tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2725342624231517088.post1159349241888109868..comments2023-10-30T15:13:22.680+00:00Comments on Strictly Writing: Just Post ItDThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11803989273524731892noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2725342624231517088.post-47527207847764431292009-05-05T13:17:00.000+01:002009-05-05T13:17:00.000+01:00Brilliant Caro. Unbearably accurate. You been spyi...Brilliant Caro. Unbearably accurate. You been spying on our postbox?Susannah Rickardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14533371458667245083noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2725342624231517088.post-66941169259045699222009-04-30T19:02:00.000+01:002009-04-30T19:02:00.000+01:00Fabulous!
I've sent so many off now that I have a ...Fabulous!<br />I've sent so many off now that I have a ritual!Jacqueline Christodoulou-Wardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17318598645550765618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2725342624231517088.post-42733450357705693112009-04-30T10:03:00.000+01:002009-04-30T10:03:00.000+01:00I like your advice...humorous and brutally true. ...I like your advice...humorous and brutally true. Hope one day I've finished a novel and am standing at the post box with sweat dripping down my neck in anticipation.Abstaining Irenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01835373285368541570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2725342624231517088.post-59454844696573304442009-04-29T23:10:00.000+01:002009-04-29T23:10:00.000+01:00You don't have any worries there, Caroline: the wo...You don't have any worries there, Caroline: the words and sane and writer shouldn't ever appear in the same sentence.Lydiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15580243616937466192noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2725342624231517088.post-1786399861410083012009-04-29T20:05:00.000+01:002009-04-29T20:05:00.000+01:00Phew, I'm glad you all enjoyed this. There's alway...Phew, I'm glad you all enjoyed this. There's always a danger with this kind of post that it'll turn out to be just me, and everyone else will be completely sane.Caroline Rhttp://writingandallthat.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2725342624231517088.post-86005252611945471942009-04-29T18:32:00.000+01:002009-04-29T18:32:00.000+01:00Brilliant post, Caro, thank you. So funny and all ...Brilliant post, Caro, thank you. So funny and all so true :-)Katyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15333746085472824454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2725342624231517088.post-47297538430197968852009-04-29T17:05:00.000+01:002009-04-29T17:05:00.000+01:00brilliant!!brilliant!!Poppyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01161406051315774253noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2725342624231517088.post-15226034691129097452009-04-29T15:54:00.000+01:002009-04-29T15:54:00.000+01:00Hilarious!!!!Hilarious!!!!Geraldine Ryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01575892095296317266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2725342624231517088.post-26406743161504958052009-04-29T14:50:00.000+01:002009-04-29T14:50:00.000+01:00I always use brown parcel tape to seal mine, loads...I always use brown parcel tape to seal mine, loads of it, LOL!<br /><br />I never post an A4 envelope through a postbox though, i do it over the counter, because i honestly believe if it is creased in anyway i'll be rejected. Tis sad...Administratorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13894920115299109640noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2725342624231517088.post-3096948395295451582009-04-29T14:47:00.000+01:002009-04-29T14:47:00.000+01:00So funny Caroline!!
"Elephants - maggots - how ...So funny Caroline!! <br /><br />"Elephants - maggots - how many." Hilarious and so, so true!Saranoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2725342624231517088.post-47110270946709979892009-04-29T13:47:00.000+01:002009-04-29T13:47:00.000+01:00I love this! And I can identify with the opening a...I love this! And I can identify with the opening and re-sealing envelopes just to check the SAE is there. I even re-opened one to check I'd written my name and address correctly on the SAE.<br /> I've also shredded a cover letter because I signed it in blue ink instead of black!<br /> And I always use the natural stickiness of the envelope plus a mountain of sellotape, to make sure it doesn't open in the postbag. Yes, writers are crazy.Gillian McDadehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02758782108258244355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2725342624231517088.post-68410020554613469022009-04-29T13:37:00.000+01:002009-04-29T13:37:00.000+01:00LOL, Caro, very funny!
God, some of those really ...LOL, Caro, very funny!<br /><br />God, some of those really hit home with me.<br /><br />As for the notebook bit, yes, i am always making bizarre notes and then forgetting what they are about - it is so annoying!Administratorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13894920115299109640noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2725342624231517088.post-65474879606932564342009-04-29T12:51:00.000+01:002009-04-29T12:51:00.000+01:00Oh God, Caroline - you were the person standing be...Oh God, Caroline - you were the person standing behind me at the postbox, weren't you?! I have to confess on my rounds of submissions with novel one, after a while I got so neurotic that I would only post from the post office...<br />Just in case....<br />the post box I use is no longer in use, despite its tag telling me it is, or<br />it might become a victim of a rebellious arsonist (it happens!?) or<br />I would fall prey to the one postman who thinks 'ah hah, this looks like a ms, think I'll ruin her day. So yeah, we're all mad as a box of frogs. FxFionnualahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12275984316414726884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2725342624231517088.post-52848910452265469202009-04-29T12:11:00.000+01:002009-04-29T12:11:00.000+01:00Ha! I see that submitting a mss is very similar to...Ha! I see that submitting a mss is very similar to submitting poems. My one remaining question is, why doesn't the literary world use email like everybody else?? How are we going to get published when all the post offices are finally closed?Jeannettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04734320298500005726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2725342624231517088.post-62759686619543492072009-04-29T10:02:00.000+01:002009-04-29T10:02:00.000+01:00Genuine LOL there! Brilliant stuff, Caro.
We're al...Genuine LOL there! Brilliant stuff, Caro.<br />We're all mad as snakes, us writers, aren;t we?Caroline Greenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04708248040141519582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2725342624231517088.post-4424516488704740132009-04-29T09:40:00.000+01:002009-04-29T09:40:00.000+01:00Very funny - and horribly true. I've definitely l...Very funny - and horribly true. I've definitely looked at my signature, thinking: does this look like the writing of a crazed woman, and will they guess? I remember standing at the (inevitable) Post Office queue with my full ms, thinking - 'all this time, all this worry, all this work is in this package in my arms' and feeling emotional.<br />And the whole process happens in reverse when it drops back on your mat - the scrutinising of the pages to see whether (and how far) they've been read; the translating of 'I just didn't love it enough' to mean 'but I could, if you just did one more revision'; etc. etc.<br />SusiexSusie Nott-Bowerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08428000582406338267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2725342624231517088.post-77054838730421472962009-04-29T08:26:00.000+01:002009-04-29T08:26:00.000+01:00Hilarious and painfully familiar. Brilliant post, ...Hilarious and painfully familiar. Brilliant post, Caro. I'm glad I'm not the only one that's mad.Roderic Vincenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06519267912305907364noreply@blogger.com