tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2363444567124084776.comments2023-10-20T08:56:14.314+01:00Stroppy Author: A life in publishingStroppy Authorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16560035800075465845noreply@blogger.comBlogger1047125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2363444567124084776.post-53663853343228296572021-03-07T14:44:29.242+00:002021-03-07T14:44:29.242+00:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Alicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18340374805651816504noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2363444567124084776.post-89754282140642312292019-10-10T23:17:04.841+01:002019-10-10T23:17:04.841+01:00I am sorry you've had a tough time, and I agre...I am sorry you've had a tough time, and I agree with you about the landscape changing. But I'm glad to see you back. I always enjoyed your blog. So I'll be here, listening. Jenny Woolfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16881781466502273314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2363444567124084776.post-82554334451208967742019-10-07T01:19:05.051+01:002019-10-07T01:19:05.051+01:00Welcome back! I’ll certainly be reading. Welcome back! I’ll certainly be reading. Sue Bursztynskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09362273418897882971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2363444567124084776.post-3384247931950460122019-10-05T10:58:56.482+01:002019-10-05T10:58:56.482+01:00Looking forward to this conversation! xLooking forward to this conversation! xKatherine Langrishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12529700103932422873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2363444567124084776.post-19773840243221577072016-06-28T11:35:21.952+01:002016-06-28T11:35:21.952+01:00Those sound entirely wise decisions. I think that...Those sound entirely wise decisions. I think that being in a different place often lets us see the familiar in a new light, and things like that become clear.Pippa Goodharthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17709422048047155208noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2363444567124084776.post-52636578000171815162016-05-13T12:39:53.290+01:002016-05-13T12:39:53.290+01:00Fronted adverbials! Who came up with that? Some fa...Fronted adverbials! Who came up with that? Some failed teacher - or non teacher - who wanted something to add to their resume? As for "how" and "what" , does this mean we can now write: "How are you going to do that!" and "What do you mean!" ;-) <br /><br />Yeah, NAPLAN is stupid, though not as stupid as fronted adverbials and the business about exclamation marks. The thing is, we do have to teach to the test and then the government puts up every school's results on line(and complains that schools are teaching to the test...)Sue Bursztynskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09362273418897882971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2363444567124084776.post-27541471746696459212016-05-13T07:47:51.840+01:002016-05-13T07:47:51.840+01:00Downunder has NAPLAN - which is, as far as I can s...Downunder has NAPLAN - which is, as far as I can see, just as stressful. I have also had 6 and 7 yr old children telling me "But you're not allowed to say it like that..." and "We aren't allowed to do that..." I remember we had to write a "daily sentence" in the infants and I was always getting into strife because I wanted to use "long" words but nobody mentioned "fronted adverbials" to me. They didn't exist. This is how we stop children creating anything with words and it won't just stop children from becoming writers but it will also stop them being the research scientists of the future. Madness! It isn't why I spent a decade working on getting ILY off the ground!catdownunderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06959328192182156574noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2363444567124084776.post-90120493543595300862016-02-09T09:02:50.831+00:002016-02-09T09:02:50.831+00:00My sister had pleurisy in Cornwall and now can'...My sister had pleurisy in Cornwall and now can't say the word. You 'seem' on champion form all things considered, just found you via Caroline Lawrence and am very very happy to have done so..get some flowers from Ocado to cheer the garret up and take great care...Place to stand...https://www.blogger.com/profile/13625165785757881094noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2363444567124084776.post-16377000353544544512016-02-07T07:52:45.136+00:002016-02-07T07:52:45.136+00:00I haven't had pleurisy, but my sister has. Goo...I haven't had pleurisy, but my sister has. Goodness, how do you even have the energy to post let alone finish your book? Your publisher will understand. Sue Bursztynskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09362273418897882971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2363444567124084776.post-46943272728720718292016-02-06T23:35:50.014+00:002016-02-06T23:35:50.014+00:00Having had pleurisy, I'm hugely sympathetic. I...Having had pleurisy, I'm hugely sympathetic. I remember the constant shivering. <br />Unfortunately, Kathryn Evans is correct. No alternative to staying in bed, swallowing antibiotics if prescribed, and shifting everything you can to next week at the very earliest, preferably much longer. <br />It's a real nasty, that one. We've only just got our stroppy author back, so please do take care of yourself. <br />And let Ocado *et al* take care of the rest. <br />Following doctor's orders - good.<br />Wielding of axes - not good. ... JANE-ANNE SHAWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16937338388081839103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2363444567124084776.post-924163423335265372016-02-06T20:21:57.663+00:002016-02-06T20:21:57.663+00:00Anne! If I lived there I would be around to take t...Anne! If I lived there I would be around to take the Micro-micro Bint to nursery school in the back of my tricycle after I had sent you back to bed! Please take your medicine on schedule and stay warm, preferably in bed. Will send reading matter via cat-hair express if necessary - that will bore you enough to send you to sleep.catdownunderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06959328192182156574noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2363444567124084776.post-9552313019285954942016-02-06T14:43:18.836+00:002016-02-06T14:43:18.836+00:00Stay in that bed woman and leave the axe alone!Stay in that bed woman and leave the axe alone!Kathryn Evanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16439670363289229014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2363444567124084776.post-71824657416029827612016-02-02T21:42:06.424+00:002016-02-02T21:42:06.424+00:00Oooh - now if I spent less time trying to get you ...Oooh - now if I spent less time trying to get you to tell me what new words a certain small person was using we might both do more