tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post5923932113068725106..comments2024-03-26T23:41:10.319+00:00Comments on Authors Electric: Anyone like to be the new Bob Dylan? by Ros WarrenKatherine Robertshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17196712319655603442noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-87740505104362610152012-10-26T14:27:15.290+01:002012-10-26T14:27:15.290+01:00Cally, please please do enter the competition! I w...Cally, please please do enter the competition! I would love to hear your Bob Dylan (or classical) version of Alexa's Song (though entries will be judged anonymously, of course). Go for it, you and others, please... (more soon).Rosalie Warrenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10790708661647164052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-30759337278738496072012-10-26T14:25:01.125+01:002012-10-26T14:25:01.125+01:00Thanks, Dan. I'm glad you lile the sound of &#...Thanks, Dan. I'm glad you lile the sound of 'Alexa's Song'. And thanks for your comments on bipolar and medication. I agree with what you say about novels - one of the reasons I write.Rosalie Warrenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10790708661647164052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-20414013436921667972012-10-26T10:21:14.045+01:002012-10-26T10:21:14.045+01:00What was really interesting (having reviewed the b...What was really interesting (having reviewed the book) in this post was the Alexa angle. Shows the depth of character because with Jake as the 'protagonist' in my mind, I hadn't gone into all the levels of Alexa's life - and it's really interesting to have the authors intentions - writers own view of characters - reminds me that there are depths beyond the obvious and that all characters have value in a good novel, they are not just foils for the central character/thrust of the novel. <br />As for the song challenge... I'm going to TRY to resist. I could do a Bob Dylan version but as I read the book I imagined it to be something more 'classical.' But you've got me thinking and the guitar beckoning... maybe Jan and I should go head to head on that one! It's a great book folks. Read it! CallyPhillipshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15481379296340077102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-63802259451307577202012-10-26T09:03:28.856+01:002012-10-26T09:03:28.856+01:00wonderful post and you make the book sound fabulou...wonderful post and you make the book sound fabulous. I know lot of people who have that dilemma about medication - who don't want to have the peaks and troughs of their lives shaved off because in a way they are the parts that are most "real". I think a lot depends on getting the medication right so that some things are dulled but not others, and of course that isn't possible for many people, and only goes so far if your illness is more severe.<br /><br />I've certainly found the ups to be utterly exhilarating and there's no way at the time I'm in them you could persuade me to medicate. On the other hand I shudder, looking back, at some of the things I've done and marvel no one got seriously hurt. Novels are often the very best place for us to think through these issues - perhaps because we can treat the characters with more distance than ourselvesDan Hollowayhttp://danholloway.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com