tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1078357011397157919.post89164872963103467..comments2024-03-25T22:43:21.934-07:00Comments on Justine Picardie: Getting ahead of the plot...Justine Picardiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16957669049699860596noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1078357011397157919.post-68747984463439327762008-08-14T06:23:00.000-07:002008-08-14T06:23:00.000-07:00Hi Justine from America,Let me introduce my self. ...Hi Justine from America,<BR/>Let me introduce my self. My name is Susan from Myrtle Beach, SC.<BR/>I run 2 book club and I have 2 reading blogs. I stumbled across your book Daphne a couple days ago. Some authors and publcists have stumbled across my blog and asked me to review and post reviews on their books. Well I could not wait so I am contacted you instead. This is another (blogging) to get the word out about books. Bloggers link up with other bloggers. If you would like to visit my blog it is 38thavedivareaders.blogspot.com and my email is bookmark60@hotmail.com.<BR/>If you are interested please reply.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for your attention,<BR/>Good luck with your book, which I alway like gothic type books especially when it deals with Rebecca.<BR/>Hope to hear from you soon.<BR/><BR/>Susan Curtis <BR/>520 32nd Ave, N Unit F<BR/>Myrtle Beach, SC 29577Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10212119768302432216noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1078357011397157919.post-90806467304487830612008-07-23T04:51:00.000-07:002008-07-23T04:51:00.000-07:00Terrific post, Justine. I wish I lived in the UK I...Terrific post, Justine. I wish I lived in the UK I would phone Henri. Are you considering doing a book on her? That would be brilliant! Hope you are feeling a bit lighter.Josephine Tale Peddlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16431330956687490112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1078357011397157919.post-3501898132895872452008-07-12T11:41:00.000-07:002008-07-12T11:41:00.000-07:00Intriguing indeed.Intriguing indeed.Anil Phttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02422187314611747278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1078357011397157919.post-77960942491384047792008-07-09T16:39:00.000-07:002008-07-09T16:39:00.000-07:00Jan -- I'm really glad you liked "My Mother's Wedd...Jan -- I'm really glad you liked "My Mother's Wedding Dress". I don't think Daphne is a dip-in book in the same way, but I hope you enjoy it. (It's more of a full-on submersion!)<BR/>Helen -- thanks for your comment. And thank you everyone, in fact, for dragging me back to the surface.Justine Picardiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16957669049699860596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1078357011397157919.post-74089971444042815592008-07-09T13:21:00.000-07:002008-07-09T13:21:00.000-07:00What a fascinating post! A psychic astrologer soun...What a fascinating post! A psychic astrologer sounds like a fab idea.HelenMWaltershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16182100572365505905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1078357011397157919.post-74798070971414344562008-07-09T06:35:00.000-07:002008-07-09T06:35:00.000-07:00I read your juicy "My mother's wedding dress" a bi...I read your juicy "My mother's wedding dress" a bit ago; I enjoyed it hugely. <BR/>I love " dip in" books... ones which are also supremely satisfying and also with much to recognise..<BR/>As yet, I haven't read "Daphne" but look forward to it.Janhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08627338108089464863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1078357011397157919.post-27743202002907140452008-07-09T05:06:00.000-07:002008-07-09T05:06:00.000-07:00Yes, PL Travers from Australia, one of those ladie...Yes, PL Travers from Australia, one of those ladies that re-invented herself as she went, though I think she died in England...anyway, her story well told in the bio - Out of the Sky She fellAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1078357011397157919.post-59043173561229716102008-07-09T02:45:00.000-07:002008-07-09T02:45:00.000-07:00I hate marmite - so perhaps I wouldn't be able to ...I hate marmite - so perhaps I wouldn't be able to bring my rain giving powers to the land of Aus.<BR/>Also - no, people in Prague weren't pulling your leg. I was there one christmas, and when it rained it turned to ice on the ground. Wasn't fun getting home that night.