of Fantasy. She also won a high-profile first chapter competition before I met her, which might have led to a book deal if she'd finished the book. At the time, though, she was teaching and looking after her family.<br /><br />It's strange how mortality creeps up on you, and sometimes a sad event like this can provide that all-important permission. Now, instead of picking up the phone for a chat, I find myself asking "what would Sue say about this?" Katherine Robertshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17196712319655603442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-25112589401867748642016-01-21T13:45:54.393+00:002016-01-21T13:45:54.393+00:00I'm sorry for the loss of your friend, but gra...I'm sorry for the loss of your friend, but grateful for the tribute--and glad, too, that she did publish the book.glitter noirhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11728649916344336118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-13520493438984671242016-01-21T13:15:30.563+00:002016-01-21T13:15:30.563+00:00A beautiful tribute, Katherine, and I'm glad y...A beautiful tribute, Katherine, and I'm glad your friend had the chance to see her book published. <i>Carpe diem</i>. You never know when it will all come to an end.Mari Biellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14221256993468150226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-37869585336882439802016-01-21T11:36:47.007+00:002016-01-21T11:36:47.007+00:00A very tender tribute, Katherine, and a poignant r...A very tender tribute, Katherine, and a poignant reminder for procrastinators everywhere.Bill Kirtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16345949773423764808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-31063424238419851202016-01-21T11:08:19.569+00:002016-01-21T11:08:19.569+00:00Lovely post with which I can identify. A good frie...Lovely post with which I can identify. A good friend of ours, who is now extremely ill, took the self publishing route a few years ago and I'm so glad for him and for his family that they have his books and that he was able to take pleasure from seeing them in print. And so glad that these options are now open to all of us. I think, too, this is something that you become more aware of as you grow older. When you're younger you think in five and ten year periods of time. I want to be doing this or this in ten years. And that's why you wait, and rewrite, and try again. But you reach an age where you realise that time goes by with astonishing speed, you've learned a lot, you're often wiser than the people who are now telling you to wait - and you can give yourself permission to self publish if you want to. Catherine Czerkawskahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14554969254207924049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-34356194826812836882016-01-21T09:19:00.560+00:002016-01-21T09:19:00.560+00:00A beautiful post, Katherine - thank you. I self-pu...A beautiful post, Katherine - thank you. I self-published The Mud Maid after a dear friend died. She often said that if we wanted to do something, now was the time, as you never know about tomorrow. I went home from her funeral and handed in my intention to take early retirement from work so I could write (and publish). I miss her still, very much, but her words transformed my life.Sandra Hornhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01761260568729338471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-66485731882427820302016-01-21T08:44:08.255+00:002016-01-21T08:44:08.255+00:00What a very moving post. Your friend sounds like s...What a very moving post. Your friend sounds like she was a remarkable woman. I agree that we should follow our dreams as it is true we don't know how much time we have left. Very well said. Wendy H. Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04022089775887274043noreply@blogger.com