tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3501702437500544780.post9188135897560605331..comments2023-10-23T15:28:20.754+01:00Comments on Wendy Robertson Life Twice Tasted: The Gift of the Exceptional Mary DWendy Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03532817003318632539noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3501702437500544780.post-87035832150153029102009-09-01T06:14:43.541+01:002009-09-01T06:14:43.541+01:00Hi Wendy,
I have often thought of writing about my...Hi Wendy,<br />I have often thought of writing about my Grandparents(and for that matter about my more distant ancestors). My Grandfather was a wonderful storyteller, and he had so many colourful stories. He grew up in the Raj and was so much a product of that time, yet unlike so many British Indians (he was British yet he never saw Britain in his entire life) he did not leave in 1947. <br />Using the case as a catalyst for the story is an interesting idea. Particularly as I deliberately did not mention a few small items from the case that are a wonderful kernel of a story on their own.<br />Sorry for being mysterious but I don't want anyone else "stealing" that idea.Alhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15625543235578144620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3501702437500544780.post-76225604645143080582009-08-31T10:08:52.494+01:002009-08-31T10:08:52.494+01:00Avril - Thank you for kind words and welcome back ...Avril - Thank you for kind words and welcome back from Spain. I am wondering if it has left some poem lines in your head.<br /><br />Bookpusher<br />Thank you for coming back - good to see you! You make a good point about people getting their hands (or minds)on our journals. However it was Mary's more or less objective observations, her meticulous eye for detail that were invaluable here, in giving me access to a time and a place in a way more useful than reading twenty books. (And I read many more!) If something of the grace and humour of her personality infuses the novel then that is an organic rather than a deliberate effect which gives me some pleasure.<br />wxWendy Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03532817003318632539noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3501702437500544780.post-43304321491152626452009-08-30T20:41:50.314+01:002009-08-30T20:41:50.314+01:00Wendy I love this extract -it is just a wonderfull...Wendy I love this extract -it is just a wonderfully clever and evocative use of the list. <br /><br />From my reading of the early drafts of this novel and from our conversations I know that The Woman Who Drew Buildings is like Mary: exceptional and inspirational, rather like you!I look forward to its success.<br /><br />Many thanks for my blogging award! - I will be responding once my server problems are resolved and my head has properly returned from Spain<br /><br />Avril xAvrilhttp://www.avriljoy.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3501702437500544780.post-82406901479716167632009-08-30T01:27:06.622+01:002009-08-30T01:27:06.622+01:00I have often thought, with some embarrassment at t...I have often thought, with some embarrassment at the possible consequences, of what will become of the journals we write, filled with private thoughts. This sounds like a great book.<br />Wendy I finally posted the award you sent, plus I have nominated you for another one, I do really enjoy reading your posts.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3501702437500544780.post-56787985279298037312009-08-29T10:00:02.943+01:002009-08-29T10:00:02.943+01:00Dear Al
Would you think of writing a fictional nov...Dear Al<br />Would you think of writing a fictional novel based on that tantalising cache and Grandpa's stories? Could you resist it? or meybe a vivid imagined memoir?<br />wxWendy Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03532817003318632539noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3501702437500544780.post-44013746620599327422009-08-28T23:29:03.370+01:002009-08-28T23:29:03.370+01:00I love caches like Mary's. Such a wonderful pr...I love caches like Mary's. Such a wonderful prompt for imagination. My favourite ever (and saddest in a way) was a small cardboard case I found when we were cleaning up my grandfather's flat after his death. It contained sketchbooks, notes, letters and slides from his younger days in India. The items were a tantalising link to many of the vivid stories he used to tell.Alhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15625543235578144620noreply@blogger.com