tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2725342624231517088.post2990139018441982866..comments2023-10-30T15:13:22.680+00:00Comments on Strictly Writing: In the spotlightDThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11803989273524731892noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2725342624231517088.post-77352396523345338362009-11-10T22:26:30.898+00:002009-11-10T22:26:30.898+00:00Great post, thanks! I love the analogy with publis...Great post, thanks! I love the analogy with publisher's rejection - yes, Lucie going does make you see that talent is sometimes thwarted. I hope lovely Lucie keeps on keeping on, just like we all must, no matter how many times we are "just not right" for whoever it is!Lydiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15580243616937466192noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2725342624231517088.post-89570236264982573782009-11-10T13:03:10.578+00:002009-11-10T13:03:10.578+00:00Well done, Paul. That must have felt pretty darned...Well done, Paul. That must have felt pretty darned good.<br /><br />And thanks, Gillian!Caroline Greenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04708248040141519582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2725342624231517088.post-50523270796871560162009-11-10T12:52:05.997+00:002009-11-10T12:52:05.997+00:00I finally shared one of my published stories with ...I finally shared one of my published stories with an old friend whose opinion I value. His response that most surprised me was that he didn't know I was a writer! How could anyone not know that about me, I wondered. And yet I think I am, too, a shy, retiring person who happens to write. (P.S. He thought the story was good and said I was a "serious" writer.)Paul Lambhttp://www.paullamb.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2725342624231517088.post-65050359577944192009-11-10T12:25:54.547+00:002009-11-10T12:25:54.547+00:00Love the post, Caroline. Go Jedward! Great mention...Love the post, Caroline. Go Jedward! Great mention of Emily's book too!Gillian McDadehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02758782108258244355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2725342624231517088.post-1697377006879777692009-11-10T11:26:07.759+00:002009-11-10T11:26:07.759+00:00Can't really take credit for SiCo - I think Co...Can't really take credit for SiCo - I think Cowell's company is called SyCo, or something!<br />SusiexSusie Nott-Bowerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08428000582406338267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2725342624231517088.post-72284460433789166762009-11-10T11:18:08.366+00:002009-11-10T11:18:08.366+00:00Now you see all these references to Lloyd and Chic...Now you see all these references to Lloyd and Chico are lost on me! I'd never seen it before this series. But I think I can take a guess and say you will NOT be the Lloyd...<br />Susie, I also think 'SiCo' is brilliant!Caroline Greenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04708248040141519582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2725342624231517088.post-72726100840808562682009-11-10T11:08:40.239+00:002009-11-10T11:08:40.239+00:00Caroline...clearly I enjoyed your post (thanks for...Caroline...clearly I enjoyed your post (thanks for the plug!) and I think you're right to draw this comparison - SiCo (love it, Susie) et al are the equivalent of the "gatekeepers" to the publishing world, but it's the public who do the voting just as it's the public who do the book buying...meanwhile poor Jedward/Dan Brown get a huge bashing but walk away with zillions...though in this case I suspect that Jedward will walk away with tuppence or so, like that strange brother-sister act who have surely now been demoted to panto...? Yes, it's a farce, but it's a bloody entertaining farce. I just hope my book isn't the Lloyd of the competition...(sorry, Lloyd).E.G.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04739450222683170149noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2725342624231517088.post-54600531025008071842009-11-10T10:39:08.144+00:002009-11-10T10:39:08.144+00:00Great post, Caroline. This is why I prefer Strict...Great post, Caroline. This is why I prefer Strictly (both Strictlies!) to the X Factor, though I do watch it a bit. I think the whole JedWard thing is an Emperor's New Clothes scenario, and SiCo is playing it very cleverly. There's nothing different about these two except that they are twins and are pretty. But if enough fuss is made about something, people will begin to take notice. I s'pose that could be said of the writing business too - Dan Brown?? <br />Love the analogy between X Factor and subbing - on BBC Radio Oxford's series of writing for publication, someone said that there were two 'x factors' which make an agent read on: voice and confidence. And I think confidence is really important.