tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post4549688513988941361..comments2024-03-29T00:28:38.155+00:00Comments on Nigeness: Ma, I've Written A Misery MemoirNigehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13314891387515045404noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-4951473134617634712009-10-05T01:14:27.074+01:002009-10-05T01:14:27.074+01:00I've just finished Martha's third book Ma,...I've just finished Martha's third book Ma, it's a cold aul night an I'm lookin for a Bed - and am really disappointed it didn't finish her life. I feel the last 2 books could have been chapters in the first book. I admire her spirit and wonder how much is imagination. Would love to know how her sibblings ended up and whether Jackser ever got his just desserts, but also I have friends that wouldn't finish the first book - I feel there's too much waffling going on - hopefully the next book is the last !Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-52163582087900588722008-11-10T12:13:00.000+00:002008-11-10T12:13:00.000+00:00Interesting to know.Interesting to know.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-41228988202956079972008-06-04T08:10:00.000+01:002008-06-04T08:10:00.000+01:00The word is from the whacky world of publishing th...The word is from the whacky world of publishing that these are running out of steam. There's only so many one can read.Richard Havershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15309594787689405779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-43209755405568178712008-06-03T14:15:00.000+01:002008-06-03T14:15:00.000+01:00Malty, you write: "what's the point in producing a...Malty, you write: "what's the point in producing a book, why not just the serial in the newspaper."<BR/><BR/>Yes, indeed, for books such as Cherie Blair's (Jordan's, et al) publishers pay such huge advances that they have to recoup via newspaper serial, etc. Because of heavy price discounting, serial rights and this type of deal are more remunerative than actual sales.<BR/><BR/>My comment about the misery memoirs was simply to point out that they aren't doing as well as they were, thankfully, so the lemming-like publishers will now move onto the next trend, which I hope will be less awful. And all those hawking misery memoirs will go on to ghost other types of book, as there won't be money for them in the misery memoir any more, though there may well be in other genres it is true.Maxine Clarkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06628509319992204770noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-38112693093869794252008-06-03T03:52:00.000+01:002008-06-03T03:52:00.000+01:00Many of these autobiographies are highly exaggerat...Many of these autobiographies are highly exaggerated, if not <A HREF="http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/0104061jamesfrey1.html" REL="nofollow">downright frauds</A>. <BR/><BR/>I understand Henry Morton Stanley's autobio was greatly fictionalized.Duckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08852569465893563139noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-70981251242645731492008-06-02T23:04:00.000+01:002008-06-02T23:04:00.000+01:00Maxine, none of the financial structures of the po...Maxine, none of the financial structures of the populist book industry seems to make sense, if the rumours regarding the sorceress Cherie's payments are true then the book sales alone obviously do not make a profit, newspapers have an awful lot to answer for, and what's the point in producing a book, why not just the serial in the newspaper.maltyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02936465848907794425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-68848441657748455412008-06-02T20:53:00.000+01:002008-06-02T20:53:00.000+01:00According to the Bookseller last week, these books...According to the Bookseller last week, these books are now doing badly, thankfully.<BR/>I think this is a pointless genre, mostly made-up and cashing in on everyone's baser instincts -- authors and readers. Dishonest all round. So I am glad to read that there is no longer any money in it.Maxine Clarkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06628509319992204770noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-19389217806680467112008-06-02T20:16:00.000+01:002008-06-02T20:16:00.000+01:00I was in W. H. Smith in Gloucester a while back an...I was in W. H. Smith in Gloucester a while back and they had a separate section for these things. It was next to 'Biography' and was called something like 'Tragic Life Stories'.<BR/><BR/>I didn't know whether to scream, laugh or both.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-65677677684507413422008-06-02T18:51:00.000+01:002008-06-02T18:51:00.000+01:00Sitting in a cinema watching the film version of '...Sitting in a cinema watching the film version of 'Angela's Ashes' remains one of the bleakest two hours of my life. It got so ridiculous that everybody started to cheer in the audience every time another one of the family popped their clogs.Uncle Dick Madeleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01124053234469634414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-24880288670840887272008-06-02T17:47:00.000+01:002008-06-02T17:47:00.000+01:00This comment has been removed by the author.maltyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02936465848907794425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-41687602914430542092008-06-02T17:34:00.000+01:002008-06-02T17:34:00.000+01:00The queen of written angst used to be Edna O`brien...The queen of written angst used to be Edna O`brien, Opening one of her books was like removing your own teeth without anaesthetic, she also used to appear on chat shows as the token Irishwoman screwed up by the convent system and radiated hugh amounts of repression of every shape and colour, I though that if anyone went near her with a naked flame she would explode.<BR/>I was given (that's my excuse) a copy of Clarissa Dixon thingey's autobiography, well into misery memoir country, as you point out Nige it's surprising how many people suffer a terrible childhood and go on to lead successful lives.maltyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02936465848907794425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-63104952812397495822008-06-02T16:49:00.000+01:002008-06-02T16:49:00.000+01:00Enough was enough Ian, especially since we now kno...Enough was enough Ian, especially since we now know that most of them belong in the fiction section.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-87106336192647457552008-06-02T15:55:00.000+01:002008-06-02T15:55:00.000+01:00I would have thought this bandwagon would be runni...I would have thought this bandwagon would be running out of steam by now.<BR/>Several years ago, I think, the BBC DJ, ''talking head'', and writer, Andrew Collins, penned his autobiography on ordinary childhood, and called it 'Where did It All Go Right?' because, even by then, enough was enough.Ian russellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11106519805045337505noreply@blogger.com