Comments on: More light-hearted reads…with a dash of the serious https://glendalarke.com/2008/12/more-light-hearted-readswith-dash-of/ Sat, 13 Mar 2021 10:33:17 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.2 By: Satima Flavell https://glendalarke.com/2008/12/more-light-hearted-readswith-dash-of/#comment-21488 Wed, 10 Dec 2008 00:41:00 +0000 #comment-21488 Yes, I absolutely hate it when someone I like asks me critique something I hate. I think it’s a bit like being asked to comment on a new dress that’s the wrong colour, the wrong style and possibly the wrong size. I usually start with the literary equivalent of “You know, I really like that blue dress you bought last year. I think blue is your best colour”.:-)

]]> By: Glenda Larke https://glendalarke.com/2008/12/more-light-hearted-readswith-dash-of/#comment-21487 Sun, 07 Dec 2008 23:15:00 +0000 #comment-21487 I must say, I’ve never had a bad experience (at least as far as I know *g*). In particular, I have found Australian authors never less than supportive of other Ozzies…

Mind you, I might have a problem praising a book I didn’t like simply because it was written by a friend.

]]> By: Satima Flavell https://glendalarke.com/2008/12/more-light-hearted-readswith-dash-of/#comment-21486 Sat, 06 Dec 2008 02:56:00 +0000 #comment-21486 It’s great that writers help each other so much. Not many professionals will go out of their way to help colleagues, but despite all the nasty stories, I don’t think the arts in general and writing in particular are any more bitchy than you average office or academic enclave and writers do seem, generally speaking, to be kind to each other. Of course, it might be a case of “us against the world”!

]]> By: Anonymous https://glendalarke.com/2008/12/more-light-hearted-readswith-dash-of/#comment-21485 Fri, 05 Dec 2008 22:08:00 +0000 #comment-21485 You should be able to see me blushing from here.

Guys, without Glenda’s keen input these books would be … far less. I owe her heaps.

]]> By: Satima Flavell https://glendalarke.com/2008/12/more-light-hearted-readswith-dash-of/#comment-21484 Fri, 05 Dec 2008 13:52:00 +0000 #comment-21484 A paean of praise well sung, Glenda. The two authors you’ve mentioned, Simon Haynes and Karen Miller (K.E. Mills)are among my faves as well, along with Juliet Marillier and one Glenda Larke:-)I would venture that Australia has produced more good fantasy writers per head of population than any other country.

Looking at Sharon’s blog I can see that Malaysia also has its share of home grown talent. Are there any fantasy writers among your writerly aquaintance there?

]]> By: Jo https://glendalarke.com/2008/12/more-light-hearted-readswith-dash-of/#comment-21483 Fri, 05 Dec 2008 04:50:00 +0000 #comment-21483 As yet I can’t get hold of the Rogue Agent books, but I love the other books she has written.

Sadly I have no-one to buy books for except me and I buy books all year long.

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