tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092805684169371138.post5393136576171813086..comments2023-08-27T04:22:55.468-07:00Comments on The Literary Lab: I Have a Lot of Reading to DoUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger35125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092805684169371138.post-37386650413200914552012-02-22T10:06:56.811-08:002012-02-22T10:06:56.811-08:00He looked like the kind of guy who's read Kero...He looked like the kind of guy who's read Kerouac, but he didn't look like he'd think my joke was funny. He had a Very Serious Moustache.scott g.f.baileyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05726743149139510832noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092805684169371138.post-43346940465951181242012-02-22T08:08:19.568-08:002012-02-22T08:08:19.568-08:00I am very interested in seeing who he'll cast ...I am very interested in seeing who he'll cast as the Judge.Cynthia Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14595677706434920552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092805684169371138.post-16324431809749988362012-02-21T20:09:11.515-08:002012-02-21T20:09:11.515-08:00Did you share with him what Moby Dick could be had...Did you share with him what Moby Dick could be had it been written by some other author?Yat-Yeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04028075516122778317noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092805684169371138.post-69319994954142132192012-02-21T19:54:13.411-08:002012-02-21T19:54:13.411-08:00Guy on the bus ride home tonight was reading Moby-...Guy on the bus ride home tonight was reading <i>Moby-Dick</i>. The Melville version.scott g.f.baileyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05726743149139510832noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092805684169371138.post-34891146340234927352012-02-21T15:14:56.694-08:002012-02-21T15:14:56.694-08:00YES!YES!Alex MacKenziehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14121919349442258779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092805684169371138.post-16398939458850656012012-02-21T15:03:17.986-08:002012-02-21T15:03:17.986-08:00It's great fun! Thank you, Scott. There is som...It's great fun! Thank you, Scott. There is something fascinating about this, and I feel like if I read your paragraphs enough times I'll learn something.Davin Malasarnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09385823575081492949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092805684169371138.post-24332188800199861632012-02-21T14:57:46.120-08:002012-02-21T14:57:46.120-08:00Five people on Earth will get this one, but here y...Five people on Earth will get this one, but here you are:<br /><br /><i>Today Hope wore a blue dress and a pale pink collared blouse and a string necklace with some paste jewel hanging from it. Cocke took one step toward her before stopping. He backed away and watched her climb into a wagon. The wagon was driven away and Cocke followed it down the street until it disappeared. Then he kept walking until he passed the front of her house. She had gone inside. A lamp was lit in the kitchen, but he couldn’t catch sight of anyone there. He passed without stopping and then he circled the block and went home. <br /><br />Bull was butchering a chicken. He ran his knife along the breastbone and carved out a glistening section of meat. He wore an apron with a knot tied tightly above his tailbone.<br /><br />"I’m not so hungry today," Cocke said.<br /><br />"Don’t tell me that, John. I had a surprise for you. It’s fresh. Clockshott brought it over from the farm and I just killed it a moment ago." He turned to John and John saw the blood staining Bull's hands. "Are you feeling sick?"<br /><br />"Yes, I think maybe."<br /><br />Bull washed his hands and shook them clean and shuffled over to Cocke. He placed one hand on John's forehead. "You don’t feel hot. Have you been drinking?"</i><br /><br />Now I have to stop playing and do some serious work at work.scott g.f.baileyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05726743149139510832noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092805684169371138.post-11863687142762648392012-02-21T14:54:00.212-08:002012-02-21T14:54:00.212-08:00What a smart answer. What a safe and smart answer....What a smart answer. What a safe and smart answer.Davin Malasarnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09385823575081492949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092805684169371138.post-70239007333455478762012-02-21T14:52:51.742-08:002012-02-21T14:52:51.742-08:00Would there be a difference?Would there be a difference?scott g.f.baileyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05726743149139510832noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092805684169371138.post-3788529487543440422012-02-21T14:31:02.914-08:002012-02-21T14:31:02.914-08:00What if Davin Malasarn wrote Cocke & Bull! :)What if Davin Malasarn wrote Cocke & Bull! :)Davin Malasarnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09385823575081492949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092805684169371138.post-82822785196967224252012-02-21T14:26:41.147-08:002012-02-21T14:26:41.147-08:00Parlor trick or not, it's making my day.
