tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post3944087969215310817..comments2024-03-26T17:48:56.627+00:00Comments on 'Do You Write Under Your Own Name?': You Couldn't Make It UpMartin Edwardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16082485795280777670noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-42538100438752314362012-05-15T17:54:31.614+01:002012-05-15T17:54:31.614+01:00Many thanks for your comments. Still pinching myse...Many thanks for your comments. Still pinching myself after that great match! The point about stamina is perhaps one I'll return to in a future post. I do think it counts for a lot.Martin Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16082485795280777670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-67323250719855820612012-05-14T21:37:38.786+01:002012-05-14T21:37:38.786+01:00No, you couldn't! It was truly amazing anbd th...No, you couldn't! It was truly amazing anbd they are enjoying every minute.<br />So true what you say about a person's unpublished novels, which are indeed a learning experience and, as you say, ensure that the stamina is there awaiting the talent coming to fruition.agujahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15857809123531088629noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-87972286816990339482012-05-14T15:58:55.502+01:002012-05-14T15:58:55.502+01:00That's very interesting about your first novel...That's very interesting about your first novel. I didn't write a book until I was in my late forties when Mary and I began to talk about collaborating on one. But I had never written anything except short essays and stories so I did a practice novel simply to prove to myself, as you say, that I had the stamina and persistence to cover the distance. Sometimes when you are two thirds of the way through writing a book and feel you'll never get to the end it is good to know that you can finish, having done so before. Yes, I was into running then and that informed my thinking. The mystery itself involved orienteering, a sport which I was also into. The main merit of The Body in the Reentrant as a novel is that it has enough words.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-59331453495110627972012-05-14T00:50:43.757+01:002012-05-14T00:50:43.757+01:00I haven't followed that game closely, Martin, ...I haven't followed that game closely, Martin, but from what I do know it certainly was a "miracle win," as they say. And thank for sharing your father's story - a most inspiring one.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com