Comments on: And No. 2 Wins http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2005/07/25/and-no-2-wins/ writing, reading, eating, drinking, sport Thu, 17 May 2012 20:45:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Justine http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2005/07/25/and-no-2-wins/comment-page-1/#comment-509 Justine Wed, 27 Jul 2005 16:53:59 +0000 http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/?p=101#comment-509 Patrick: I'm an ex-historian. The very suggestion of making things up (in a non-fiction genre) makes my blood run cold. The utter, utter horror! But how do you know when it's "late in life"? What if you publish the memoir at 90 but then manage to live to 115? And those last 25 years are spent fighting it out in court rooms, getting broker and broker, eventually being forced to reside in a paper box under the court room stairs. I repeat: the utter, utter horror! Patrick: I’m an ex-historian. The very suggestion of making things up (in a non-fiction genre) makes my blood run cold. The utter, utter horror!

But how do you know when it’s “late in life”? What if you publish the memoir at 90 but then manage to live to 115? And those last 25 years are spent fighting it out in court rooms, getting broker and broker, eventually being forced to reside in a paper box under the court room stairs. I repeat: the utter, utter horror!

]]> By: Patrick Nielsen Hayden http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2005/07/25/and-no-2-wins/comment-page-1/#comment-505 Patrick Nielsen Hayden Wed, 27 Jul 2005 11:57:12 +0000 http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/?p=101#comment-505 <em>"Memoirs are hard work. You have to remember stuff"</em> Who said anything about remembering? Make it up! <em>"and inadvertantly and advertantly (is that a word?) offend people, and get sued, hire lawyers, and, argh"</em> That's where the "late in life" part comes in particularly handy. “Memoirs are hard work. You have to remember stuff”

Who said anything about remembering? Make it up!

“and inadvertantly and advertantly (is that a word?) offend people, and get sued, hire lawyers, and, argh”

That’s where the “late in life” part comes in particularly handy.

]]> By: Justine http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2005/07/25/and-no-2-wins/comment-page-1/#comment-502 Justine Wed, 27 Jul 2005 00:16:53 +0000 http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/?p=101#comment-502 Roger: Well, of course, any memoir of mine would be fabulous. What could be more riveting than the life of an ex-academic writer? You're not a Georgette Heyer fan, are you? Roger: Well, of course, any memoir of mine would be fabulous. What could be more riveting than the life of an ex-academic writer?

You’re not a Georgette Heyer fan, are you?

]]> By: jason erik lundberg http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2005/07/25/and-no-2-wins/comment-page-1/#comment-501 jason erik lundberg Tue, 26 Jul 2005 00:40:41 +0000 http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/?p=101#comment-501 I'm late to the party, but I belatedly agree with the second option as well. Though being a publisher, I wouldn't mind seeing who typeset the book, and copyedited it, and all that stuff, because those folks never get mentioned, and they do a helluva lot of work. I’m late to the party, but I belatedly agree with the second option as well. Though being a publisher, I wouldn’t mind seeing who typeset the book, and copyedited it, and all that stuff, because those folks never get mentioned, and they do a helluva lot of work.

]]> By: Roger http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2005/07/25/and-no-2-wins/comment-page-1/#comment-500 Roger Mon, 25 Jul 2005 16:08:44 +0000 http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/?p=101#comment-500 It sounds like you accept that your memoir would be "flamboyantly magnificent"! Coming it a bit strong, eh? It sounds like you accept that your memoir would be “flamboyantly magnificent”! Coming it a bit strong, eh?

]]> By: Roger http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2005/07/25/and-no-2-wins/comment-page-1/#comment-499 Roger Mon, 25 Jul 2005 16:01:10 +0000 http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/?p=101#comment-499 Books are written by ghosts? Surely not! Books are written by ghosts? Surely not!

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