So ...Parlor trick or not, it's making my day. <br /><br />So glad you left the sparkling hand in. And mentioned it twice in case I forget that he sparkles.Yat-Yeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04028075516122778317noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092805684169371138.post-23784153468542879972012-02-21T14:24:11.503-08:002012-02-21T14:24:11.503-08:00What if Virginia Woolf wrote Old Man and the Sea?What if Virginia Woolf wrote Old Man and the Sea?Davin Malasarnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09385823575081492949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092805684169371138.post-90330251302627479052012-02-21T14:19:50.318-08:002012-02-21T14:19:50.318-08:00This is just an easy parlor trick, you know. But h...This is just an easy parlor trick, you know. But here' goes, <i>Twilight</i> by Ernest Hemingway:<br /><br /><i>She has a great neck and I must convince her, Cullen thought. I must never let her learn her strength nor what she could do if she made her run. If I were her I would put in everything in my mother's car now and go until something broke. But, thank God, they are not as intelligent as we who kill them; although they are more noble and more able.<br /><br />The old vampire had seen many great necks. He had seen many that were softer than silk and more delicious than pure water and he had caught two of that type in his afterlife, but never alone. Now alone, and out of sight of his family, he was fast to the softest flesh that he had ever seen and dimmer than he had ever heard of, and his sparkling left hand was still as tight as the gripped claws of an eagle.<br /><br />I wonder why she jumped, the old vampire thought. She jumped almost as though to show me how shy she was. I know now, anyway, Cullen thought. I wish I could show her what sort of creature I am. But then she would see the sparkling hand. Let her think I am more man than I am and I will be so. I wish I was the girl, he thought, with everything she has against only my will and my intelligence. That would be a good time. Video games are harder than they look.</i>scott g.f.baileyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05726743149139510832noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092805684169371138.post-46270585023235073742012-02-21T14:09:51.957-08:002012-02-21T14:09:51.957-08:00Ernest Hemingway writing The Corrections. Or Twili...Ernest Hemingway writing The Corrections. Or Twilight.Yat-Yeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04028075516122778317noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092805684169371138.post-16135274620622116982012-02-21T14:08:08.495-08:002012-02-21T14:08:08.495-08:00Brilliant.Brilliant.Yat-Yeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04028075516122778317noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092805684169371138.post-87479600494997508622012-02-21T13:46:41.302-08:002012-02-21T13:46:41.302-08:00and tonight they missed the boat at Eternity the c...<i>and tonight they missed the boat at Eternity the cook going about in the kitchen with his lamp and O that awful deepred torrent O and the heart the tiles crimson sometimes like fire and the glorious old sunsets and the balls in the grand ballroom yes and all the queer little guests and pink and blue and yellow dresses and the bad children and the drowned women and the matre d'hotel and knives and Stanhope as her a bad girl where I was a king of the mountain yes when I put the rope in my hand like the master of the girls used or shall I see red yes and how he killed her under the Moorish wallpaper and I thought well as well her as another and then I asked her with my eyes to ask again yes and all work and yes makes Jack a dull boy and then he asked me would I yes to correct them like he did his daughters yes my sharp axe and first I put my hands on her yes and drew her down to me so she could feel my breath all death and vengeance yes and her heart was going like mad and yes I said yes I will Yes.</i>scott g.f.baileyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05726743149139510832noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092805684169371138.post-4417526729702583672012-02-21T13:02:39.695-08:002012-02-21T13:02:39.695-08:00What if James Joyce had written "The Shining&...What if James Joyce had written "The Shining"?Alex MacKenziehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14121919349442258779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092805684169371138.post-6995924790226570632012-02-21T12:50:41.853-08:002012-02-21T12:50:41.853-08:00I think we should throw random titles and authors ...I think we should throw random titles and authors at Scott and make him come up with a paragraph.Yat-Yeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04028075516122778317noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092805684169371138.post-89757967879462738722012-02-21T12:49:52.738-08:002012-02-21T12:49:52.738-08:00I'm reading "Island Years" (c.1940) ...I'm reading "Island Years" (c.1940) by F.Fraser Darling, about several years he (and his plucky wife and lucky young son) spent on remote, uninhabited isles off Scotland where he studied birds. They lived in tents in the Spring/Summer, and in crude huts in Autumn/Winter. No plumbing. No electricity. Boat travel to/from the mainland to get supplies was often treacherous. They kept goats and chickens. They had no way to contact anyone in the event of an emergency. It rained a lot. According to F.Fraser, they had a wonderful time.