tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post8372246756464695543..comments2024-03-29T10:24:43.685-04:00Comments on SleuthSayers: AlbuquotesLeigh Lundinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07921276795499571578noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-50631703883903069092022-05-19T11:27:40.232-04:002022-05-19T11:27:40.232-04:00I have also been warned against searching for &quo...I have also been warned against searching for "china dolls."<br />Robert Loprestihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08844889305615182897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-35253418342343134842022-05-18T22:49:25.956-04:002022-05-18T22:49:25.956-04:00Great wisdom. And no, I'm not touching "n...Great wisdom. And no, I'm not touching "nun's underwear." When I was first writing, I had a story with a young woman of Russian descent. She needed a name, obviously, so Innocent Me googled "Russian girl names." Don't do this. Bob Mangeothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07888391367916922601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-55656825582615338502022-05-18T21:56:52.620-04:002022-05-18T21:56:52.620-04:00McPherson is a hoot. Worth reading and worth lis...McPherson is a hoot. Worth reading and worth listening to. The line about the Wind in the Willows was clearly ad libbed based on an interviewer's question. Wonderful.Robert Loprestihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08844889305615182897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-68504179371623595652022-05-18T21:29:04.923-04:002022-05-18T21:29:04.923-04:00>Don't Google nun's underwear."
B...><i>Don't Google nun's underwear."</i><br /><br />But of courseā¦<br /><br />Catriona McPherson sounds like a trip. I'd love to meet her.<br /><br />><i>I spent my first Bouchercon behind a potted plant.</i><br /><br />I can understand that.<br /><br />><i>It's quite easy to work out who the mole is in Wind in the Willows.</i><br /><br />Oh Pooh. That's brilliant.Leigh Lundinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07921276795499571578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-11351529728393414572022-05-18T17:03:23.459-04:002022-05-18T17:03:23.459-04:00The learned men at Oxford
Know all that there is t...The learned men at Oxford<br />Know all that there is to be knowed.<br />But none of them know one-half as much<br />As intelligent Mr. Toad ... (love <i>The Wind In The Willows</i>)Elizabeth Dearbornhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14714209544959819305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-75747132692314234782022-05-18T15:49:45.107-04:002022-05-18T15:49:45.107-04:00How many people do you suppose immediately went to...How many people do you suppose immediately went to a computer and googled "nun's underwear"? (I swear--I did not.)Don Coffinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07198988872512792834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-27905808342819471732022-05-18T15:42:41.375-04:002022-05-18T15:42:41.375-04:00""What the reader wants is not always wh...""What the reader wants is not always what the reader needs." -Glen Erik Hamilton"<br /><br />"You can't always get what you want<br />But if you try sometime you'll find<br />You get what you need"<br />Mick JaggerDon Coffinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07198988872512792834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-32377960891106649172022-05-18T12:04:27.691-04:002022-05-18T12:04:27.691-04:00Some great quotes!
"If I could I would write ...Some great quotes!<br />"If I could I would write an entire book with a group of people locked in a room being unpleasant." - Mick Herron <br />Well, that one's already been done as a play: "No Exit" by Sartre. And I think Agatha Christie's "Ten Little Indians" comes very, very, very close to meeting the standard - does an island count as a locked room?<br />Eve Fisherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03015761600962360110noreply@blogger.com