tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post8177882450375839724..comments2024-03-26T23:41:10.319+00:00Comments on Authors Electric: Bird of Passage - Where Did I Get My Ideas From? Catherine CzerkawskaKatherine Robertshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17196712319655603442noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-4072966255590352792012-01-19T15:11:04.771+00:002012-01-19T15:11:04.771+00:00I must certainly look for it, Kathleen. There was ...I must certainly look for it, Kathleen. There was a lot of prejudice, you're right. And there are still pockets of it, here, but not as much as there was, thank-goodness.Catherine Czerkawskahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14554969254207924049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-22791130157580081072012-01-19T14:40:09.739+00:002012-01-19T14:40:09.739+00:00This is uncanny Catherine, as my dad (an Irish imm...This is uncanny Catherine, as my dad (an Irish immigrant family) wrote a book called 'Tattie-howkers and Paddy-lowpers' (available on Kindle) about the Irish immigrant workers in northern England. <br />I did a fair amount of both howking and lowping myself as a girl brought up on a small, subsistence farm.<br />I must read your novel!<br />The story of the workers burnt in the barn is horrible, but such things did happen. There was a lot of prejudice.Kathleen Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07645566938871914385noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-35685318430142865092012-01-19T09:57:12.469+00:002012-01-19T09:57:12.469+00:00I love the cover, too. And a fascinating post, Cat...I love the cover, too. And a fascinating post, Catherine.Linda Newberynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-4270778994270441712012-01-18T23:53:57.337+00:002012-01-18T23:53:57.337+00:00I love the cover too - it surprises me that it'...I love the cover too - it surprises me that it's so moving - he's a young Scottish digital artist, mostly working on video games at the moment! I think you might be right about the 'new types of cover', Julia. There's such pleasure in matching the art with the book - rather than just going for the purely commercial decisions. Another nice aspect of being in control - and sometimes making one's own mistakes too I suppose! But that's fine - one of the risks of any creative endeavour.Catherine Czerkawskahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14554969254207924049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-58580758404896242622012-01-18T18:49:30.218+00:002012-01-18T18:49:30.218+00:00That's a fascinating and upsetting piece. And ...That's a fascinating and upsetting piece. And I agree with Dan that it's a gorgeous cover. Perhaps new types of cover are going to work best on our new types of book?julia joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09773900100240758504noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-53179962779147062922012-01-18T09:44:57.058+00:002012-01-18T09:44:57.058+00:00Fascinating (and a gorgeous cover). The most inter...Fascinating (and a gorgeous cover). The most interesting ideas seem to coalesce from a vast soup of miasma - but there needs to be enough stuff in that soup to start with for the process to happen, so all those hours reading and learning just because you're fascinated are never wasted, and can be much more valuable than "being focused"Dan Hollowayhttp://danholloway.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com