writing!catdownunderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06959328192182156574noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2363444567124084776.post-68262629736523878872016-02-02T16:25:20.316+00:002016-02-02T16:25:20.316+00:00Oooh moving wodges! Welcome back, Stroppy!Oooh moving wodges! Welcome back, Stroppy!Candy Gourlayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07802791643303335762noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2363444567124084776.post-73033948332748571372016-02-02T13:52:22.136+00:002016-02-02T13:52:22.136+00:00Welcome back, Stroppy Author. Your posts have been...Welcome back, Stroppy Author. Your posts have been missed.Penny Dolanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16386668303428008498noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2363444567124084776.post-31348790737657381312015-08-23T11:00:18.858+01:002015-08-23T11:00:18.858+01:00Online channels have revamped the methodology in e...Online channels have revamped the methodology in education where aspirants can access knowledge from any part of the globe. To have effective access to this facility it is important to have a professional portal like Management assignment help. <a href="http://www.typemyessay.biz/edit-my-essay-service/" rel="nofollow">edit my essay</a><br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10029352653727175720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2363444567124084776.post-45369344640035385822015-04-14T10:59:30.967+01:002015-04-14T10:59:30.967+01:00I love the FAQs you find on the websites of those ...I love the FAQs you find on the websites of those who've just started out.<br /><br />Q: Where do you get your ideas from?<br />A: I'm asked this all the time! I wish I knew. They come from anywhere and everywhere! It might be a song I've heard, a fascinating person I've met, a film I've watched, a random thought, a song I've heard, or a film I've watched. I'm always jotting down great new ideas for my next big project! <br />Etc...Nick Greenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08191176209084540085noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2363444567124084776.post-66521685963073130842015-04-10T03:17:25.734+01:002015-04-10T03:17:25.734+01:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2363444567124084776.post-31858935171982265922015-04-06T12:10:07.092+01:002015-04-06T12:10:07.092+01:00Thanks, Anne. I found this useful and thought-prov...Thanks, Anne. I found this useful and thought-provoking - especially about the 'many books' problem. I've got all mine up at the moment (sorted into categories) because I find people do, in fact, comment on and ask for copies of really old books. And it's useful to have that information somewhere accessible, with links. But I've begun to feel that possibly the website (or at least its exterior pages) is not the best place for it. My main feeling about my website is that I want it to be clear and easy to use, so it's linear and has plenty of white space. But it's not very exciting and is definitely pitched mainly at adults. And it's not one that I can update myself - so Facebook is useful for current news. Ann Turnbullhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06484265041343702129noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2363444567124084776.post-23713052066099867572015-04-05T07:49:41.549+01:002015-04-05T07:49:41.549+01:00I agree about educational publishers, Sue - there ...I agree about educational publishers, Sue - there is far less of a 'name game' in educational publishing, with less promotion, fewer reviews and so on.<br /><br />The blog/website distinction and choice is one I'll deal with later as it is an important issue. How often you need to update your website depends on its function. Mine doesn't have a news section and it doesn't have anything that needs (or gets!) updated except details of new books, but that's because of how it's targeted. I use my author FB page for updates on what I'm doing and so on. And even that I don't do frequently enough! It can easily become a treadmill.Stroppy Authorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16560035800075465845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2363444567124084776.post-82467119211572541542015-04-05T05:16:04.995+01:002015-04-05T05:16:04.995+01:00Maintain a website? It is hard enough to keep all ...Maintain a website? It is hard enough to keep all those cat hairs in order on my blog! :)catdownunderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06959328192182156574noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2363444567124084776.post-39705223455785295582015-04-05T00:46:03.101+01:002015-04-05T00:46:03.101+01:00I'm a children's writer who once thought o...I'm a children's writer who once thought of having a regular web site, but you do have to keep them up to date and after the first few posts about your current books, what then? I find it easier to keep a blog, like this one. I do keep it pretty much up to date and when I've posted I tweet the update. You do need to have an online presence of your own, because trade publishers, as I learned the hard way, lose interest in you after your book is out. They go on to their next project. Education publishers, of course, don't need to send out your books for reviewing. They have a built-in market. I'd like to be getting some more work there, but most of them, these days, have stables of writers and don't want anyone else. Even one for which I wrote three books still selling well after several years, don't want me any more. So I have to do my own promotion to keep selling what's there.<br /><br />I do regret calling my blog by my name, which is hard to spell. But people find it somehow and I have a contact email on it.Sue Bursztynskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09362273418897882971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2363444567124084776.post-90598110497099768392015-04-02T13:39:17.175+01:002015-04-02T13:39:17.175+01:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10784556776889859603noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2363444567124084776.post-45622209054130432362015-02-24T15:24:09.638+00:002015-02-24T15:24:09.638+00:00Libraries are almost essential for kids, unless yo...Libraries are almost essential for kids, unless you want to spend the whole time reading the same book over and over again. Not that I necessarily mind it but sometimes it is good to have a change. Actually they usually have such nice activities for kids, too. Jenny Woolfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16881781466502273314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2363444567124084776.post-25054623438261307162015-02-24T07:31:49.726+00:002015-02-24T07:31:49.726+00:00That's terrible, Sue! What an example of incom...That's terrible, Sue! What an example of incompetence!Stroppy Authorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16560035800075465845noreply@blogger.com