Comments on: Report from my sick-bed http://www.mgharris.net/2008/04/22/report-from-my-sick-bed/ Website of MG Harris, author of 'The Joshua Files' children's adventure book series Mon, 06 Feb 2012 22:02:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Lukas http://www.mgharris.net/2008/04/22/report-from-my-sick-bed/#comment-366 Lukas Thu, 24 Apr 2008 16:15:31 +0000 http://www.mgharris.net/2008/04/22/report-from-my-sick-bed/#comment-366 2500 words in two days with a fever!? Now that's something to be proud of! Glad you starting feeling better though. Indeed it is your job, and a good job you do of your job too! Well, i'm not complaning, just simply pointing out that book 2 isn't out yet, though, if it means book 3 could be out earlier, i'm not complaining! Hope your feeling even better. Lukas 2500 words in two days with a fever!? Now that’s something to be proud of! Glad you starting feeling better though.
Indeed it is your job, and a good job you do of your job too! Well, i’m not complaning, just simply pointing out that book 2 isn’t out yet, though, if it means book 3 could be out earlier, i’m not complaining!
Hope your feeling even better.
Lukas

]]> By: MG http://www.mgharris.net/2008/04/22/report-from-my-sick-bed/#comment-365 MG Wed, 23 Apr 2008 22:13:43 +0000 http://www.mgharris.net/2008/04/22/report-from-my-sick-bed/#comment-365 But Lukas, this is my job! If I don't produce manuscripts for my agent to sell I don't get paid! And in the past years I've produced rather more by now than I have so far this year; i.e. nothing. It's okay though. 2500 words in two days on book 3 is a good start. I'm really enjoying writing again. And thanks for the get-well wishes. I think I may actually leave my house tomorrow...and go for tea with Susie. But Lukas, this is my job! If I don’t produce manuscripts for my agent to sell I don’t get paid! And in the past years I’ve produced rather more by now than I have so far this year; i.e. nothing.

It’s okay though. 2500 words in two days on book 3 is a good start. I’m really enjoying writing again.

And thanks for the get-well wishes. I think I may actually leave my house tomorrow…and go for tea with Susie.

]]> By: Lukas http://www.mgharris.net/2008/04/22/report-from-my-sick-bed/#comment-361 Lukas Wed, 23 Apr 2008 18:57:20 +0000 http://www.mgharris.net/2008/04/22/report-from-my-sick-bed/#comment-361 Hello, Your still ill? With Fever? Aw, shucks. I've only ever had fever once and it really sucks. Get Well Soon. Germany is just like some distant place in my mind, i've never been. And i suppose that might be because i couldn't speak German to save my life! Book 3? Already? Well, you say that's "Lightweight" but book 2 isn't released yet! Well, i suppose, if you have a love for writing, why not? Lukas Hello,
Your still ill? With Fever? Aw, shucks. I’ve only ever had fever once and it really sucks. Get Well Soon.
Germany is just like some distant place in my mind, i’ve never been. And i suppose that might be because i couldn’t speak German to save my life!
Book 3? Already? Well, you say that’s “Lightweight” but book 2 isn’t released yet! Well, i suppose, if you have a love for writing, why not?

Lukas

]]> By: MG http://www.mgharris.net/2008/04/22/report-from-my-sick-bed/#comment-360 MG Wed, 23 Apr 2008 17:32:06 +0000 http://www.mgharris.net/2008/04/22/report-from-my-sick-bed/#comment-360 Wow Frank, Leipzig sounds brilliant! Germans do Kultur SO well! Wow Frank, Leipzig sounds brilliant! Germans do Kultur SO well!

]]> By: Frank http://www.mgharris.net/2008/04/22/report-from-my-sick-bed/#comment-359 Frank Wed, 23 Apr 2008 16:31:04 +0000 http://www.mgharris.net/2008/04/22/report-from-my-sick-bed/#comment-359 Well, Frankfurt book fair can be fun for authors (and translators), but Leipzig definitively is. It is called "the reader's book fair", with literally hundreds of readings, signings etc in a wonderful kind of very big greenhouse (much much more books than plants, that is) and all over the old town itself. If Frankfurt is fun for the Booth Babes, I don't dare to consider. But they are nice to look at. Especially to avoid being in a daze while wandering about. Well, Frankfurt book fair can be fun for authors (and translators), but Leipzig definitively is. It is called “the reader’s book fair”, with literally hundreds of readings, signings etc in a wonderful kind of very big greenhouse (much much more books than plants, that is) and all over the old town itself.

If Frankfurt is fun for the Booth Babes, I don’t dare to consider. But they are nice to look at.

Especially to avoid being in a daze while wandering about.

