Comments on: Which writers influenced you?

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 06 Jul 2006 15:29:00 +0000

I've done that very thing. Was reading a Trudi Canavan book at the bus stop and I look up and see the bus go by. At 19 I so nearly cried! (It was late at night, the last quick bus home, and now I'd have to catch one that took an hour and a half and didn't run very often).

Amusingly I got the link to your blog from her (Trudi Canavan's) blog; she said you were posting some useful writing tips at the moment. (And I agree)

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 03 Jul 2006 22:05:00 +0000

Sorry I don’t remember them, however I do remember Noddy and Big Ears as a five year old on the South Coast of England.

By: Glenda Larke

Glenda Larke — Mon, 03 Jul 2006 05:56:00 +0000

This is amazing. When I wrote this post, I thought no one under 60 would know what I was taking about…*g*

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 02 Jul 2006 22:12:00 +0000

I was in a bookshop this afternoon, and just happened to be passing by the kiddie section, and WHAT do you think caught my eye…? a compendium of Milly Molly Mandy stories!

Synchronicity rules…

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 30 Jun 2006 21:08:00 +0000

Wow – Millicent Margaret Amanda! I can even remember her real name:-) I too loved those stories when I was in early primary school.

I’ve stopped reading on public transport unless I’m going to the end of the line. Too risky. I once had to walk a couple of miles back along a country road, all because of Guy Gavriel Kay:-(

By: Glenda Larke

Glenda Larke — Thu, 29 Jun 2006 06:54:00 +0000

Thanks, Chris, for that – I had no idea MMM was still around; that’s amazing. One of these days I shall have to get hold of a copy and find out just what it was that had me so enthralled.

Gillian, do tell…do you mean an experience with MMM, or forgetting to get off the bus?

By: Bernita

Bernita — Thu, 29 Jun 2006 05:13:00 +0000

Happened to me too – except I was NOT a child.
I need a leash in public.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 29 Jun 2006 00:45:00 +0000

One of my very near relatives had a similar Milly Molly Mandy experience. I know this because I was the one who had to pick up the pieces.

By: chrisbarnes

chrisbarnes — Thu, 29 Jun 2006 00:44:00 +0000

My goodness, I dimly remember Milly Molly Mandy too! Probably encountered her at the same time I read Enid Blyton.

The author was Joyce Lankester Brisley and the books are still available:

http://www.dymocks.com.au/Dynamic/full_details.aspx?ISBN=0753411687

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 28 Jun 2006 22:43:00 +0000

I remember Milly Molly Mandy!!! *g*

Biggest influence for me, hands down, was Dorothy Dunnett. I learned a lot about writing from reading her. I still do.