tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post838517062317529847..comments2023-07-22T15:44:42.859+01:00Comments on More about the song - rambling with Rachel Fox: Liz Gallagher comes to townRachel Foxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11803852725693518924noreply@blogger.comBlogger26125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-32073829748631235472009-12-22T10:40:11.999+00:002009-12-22T10:40:11.999+00:00Hi Nan
Thanks for calling in. Liz's whole tour...Hi Nan<br />Thanks for calling in. Liz's whole tour is a good read.<br />xRachel Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11803852725693518924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-15855524836776726642009-12-22T02:38:09.047+00:002009-12-22T02:38:09.047+00:00Thanks for the great interview!
nanThanks for the great interview!<br />nannan williamsonhttp://nansfitsandstarts.blogstop.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-49221266919048516512009-12-05T09:02:44.211+00:002009-12-05T09:02:44.211+00:00Thanks, Rachel : )
Kat, glad you enjoyed the inte...Thanks, Rachel : )<br /><br />Kat, glad you enjoyed the interview, thanks for reading. : )Lizhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05990807765195683301noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-88740285877554045452009-12-04T18:32:40.938+00:002009-12-04T18:32:40.938+00:00To continue the Dahl theme, Kat, you could say it&...To continue the Dahl theme, Kat, you could say it's all about the unexpected. I think it happens in all the arts (to a point) - if there wasn't so much surprise involved we'd get bored and do something else maybe. <br />xRachel Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11803852725693518924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-56968938777478496152009-12-04T17:16:05.624+00:002009-12-04T17:16:05.624+00:00Excellent interview, Rachel and Liz!
I particularl...Excellent interview, Rachel and Liz!<br />I particularly liked the last question as that's the tricky bit, isn't it—assessing one's own work.<br />What I find interesting with poetry (and I think you have remarked on this before, Rachel) is that you just don't know how it will be accepted. I mean, oftentimes you think a piece is brilliant and it falls flat with your readers and yet there are other poems that you think are utter crap and your readers can't exclaim highly enough about them!<br /><br />I guess what I'm saying is that trying to judge your own work is strange because it forces you to say that you've written it for yourself, when deep down, you know that without that "audience" you would never be truly satisfied. Does that make any sense at all?<br /><br />KatKat Mortensenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16877694888419628533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-79519835392223081312009-12-04T10:17:20.338+00:002009-12-04T10:17:20.338+00:00You can smile over here as much as you like, Liz! ...You can smile over here as much as you like, Liz! There is so much moaning connected with poetry online...it's nice to have an outbreak of good cheer.<br />xRachel Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11803852725693518924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-92036569025505759302009-12-04T09:11:27.572+00:002009-12-04T09:11:27.572+00:00Rachel (F.) thanks for rambly license on your Blog...Rachel (F.) thanks for rambly license on your Blog.: )<br /><br />Rachel, so glad you got engrossed in those mighty long answers... ; )...have to learn the art of trimming down as still 4 tour dates to go and don't know if I can keep up the pace! ; ) <br /><br />Thanks Collin, glad you enjoyed it. : )<br /><br />Rachel (F)...like Big Answers ; )<br /><br />Niamh B, thanks, chuffed you want to buy it... ; )<br /><br />Thanks A Cuban in London, a good sign getting torn between stuff...greetings right back<br />at you. : )<br /><br />Nuala, thanks...I think all that 'hot, urgent and necessary' reference evolved from <br />the 'excite' reference when the tour was visiting your Blog. ; ) And you'll love<br />the visit to Rachel's Blog, it plain rocks all over, in every way... : )<br /><br />Jeanne, woo-hoo!, thanks for inclusion in your very healthily-sounding breakfast! Way to go! ; )<br /><br />Sorlil, thanks! A wee bit wicked ok...; )<br /><br />Rachel, (F.)...I am a total Roahl Dahl fan, especially his children's stuff...love the 'bold and tender'<br />combo...cheers, Rachel...(being a partial insomniac and being internetless for a spell did help me get my act together with the answers though, that must be said! ; ))<br /><br />I don't think I had ever voiced before what I liked about my own stuff so thanks for helping me zone in on that, ...I think us British and Irish are not very good at singing our own praises...unless in a half-jesting way ...lots to ponder on there! .