tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9804989.post8907866986878752855..comments2023-04-18T05:44:04.300-04:00Comments on Songs To A Midnight Sky: Keeper of the HeadsPrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03970753027686923295noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9804989.post-68140832142962610922007-11-18T06:40:00.000-05:002007-11-18T06:40:00.000-05:00pris--if u go to barnesandnoble.com,just click on ...pris--<BR/>if u go to barnesandnoble.com,just click on "The Deep Green Sea" and look under "Customer/Reader Reviews" and it(my Review) ought to come up.<BR/>btw, Robert Olen Butler's "From Where I Dream" is a wondrous book on the process of writing Fiction.I spoke with him at Decatur(Atlanta, Ga. area)Book Fest, and told him his book was not a "How-To", but a "Why-To", and that I thought it was "Method-Writing", and I noted his theatre/acting background. He replied "That's very perceptive--the original title was going to be 'Method Writing'! "<BR/>His last book, "Severance" is a collection of short-short stories, all containing precisely 240 words. Why 240? That's the number of words a person can speak, in a heightened state of emotion, in about one and a half-minutes.One-and-a-half-minutes is the length of time a person's brain still functions, after being beheaded!<BR/>The collection is not remotely gory, or even depressing. It is--forgive me--"razor-quick" in its humor, and pathos.Lisa Nanette Allenderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15263158091013515471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9804989.post-22289075113420371702007-11-15T18:27:00.000-05:002007-11-15T18:27:00.000-05:00Terrific poem -- one of my favorites!Terrific poem -- one of my favorites!Joyce Ellen Davishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13494251587598676788noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9804989.post-17115871071801526022007-11-13T08:15:00.000-05:002007-11-13T08:15:00.000-05:00LisaThat sounds like an intriguing book. Where on ...Lisa<BR/>That sounds like an intriguing book. Where on Barnes and Noble would I find your review? And thanks for your comment about the poem. That time was really heartbreaking, wasn't it?Prishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03970753027686923295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9804989.post-57566632569703454762007-11-13T02:42:00.000-05:002007-11-13T02:42:00.000-05:00Have you ever read "The Deep Green Sea" by Robert ...Have you ever read "The Deep Green Sea" by Robert Olen Butler? I'm a big fan of his, and, although this book was criticized by some as being "too predictable", I'd say it has a, um, "dark inevitability".<BR/>Take a look at this story of a man returning to Vietnam, and a young woman who gives "tours" of Vietnam, who meet...<BR/>I think the Review I did--years ago-- on this novel, is still available at: barnesandnoble.com<BR/><BR/>Your poem, Pris, was heartbreaking, without being "sentimental".<BR/>Thank you for your words.Lisa Nanette Allenderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15263158091013515471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9804989.post-26916169639893535662007-11-10T19:18:00.000-05:002007-11-10T19:18:00.000-05:00I've posted a little poppy pic as a mark of ''reme...I've posted a little poppy pic as a mark of ''remembrance''...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com