tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4938060587020568315.post2662750866106730046..comments2024-03-29T09:22:57.031+00:00Comments on Declan Burke: Erm, Have We Had A ‘Dear Genre’ Post Yet This Week?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4938060587020568315.post-66714870592131498712008-11-10T08:21:00.000+00:002008-11-10T08:21:00.000+00:00Erm, chaps? Shouldn't you two be, y'know, writing ...Erm, chaps? Shouldn't you two be, y'know, writing books 'n' stuff?<BR/><BR/>Kevin? Ta for dropping by, squire. We could do with a few real writers around the place ... <BR/><BR/>Cheers, DecDeclan Burkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14322645323239292406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4938060587020568315.post-45269644389604609692008-11-10T08:07:00.000+00:002008-11-10T08:07:00.000+00:00JohnI warned you. Dont say I didnt warn you.John<BR/><BR/>I warned you. Dont say I didnt warn you.adrian mckintyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03349942973907386269noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4938060587020568315.post-26113167493382044642008-11-10T04:15:00.000+00:002008-11-10T04:15:00.000+00:00590,000 people have seen that. Over half a million...590,000 people have seen that. Over half a million people.<BR/><BR/>WTF?<BR/><BR/>(now that I've started I can't stop - nor will i be able to stop singing that song, OMG!!!)John McFetridgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09442198820998606682noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4938060587020568315.post-492512185794217282008-11-10T02:39:00.000+00:002008-11-10T02:39:00.000+00:00Cute aint it? Word of advice though, never under a...Cute aint it? Word of advice though, never under any circumstances look up "Leonard Nimoy" and "Bilbo Baggins" on YouTube. I'm not going to provide a link. It wouldnt be right.adrian mckintyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03349942973907386269noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4938060587020568315.post-14776191667786520792008-11-09T22:47:00.000+00:002008-11-09T22:47:00.000+00:00Okay, that right there just made the entire intern...Okay, that right there just made the entire internet worthwhile.<BR/><BR/>I have never used text message abbreviations, but OMG!!!John McFetridgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09442198820998606682noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4938060587020568315.post-53263619836703752312008-11-09T22:05:00.000+00:002008-11-09T22:05:00.000+00:00Did you ever see this little mash up?Did you ever see this <A HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KXWEM4gZhg4" REL="nofollow">little mash up</A>?adrian mckintyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03349942973907386269noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4938060587020568315.post-49753316328261803442008-11-09T21:51:00.000+00:002008-11-09T21:51:00.000+00:00"...you have to wonder why Power ignores novels ot..."...you have to wonder why Power ignores novels other than “literary” ones..." Because it's tricky, in a 600-word review -which is, after all, supposed to be about the book at hand - to qualify a ringing generalisation! I love genre fiction, always have done. My quibble was with the failure of our so-called "literary" novelists (no names, I'm not getting myself in trouble) to do what the crime novelists you mention so obviously do (and I've been meaning to get around to Declan Hughes's The Colour of Blood) - tackle the last ten years of Irish history in a meaningful and entertaining way.<BR/> Thanks, by the by, for your kind words about my book. KPAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4938060587020568315.post-37459567282478246692008-11-09T20:02:00.000+00:002008-11-09T20:02:00.000+00:00Adrian -You're putting me in mind of Pulp's Common...Adrian -You're putting me in mind of Pulp's Common People ... <I>"You'll never live like common people / You'll never do whatever common people do / You'll never sing like common people / You'll never watch your life slide out of view / And you dance and drink and screw / Because there's nothing else to do ..."</I><BR/><BR/>I <I>like</I> common people. Except for the smell. <BR/><BR/>Cheers, DecDeclan Burkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14322645323239292406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4938060587020568315.post-63932438283062986422008-11-09T19:51:00.000+00:002008-11-09T19:51:00.000+00:00JohnHmmm, new found respect for Mr. King. If only ...John<BR/><BR/>Hmmm, new found respect for Mr. King. If only he hadnt said those mean things about Stanley Kubrick...adrian mckintyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03349942973907386269noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4938060587020568315.post-42052538607388692132008-11-09T14:59:00.000+00:002008-11-09T14:59:00.000+00:00From Stephen King's speech at the National Book Aw...From Stephen King's speech at the National Book Awards:<BR/><BR/>"What do you think? You get social or academic brownie points for deliberately staying out of touch with your own culture?"<BR/><BR/>"Now, there are lots of people who will tell you that anyone who writes genre fiction or any kind of fiction that tells a story is in it for the money and nothing else. It's a lie. The idea that all storytellers are in it for the money is untrue but it is still hurtful, it's infuriating and it's demeaning. I never in my life wrote a single word for money. As badly as we needed money, I never wrote for money. From those early days to this gala black tie night, I never once sat down at my desk thinking today I'm going to make a hundred grand. Or this story will make a great movie. If I had tried to write with those things in mind, I believe I would have sold my birthright for a plot of message, as the old pun has it. Either way, Tabby and I would still be living in a trailer or an equivalent, a boat. My wife knows the importance of this award isn't the recognition of being a great writer or even a good writer but the recognition of being an honest writer." <BR/><BR/>The whole thing is here:<BR/><BR/>http://www.nationalbook.org/nbaacceptspeech_sking.htmlJohn McFetridgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09442198820998606682noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4938060587020568315.post-23597601727453048532008-11-09T12:01:00.000+00:002008-11-09T12:01:00.000+00:00DecDont you find it interesting that there is a ce...Dec<BR/><BR/>Dont you find it interesting that there is a certain strata of society who are proud of the fact that they dont watch TV and have no clue about the soaps or showbiz gossip which so many "ordinary people" talk about as a matter of course. What other parts of the culture are they proud not to partake of? I think that thats part of a wider problem. <BR/><BR/>There's a certain type of novelist who grew up secluded from the working class and went to private school and is thus never going to be able to write convincingly of twenty first century life because they're always going to be cut off from "authentic" culture. I feel sorry for those people - they can't know what its like to grow up in the other world and their art suffers considerably because of it. They'll never understand "real" Ireland or "real" England and they'll try to cover themselves with stylistic quirks but it doesn't quite work. The phoniness shines through in every dud line or piece of tinny dialogue. Great art usually comes from the bourgeoisie and rarely from the elites in Dublin or anywhere else.adrian mckintyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03349942973907386269noreply@blogger.com