Comments for Opening Chapter Blag

Comment on South Asian Fiction by Reehana

Reehana — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 19:32:19 +0000

I enjoyed reading your article, but I think it’s unfair to say Asian writers only write about identity. Khalid Hosseini is an excellent example, he incorporates themes of identity, friendship and betrayal in his novel; his novel also gives us a better insight into other cultures, and we need a better understanding of other cultures now more than ever. Asian writers follow the general rule: write about what you know. It is extremely difficult for Asian writers to find agents and publishers, and I believe that they feel that writing about identity is what publishers want from Asian writers.

Comment on Meet The Blaggers by Ian Mulder

Ian Mulder — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 05:54:09 +0000

Love it so far, but what is the cultural background? British? American? International (is that possible)?

Comment on South Asian Fiction by Ian Mulder

Ian Mulder — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 05:50:54 +0000

Excellent stuff but i thought it was a bit long. Points could have been made in much fewer words!

Comment on Bookarazzi by Kay

Kay — Sat, 24 Nov 2007 14:02:35 +0000

This sounds great - I was just cruising around looking for help with my blog which I set up partly to market my book, partly to get talking to other people involved in small press, publishing etc - so, great find, and good luck with the project!

Comment on J.T. Ahearn - The American Poet by leslie

leslie — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 23:47:59 +0000

What a thoughtful interview. I am just so impressed with you, John.

Comment on Read Around Paris by Debi

Debi — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 10:50:49 +0000

Lentils? Minxy hates ‘em. You can never accuse her of being a has bean …

Comment on Read Around Paris by JTA

JTA — Sun, 30 Sep 2007 06:20:28 +0000

Who’ll bring the lentils?

Comment on Read Around Paris by Michele

Michele — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 09:48:04 +0000

He he. Oh please do Minx and Debi, baked beans will do!

Comment on A sense of place by minx

minx — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 18:52:57 +0000

Yeah, but look what you get done, Debi. And anyway, aren’t you going to comment how tidy it looks? Heh heh. At the moment the wall behind is covered with a snail trail of post-it notes and the desk is littered with manuscripts from other bloggers. There is also a huge note on the wall reminding me to look at them!

Comment on A sense of place by Debi

Debi — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 15:45:27 +0000

scrummy. Whereas my writing space is just … scummy.