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Comment on Helix: Totally Blowing My Own Horn by Ryan

Ryan — Sat, 08 Oct 2011 03:52:42 +0000

Congrats! Such an exciting time!

Comment on Helix: Totally Blowing My Own Horn by Carol R

Carol R — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 13:42:16 +0000

Hi Phyl, congratulations. I responded a couple of days ago, but something happened to my response. It appeared then disappeared.

Hope your publishing goes well this route.

Carol

Comment on Helix: Totally Blowing My Own Horn by Carol

Carol — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 14:41:51 +0000

Congrats Phyl and blow your own horn for sure. After many years of working on getting something published, I hope this route works out better for you.

How about your other works (ie The Bridge)? Do you plan on doing the same thing with it eventually?

Comment on Helix: Totally Blowing My Own Horn by Phyl

Phyl — Sun, 02 Oct 2011 21:15:17 +0000

And it doesn’t even matter how many people buy it. (though of course I’d want them to) It’s just been in the works for so long that I didn’t want to wait for posthumous publication just to get it out there. I gave it one final round of submissions to agents a few months ago, and decided that if no one took it then, I’d finally go this route instead. Such fun!

Comment on Helix: Totally Blowing My Own Horn by Melwyk

Melwyk — Sun, 02 Oct 2011 01:04:45 +0000

Wow! Congratulations — what an achievement! Exciting day for you, for sure

Comment on Book Review: Don’t be SUCH a Scientist by Chemistry Lecture a Compound of Several Strands in Science World « Confessions of a Cultural Idiot

Sat, 17 Sep 2011 20:47:39 +0000

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Comment on I love the idea of the Little Free Library by Stephanie Barr

Stephanie Barr — Thu, 18 Aug 2011 13:55:33 +0000

I like sharing books I like with others.

Nice idea.

Comment on Comic Book Non-Fiction: Who Says Adults Can’t Read Comics? by Phyl

Phyl — Wed, 17 Aug 2011 20:54:21 +0000

I’ve read some manga, and plan to read more. I really love it!

Comment on Comic Book Non-Fiction: Who Says Adults Can’t Read Comics? by Alice Audrey

Alice Audrey — Tue, 16 Aug 2011 16:34:02 +0000

I don’t read many comic books, but I read a lot of manga.

Comment on Comic Book Non-Fiction: Who Says Adults Can’t Read Comics? by Phyl

Phyl — Sat, 13 Aug 2011 18:38:18 +0000

A friend of mine has told me about MAUS, and urged me to read it. It’s high on my list, once I can start buying books etc again. I really want to read it.

When I had my first “midlife crisis,” part of it involved buying a lot of comics. I’ve still got a big, long box crammed full of them, and many are probably pretty valuable by now. So I’ve always secretly been a big comic fan — but only those that have actually got good stories. It was the storyline that attracted me that very first day, when I picked up a comic from a friend’s coffee table and suddenly had to go out and buy that issue for myself.

I love the manga I’ve read. I don’t know what’s so different about it, compared to North American comics. I think it may, again, be about the storylines. I’m not sure.