<br />It's true what you say about the time and effort put in to getting a book out there...I had to work my bot off, not with the writing of the poems but with all the rest of it...would need to be freer of commitments to take it upon myself again! <br /><br />Weaver, thanks : ) I am not often referred to as ''keeping my cool' (love it!) as am the over-excitable type, usually!: D<br /><br />(P.S. Rachel, I may have over-smiley-ed your comments box...sorry! and just one more... : ))Lizhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05990807765195683301noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-5506413941388925462009-12-03T19:01:21.324+00:002009-12-03T19:01:21.324+00:00Yes, Weaver. I might come back to that point some ...Yes, Weaver. I might come back to that point some time...it is something I've been thinking about.<br />xRachel Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11803852725693518924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-36570483624432353522009-12-03T18:53:17.432+00:002009-12-03T18:53:17.432+00:00Very interesting Rachel. I wonder what we would a...Very interesting Rachel. I wonder what we would all think if given our own poetry to read for the first time. I thought Liz kept her cool very well in her answers.The Weaver of Grasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13947971556343746883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-55572477303652516682009-12-03T16:33:59.908+00:002009-12-03T16:33:59.908+00:00Wicked? Me? Auntie Rachel? I just think it is good...Wicked? Me? Auntie Rachel? I just think it is good to be honest about these things rather than parading in false modesty. If we put out a book we must think it's good at some point (right?) or why would we do it? There are so many other things we could be doing!<br /><br />I loved Liz's answer. Bold and tender at the same time. There is a difference between pride and arrogance and her answer displays the former.<br /><br />And I was so chuffed to see her mention Roald Dahl in question 1. Hard to explain why.<br /><br />xRachel Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11803852725693518924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-67874087839621990502009-12-03T16:13:42.846+00:002009-12-03T16:13:42.846+00:00Very entertaining read!! I agree, the last q is a ...Very entertaining read!! I agree, the last q is a little wicked!, Liz answered very well!Marion McCreadyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04657757253873577465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-46581082176679218252009-12-03T15:58:14.773+00:002009-12-03T15:58:14.773+00:00Glad you're all enjoying.
Cuban - always a pl...Glad you're all enjoying.<br /><br />Cuban - always a pleasure.<br />WRW - I will indeed FB you. I think I know what that is.<br />Jeanne - and here's us with the sun going down and the tea on!<br />xRachel Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11803852725693518924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-10371918026137275992009-12-03T14:54:19.466+00:002009-12-03T14:54:19.466+00:00Rachel, delicious questions and enlightening answe...Rachel, delicious questions and enlightening answers to digest with my morning coffee and oatmeal breakfast cookie! A great way to begin my day!<br />Thank you, Ladies!Dr. Jeanne Irishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11277286531162894465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-69187980685347790422009-12-03T13:18:56.734+00:002009-12-03T13:18:56.734+00:00V inventive questions, Rachel. Well done! ANd v we...V inventive questions, Rachel. Well done! ANd v well thought-out ansers, Liz.<br /><br />R - If you fancy hosting another poetry blogger tour, I'd be delighted to drop by in January with my latest? FB me!<br /><br />Liz - poetry 'feels hot, urgent and necessary'. Ooh-err, Missus!! Love that analogy!Group 8https://www.blogger.com/profile/07924947352624027079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-17656498145400763892009-12-03T09:39:56.036+00:002009-12-03T09:39:56.036+00:00I'm torn between deciding what I liked most, t...I'm torn between deciding what I liked most, the review, the interview or the answers. All of it, then. Especially this:<br /><br />'unusual, original, daring, inventive, good fun....'<br /><br />Many thanks.<br /><br />Greetings from London.A Cuban In Londonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16423293358605007539noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-87317984185915305082009-12-03T09:23:53.734+00:002009-12-03T09:23:53.734+00:00You might not want to write to him, Niamh, if you ...You might not want to write to him, Niamh, if you go and read that angel on the tree story that Liz linked to...<br /><br />No, it's funny. Worth a look. <br />Like her book.<br /><br />Oh, it's one of those days..when everything rhymes...<br />sign of the times...<br /><br />xRachel Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11803852725693518924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-17199559222346722962009-12-03T09:20:12.776+00:002009-12-03T09:20:12.776+00:00What great questions, and answers, That book is of...What great questions, and answers, That book is officially going into my letter to Santa now.<br />ThanksNiamh Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06519443787482685320noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-57901566809164289212009-12-03T09:12:27.504+00:002009-12-03T09:12:27.504+00:00Thorough...unlike my poofing of comments.
