Comments on: The Friends and Family Plan http://www.dianapeterfreund.com/the-friends-and-family-plan/ Novelist, Dog-Lover, Bon Vivant Fri, 10 Feb 2012 07:08:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Kiki http://www.dianapeterfreund.com/the-friends-and-family-plan/comment-page-1/#comment-10854 Kiki Tue, 03 Jun 2008 07:45:00 +0000 http://gator465.hostgator.com/~dianablu/the-friends-and-family-plan/#comment-10854 I think there is a point to the "It's my job" argument.<br/>If he wants to read your book, he should be able to to share in your creative process, but if he doesn't want to, forcing him might make him feel pressured and unappreciative.<br/><br/>Or tell him he's not allowed to read it, then watch him stew as he wonders what he's missing out on... I think there is a point to the “It’s my job” argument.
If he wants to read your book, he should be able to to share in your creative process, but if he doesn’t want to, forcing him might make him feel pressured and unappreciative.

Or tell him he’s not allowed to read it, then watch him stew as he wonders what he’s missing out on…

]]> By: Maureen McGowan http://www.dianapeterfreund.com/the-friends-and-family-plan/comment-page-1/#comment-10837 Maureen McGowan Wed, 28 May 2008 03:33:00 +0000 http://gator465.hostgator.com/~dianablu/the-friends-and-family-plan/#comment-10837 Okay, after reading the LOTR backpacking bit I want to change my vote. Hell yes he should read Rampant!<br/><br/>I only snuck a peek at one page in Boston and I'm dying to read more. Okay, after reading the LOTR backpacking bit I want to change my vote. Hell yes he should read Rampant!

I only snuck a peek at one page in Boston and I’m dying to read more.

]]> By: Patrick http://www.dianapeterfreund.com/the-friends-and-family-plan/comment-page-1/#comment-10836 Patrick Tue, 27 May 2008 22:11:00 +0000 http://gator465.hostgator.com/~dianablu/the-friends-and-family-plan/#comment-10836 Which blog are we supposed to be reading?<br/><br/>I moved to Wordpress then to my own installation of wordpress. I prefer it and the cost is roughly the same if you put it on your own domain name - which I wanted to. Which blog are we supposed to be reading?

I moved to Wordpress then to my own installation of wordpress. I prefer it and the cost is roughly the same if you put it on your own domain name – which I wanted to.

]]> By: Liza http://www.dianapeterfreund.com/the-friends-and-family-plan/comment-page-1/#comment-10834 Liza Tue, 27 May 2008 18:12:00 +0000 http://gator465.hostgator.com/~dianablu/the-friends-and-family-plan/#comment-10834 I love your books, so I vote that SB should read them ASAP. Love that your dad asked for an ARC. I love your books, so I vote that SB should read them ASAP. Love that your dad asked for an ARC.

]]> By: Phyllis J. Towzey http://www.dianapeterfreund.com/the-friends-and-family-plan/comment-page-1/#comment-10833 Phyllis J. Towzey Tue, 27 May 2008 14:58:00 +0000 http://gator465.hostgator.com/~dianablu/the-friends-and-family-plan/#comment-10833 Sorry, my comment posted twice for some reason, so I deleted the duplicate. Sorry, my comment posted twice for some reason, so I deleted the duplicate.

]]> By: Phyllis J. Towzey http://www.dianapeterfreund.com/the-friends-and-family-plan/comment-page-1/#comment-10832 Phyllis J. Towzey Tue, 27 May 2008 14:54:00 +0000 http://gator465.hostgator.com/~dianablu/the-friends-and-family-plan/#comment-10832 Writing isn't just a job - it's one of the arts. And a book is the final product of a long and intense process of creation. By reading it, the people close to you validate the effort you put into it. So, for that reason, I voted for ASAP. Writing isn’t just a job – it’s one of the arts. And a book is the final product of a long and intense process of creation. By reading it, the people close to you validate the effort you put into it. So, for that reason, I voted for ASAP.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.dianapeterfreund.com/the-friends-and-family-plan/comment-page-1/#comment-10831 Anonymous Tue, 27 May 2008 14:46:00 +0000 http://gator465.hostgator.com/~dianablu/the-friends-and-family-plan/#comment-10831 Jennifer Estep said ...<br/>Are you making a PDF e-ARC? That's what I do. Very easy to make.<br/>I don't have the patience to make a hard copy one.<br/><br/>Don't feel bad. My significant other doesn't read my stuff right away either. But once he does, he tells what works and what doesn't in the book. Jennifer Estep said …
Are you making a PDF e-ARC? That’s what I do. Very easy to make.
I don’t have the patience to make a hard copy one.

Don’t feel bad. My significant other doesn’t read my stuff right away either. But once he does, he tells what works and what doesn’t in the book.

]]> By: Bill Clark http://www.dianapeterfreund.com/the-friends-and-family-plan/comment-page-1/#comment-10830 Bill Clark Tue, 27 May 2008 13:27:00 +0000 http://gator465.hostgator.com/~dianablu/the-friends-and-family-plan/#comment-10830 As to SB: he sounds like the traditional horse that can be led to water but...<br/><br/>As to your Dad: he made a good decision to name you for Diana Rigg rather than Princess Leia. For that alone he deserves the special ARC.<br/><br/>As to Diana Rigg: I only ever met her once, at a garden party at Yale, and I spend the whole afternoon dancing attendance on her and making sure her champagne glass never ran dry. My wife at the time was not best pleased, but DR had that effect on men (as your father can bear witness). She had just broken up with a boyfriend, and entertained the assemblage with a rollicking tale of tossing his luggage out the window of the Hotel Crillon in Paris. Talk about a flair for the dramatic! As to SB: he sounds like the traditional horse that can be led to water but…

As to your Dad: he made a good decision to name you for Diana Rigg rather than Princess Leia. For that alone he deserves the special ARC.

As to Diana Rigg: I only ever met her once, at a garden party at Yale, and I spend the whole afternoon dancing attendance on her and making sure her champagne glass never ran dry. My wife at the time was not best pleased, but DR had that effect on men (as your father can bear witness). She had just broken up with a boyfriend, and entertained the assemblage with a rollicking tale of tossing his luggage out the window of the Hotel Crillon in Paris. Talk about a flair for the dramatic!

]]> By: ocannie http://www.dianapeterfreund.com/the-friends-and-family-plan/comment-page-1/#comment-10829 ocannie Tue, 27 May 2008 12:25:00 +0000 http://gator465.hostgator.com/~dianablu/the-friends-and-family-plan/#comment-10829 I would have voted "yes, ASAP" because I want EVERYONE to read your books, but I can totally understand the idea of having heard all about it through the process and feeling like you've already read it.<br/><br/>I'm sure he'll break down and read it soon though. <br/><br/>And your dad is one lucky man!! I would have voted “yes, ASAP” because I want EVERYONE to read your books, but I can totally understand the idea of having heard all about it through the process and feeling like you’ve already read it.

I’m sure he’ll break down and read it soon though.

And your dad is one lucky man!!

]]> By: G in Berlin http://www.dianapeterfreund.com/the-friends-and-family-plan/comment-page-1/#comment-10828 G in Berlin Tue, 27 May 2008 11:04:00 +0000 http://gator465.hostgator.com/~dianablu/the-friends-and-family-plan/#comment-10828 Although I keep thinking that I want to move over to Wordprss as well, you should know that you can also schedule future posts on Blogger- they rolled the functionality out some time ago. Although I keep thinking that I want to move over to Wordprss as well, you should know that you can also schedule future posts on Blogger- they rolled the functionality out some time ago.

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