tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1352411146204226127.post7822983734479834298..comments2023-04-13T13:19:51.726+01:00Comments on Life happens between books: Sorry But I'm Very ExcitedLucy Fishwifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12468092971495182126noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1352411146204226127.post-70317418105472602012008-06-20T10:08:00.000+01:002008-06-20T10:08:00.000+01:00Mantua Maker - I found a first edition of "The Pha...Mantua Maker - I found a first edition of "The Phantom Tollbooth" in a junk shop a while back but have never lived with Norton Juster... Would indeed wear something louche and mysterious but have a dread of ending up looking like Rosa Klebb... Will smoke outside and get papped. As I am of course a dead ringer for Scarlett Johanssen...Lucy Fishwifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12468092971495182126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1352411146204226127.post-60951196079773611942008-06-20T10:05:00.000+01:002008-06-20T10:05:00.000+01:00Steve - Congratulations! That makes your as-yet-un...Steve - Congratulations! That makes your as-yet-unfinished novel at least three times as long as a novella(I am having to do some research on short stories vs. novellas at the mo so I know whereof I speak)! In the days when I could still stand the sight of my own written fiction I managed 20,000 words once, and then chucked it. Points for tenacity and drive! When can we read it?<BR/><BR/>Cars cars cars - Welcome! My first random drunken late night commenter!Lucy Fishwifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12468092971495182126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1352411146204226127.post-17555538800885207412008-06-20T07:23:00.000+01:002008-06-20T07:23:00.000+01:00As an amateur writer 140,000 words through their f...As an amateur writer 140,000 words through their first novel I am totally jealous. I can be an arse too!Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02133900289384226725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1352411146204226127.post-73320150129792962692008-06-19T20:58:00.000+01:002008-06-19T20:58:00.000+01:00have adrink we reached the top of excitmenthave adrink we reached the top of excitmentAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1352411146204226127.post-7831993249226535002008-06-18T17:17:00.000+01:002008-06-18T17:17:00.000+01:00Blimey Laura, that's quite exalted! I went to an O...Blimey Laura, that's quite exalted! I went to an OUP do at the Army and Navy Club in Pall Mall ages ago but it was under false pretences - a friend was an editor at OUP and sneaked me in - and it wasn't dinner, just drinks. Another great Empire edifice with lots of marble and chandeliers. Must be a bugger to dust...Lucy Fishwifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12468092971495182126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1352411146204226127.post-19075251196448636142008-06-18T15:01:00.000+01:002008-06-18T15:01:00.000+01:00I get horribly starstruck too!Met Nathanial Parker...I get horribly starstruck too!<BR/><BR/>Met Nathanial Parker the actor twice and managed to completely embarrass myself by getting his surname wrong the first time. Luckily I managed to apologise for the first occasion on the second occasion I met him.<BR/><BR/>A charming chappy.<BR/><BR/>Good luck with your g-literati do!<BR/><BR/>I went to a great launch at The Travellers' Club in Pall Mall the other week in a Library dating from 1815. Then dined with the author in the amazing crystal-chandeliered dining room! I could get used to that!The Poet Laura-eatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07779308486569849157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1352411146204226127.post-31490461706780516572008-06-18T08:55:00.000+01:002008-06-18T08:55:00.000+01:00A few years ago I lodged in the same house as Susa...A few years ago I lodged in the same house as Susannah York for a week (it was a house used by visiting actors) - although I never saw her (even though she was in the next room) as we had completely different hours, when she was working I was sleeping and vice versa. I did manage to catch her just before she left and got her to sign "In Search of Unicorns" (her beautiful children's book, published in the 70s, couldn't be produced now as the amount of colour used in the printing would make it too expensive) - cheesy of me I know but it had to be done.<BR/><BR/>What are you going to wear? Something louche and mysterious. Shame you can't smoke in the Ivy, will it have a "covered heated area" I wonder.mantua makerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08100402931220060133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1352411146204226127.post-19138343938332038252008-06-17T16:16:00.000+01:002008-06-17T16:16:00.000+01:00(Snort of appreciative laughter)(Snort of appreciative laughter)Lucy Fishwifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12468092971495182126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1352411146204226127.post-22449040849155243152008-06-17T16:14:00.000+01:002008-06-17T16:14:00.000+01:00I'm far too proud to use a word like hubris, Greek...I'm far too proud to use a word like hubris, Greek or not...Rolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02103804480646939038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1352411146204226127.post-56181078047876349302008-06-17T14:39:00.000+01:002008-06-17T14:39:00.000+01:00It's a greek word, innit? I thought you spoke gree...It's a greek word, innit? I thought you spoke greek like a native now! Tchuh. You dilettantes.Lucy Fishwifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12468092971495182126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1352411146204226127.post-20009685336185598662008-06-17T14:35:00.000+01:002008-06-17T14:35:00.000+01:00You're such a name-dropper.Hubris, indeed. ;-)You're such a name-dropper.<BR/><BR/>Hubris, indeed. ;-)Rolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02103804480646939038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1352411146204226127.post-81773920881007463562008-06-17T14:12:00.000+01:002008-06-17T14:12:00.000+01:00Managed to embarrass myself in front of Tamsin Gre...Managed to embarrass myself in front of Tamsin Greig (innocently shopping in my old workplace)by telling her I really enjoyed "Twelfth Night" when in fact she was in "Much Ado". She looked at me as if I was a complete idiot. I re-categorised my favourite Black Books character as Bernard, not Fran...Lucy Fishwifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12468092971495182126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1352411146204226127.post-72593669491778166952008-06-17T13:56:00.000+01:002008-06-17T13:56:00.000+01:00oh wow, yes no wonder you are excited. I'm sure y...oh wow, yes no wonder you are excited. I'm sure you won't clam up (have a drink - but just ONE - beforeheand). I'm sure if I met and chatted with authors I would embarrass myself horribly and talk about the wrong books (ie ones I thought they had written but were in fact written by someone else). <BR/><BR/>Have fun.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com