<br />SusiexSusie Nott-Bowerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08428000582406338267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2725342624231517088.post-81953512662660554792009-11-10T10:20:30.370+00:002009-11-10T10:20:30.370+00:00The thing is, no-one I know or have heard talking ...The thing is, no-one I know or have heard talking about it even likes Jedward, so who the heck is voting for them???<br /><br />Great post though - my novel's out there at the moment so I'm waiting for my own 'you're fired' moment! Although that's another show altogether ...Karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05986874444030474719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2725342624231517088.post-27323763523675288702009-11-10T10:08:13.032+00:002009-11-10T10:08:13.032+00:00Well, you're talking to someone who loved Chic...Well, you're talking to someone who loved Chico, so maybe i'm not the best person to comment:)<br /><br />Hey, it's Chico Time...<br /><br />:)Administratorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13894920115299109640noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2725342624231517088.post-59968110327535205852009-11-10T09:50:28.076+00:002009-11-10T09:50:28.076+00:00Should have been clearer there...I meant my boy wa...Should have been clearer there...I meant my boy was cheering just before Simon Cowell's sneaky decision...Caroline Greenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04708248040141519582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2725342624231517088.post-25525435475027947702009-11-10T09:49:37.940+00:002009-11-10T09:49:37.940+00:00Fionnuala, do it! Light that touch paper!
Sam, my...Fionnuala, do it! Light that touch paper!<br /><br />Sam, my son and all his mates can't stand J&E...when it came to the final vote, he was bouncing on the chair shouting, 'John and Edward are going HOME!'<br />But I see what you mean about being the Katie Price of singing. Although it is a bit depressing when this stuff succeeds at the expense of quality.<br />Great point about the age difference, Geri...Caroline Greenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04708248040141519582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2725342624231517088.post-53594391129903213032009-11-10T09:19:17.959+00:002009-11-10T09:19:17.959+00:00Oooh, I dare not say anything for fear of igniting...Oooh, I dare not say anything for fear of igniting a fierce x factor debate... <br />I vowed on Sat night never to watch the show again as I feel very strongly it has always been penned a 'singing competition' looking for the next big 'recording artist' <br />They are now sending mixed messages to those that have watched for years and I for one am voting with my fingers.<br />That said, this post is so true. I speak as someone who's in submission mode which of course, put another way, means steel yourself for some rejection mode.Fionnualahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12275984316414726884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2725342624231517088.post-64688416671505062402009-11-10T09:04:47.022+00:002009-11-10T09:04:47.022+00:00I dunno, i can understand why Lucie went off. Peop...I dunno, i can understand why Lucie went off. People sometimes forget this programme is called the X FActor, not the Singing FActor - and Jon and Edward, like it or not, for the kids are entertaining and have something about them. Something different.<br /><br />It's the same with books. One can be beautifully , skilfully written, but it's got to have that magic ingredient we'd all like to get our hands on, to sell.<br /><br />Jon and Edward are simply the Katie Price of the singing world. Simon's not stupid. Why do you think he's got so much money?<br /><br />Great post!Administratorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13894920115299109640noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2725342624231517088.post-73810393292925104342009-11-10T08:42:55.522+00:002009-11-10T08:42:55.522+00:00Great post, Caroline! I switched off the X-Factor...Great post, Caroline! I switched off the X-Factor for the first time ever since for my mind, the whole contest had turned into a farce the previous week with the voting off of the first girl in the competition.<br /><br />You can never overestimate the British public when it comes to taste, as they say, and they have confounded even my expectations on this one. <br /><br />I hope it backfires on Cowell and others stop watching too now they have such blatant proof of his Machiavellism.<br /><br />The difference between writers being rejected and these kids, apart from it being in done in public with them, is also their tender age. I hope that we can take it more easily as we grow older. But a rejection so early in life is much harder to take.Geraldine Ryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01575892095296317266noreply@blogger.com