tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9911070.post111920775570272676..comments2024-03-01T06:27:41.786-05:00Comments on Damian McNicholl's Blog: Mall-sittingM. Damian McNichollhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12991119735240044243noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9911070.post-1135462637799868852005-12-24T17:17:00.000-05:002005-12-24T17:17:00.000-05:00Hi there ##name##.Hi there ##name##.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9911070.post-1119731838958296392005-06-25T15:37:00.000-05:002005-06-25T15:37:00.000-05:00Thanks for sharing that, Carol. I do enjoy reading...Thanks for sharing that, Carol. I do enjoy reading to an audience and love to meet my readers.M. Damian McNichollhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12991119735240044243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9911070.post-1119705800899697292005-06-25T08:23:00.000-05:002005-06-25T08:23:00.000-05:00Damian, it must be hard to put yourself "out there...Damian, it must be hard to put yourself "out there" when you're shy. But those of us who read find it a special privilege to put a face and voice with the name of the author. That in-person or television experience helps to bring the book's pages more to life for us, gives us context, and assists us to connect more fully with your writing.Carol Geehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01477201611599486930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9911070.post-1119552937105855092005-06-23T13:55:00.000-05:002005-06-23T13:55:00.000-05:00It's a myth that you can't go into your local shop...It's a myth that you can't go into your local shop, etc. and not get out fast because everyone wants to talk. People just say, "I'm in a hurry" when they don't want to chat. But I do see the point about wanting impersonality. But we've become too impersonal a society, I think. Where I live, in the countryside, the old ways are dead. For example, I don't know many of my neighbors--my fault as much as theirs--and my friends are scattered all over the county. People rush too much, want anonymity too much. There's very little sense of community as our parents and grandparents understood it. That's not so good. A balance is necessary and we haven't found it yet.M. Damian McNichollhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12991119735240044243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9911070.post-1119379334410090262005-06-21T13:42:00.000-05:002005-06-21T13:42:00.000-05:00As a shy-ish person myself, I would feel awkward o...As a shy-ish person myself, I would feel awkward on either side of that table. And it's for the same reason I don't like tag sales. As potential buyer, you're supposed to stand a couple feet away from a person and assess their stuff--in the case of an author the product of his labor and heart--and quite possibly spurn it. And as the author, well, you're the spurned party, and that's never a good thing.<BR/><BR/>On another note, I don't like malls myself--or shopping, generally--but I do appreciate the relative impersonality of large grocery stores and the like: see the above paragraph. I'm not always up for a friendly conversation with people who know me. Sometimes I want to slip through life and the grocery aisles unnoticed.dhamelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09643803329168751156noreply@blogger.com