cThorough...unlike my poofing of comments.<br />cRachel Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11803852725693518924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-84902351891940508422009-12-03T09:11:49.527+00:002009-12-03T09:11:49.527+00:00Forgot to say - Titus...throw the book at 'em ...Forgot to say - Titus...throw the book at 'em (surely)?<br /><br />RF - yes, rambly can be engrossing. There are rambles and rambles. <br /><br />And anyway I wouldn't call Liz'a answers rambly. I'd call them thorough, detailed. Big answers.<br /><br />SD - glad you enjoyed. There may be follow-up.<br /><br />xRachel Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11803852725693518924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-84654165143692796562009-12-03T08:28:36.072+00:002009-12-03T08:28:36.072+00:00Very good Qs and excellent As. Really enjoyed this...Very good Qs and excellent As. Really enjoyed this posting.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-1676395396164649372009-12-03T08:23:33.068+00:002009-12-03T08:23:33.068+00:00Well done Rachel for having the nerve to ask such ...Well done Rachel for having the nerve to ask such sharp questions, and well done Liz for your longer that I thought possible whilst keeping me engrossed answers - there's a lot packed into those three questions!<br /><br />Really enjoyed this.Rachel Fentonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10046917627054462214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-19627108046026824252009-12-03T08:18:47.427+00:002009-12-03T08:18:47.427+00:00Too rambly! No such concept on here.
xToo rambly! No such concept on here.<br />xRachel Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11803852725693518924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-60974515345269399022009-12-03T08:16:38.006+00:002009-12-03T08:16:38.006+00:00Hi Rachel, Red Bird, Titus and TFE,
Rachel, thank...Hi Rachel, Red Bird, Titus and TFE,<br /><br />Rachel, thanks for your kind words, the 'star' on the Christmas tree reference reminds me of the Christmas joke about how the angel first got on top of the Christmas tree, I tell it every year to my students, it's got some great vocab. and a clenching punch line that has them literally a bit open-mouthed once the penny drops! It's here, if you haven't already heard it http://www.2flashgames.com/f/f-Christmas-Angel-3074.htm <br /><br />And a tiny wee confession, when I first saw Rachel's questions I did think 'I can only do the 2nd one' but then a few weeks ago we were without an Internet and phone connection for 10 days and guess what...I got really stuck into doing the questions and other things that had got the 'put on long finger' attitude from me! Just goes to show...!; ) <br /><br />Red Bird, thanks very much, hope you enjoy the read.<br /><br />Titus, : ), yep, I did stall I can tell you...but once I got started, there was no stopping me...(hope it's not too rambly though!) <br /><br />Hey, TFE, nice one! : ))Lizhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05990807765195683301noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-50837677800060384262009-12-03T00:02:10.855+00:002009-12-03T00:02:10.855+00:00Three totally deliciously tough questions eaten al...Three totally deliciously tough questions eaten alive! Well done the pair of ye.After that third answer I'm almost tempted to get another copy of the book!Totalfeckineejithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05352708391465031655noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-54145390232719560972009-12-02T22:46:29.504+00:002009-12-02T22:46:29.504+00:00Total star! I'd have hit you round the head w...Total star! I'd have hit you round the head with the book had you asked me those questions. The first one's like a dissertion title! And the last one's just wicked.<br /><br />But loved the interview, well done the both of you.Titushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16380213493011623153noreply@blogger.com