Comments on: To make a long story short

By: mimi

mimi — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 22:58:29 +0000

Congrats on the short story deal, I look forward to reading it , I must make a note of that shopping channel.
Your blog writing is so good to read that I’m sure you’ll come up with the perfect story, just give it time. (I know nothing about writing, have only ever tried those “morning pages” recommended by Julia Cameron in “The Artist’s Way”)
It must be exciting for you!

By: Chloe

Chloe — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 11:17:54 +0000

Helena; I love that you are a Brit, living in France and that you have quoted Muriel’s Wedding! Doesn’t get more Aussie than that…

By: helena

helena — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 05:55:47 +0000

I LOVE this quote – am going to use it from now on….very funny x

By: Jo

Jo — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 18:02:23 +0000

Perfect way to merge art and commerce. Fay Weldon also did a wonderful job with The Bulgari Connection, a funny and glamourous novel which had a commercial tie-in with Bulgari jewellers.

(I once heard Fay Weldon speak and she told how her young children would run in and interrupt her while she was working. She would send them away and as they went out complaining she would scold them saying “I gave you life. What more do you want?”)

By: helena

helena — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 17:34:21 +0000

Thanks for reminding me you two, she is one of my all-time favourites.
Hx

By: Elisabeth Loesch

Elisabeth Loesch — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 11:45:13 +0000

And loved to be paid for it too. “The two most beautiful words in the English language are ‘cheque enclosed.” is one of the many quips from Dorothy Parker.

By: snusmormor

snusmormor — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 09:10:28 +0000

Another great short story writer who just might at least have written about lips, is Dorothy Parker.