tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525415828746712027.post5886969687361857666..comments2024-03-28T19:52:07.635-04:00Comments on Sweet Freedom: Frday's Forgotten Books: TIME OF THE WOLVES: WESTERN STORIES by Marcia Muller (Five Star Books, 2003)Todd Masonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525415828746712027.post-14697801183049612552009-03-08T15:14:00.000-04:002009-03-08T15:14:00.000-04:00Too many competing tracks of programming, too many...Too many competing tracks of programming, too many people uninterested in the fiction these days, too much potential drunken fun elsewhere, too much a matter of Who are you exactly?, too many bad public readers. But probably the last two not as much.Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525415828746712027.post-65789179630818708552009-03-08T15:00:00.000-04:002009-03-08T15:00:00.000-04:00Can anyone explain to me why readings tend to be s...Can anyone explain to me why readings tend to be so badly attended at cons? I love giving readings, but I stopped after the last bad experience. It's not just me, LOL. If you're a really big name, people show, but they can't be bothered for anyone else.C. Margery Kempehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15910282257993793334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525415828746712027.post-54182631664264969542009-03-07T16:57:00.000-05:002009-03-07T16:57:00.000-05:00I must admit, while I've read the Eddy story, I ba...I must admit, while I've read the Eddy story, I barely remember it as a story, as opposed to a snag in publishing history...Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525415828746712027.post-91232592494259729482009-03-07T03:39:00.000-05:002009-03-07T03:39:00.000-05:00Glad I've found your blog - very informative revie...Glad I've found your blog - very informative review and you share my tastes in gross short fiction - IE C M EDDYGary Dobbs/Jack Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10935686140719743351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525415828746712027.post-25461716678736125692009-03-06T22:53:00.000-05:002009-03-06T22:53:00.000-05:00Interesting, small world.Interesting, small world.David Cranmerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04749857752139212888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525415828746712027.post-90166224318429050672009-03-06T17:01:00.000-05:002009-03-06T17:01:00.000-05:00Yes, if you were at the Borders near Bailey's XRoa...Yes, if you were at the Borders near Bailey's XRoads, that was where "my" Borders moved to ca. 1997.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525415828746712027.post-57282459538504731442009-03-06T16:48:00.000-05:002009-03-06T16:48:00.000-05:00Ok, I hung out more in the Bailey's Crossroads are...Ok, I hung out more in the Bailey's Crossroads area.David Cranmerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04749857752139212888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525415828746712027.post-62794144388336770582009-03-06T14:41:00.000-05:002009-03-06T14:41:00.000-05:00The now relocated Vienna, VA store (the newer stor...The now relocated Vienna, VA store (the newer store is closer in on Rt. 7).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525415828746712027.post-4745534859412940422009-03-06T14:32:00.000-05:002009-03-06T14:32:00.000-05:00I have attended quite a few book signings and have...I have attended quite a few book signings and have at the worst been among a group of about fifteen but that was for an unknown author and a self published book.<BR/>I'm a fan of Marcia Muller's work and would have been devastated in your shoes. I worked in DC from 1998-2004 and as you can imagine hung out at a lot of the Borders stores. Can you mention which one?David Cranmerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04749857752139212888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525415828746712027.post-35387743234303621412009-03-06T13:14:00.000-05:002009-03-06T13:14:00.000-05:00Now imagine you're the only representative of the ...Now imagine you're the only representative of the store, vs. "your"...Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525415828746712027.post-47589624723663939902009-03-06T11:55:00.000-05:002009-03-06T11:55:00.000-05:00Or less. I believe Five Star feels particularly th...Or less. I believe Five Star feels particularly the pressure of the taxes on inventory that were introduced ca. 1980, and have made publishers very antsy about keeping their midlist in print since...since Five Star is apparently mostly about the several-thousand-copy library sale. It is both blessing and curse that westerns are so popular with the large print audience...curse only in that this implies that the audience is aging heavily.<BR/><BR/>Imagine how awkward if your are the only visible representative of the store that has so obviously wasted the traveling writer's time.Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525415828746712027.post-47224825666557017002009-03-06T08:24:00.000-05:002009-03-06T08:24:00.000-05:00I just don't understand the finances of books goin...I just don't understand the finances of books going out of print in six years. And I've been at author events like that-very awkward, isn't it? I walked by one in NY once where there was no one at all and the poor guy had 20 chairs set up in front of him and twice as many books.pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.com