Hi Paul and Socks…….I love the feel and size of Never the Bride so much! And the print is perfect. It’s a joy to read a comfortable book. Same goes for Strange Boy. I’m a fanatic about the size of the print as well, especially at my age. Happy writing and take care. Oh that SOCKS…..he’s meowing now……sounds so cute!❤❤❤he’s gorgeous
Love the raw honesty of this video. As a writer of 35 with 3 books published by a small (but wonderful) press, I look up to you massively-to have dozens of your books in the world and to be published by several of the biggest publishers and to write full-time! I admire you so much. But at the same time I maybe have a slightly rose-tinted image of your life (how can you blame me after regaling us with your delightful misadventures such as getting sloshed with Beryl Bainbridge!) But I really appreciate you sharing the doubts and frustrations of your writing life in this video. Here I was thinking that you waltzed casually from one major book deal to the next! Well, you certainly deserve to do some waltzing! So here’s to publishers throwing open the doors to you and letting the jumping-hoops gather dust! All the best from rainy Rotterdam, B.
You are a great writer and I am not a sycophant , cant stand sycophants, call a spade a spade even if it means battering down group think . Jon Ronson is sounding more and more interesting to me . Do you ever infer what socks is saying to you . I do it all the time with animals mostly cats and dogs . The opening line from me is usually, "Oh, I know" haha. Anyway I'm off hoping to find another one of yours just up.
Paul, as a reader I feel your pain and disillusionment. I'm currently reading Timothy, or Notes of an Abject Reptile by Verlyn Klinkenborg, 2005. It is about the famous English naturalist Gilbert White as told by Timothy, his famous transplanted tortoise. Klinkenborg has me spellbound. His language is precise, like poetry; his observations about nature and human nature are funny and deep. I have underlined half the book. It's taking me weeks to read its 177 pages because I want to think about it, savor it, look up references unknown to me so I can get every drop of its meaning. Not gulp it down like fast food. Yet, on GoodReads this book has been rated a mere 488 times, 137 five star reviews, and 75 of one and two star reviews. Compare that to any number of books that are popular. Last popular title I read was Where the Crawdads Sing, rated 3,132,713 times. 57% of readers gave it five stars, and only 3% gave it one or two stars. I don't begrudge Delia Owens her success (or her publisher's success) but it does baffle me. I rated it 3 stars because I enjoyed reading what everyone in my family was reading and that added to my personal enjoyment. (Otherwise, I would have given it 2 stars, truthfully.) For poor Timothy, though, I don't know another reader that I could convince to read it, although it is utterly sublime and nourishing. All I can do is enjoy it myself immensely, rate it highly, leave a glowing review, and be enriched that it came into my life. I bet you have readers that have felt that way about your works. I would posit that Strange Boy, especially in the right hands, would have that profound effect.
Thank you again for a lovely video, Paul. Have a lovely day and weekend!
Fantastic library you have around you. Best wishes.
Hi Paul and Socks…….I love the feel and size of Never the Bride so much! And the print is perfect. It’s a joy to read a comfortable book. Same goes for Strange Boy. I’m a fanatic about the size of the print as well, especially at my age. Happy writing and take care. Oh that SOCKS…..he’s meowing now……sounds so cute!❤❤❤he’s gorgeous
@@cherirose6660 he’s very vocal lately!
Love the raw honesty of this video. As a writer of 35 with 3 books published by a small (but wonderful) press, I look up to you massively-to have dozens of your books in the world and to be published by several of the biggest publishers and to write full-time! I admire you so much.
But at the same time I maybe have a slightly rose-tinted image of your life (how can you blame me after regaling us with your delightful misadventures such as getting sloshed with Beryl Bainbridge!)
But I really appreciate you sharing the doubts and frustrations of your writing life in this video. Here I was thinking that you waltzed casually from one major book deal to the next! Well, you certainly deserve to do some waltzing! So here’s to publishers throwing open the doors to you and letting the jumping-hoops gather dust! All the best from rainy Rotterdam, B.
@@brenboothjones thank you. That’s a lovely message
You are a great writer and I am not a sycophant , cant stand sycophants, call a spade a spade even if it means battering down group think . Jon Ronson is sounding more and more interesting to me . Do you ever infer what socks is saying to you . I do it all the time with animals mostly cats and dogs . The opening line from me is usually, "Oh, I know" haha. Anyway I'm off hoping to find another one of yours just up.
@@mudlarkingmarionette I wrote a tiny book of poems in his voice! Somewhere on here there is a video of me reading them
Paul, as a reader I feel your pain and disillusionment.
I'm currently reading Timothy, or Notes of an Abject Reptile by Verlyn Klinkenborg, 2005. It is about the famous English naturalist Gilbert White as told by Timothy, his famous transplanted tortoise. Klinkenborg has me spellbound. His language is precise, like poetry; his observations about nature and human nature are funny and deep. I have underlined half the book. It's taking me weeks to read its 177 pages because I want to think about it, savor it, look up references unknown to me so I can get every drop of its meaning. Not gulp it down like fast food.
Yet, on GoodReads this book has been rated a mere 488 times, 137 five star reviews, and 75 of one and two star reviews. Compare that to any number of books that are popular. Last popular title I read was Where the Crawdads Sing, rated 3,132,713 times. 57% of readers gave it five stars, and only 3% gave it one or two stars. I don't begrudge Delia Owens her success (or her publisher's success) but it does baffle me. I rated it 3 stars because I enjoyed reading what everyone in my family was reading and that added to my personal enjoyment. (Otherwise, I would have given it 2 stars, truthfully.) For poor Timothy, though, I don't know another reader that I could convince to read it, although it is utterly sublime and nourishing. All I can do is enjoy it myself immensely, rate it highly, leave a glowing review, and be enriched that it came into my life.
I bet you have readers that have felt that way about your works. I would posit that Strange Boy, especially in the right hands, would have that profound effect.
@@dagmoon I love the sound of the tortoise book!