<BR/>- Justine, did she really? Well, that's two interesting things I've learned this morning. (The other coming from DGR's blog is that horses cant vomit or belch ....)GlassCurlshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07006992143355408956noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1078357011397157919.post-79690317987542715452008-07-09T02:31:00.000-07:002008-07-09T02:31:00.000-07:00I was always very impressed by the fact that P.L T...I was always very impressed by the fact that P.L Travers came from Australia.Justine Picardiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16957669049699860596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1078357011397157919.post-34739061854014319112008-07-08T22:13:00.000-07:002008-07-08T22:13:00.000-07:00Do come by all means ( though boat apparently is t...Do come by all means ( though boat apparently is the worst way to come I have heard) though you may want to prepare your palate by eating vegemite ( superior to marmite!), stock up on SPF 30 and practice your 'strine' ( affection term used to describe Aussie vernacular) by re-watching Steve Irwin video's, it is only then we let visitors through the border :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1078357011397157919.post-86279763603906760792008-07-08T06:16:00.000-07:002008-07-08T06:16:00.000-07:00I'm up for it - as long as I can come back by boat...I'm up for it - as long as I can come back by boat!GlassCurlshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07006992143355408956noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1078357011397157919.post-20332882725204167342008-07-08T05:58:00.000-07:002008-07-08T05:58:00.000-07:00Time to plan that emigration to Australia. Perhaps...Time to plan that emigration to Australia. Perhaps Oxford Reader could end the drought there with a quick trip over?Justine Picardiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16957669049699860596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1078357011397157919.post-30848902970576262392008-07-08T01:55:00.000-07:002008-07-08T01:55:00.000-07:00well, it is sunny galore here ( though further inl...well, it is sunny galore here ( though further inland could do with the rain that is for sure, the drought makes every thing dust coloured) here by the coast, it is sunny and dazzling, as most winters are - though I think I shall have to crack out a jumper with the winter temperature expected at 14 degrees - there was a full page about how chilly that is in the newspaper...best winters in the world here in Australia ( the worst I would have to say Prague...was there one Winter and at minus 15 some of the locals were saying how unseasonably warm it was, it should have been at least -30 one of them told me ( unless the were pulling my leg)...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1078357011397157919.post-15469712161514766732008-07-08T01:02:00.000-07:002008-07-08T01:02:00.000-07:00Also re your comment on rain, I think it's linked ...Also re your comment on rain, I think it's linked to me... The moment I stepped out of a building yesterday it chucked it down. Looking at the weather forecast for Dartington, I'm wondering if I should just stay away, because clearly, where I go the rain follows (you need only look at the track record of your events where I showed up to see the truth Justine!!!)GlassCurlshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07006992143355408956noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1078357011397157919.post-84811241655097704182008-07-08T00:56:00.000-07:002008-07-08T00:56:00.000-07:00Thank you for that really interesting article, Jus...Thank you for that really interesting article, Justine. It's really interesting to hear more about Henri's work, and her ties with your book.<BR/>Hope you're feeling better, and also want to say that I love that mirror!GlassCurlshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07006992143355408956noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1078357011397157919.post-87503785585688655992008-07-08T00:40:00.000-07:002008-07-08T00:40:00.000-07:00Sadly, there is little sign of English sunshine --...Sadly, there is little sign of English sunshine -- we have had torrential rain, and the weather forecast is gloomy. Ho hum.Justine Picardiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16957669049699860596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1078357011397157919.post-51137315360598190832008-07-07T19:11:00.000-07:002008-07-07T19:11:00.000-07:00thanks for posting Justine, have missed your posts...thanks for posting Justine, have missed your posts and Henri's so nice to have a 'double bunger' ( a type of double firework her in Australia just in case the vernacular doesn't translate) in this facinating post. I know there is a book in Henri...maybe she has been busy writing away in the English sunshine ( or having writers and the like seek her council...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com