tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5888062989539166264.post2944968230490663918..comments2024-01-14T08:50:45.677+00:00Comments on The Richard Madeley Appreciation Society: My Friend The BloggerUncle Dick Madeleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01124053234469634414noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5888062989539166264.post-54936468309601452682008-04-02T18:21:00.000+01:002008-04-02T18:21:00.000+01:00I say that I didn't believe in the books they publ...<I>I say that I didn't believe in the books they published. He admits that he too had doubts: that if they could publish 'those' books, was his own any better?</I><BR/><BR/>A longing to be supreme cannot be a failing. <BR/><BR/>Writers are the conscience of humanity. That has often been said. They produce an image of life that is mesmerizing, often beautiful, sometimes surprising, and occasionally profound or even enigmatic. Everything in their art is a matter of inspiration. Be it substance or appearances, intellectual posturing, semantic tinsel, vanity or romantic intrigue, and everything, finally, is arbitrated by artistic ingenuity. <BR/><BR/>Writers are the seed of future man! <BR/><BR/>So much for the idealism! But the sordid truth of the matter is quite different, when the ethical life of an entire community has at length been resolved into a parody of itself by the increasing monopoly of commercial mediocrities in positions of absolute power...<BR/><BR/>Hence, writers must be survivors!<BR/><BR/>DreamySelena Dreamyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11629908887644614404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5888062989539166264.post-82479690932238325772008-04-02T16:49:00.000+01:002008-04-02T16:49:00.000+01:00I do understand this all - I would like to make a ...I do understand this all - I would like to make a living writing as well. But I have never been brought to the brink like you describe only knocked back at the first hurdle.... which is depressing enough, but I cannot imagine how much this one must have hurt. Have you thought of lulu.com?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5888062989539166264.post-10992607022588331272008-04-02T08:12:00.000+01:002008-04-02T08:12:00.000+01:00Your friend is a victim of a publshing industry wh...Your friend is a victim of a publshing industry which is run by Waterstone's and is, therefore, a craven and terrified producer of all that is safe and dull and seldom funny. Tell him to stick with it. It is a moral way to live.Bryan Appleyardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08276787058430388582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5888062989539166264.post-16020607263225220302008-04-02T00:58:00.000+01:002008-04-02T00:58:00.000+01:00I would be writing that chipper letter to a lawyer...I would be writing that chipper letter to a lawyer. At the very least they need to release his book so he can find another publisher.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5888062989539166264.post-54282286730615532272008-04-02T00:02:00.000+01:002008-04-02T00:02:00.000+01:00Elberry, I'm sure my friend is heartened. Unfortun...Elberry, I'm sure my friend is heartened. Unfortunately, he's not answering the phone or the door bell and I've been forced to ask Bill Oddie to come around and help me climb up to a back window to see if everything is okay with him.<BR/><BR/>Twitch, it's always good to know you're around. I'm going to go the chiseled and ruthless route and so is my friend. Judy is happy to go chiseled but not so happy with the ruthless. Oddie is happy with neither but he does have owls to keep him happy.Uncle Dick Madeleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01124053234469634414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5888062989539166264.post-55389546527895677542008-04-01T22:28:00.000+01:002008-04-01T22:28:00.000+01:00....and a good book..... and a cup of tea.........and a good book..... and a cup of tea.....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5888062989539166264.post-80412179299460806882008-04-01T22:19:00.000+01:002008-04-01T22:19:00.000+01:00...and there was I thinking your malady might have......and there was I thinking your malady might have been the effect of a dodgy donner. Take Elberry's good advice Dick....chisseled and ruthless is the way to go...not forgetting the old verve and whiskey along the way..Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5888062989539166264.post-29512321097851839352008-04-01T21:34:00.000+01:002008-04-01T21:34:00.000+01:00Your friend should take heart that he has as amusi...Your friend should take heart that he has as amusing and devilish a friend as Richard Madeley to take his side.<BR/><BR/>i wouldn't waste words writing to the publishers. They're most likely vacuous Bridget Jones blondes who wouldn't get it anyway.<BR/><BR/>i'd take what wants to be said and refine it, make it hard and chiselled and ruthless, hold it in your mind as you would hold a sip of very good whiskey in the mouth...and then write with the old verve and a new ruthlessness.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com