tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post6255481098456447505..comments2024-03-26T23:41:10.319+00:00Comments on Authors Electric: Peter James is our John the BaptistKatherine Robertshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17196712319655603442noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-64604291890970821012011-11-28T11:29:42.960+00:002011-11-28T11:29:42.960+00:00talking about ghostwriting, this comment was meant...talking about ghostwriting, this comment was meant to appear after enid richemont's THREADS, FABRICS AND BOOKS blog. sorry everyone, but i blame the computer. (can they answer back yet?)Jan Needlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15823078224282953782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-72647854712232092602011-11-28T11:22:27.077+00:002011-11-28T11:22:27.077+00:00altho my name's needle, i wouldn't know a ...altho my name's needle, i wouldn't know a gutermann thread if one bit me on the nose, but i do know a lot about swearing. enid's reference to words that would shock her mother is particuarly interesting, because i'm happy to report that i learnt most of my swearwords from my mum, who used them with great liberality and extreme obscenity. my dad, on the other hand, rarely went beyond bloody. all my five children grew up in an atmosphere of 'liberal' language, and only the daughter ended up as a committed swearer. but they all know the value and power of such words. i really find the way some adults respond to swearwords in kids' books, or even ancient cusswords like damn, terribly depressing. it's not only in america, although there seem to be many cases of genuine cultural lunacy there at the moment. it's screaming hypocrisy, of course. we all know children swear amongst themselves, and i utterly reject the notion that swearing debases language. we all grow up with it, it's part of human intercourse (also a banned word in the usa, i imagine), and it enriches at least as much as it debases. and sales aren't everything, are they?Jan Needlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15823078224282953782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-15185313049602240502011-11-27T20:38:54.858+00:002011-11-27T20:38:54.858+00:00I met Peter way back when he was writing contempor...I met Peter way back when he was writing contemporary fantasy and was setting up one of the first ISPs - Pavilion. He used to come to the British Fantasy Society conventions and kindly gave a year's free internet access to the BFS which enabled us to get a net presence for the first time. This would have been - ooh - early 90s possibly. Lovely bloke.Debbie Bennetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06761474820689143835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-16494811193394047232011-11-27T09:45:55.458+00:002011-11-27T09:45:55.458+00:00I too bear Frostrup scars. My first publisher, Tra...I too bear Frostrup scars. My first publisher, Transita brought out a list of novels in 2005 which consisted of commercial women's fiction aimed at mature women. (This was when chick lit was at its height, so this was an innovative thing to do.) We were all thrilled when R4 gave us air time on the Book Programme, but Mariellajust couldn't resist referring to the books as "Frump Lit".Linda Gillardhttp://www.lindagillard.co.uknoreply@blogger.com