tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28133718.post8411581219780433528..comments2023-06-28T22:58:28.247+10:00Comments on Sixth In Line: Optimal anxietyElisabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04015624747225433940noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28133718.post-16143615801279892422009-10-01T18:42:59.208+10:002009-10-01T18:42:59.208+10:00I have to say I'm quite touched that you'd...I have to say I'm quite touched that you'd send my review onto Gerald. That was sweet of you. And I would love to see a copy of his new book. That's a kind offer. Send me a note of your address and I'll let you have copies of my first two novels: <a href="mailto:jmurdoch@ntlworld.com" rel="nofollow">jmurdoch@ntlworld.com</a><br /><br />As for online "publications", there are a lot of opinions to be had as to what "published" actually means. All of the the definitions I've found are the rulings of specific individual organisations. The bottom line is that "published" means<br /><br />"reproduced and distributed in a public setting" <br /><br />so in the strictest of terms putting your paper on your blog would be publishing it; it meets all the basic criteria. <br /><br />I think a bit of common sense needs to come into play here. Yours is a personal blog and although anyone is free to read it you're not presenting you work in the formal setting of, for example, an e-zine. You're just saying to your friends and the odd interested party who happens to pass by: "Here, have a wee look at what I did. Now tell me how clever I am." And that's it. <br /><br />I know a few people who put works in progress - which is what this still is - up to get feedback and then delete the post after a week or two. Does that count as published? I don't think so. You might find this <a href="http://catalogue-of-organisms.blogspot.com/2009/03/define-published.html" rel="nofollow">post</a> of some interest though.<br /><br />The bottom line is that I'd still like to see the thing so If you're not going to post it live then e-mail me a copy. If you like.<br /><br>Jim Murdochhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12786388638146471193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28133718.post-17397255278574373832009-10-01T09:33:17.527+10:002009-10-01T09:33:17.527+10:00I have read your review of GM's The Plains. I...I have read your review of GM's The Plains. In fact I took the liberty of sending Gerald a copy of it sometime ago, attributing it to you, of course. <br />GM does not use the Internet as you can imagine, but he enjoys knowing about other people's interest in his work. <br />His latest book, Barley Patch is about to come out. GM tells me that his publisher, Ivor Indyk from Giramondo Press, considers it Gerald's best book ever. <br /> <br />When Barley Patch comes out, I'll send you a copy. I'll go to the launch, I'm sure. I might even be able to get you a signed copy. Gerald loves to know that someone as far afield as Scotland enjoys his writing. <br /><br />As for my lecture, which went well, I'd like to put it on my blog, but I would also like to get it published in a longer form.<br /> <br />What's the story here? You seem to know all things literary. <br />If I put my paper onto my blog, I'm not interfering with later publication, am I?Elisabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04015624747225433940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28133718.post-81843773152519702762009-09-27T18:37:37.319+10:002009-09-27T18:37:37.319+10:00I discovered a copy of The Plains in an Oxfam shop...I discovered a copy of <i>The Plains</i> in an Oxfam shop a few years ago and was quite blown away by it. I wrote a lengthy review on my blog <a href="http://jim-murdoch.blogspot.com/2009/06/plains.html" rel="nofollow">here</a> if you're interested. You correspond with him? Cool. I keep meaning to get something else by him but I have just got so much to read as it it and the review copies just keep coming.<br /><br />Will you post your lecture online once you've given it for those of us who can't attend?<br /><br />And as for football, etc... yes, I did play rugby at school but I've never really been much of a team player. One has to wonder how many writers are, eh? Playing was one thing but watching it bores me to death I'm afraid.<br /><br>Jim Murdochhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12786388638146471193noreply@blogger.com