tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-178779736451277146.post5401590270221661867..comments2024-02-25T17:01:10.739+13:00Comments on World of the Written Word: I WAS RIGHT!!!!!World of the Written Wordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10695926585496640941noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-178779736451277146.post-66410525079916632122011-08-23T16:08:30.955+12:002011-08-23T16:08:30.955+12:00Thanks for the link to the Radio NZ interview. It...Thanks for the link to the Radio NZ interview. It was really interesting, but I was gobsmacked when McGee said he kept anonymous to protect his heroine, the female protagonist! She can look after herself, surely -- and she ain't even real to the rest of the world, if not to him.<br /><br />Interesting, too, that keeping anonymous did not help sales. It does seem logical that the more the author is featured, the more likely it is for his or her books to be picked up in stores, if just out of curiosity.<br /><br />Also, as Craig and I agreed in the discussion following my critique of Slaughter Falls, it is really distracting to wonder about the identity of the mysterious author.<br /><br />As an experiment, I don't think it worked.<br /><br />There was also no explanation of the piece in Booknotes where McGee definitely dodged the issue. Now that we know that the guess he referred to was right, he should have left it alone and said zilch on the topic.World of the Written Wordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10695926585496640941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-178779736451277146.post-20907836270095905172011-08-23T11:20:24.518+12:002011-08-23T11:20:24.518+12:00Yes! I heard Greg McGee talking about this on Radi...Yes! I heard Greg McGee talking about this on Radio NZ, and one of my first thoughts was, "Joan was right!"Shayne Parkinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11071406385872399178noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-178779736451277146.post-31952954059720807302011-08-23T10:52:55.893+12:002011-08-23T10:52:55.893+12:00He talked about it on Radio New Zealand National&#...He talked about it on Radio New Zealand National's Arts on Sunday this weekend: http://podcast.radionz.co.nz/art/art-20110821-1344-greg_mcgee-048.mp3Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com