tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post6779137242067799206..comments2024-03-26T23:41:10.319+00:00Comments on Authors Electric: Reflections on Black Waters by Julia JonesKatherine Robertshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17196712319655603442noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-67722724881758890182015-07-10T10:30:45.692+01:002015-07-10T10:30:45.692+01:00Julia I'm already well into 'Black Waters&...Julia I'm already well into 'Black Waters' and loving it. From your earlier hints I'd expected Anna to be the key character, so was intrigued to see how you'd unseated Xanthe outside her comfort zone and developed yet another great sailing-oriented novel. You'd be wasted stacking shelves - keep doing what you do so well.<br />Jon Tuckernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-58367279542001083902015-07-10T06:15:50.085+01:002015-07-10T06:15:50.085+01:00Excellent Julia, and well done on getting the book...Excellent Julia, and well done on getting the book launched so quickly. I think it's all the better for being written not for a particular audience but because you wanted to write it - when you have a story in your head it demands to be let out, whether you think it should or not!<br /><br />'It's only when a touch a boat or a book I remember who I am' - that says it all. If you know who you are, you have everything even if separated from it some of the time.<br /><br />ClaudiaClaudia Myatthttp://www.claudiamyatt.co.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-27039841864690600092015-07-10T00:24:02.590+01:002015-07-10T00:24:02.590+01:00Aw, wish I'd known you were in my neck of the ...Aw, wish I'd known you were in my neck of the woods Julia! Poetry can be very powerful for those with dementia.Lydia Bennethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09328239009863878547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-82636715049145241542015-07-09T22:33:08.068+01:002015-07-09T22:33:08.068+01:00Thank you all - I've just got home from a long...Thank you all - I've just got home from a long day John's Campaigning in the North East, before that teaching, tomorrow back to being a carer again and it's only when I touch a book or a boat that I remember who I am. "I need to get down to the sea again to the lonely sea and the sky". I read that to mum on Tuesday and the poor woman collapsed in tears. So I need to get her down to the sea again asap<br />julia joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09773900100240758504noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-30020347166800333592015-07-09T16:19:06.840+01:002015-07-09T16:19:06.840+01:00I'm looking forward to reading this once I'...I'm looking forward to reading this once I've finished the marathon read for research that I've recently embarked on. Love your sailing books Julia, just as I loved S and A. There is nothing, absolutely nothing, as nice as reading about boats if you can't mess about in them!Kathleen Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07645566938871914385noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-68709602542116342092015-07-09T15:09:41.741+01:002015-07-09T15:09:41.741+01:00Looking forward to reading this! I too used to sai...Looking forward to reading this! I too used to sail, and I love the Ransome books - Nancy is such a powerful character, she totally overshadows 'John' - who of course wasn't one of the actual Altounyan children Ransome based S&A on, the eldest was a girl - I seem to recall he used her more for Nancy? Which may explain why John seems rather anodyne and goody goody at times. Of course, even with 'privileged' backgrounds, characters can have problems and 'issues'. I've read that the real Titty was anxious and depressed and had low self esteem as an adult, possibly due to the fact that their mother never showed them any physical affection, so their childhood wasn't as idyllic as it appears in the books. All kinds of magical things happen at sea of course! Lydia Bennethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09328239009863878547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-19480442614614712352015-07-09T11:08:54.732+01:002015-07-09T11:08:54.732+01:00Loved it, Julia. It seems to me that every other b...Loved it, Julia. It seems to me that every other blog post you write makes me regret having sold my own boat. (On the other hand, a one and a half hour drive to its moorings in Findhorn Bay did make it impractical, however beautiful it was to sail with the mountains of the Black Isle as a back drop.) Needless to say, I've downloaded Black Waters and look forward very much to reading it.Bill Kirtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07675643113010061969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-21635565998720555602015-07-09T09:54:38.651+01:002015-07-09T09:54:38.651+01:00"Black Waters is illustrated by Claudia Myatt..."Black Waters is illustrated by Claudia Myatt and is available as an ebook or a paperback." <br />And you've gotta read it, believe me!<br />And I endorse Dennis' thanks for the Morte d'Arthur hint. Makes the book even lovelier. But why does Ms Jones KNOW so much?Jan Needlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15823078224282953782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-24044878648785294292015-07-09T09:44:09.226+01:002015-07-09T09:44:09.226+01:00Julia, this is fascinating. I'm just finishing...Julia, this is fascinating. I'm just finishing Black Waters and will do a review when I have. I don't know that Essex coast well, though our next-door neighbours in Hertford kept a boat on the Blackwater and their son had a holiday cottage there. But I can tell your sense of place is terrific. Thank you for the Arthurian hint. That gives me a completely new level of understanding. Your remarks about Xanthe tie in perfectly with Bill's Tuesday post and the subsequent comments; character is such an endlessly fascinating topic for the writer of fiction. And please keep the Ransome flag flying!Dennis Hamleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15781139870037634374noreply@blogger.com