tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4922864521988643300.post3156253240794442733..comments2023-03-24T10:09:59.210-04:00Comments on The Bittersweet Sage Blog: Wrapping Up the HolidaysBittersweet Sagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01663908746162457904noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4922864521988643300.post-78969997075674962652009-02-08T22:38:00.000-05:002009-02-08T22:38:00.000-05:00I moved the Buffy survey here.I moved the <I>Buffy</I> survey <A HREF="http://bittersweetsage.blogspot.com/2009/02/essential-buffy.html" REL="nofollow">here</A>.Bittersweet Sagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01663908746162457904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4922864521988643300.post-81115076961878910312009-02-06T22:29:00.000-05:002009-02-06T22:29:00.000-05:00Sorry about that. I did actually start the list, b...Sorry about that. I did actually start the list, but then got bogged down overthinking it. And then I got sidetracked by the impulse to rewatch all of season 6, possibly for the first time ever. It turns out that my sympathy for--and empathy with--that season has increased over the years.<BR/><BR/>Anyway, it might help me to narrow things down if you told me a few of your most and least favorite Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4922864521988643300.post-14020816950204432552009-02-05T23:09:00.000-05:002009-02-05T23:09:00.000-05:00So, speaking of DVD box sets, whatever happened to...So, speaking of DVD box sets, whatever happened to that "Essential Buffy" list that you were going to make for me? Critter and I got mired halfway through Season 4, and I just don't see myself slogging through the rest of the series. I know some of the later episodes are real gems, though. Let me know what they are!Bittersweet Sagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01663908746162457904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4922864521988643300.post-72769756181361988172009-01-31T18:01:00.000-05:002009-01-31T18:01:00.000-05:00Eiw! Look what you made me do!Adam Rex was an illu...Eiw! Look what you made me do!<BR/><BR/>Adam Rex was an illustrator before he was an author, so his other four books are picture books, and each of them is awesome in its own way. But the two Frankenstein books are not to be missed.<BR/><BR/>And you shouldn't worry too much about the title thing--after all, none of my experience has been with fiction.<BR/><BR/>Aaagh, my eyes are still burning. I Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4922864521988643300.post-58756208249561392682009-01-28T23:07:00.000-05:002009-01-28T23:07:00.000-05:00cs10 wrote: "In my experience, authors don't get a...<B>cs10 wrote: "In my experience, authors don't get a lot of choice about titles. The Marketing Department comes up with potential titles and decides which one to use."</B><BR/><BR/>Eew! I didn't know that. My only chance is to invent a title so brilliant and sellable that not even a marketing goon can destroy it.<BR/><BR/><B>cs10 wrote: "And have you read the sequel to <I>Frankenstein Makes a Bittersweet Sagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01663908746162457904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4922864521988643300.post-85538037261348816042009-01-28T22:37:00.000-05:002009-01-28T22:37:00.000-05:00In my experience, authors don't get a lot of choic...In my experience, authors don't get a lot of choice about titles. The Marketing Department comes up with potential titles and decides which one to use. (And frankly I'm glad that they don't invite me to those meetings.) Of course, it seems likely that someone like Neil Gaiman gets to have more input.<BR/><BR/>Turns out I read <I>The Graveyard Book</I> just in time, because it won the Newbery Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4922864521988643300.post-66391455419560558042009-01-24T17:45:00.000-05:002009-01-24T17:45:00.000-05:00To cs10:Yeah, Adam Rex! Did I ever tell you how mu...To cs10:<BR/><BR/>Yeah, Adam Rex! Did I ever tell you how much I loved <I>The True Meaning of Smekday</I>? 'Cuz I really loved it. Lots and lots. I was going to give my copy to my nieces, but then I didn't, and I probably won't. I'm not sure that I could endure their blank expressions of non-gratitude for a book that makes me so happy. (I did loan them my box set of hard back <I>Wrinkle in Time</Bittersweet Sagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01663908746162457904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4922864521988643300.post-74805271233315182852009-01-23T23:08:00.000-05:002009-01-23T23:08:00.000-05:00While I was thinking about the answer to your ques...While I was thinking about the answer to your question, I wandered over to Neil's blog, where I was (rather predictably) derailed by an explanation of where the title came from. Also I came upon this, which is mildly hilarious:<BR/>http://community.livejournal.com/lolgaimans/<BR/><BR/>Maybe I can still come up with a good Adam Rex-esque subtitle.<BR/><BR/>Speaking of which, I recently read Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4922864521988643300.post-65700977470379626192009-01-19T22:12:00.000-05:002009-01-19T22:12:00.000-05:00To cs10:I suspected that you might enjoy a childre...To cs10:<BR/><BR/>I suspected that you might enjoy a children's book that kicks off with a mass familial homicide and then moves on toward the lighter fair of how best to enjoy consuming the dead. [I made myself hoarse reading the ghoul chapter aloud to BC.]<BR/><BR/>What other title would better capture the flavor of the book for you?Bittersweet Sagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01663908746162457904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4922864521988643300.post-11470510683601522122009-01-19T15:14:00.000-05:002009-01-19T15:14:00.000-05:00I finished The Graveyard Book over the weekend, an...I finished <I>The Graveyard Book</I> over the weekend, and I really liked it too (more than <I>Coraline</I> and more than <I>Interworld</I>), despite a disappointing dearth of gore. Now that I know what's in the book, though, I wish it had a different title.<BR/><BR/>--cs10Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4922864521988643300.post-52806941368515820632009-01-05T22:05:00.000-05:002009-01-05T22:05:00.000-05:00Hey BG, thanks for stopping in. The December word ...Hey BG, thanks for stopping in. The December word count came in almost 3,000 words short of my goal for the month, but given the madness of the holidays (and the fact that I got right back in my chair as soon as I could), I'm not feeling particularly guilty.Bittersweet Sagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01663908746162457904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4922864521988643300.post-80144145255692080992009-01-05T00:18:00.000-05:002009-01-05T00:18:00.000-05:00Those are some nice totals you're racking up there...Those are some nice totals you're racking up there. Keep going!Brad Greenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14303095673203409777noreply@blogger.com