tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post662237064376679904..comments2024-03-26T17:48:56.627+00:00Comments on 'Do You Write Under Your Own Name?': Blogs and InspirationMartin Edwardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16082485795280777670noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-86594697782978601042009-01-31T18:40:00.000+00:002009-01-31T18:40:00.000+00:00Thanks for the mention, Martin. It's always a ple...Thanks for the mention, Martin. It's always a pleasure to read your blog as well.Gerald Sohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03571407711439433431noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-90760535812423181422009-01-27T17:35:00.000+00:002009-01-27T17:35:00.000+00:00Hi Martin - thanks for the mention. Death of a Sal...Hi Martin - thanks for the mention. <BR/><BR/>Death of a Salesman was one of my A-level set books, too - and remains an all-time favourite! Like you, I have found the blogosphere has opened up amazingly diverse avenues of research and reading, and I've met some amazing and inspiring people - all of which have come as completely unexpected benefits of what started out as highly sceptical and speculative exercise in Musing to the world instead of merely to myself. <BR/><BR/>Long may you remain hopelessly addicted to blogging, Martin. Please don't seek treatment!Juliethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18055924620237477722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-64871146876413657832009-01-25T05:27:00.000+00:002009-01-25T05:27:00.000+00:00Thanks for the mention and for the shopping list o...Thanks for the mention and for the shopping list of blogs. You chosen some that I enjoy and others that sound promising. And you highlighted a feature of Kerrie's blog that I'd noticed but hadn't gathered under any one label or rubric. She is building a nice, full-service site.<BR/><BR/>And Bill Crider has all his wits.<BR/>==============<BR/> Detectives Beyond Borders<BR/>"Because Murder Is More Fun Away From Home"<BR/> <A HREF="http://www.detectivesbeyondborders.blogspot.com/" REL="nofollow">http://www.detectivesbeyondborders.blogspot.com/</A>Peter Rozovskyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09977933481463759162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-33607280293161764302009-01-24T22:57:00.000+00:002009-01-24T22:57:00.000+00:00Rhian, your mention of Arthur Miller reminds me of...Rhian, your mention of Arthur Miller reminds me of my A Level studies, when Death of a Salesman was one of our set books (and I read everything by Miller I could find - I became a great fan.) One of my classmates suggested that Willy Loman's surname suggested the concept of 'low man' and I remember most of the class, and the teacher, mocking this idea - it was a school where mockery was commonplace. And then, many years later, I came across a learned article making exactly the same suggestion....Martin Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16082485795280777670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-4166326313076773892009-01-24T22:42:00.000+00:002009-01-24T22:42:00.000+00:00Martin, I have been out all day and it was a great...Martin, I have been out all day and it was a great pleasure to come home and read this post. Thanks for the mention.<BR/>Being out all day was also a great pleasure as I went to see Ken Stott in Arthur Miller's A View from the Bridge, which was fantastic. Due to tube issues today, I walked up Charing Cross Road again and noted that Murder One was still open for business, by the way. Perhaps today was to be their last day afterall...crimeficreaderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08666088342752346697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-33843966997578381402009-01-24T22:24:00.000+00:002009-01-24T22:24:00.000+00:00Hi Maxine. You certainly have no need to apologise...Hi Maxine. You certainly have no need to apologise - especially to someone who unwisely omitted the words 'lack of' in between 'massive' and 'techy expertise'!!Martin Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16082485795280777670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-44169481710415279442009-01-24T22:22:00.000+00:002009-01-24T22:22:00.000+00:00'A community of like minds' is the right phrase, K...'A community of like minds' is the right phrase, Kerrie. Both for bloggers and crime fiction fans. This sense of community is very interesting to me, partly because I think that many people who are keen on books are (like me) not really gregarious. But an interest in reading and/or writing is a very strong bond between people who, at first sight, might seem to have little in common. This is a theme to which I'll return in a future post.Martin Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16082485795280777670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-16046398643485202122009-01-24T22:19:00.000+00:002009-01-24T22:19:00.000+00:00I just checked back here and must apologise for th...I just checked back here and must apologise for the lax proof-reading in my above comment. Will do better next time!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-8302906376892181972009-01-24T22:00:00.000+00:002009-01-24T22:00:00.000+00:00A wonderful post Martin. It's easy to see why I li...A wonderful post Martin. It's easy to see why I listed you in the first place :-)<BR/><BR/>I've only been blogging for just over a year, and what is beginning to fascinate me is the sense of being in a community of like minds. I regularly read most of the blogs you have listed. Just looking at the list and thinking "I know that one" is exciting in itself.<BR/>All the best MartinKerriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13581470363339796352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-89791723809318593272009-01-24T20:21:00.000+00:002009-01-24T20:21:00.000+00:00Hi Martin!A very interesting and thoughtful post. ...Hi Martin!<BR/>A very interesting and thoughtful post. And now, I'm off to explore those blogs you mentioned... <BR/><BR/>Ann<BR/>http://silverrushmysteries.blogspot.com/Ann Parkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13177732952658080784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-31333979258598067312009-01-24T19:20:00.000+00:002009-01-24T19:20:00.000+00:00Lovely post, Martin. I was fascinated to read abou...Lovely post, Martin. I was fascinated to read about how you, as a best-selling author, uses blogs as a research tool. That's a really good idea (the part about the women's fashion)! <BR/><BR/>I hope you do try out Friend Feed a bit sometime - we have some convivial conversations in the crime&mystery fiction room - but I understand only too well that life is short and that one must focus. In your case, I hope on the next Lake District novel (I hope that is the work in progress alluded to in your post).<BR/><BR/>Thank you, by the way, for the mention in your post, much appreciated.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-4680180125300310402009-01-24T15:28:00.000+00:002009-01-24T15:28:00.000+00:00Thanks for the plug! I enjoy yours, too.Thanks for the plug! I enjoy yours, too.harriethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04470091985662379182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-31662409675185972812009-01-24T15:01:00.000+00:002009-01-24T15:01:00.000+00:00I am honored with your mention of my 'letters.' H...I am honored with your mention of my 'letters.' How very kind of you. Thank you.Nanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15547916206007733970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-33636737445624951892009-01-24T14:55:00.000+00:002009-01-24T14:55:00.000+00:00Thanks, Martin. Some people think I'm only half w...Thanks, Martin. Some people think I'm only half witty.mybillcriderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02350478005243505108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-14168247959905071902009-01-24T11:24:00.000+00:002009-01-24T11:24:00.000+00:00I enjoyed this post which celebrates the diverse w...I enjoyed this post which celebrates the diverse world of blogging.<BR/>As a professional non-fiction writer (journalist), amateur fiction writer, enthusiastic reader with interests in fashion, exercise, nutrition and frugality, blogging ticks all the boxes.Janehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01351497943306272385noreply@blogger.com