tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-764237570467034909.post3852421573944065096..comments2024-03-29T10:02:03.510-04:00Comments on Vicki Lane Mysteries: One Step Forward . . .Vicki Lanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08114677510459055768noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-764237570467034909.post-48541633169952235232009-01-07T14:26:00.000-05:002009-01-07T14:26:00.000-05:00Hey, Nancy,I finally went up that road to take a l...Hey, Nancy,<BR/><BR/>I finally went up that road to take a look at the house and if I read your directions right, I've actually been in that house. Friends of ours rented it over twenty years ago.Vicki Lanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08114677510459055768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-764237570467034909.post-40735622162543889842009-01-07T13:43:00.000-05:002009-01-07T13:43:00.000-05:00Vicki, I was thrilled to see your reference to the...Vicki, I was thrilled to see your reference to the boarding house run by Inez and Odessa's family and the picture of the diary. I am anxiously awaiting the new book!!!Nancy M.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16276500707136272712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-764237570467034909.post-33357037369466822812009-01-05T14:17:00.000-05:002009-01-05T14:17:00.000-05:00Hey, BB -- Doing a little avoidance my own self --...Hey, BB -- Doing a little avoidance my own self -- read your blog earlier. Find that broom yet? I think I got one such as you describe at (blush) Sam's once. A stout industrial quality instrument up to supporting the heaviest Quidditch player.Vicki Lanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08114677510459055768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-764237570467034909.post-51775347041353191622009-01-05T14:11:00.000-05:002009-01-05T14:11:00.000-05:00Just want to cheer you on! I'm spending the day wr...Just want to cheer you on! I'm spending the day writng a couple of essays and poking and prodding my book. And avoiding it all by readig your blog. Tee hee. Thinking of you and hoping you're taking a moment to stretch.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-764237570467034909.post-57002273404063898062009-01-05T11:12:00.000-05:002009-01-05T11:12:00.000-05:00Yeah, that was my initial response too before real...Yeah, that was my initial response too before realizing that I did have most of the book safe elsewhere.<BR/><BR/>RE replacing books -- thank you! -- I'm on my third set of Dorothy L. Sayers -- finally bought hardcovers after wearing out two sets of paperbacks. <BR/> <BR/>Alas, the hardcover option isn't available for my stuff -- except for ART'S BLOOD which was a Mystery Guild selection in a special hardcover edition and is around, probably through used book dealers, in hardcover.Vicki Lanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08114677510459055768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-764237570467034909.post-82384336714156752162009-01-04T20:54:00.000-05:002009-01-04T20:54:00.000-05:00I thought I was going to throw up before I read th...I thought I was going to throw up before I read the rest of your message - thinking you had lost the manuscript! Thank heavens it's mostly restored. Am looking so forward to it. Last night, I re-ordered all of your books from Amazon, because the copies I have have been loaned and loaned and used and used. I wanted some to keep just for me, in good condition. They were all still available, thank goodness. That has to be good news!Sue Phttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18111543196106199471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-764237570467034909.post-69913561302694785262009-01-04T16:25:00.000-05:002009-01-04T16:25:00.000-05:00Such a bummer, realizing that the past few hours a...Such a bummer, realizing that the past few hours are to do over again. But that which doesn't kill us, makes us stronger -- or so they say, whoever They are.<BR/><BR/>And I thought I had that auto-save thing set up but evidently, I didn't set it when I switched to a new lap top a while back. (It's set now -- thanks, Susan.)<BR/><BR/>Kay, I've learned to be really careful about using those black plastic garbage bags for anything but garbage after a couple of close calls involving some old quilts . . .Vicki Lanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08114677510459055768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-764237570467034909.post-47006067533565541572009-01-04T15:39:00.000-05:002009-01-04T15:39:00.000-05:00Do you happen to work in Microsoft Word? You can s...Do you happen to work in Microsoft Word? You can set it up to automatically save at specific intervals. My hubby showed this to me after listening to me rant and rave after losing a good bit of a short story I was working on. Of course, I also save everything on SD memory cards now, and am thinking about getting a safe deposit box to keep copies in. (Better safe than sorry.)Susan M. Bellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02925109035133133812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-764237570467034909.post-88622864038899290952009-01-04T11:31:00.000-05:002009-01-04T11:31:00.000-05:00WOW, the absolute worst, but between you, John and...WOW, the absolute worst, but between you, John and the popcorn, all was saved!!Pat in east TNhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11654095647835294718noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-764237570467034909.post-32502346098570447712009-01-04T11:08:00.000-05:002009-01-04T11:08:00.000-05:00Bless John for the quick thinking!Bless John for the quick thinking!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-764237570467034909.post-85671379492654246972009-01-04T09:32:00.000-05:002009-01-04T09:32:00.000-05:00P.S., I did once lose some handwritten drafts of ...P.S., I did once lose some handwritten drafts of poems in the voice of a mountain granny-woman that I thought (of course) could be brilliant. They were written at the Hambidge Center where I spent 2 restorative weeks years ago. The notebook got stuffed in a black plastic bag with a few of my favorite old tee and sweathshirts, taken home, and best I can figure, my husband tought they were garbage and ....well, I didn't discover their abence till a few days later (it wasThanksgiving, so lots of holiday distractions at the time. I still think longingly of those poems---and the well-worn sweat shirts.Kathryn Stripling Byerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17867152753841610044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-764237570467034909.post-46997280794742266082009-01-04T09:27:00.000-05:002009-01-04T09:27:00.000-05:00The horror, the horror! I need to transfer ...The horror, the horror! <BR/> I need to transfer my new poems, few as they are, to my flash drive, or else---and I'm not sure I'd be able to resist the moonshine at that point!Kathryn Stripling Byerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17867152753841610044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-764237570467034909.post-41871626575525727202009-01-04T09:16:00.000-05:002009-01-04T09:16:00.000-05:00What can I say,everything happens for a reason? In...What can I say,everything happens for a reason? In this case that doesn't seem to fit! I am just thankful you are such a brilliant<BR/>writer that in the end......it won't matter, the book will still be an award winner!Carol Murdockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16749285023748227382noreply@blogger.com