tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-667348909154981284.post8474361458928661024..comments2024-03-20T06:55:57.193-07:00Comments on Born to Blog by Beth Kaplan: Jeopardy and the blog as a bookbethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09122791819498272634noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-667348909154981284.post-54550175963002269882022-05-09T15:26:50.408-07:002022-05-09T15:26:50.408-07:00Theresa! You're not interchangeable with Ian B...Theresa! You're not interchangeable with Ian Brown! He's a good writer, but you are a marvellous writer with a unique POV. Maybe there's still something there. In the meantime, I must order "Blue Portugal". bethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09122791819498272634noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-667348909154981284.post-27802551836023360202022-05-09T12:41:29.476-07:002022-05-09T12:41:29.476-07:00I remember going through my blog for the year I tu...I remember going through my blog for the year I turned 60, thinking that it was a pivotal time for me in so many ways. I extracted entries and sort of made them into a manuscript because I'd been asked for a non-fiction book. I offered the publisher that one and a collection of essays, Euclid's Orchard, which she took, though she also liked the other one. But around the same time, Ian Brown's book, 60, came out and I thought, oh, who wants another...theresahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07355671143795562822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-667348909154981284.post-39094081697835746072022-05-08T19:23:50.109-07:002022-05-08T19:23:50.109-07:00I did create a book called "Yours Truly: a bo...I did create a book called "Yours Truly: a book of the blog," a collection and arrangement of posts from 2007-2009. There was an arc - beginning the blog, launching my first book, getting ready for my five months in France, the trip itself, coming home. I rearranged posts so there was a journey. But I didn't release the book into the world, really; there are boxes in the basement. My mother loved it. bethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09122791819498272634noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-667348909154981284.post-6845955932092719722022-05-08T16:08:26.519-07:002022-05-08T16:08:26.519-07:00Sometimes I do wonder about repurposing (if that&#...Sometimes I do wonder about repurposing (if that's the word) some of my posts over the years. But yikes, where to begin. Somehow it seems more true to collect everything, as you have, and keep it in a print form.theresahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07355671143795562822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-667348909154981284.post-75436881838028988952022-05-08T07:49:51.575-07:002022-05-08T07:49:51.575-07:00Theresa, it would not have occurred to me, but it ...Theresa, it would not have occurred to me, but it did to my friend JM. He has his own online business and website and has an assistant in New Delhi who did the work of rearranging 14 years of blog posts, no small task. As I said, a million and a quarter words just for ten years, now another seven to go, and I've been writing more latterly than at the blog's start. But yes, was able to show the grandkids yesterday that they're in the book, their pictures, stories about them. I don't know what will happen to these fat books over time but I'm glad they're in the world. An idea for you and your gorgeous blog. bethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09122791819498272634noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-667348909154981284.post-43819875159990364232022-05-07T08:17:24.071-07:002022-05-07T08:17:24.071-07:00What an extraordinary thing -- making a book of yo...What an extraordinary thing -- making a book of your blog. I'm impressed! It seems so wasteful somehow to think of all the years of thinking and recording going into thin air (if somehow our technologies fail) and now you (and posterity) will have an excellent record of your time and place.theresahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07355671143795562822noreply@blogger.com