]]> By: MG http://www.mgharris.net/2008/04/22/report-from-my-sick-bed/#comment-358 MG Wed, 23 Apr 2008 15:30:50 +0000 http://www.mgharris.net/2008/04/22/report-from-my-sick-bed/#comment-358 There was a connection to Frankfurt, yes. The German connection is mainly via my mother - a Lufthansa employee for many years and then a Germanist at Manchester University. There was much talk in our household about Goethe and Herder and Bohl von Faber - whose letters she had just begun to translate when she sadly died. Berlin - cool. I've never been - isn't that ridiculous? It's never occurred to me to go to book fairs...aren't they for all the business people, not the authors? What would I do...just wander about in a daze with no-one to talk to... Oooh - I could be a Booth Babe and hand out leaflets and say 'Do come to our seminar on such-and-such...'. Yeah! I'd be good at that! There was a connection to Frankfurt, yes. The German connection is mainly via my mother – a Lufthansa employee for many years and then a Germanist at Manchester University. There was much talk in our household about Goethe and Herder and Bohl von Faber – whose letters she had just begun to translate when she sadly died.
Berlin – cool. I’ve never been – isn’t that ridiculous?
It’s never occurred to me to go to book fairs…aren’t they for all the business people, not the authors? What would I do…just wander about in a daze with no-one to talk to… Oooh – I could be a Booth Babe and hand out leaflets and say ‘Do come to our seminar on such-and-such…’. Yeah! I’d be good at that!

]]> By: Frank http://www.mgharris.net/2008/04/22/report-from-my-sick-bed/#comment-357 Frank Wed, 23 Apr 2008 14:45:11 +0000 http://www.mgharris.net/2008/04/22/report-from-my-sick-bed/#comment-357 Wie geht's, wie steht's? I really love your british accent :-) You ARE worthy. (Or, to put it another way: who says that I am?) I'm living in the Hauptstadt, Berlin. Well, perhaps you will come to the Frankfurter Buchmesse or so? Does this fit as an excuse to come? ;-) (And wasn't there a biographical connection to Frankfurt too?) In a hurry (coz there's a little more work to do), but with best wishes Frank Wie geht’s, wie steht’s? I really love your british accent :-)

You ARE worthy. (Or, to put it another way: who says that I am?)

I’m living in the Hauptstadt, Berlin. Well, perhaps you will come to the Frankfurter Buchmesse or so? Does this fit as an excuse to come? ;-)

(And wasn’t there a biographical connection to Frankfurt too?)

In a hurry (coz there’s a little more work to do),
but with best wishes

Frank

]]> By: MG http://www.mgharris.net/2008/04/22/report-from-my-sick-bed/#comment-356 MG Wed, 23 Apr 2008 12:42:19 +0000 http://www.mgharris.net/2008/04/22/report-from-my-sick-bed/#comment-356 Hallo Frank! Wie geht's? Very excited to hear from you. I am slowly recovering. Managed another 1200 words of Josh 3 today. Autumn hey? Wow that's brilliant! And...you translated Philip K Dick? I'M NOT WORTHY!!!! Where in Germany are you? I love Germany and haven't been for YEARS. Would love an excuse to go. I keep going to Switzerland but they speak a strange kind of German there... MG xxx Hallo Frank! Wie geht’s? Very excited to hear from you. I am slowly recovering. Managed another 1200 words of Josh 3 today. Autumn hey? Wow that’s brilliant!
And…you translated Philip K Dick?
I’M NOT WORTHY!!!!

Where in Germany are you? I love Germany and haven’t been for YEARS. Would love an excuse to go. I keep going to Switzerland but they speak a strange kind of German there…

MG
xxx

]]> By: Frank http://www.mgharris.net/2008/04/22/report-from-my-sick-bed/#comment-355 Frank Wed, 23 Apr 2008 12:32:56 +0000 http://www.mgharris.net/2008/04/22/report-from-my-sick-bed/#comment-355 Hi there! To lighten up your day: I'm Frank Boehmert, your german translator, and just about to finish the translation of Book 1 for Dressler Verlag. Josh will hit the Continent in autumn. Like a bombshell, I'm sure. Get well soon, Frank P. S. I saw you like movies based on stories by Philip K. Dick. Well, I've translated some Dick too :-) Hi there!

To lighten up your day: I’m Frank Boehmert, your german translator, and just about to finish the translation of Book 1 for Dressler Verlag.

Josh will hit the Continent in autumn. Like a bombshell, I’m sure.

Get well soon,
Frank

P. S. I saw you like movies based on stories by Philip K. Dick. Well, I’ve translated some Dick too :-)

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