tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post1324334742636946950..comments2024-03-20T16:46:13.343-04:00Comments on Marly Youmans / The Palace at 2:00 a.m. / poems, stories, novels: Glimmerglass at "Publishers Weekly"Marly Youmanshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02377938366750387442noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-73956978948572112392014-11-10T21:32:40.373-05:002014-11-10T21:32:40.373-05:00BB, I accidentally deleted your question. I suppos...BB, I accidentally deleted your question. I suppose it is just as well because I did not understand it anyway!Marly Youmanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02377938366750387442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-54943816250384337522014-07-07T20:25:51.422-04:002014-07-07T20:25:51.422-04:00You don't like the idea of my telling a pirati...You don't like the idea of my telling a piratical yarn? It might be next!<br /><br />You ought to expand Jeff Sypeck's Advice for Reviewers! It's a good beginning...Marly Youmanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02377938366750387442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-28050151634848538392014-07-07T20:23:51.290-04:002014-07-07T20:23:51.290-04:00The Sparks notes approach to reviewing? XD The Sparks notes approach to reviewing? XD Marly Youmanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02377938366750387442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-38904050920789044352014-07-07T20:22:23.897-04:002014-07-07T20:22:23.897-04:00Agree! Wonderfully fantastic, all of them...
That...Agree! Wonderfully fantastic, all of them...<br /><br />That's amusing--people often make connections that are new to me, or sometimes link my work with someone wholly unexpected.Marly Youmanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02377938366750387442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-38759573608507226672014-07-07T19:01:33.215-04:002014-07-07T19:01:33.215-04:00Never mind the reviewer's vague attempt at gen...Never mind the reviewer's vague attempt at genre categorization—or the emphasis on plot summary, which bugs me. A "yarn"? Seriously? "Yarn" is one of those words that belongs on a long list of chestnuts that book reviewers would be wise to avoid.Jeffhttp://www.quidplura.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-33879614918638810812014-07-07T18:20:07.064-04:002014-07-07T18:20:07.064-04:00Remember this about reviewers at mills like PW . ....Remember this about reviewers at mills like PW . . . They write for peanuts . . . So some reviewers eager to make more $ crank out reviews without reading the books . . . So never forget that fact of life about PW . . . I know that dirty secret because of insider experience . . . R.T.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13220814349193561823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-42917397294284696762014-07-07T18:10:41.669-04:002014-07-07T18:10:41.669-04:00If Hymen can walk onstage at the end of "As Y...If Hymen can walk onstage at the end of "As You Like It," you can do what you like and the work remain literature. What are "The Divine Comedy," "Paradise Lost," and "Moby-Dick" if not fantastic literature? <br /><br />It's a nice review. The Bluebeard thing is funny. I remember that one reviewer of my <i>The Astrologer</i> swore it was the story of a scott g.f.baileyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05726743149139510832noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-51137988651355157062014-07-07T15:44:38.795-04:002014-07-07T15:44:38.795-04:00You are funny, Tim!
I'm fine with the review...You are funny, Tim! <br /><br />I'm fine with the review--I'm just interested in whether and why people categorize, and I'm not much of a categorizer. But I don't object to other people who wish to embrace genres. (I do object to lots of other things in life. Tapeworms. Millipedes. Centipedes. Murder and general havoc. Frustration. Toxic plants. Bad movies. Etc.)Marly Youmanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02377938366750387442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-69598593793478238662014-07-07T15:21:28.512-04:002014-07-07T15:21:28.512-04:00Reviewers! Phooey! Especially PW's hired guns....Reviewers! Phooey! Especially PW's hired guns. As Shakespeare might have said about PW: The first thing we do is kill all the reviewers! As a former reviewer (reformed via 12 step program), I have license to malign reviewers, especially the PW hacks. So there! Feel better now?R.T.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13220814349193561823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-72087795094999890732014-07-07T15:04:33.310-04:002014-07-07T15:04:33.310-04:00I have a slightly different take on time, space, a...I have a slightly different take on time, space, and also novel-fat (that is, I don't like it much,) and those things do affect the atmosphere of my books.Marly Youmanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02377938366750387442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-50777343133674384822014-07-07T15:04:16.023-04:002014-07-07T15:04:16.023-04:00Thanks, Robin--I hope that you like it!Thanks, Robin--I hope that you like it!Marly Youmanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02377938366750387442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-73354431348717078202014-07-07T14:34:04.995-04:002014-07-07T14:34:04.995-04:00Attempts to categorize fiction in one genre or ano...Attempts to categorize fiction in one genre or another so often get it wrong, no matter how well-meaning the reviewers are! Still, I am hopeful that this write-up will attract new readers to your work, Marly! I am really looking forward to reading your new book!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08708161544672700715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-55739739581308015242014-07-07T10:00:38.965-04:002014-07-07T10:00:38.965-04:00One cannot be responsible for what people see in o...One cannot be responsible for what people see in one's work, I suppose. That's half the fun. <br />All the same, all of your work has an otherworldly quality about it, even if it isn't out-and-out fantasy.<br />In any case, I look forward to reading the book.Robbi N.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04881145195435485238noreply@blogger.com