<br /><br />I'm not writing. I'm painting, though!<br /><br />-Alex MacKenzieAlex MacKenziehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14121919349442258779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092805684169371138.post-83325857548232659342012-02-21T12:42:09.354-08:002012-02-21T12:42:09.354-08:00That's called job security Scott. O wait; you...That's called job security Scott. O wait; you're not getting paid. Well, at least you're not bored . .<br /><br />I'm reading and writing too many things at once right now.<br /><br />........dholedolorahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08715849844092553699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092805684169371138.post-72644842226966954762012-02-21T12:24:44.898-08:002012-02-21T12:24:44.898-08:00I made it all the way through Blood Meridian my fi...I made it all the way through Blood Meridian my first try, but at times it was a struggle. It wasn't the violence that got me, I can deal with graphic violence; there were parts of the narrative that made me question what the heck was going on. Perhaps it was the density of the prose, or I may have been tired or a little stupid, as I am liable to be from time to time. I've considered re-reading it, but I think I'd rather re-read Suttree, which was much more enjoyable. <br /><br />I don't think they will be able to make a serviceable movie out of Blood Meridian. Now that McCarthy's turned in an original screenplay ("The Counselor" will be a movie about a lawyer who turns to drug dealing on the side. Little else is known about the story, but my guess it that it The Counselor will find redemption, hope and happiness in true McCarthy style, i.e. via bloodshed and mayhem) I think any film options for Blood Meridian will have to ride it out a few more years. <br /><br />Ridley Scott (Blade Runner, Alien, Black Hawk Down, Thelma & Louise...man, that's one eclectic resume) is set to direct.Rick Daleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05173516899130463413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092805684169371138.post-73862783832395521002012-02-21T11:37:04.053-08:002012-02-21T11:37:04.053-08:00Haha! I'm glad I'm not alone. :)Haha! I'm glad I'm not alone. :)Cynthia Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14595677706434920552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092805684169371138.post-24673257870734948492012-02-21T11:34:08.922-08:002012-02-21T11:34:08.922-08:00I loved Anna Karenina! And all of Jack Kerouac. I ...I loved Anna Karenina! And all of Jack Kerouac. I think I just like all books in general. I just finished The Pregnant Widow by Martin Amis, and now I'm reading Beijing Coma by Ma Jian. <br /><br />I'm about a third of way (planned anyway) of the first draft of a literary fiction novel, but I have a ton of little projects that have a higher priority, so not much writing is actually getting done at the moment...Aimée Jodoinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10064718577605753502noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092805684169371138.post-59663987089939681052012-02-21T11:04:06.598-08:002012-02-21T11:04:06.598-08:00I mean 1,100 pages in the series, just to clarify....I mean 1,100 pages in the series, just to clarify...Rick Daleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05173516899130463413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092805684169371138.post-76105075354678062742012-02-21T11:03:36.967-08:002012-02-21T11:03:36.967-08:00I'm about halfway through Harry Potter and the...I'm about halfway through Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. A quick calculation says I have 1,100 pages left, and I'm looking forward to it. This series is just plain fun to read.<br /><br />On my writing side, I've approved draft illustrations for my kids' book, RUDY TOOT-TOOT, which I should be able to publish this spring. Once i get the color illustrations in I'll work on the interior design, that should be a fun task.<br /><br />I'm 45,000 words (approximately halfway) into the first draft of my next novel EARTH'S END, an end of the world satire where God has decided the Earth's time is up, but can't decide how to end the world so he comes down and hires a consultant. Satan is none too pleased, as the contracts he has out on nearly half a billion living souls will go void if there is an apocalyptic event, so he's trying to collect as many souls as he can before the big event. This one is definitely not a kids' book.Rick Daleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05173516899130463413noreply@blogger.com