tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3685743483548397573.post8629552177786747237..comments2009-03-16T21:14:58.669-04:00Ink and Beanshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05925437597390817963noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3685743483548397573.post-66552144010083645082009-03-16T21:14:00.000-04:002009-03-16T21:14:00.000-04:00I was James Michener's collaborator on his South African novel, <I> The Covenant </I><BR/><BR/>I think you'll find a visit to my web archives on Michener well worth the time.<BR/><BR/>You can access it through the newest post on my blog for my online project <I> A Novel of America</I>:<BR/><BR/>http://blog.erroluys.com/<BR/><BR/>Or go directly to the archive at my website:<BR/><BR/>http://www.erroluys.com/<BR/><BR/>And, as Michener may have said, thereby lies a tale...<BR/><BR/>BTW I'm a fellow Boston writer ( Dorchester based.) All good luck to you in your writing. It sure ain't easy in our new day, bright and promising as it is!<BR/><BR/>Best,<BR/><BR/>ErrolErrol Lincoln Uyshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05546483107500998891noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3685743483548397573.post-85128349067575242372009-01-28T09:28:00.000-05:002009-01-28T09:28:00.000-05:00Here you are, going on about your painfully inadequate reading history. I read today that John Updike has died, and i've read nothing by him. I am more inadequate than you, my friend.Monicahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03620081445110803359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3685743483548397573.post-72732601156569416132009-01-26T13:00:00.000-05:002009-01-26T13:00:00.000-05:00can i pretend taht it's me? i was totally thinking the same thing... dammit.Monicahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03620081445110803359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3685743483548397573.post-68096178221582169242009-01-25T19:36:00.000-05:002009-01-25T19:36:00.000-05:00WE HAVE A WINNER!<BR/><BR/>Is that you Monica?jim cooneynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3685743483548397573.post-51728933988976590612009-01-25T18:56:00.000-05:002009-01-25T18:56:00.000-05:00dave eggers?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3685743483548397573.post-77545757387571942172009-01-25T18:09:00.000-05:002009-01-25T18:09:00.000-05:00Augusten Burroughs is a good guess, but incorrect, and a good thing too, Mr. or Ms. Anonymous, since I've no idea who I'd be giving the CD to!<BR/><BR/>Here are some clues to push this along. My old nemesis is five years younger than Burroughs, published HIS first book at age 30, and has also started his own very successful publishing house.jim cooneynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3685743483548397573.post-79598661137511247522009-01-25T07:56:00.000-05:002009-01-25T07:56:00.000-05:00dang. i'm wrong. i've wracked my brain, trying to figure it out... this is a difficult contest, James.Monicahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03620081445110803359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3685743483548397573.post-3981814145935735012009-01-25T02:16:00.000-05:002009-01-25T02:16:00.000-05:00Auguesten Burroughs... young, sucessful and lives in MA.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3685743483548397573.post-6817097907951753432009-01-24T08:50:00.000-05:002009-01-24T08:50:00.000-05:00I forgot to respond to this until now! Another great guess, but no, Chuck Palahniuk is my hero, not my nemesis. It's a thin line to walk though.jim cooneynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3685743483548397573.post-6833823384206872832009-01-14T12:43:00.000-05:002009-01-14T12:43:00.000-05:00chuck palaniuk..... is he your nemesis???<BR/><BR/><BR/>MonicaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3685743483548397573.post-63717762809567642072009-01-14T09:01:00.000-05:002009-01-14T09:01:00.000-05:00jim. Why are you doing this to me? you are forcing me to add authors to my 'list of things to read before i die'. I come to the internet to escape, sheesh.....<BR/><BR/><BR/>(jk. Thanks, jim. I went to the website about the Iowa MFA program, and just added two books to my list, authors who graduated from that program.)<BR/><BR/><BR/>MonicaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3685743483548397573.post-70635879003346836362009-01-12T22:22:00.000-05:002009-01-12T22:22:00.000-05:00Incorrect, but a good guess Matt. Mary Shelley was 19, I think, when she wrote Frankenstein? That would definitely put her in contention to be my rival --- I shudder to think how my prose sounded at 19.<BR/><BR/>ANOTHER HINT: This writer is currently alive and well.jim cooneynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3685743483548397573.post-10843292191102525022009-01-12T22:19:00.000-05:002009-01-12T22:19:00.000-05:00Holy crap, you still go see / know / are friends with Mike Barrett? My copy of Pissed in Boston is scratched to shit but somehow still plays. Old McDonald's stuttering cow is one of my go-to thoughts when I need to make myself laugh. Good times.<BR/><BR/>Also, I'll guess Mary Shelley.matt whitenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3685743483548397573.post-30218304251234330602009-01-11T22:14:00.000-05:002009-01-11T22:14:00.000-05:00My Mom introduced me to Michener when Jimmy and I were kids...I guess you missed out on the introduction, because you didn't come on vacation with us!<BR/><BR/>I don't remember where we went, but it involved a long car ride. She read <B><I>Hawaii</I></B> out loud to us while our Dad drove. <BR/><BR/>I reread it, along with some other books of his, when I was older. To this day, I still remember some passages line-for-line!<BR/><BR/>~RoseJ. Rosemary Mosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02152942205390838862noreply@blogger.com