tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2856547151523423474.post4463278742719434781..comments2024-03-12T12:38:23.542-04:00Comments on The Kind of Face You Hate: As it Happens, I am a Horror Writerbill r.http://www.blogger.com/profile/17748572205731857892noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2856547151523423474.post-62098021010330345882009-02-03T09:03:00.000-05:002009-02-03T09:03:00.000-05:00Rick, one can't exist without the other! They are...Rick, one can't exist without the other! They are two sides of the same terrifying coin, and to act as though THIS was the end of the story of Dale Summerson would be a betrayal. How <I>dare</I> you question my motives!bill r.https://www.blogger.com/profile/17748572205731857892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2856547151523423474.post-12016481189427541592009-02-02T22:45:00.000-05:002009-02-02T22:45:00.000-05:00"This" looks awesome, but "These" sounds positivel..."This" looks awesome, but "These" sounds positively derivative. You ought to be ashamed of yourself, exploiting your own work like that.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2856547151523423474.post-33483093483605997722009-01-30T19:34:00.000-05:002009-01-30T19:34:00.000-05:00I'm probably getting myself too excited, but I rea...I'm probably getting myself too excited, but I really hope <I>This</I> is an evil mime and then at the end it turns out he's really a large, as in twenty feet tall large, dung beetle hiding in a cave. <BR/><BR/>Because...<BR/><BR/>that...<BR/><BR/>would...<BR/><BR/>be...<BR/><BR/><B>A W E S O M E ! ! ! ! ! ! </B>Greghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05730146625671701859noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2856547151523423474.post-20715344575617842112009-01-30T09:22:00.000-05:002009-01-30T09:22:00.000-05:00Oh and you forgot to mention that the reason you h...<I>Oh and you forgot to mention that the reason you haven't found a publisher for THEM (omnibus edition) yet is because the books are too original and challenging for the likes of Mr Alfred "A" lily-livered Knopf.</I><BR/><BR/>I figured that much was implied by the back-cover copy. After all, you read a lot, John, but can you honestly say you've ever read a novel about four brothers (or four <I>friends</I>, for that matter) who harbor dark secrets and are drawn back to their hometown, only to face supernatural horror of the most bone-crunching and gut-ripping kind? When <B>THIS, THESE</B> and, yes, <B>THAT</B> (a good idea's a good idea) finally find a publisher with the stones big enough to take me on, it will be like when what's-their-faces published <B>Ulysses</B> for the first time. Western literature will be turned on its head!bill r.https://www.blogger.com/profile/17748572205731857892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2856547151523423474.post-14515308988506458752009-01-30T09:03:00.000-05:002009-01-30T09:03:00.000-05:00Oh and you forgot to mention that the reason you h...Oh and you forgot to mention that the reason you haven't found a publisher for <STRONG>THEM</STRONG> (omnibus edition) yet is because the books are too original and challenging for the likes of Mr Alfred "A" lily-livered Knopf.<BR/><BR/>And then to mention other books, which turned out to be really good, that had difficulty finding a publisher to begin with. This is a clever syllogism which enables people to think yours must be really good too. Whatever you do, for heaven's sake <EM>don't</EM> mention all the novels that never find a publisher because they're too crappy. Hey, you probably don't even know what they are!<BR/><BR/>But I'm telling you stuff you already know.John Selfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05761816149593541133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2856547151523423474.post-25648637381972947172009-01-30T08:41:00.000-05:002009-01-30T08:41:00.000-05:00Goddamnit...I can't believe I never thought of tha...Goddamnit...I can't believe I never thought of that (get it?? THAT!?). That is, of course, a spectacularly good idea, which I shall now accept from you, free of charge.bill r.https://www.blogger.com/profile/17748572205731857892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2856547151523423474.post-80795888077414321272009-01-30T08:38:00.000-05:002009-01-30T08:38:00.000-05:00What about a money-spinning prequel to the first v...What about a money-spinning prequel to the first volume, told from another point of view, <EM>a la</EM> Lawrence Durrell's <EM>Alexandria Quartet</EM>? (Which comparison will probably get it in front of the Pulitzer committee alone. Kudos <EM>and</EM> sales! Would you like that, Bill? Would you? Eh? I bet you would.) It could be called <STRONG>THAT</STRONG>.<BR/><BR/>You can have that one for free.John Selfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05761816149593541133noreply@blogger.com