tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post3288467935761631753..comments2024-03-28T06:20:48.661-04:00Comments on Jungle Red Writers: A Writer’s Bucket List; a guest blog by Jenny MilchmanJungle Red Writershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16646429819267618412noreply@blogger.comBlogger49125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-23773457634853982732015-06-17T11:32:35.186-04:002015-06-17T11:32:35.186-04:00Thanks, Susan! No fingers, I think you're righ...Thanks, Susan! No fingers, I think you're right.jenny milchmanhttp://jennymilchman.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-29294736117015028582015-06-14T09:34:43.007-04:002015-06-14T09:34:43.007-04:00Love this list. And especially the line about the...Love this list. And especially the line about the finger. Cake is definitely a better choice.Schalfinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03994576686602276035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-10075851493951157192015-06-12T15:43:13.180-04:002015-06-12T15:43:13.180-04:00Earl, you get a one-liner in my new book! Of cours...Earl, you get a one-liner in my new book! Of course, you're the only bus driver in Wedeskyull for now. You'll see what your fictional counterpart is up to if you read it :)<br /><br />I think George's agent should call soon. Why not send a copy of your book?<br /><br />And...I will be back in Dallas on August 23 and I'd like to make it a fundraiser for Kevin again: http://jennymilchman.com/tour/invitation/2015-08-23/the-wild-detectives Really hope I can see you then?jenny milchmanhttp://jennymilchman.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-3887737124009455842015-06-12T13:13:20.788-04:002015-06-12T13:13:20.788-04:00Hi, Jenny! Loved your bucket list. My list is not ...<br />Hi, Jenny! Loved your bucket list. My list is not much different from the others here, except for the ultimate item on my list. That's when George Clooney's agent calls and says George wants to play Adam Kingston in the movie version of my novel, MEMORY OF A MURDER. Hey! Gotta think big, right?<br /><br />I hope your tour brings you to Dallas/Fort Worth again this year. It'll be great to see you and your family again. This would be the third year in a row and we have to keep the tradition going.<br /><br />All the best to you, dear friend, and if you ever need a bus driver in one of your books again, I hope you'll keep me in mind. Earl StaggsEarl Staggshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13349667172813175960noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-11911131955439906682015-06-12T10:30:36.569-04:002015-06-12T10:30:36.569-04:00Oh, thank you, Cathy! It was great meeting you too...Oh, thank you, Cathy! It was great meeting you too. I hope we can cross paths again this year...and thank you for wanting to read the new one!jenny milchmanhttp://jennymilchman.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-87501001883496988872015-06-12T09:26:25.698-04:002015-06-12T09:26:25.698-04:00What a fun blog-post, Jenny! I was happy/honored ...What a fun blog-post, Jenny! I was happy/honored to meet you in Burlington... your book-talk was fantastic. What always stands out to me is your immense enthusiasm (and warm personality). I look forward to reading your new book!cathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11089867874332025739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-81646049984352574172015-06-12T06:43:48.132-04:002015-06-12T06:43:48.132-04:00Kathy, please do, I would love to get to talk! I h...Kathy, please do, I would love to get to talk! I hope you get that Moments...and I agree, the permanence of books, how they transcend age and time, is one of the wonders. Not late at all, by the way! I'm so glad you stopped by. I hope your travels have been fleet and fun.jenny milchmanhttp://jennymilchman.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-57814848206533769712015-06-11T22:42:24.971-04:002015-06-11T22:42:24.971-04:00Out of town, so I'm coming in late. Jenny, yo...Out of town, so I'm coming in late. Jenny, your "moments" are fantastic, and the multi-generational goal is one I especially like. I loved passing books down to my children and now they to theirs. How satisfying it must be for an author to experience that.<br /><br />Kristopher, I was so excited to meet you at my first Bouchercon in Albany. Meeting another blogger/reviewer, especially one whose blog I so enjoy and admire, was a great part of that introduction to the wonderful world of Bouchercon. I have benefitted so much from getting to know you.<br /><br />As a blogger and a reviewer, my moments are similar to Kristopher and Mark. A blurb from one of my reviews would be so sweet. Some of my desired moments involve sharing a meal and conversation with favorite authors, and I've had the pleasure of already experiencing a few of those. I plan on achieving some moments at Bouchercon this year--bar conversations with various authors there. Jenny, I'll be looking for you. Kathy Reelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17004247271452356577noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-91407455236102184972015-06-11T16:19:28.723-04:002015-06-11T16:19:28.723-04:00Ramona, that quote needs to go on every writer'...Ramona, that quote needs to go on every writer's wall. We all deserve a Writing Hour. And I know what you mean about the hole.<br /><br />Lois, thanks for stopping by! The way it happened for you would be my 11th item now :)<br /><br />Deborah, you are very kind, and I thank you. Your en route to a conference moment is a whole other variation I didn't think of. As for me, the nuts and bolts of my schedule is that I don't write "new" when I am on the road. I do edit when pressed to, but touring is a whole other thing from the deep, dark, quiet crawling into the words and I need both to be separate. For the past two years, we've come back in September, the kids start school, and I get to start a new book!<br /><br />jenny milchmanhttp://jennymilchman.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-47584447450219164612015-06-11T15:03:45.267-04:002015-06-11T15:03:45.267-04:00Jenny, you are very nice to ask about the quote. I...Jenny, you are very nice to ask about the quote. It came from an essay I sent to the NEA's Share Your Arts Story project. My story was about carving out a time to write every day: "My day--every single day--begins with a Writing Hour. I sit in a specific chair in a specific space, and it is the one hour of the day when words and I are alone, with no agenda and no interruptions. Without the Writing Hour, my day and my life would have a hole in it."Ramonahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00627775403015684868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-82752200213464011432015-06-11T14:56:40.804-04:002015-06-11T14:56:40.804-04:00Hi Jenny! It was the subway where someone was read...Hi Jenny! It was the subway where someone was reading a copy of one of my books, (ASSAULT WITH A DEADLY GLUE GUN) but I didn't witness it. Someone who works at the New York Public Library goes around taking pictures of people reading around the city and posts the photos online. I found out about it from a Google Alert (gotta love those Google Alerts!) So in a way, it was better because even though I couldn't give the woman a hug, I was able to print out the photo and now have it framed in my office. A huge grin covers my face every time I look at it. :-DLois Winstonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01866423986250423199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-50801896636526858292015-06-11T14:50:06.319-04:002015-06-11T14:50:06.319-04:00Yes, I want to know that, too! HOW do you do it??Yes, I want to know that, too! HOW do you do it??Hank Phillippi Ryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17420701704169428286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-18316195982420795472015-06-11T14:13:38.625-04:002015-06-11T14:13:38.625-04:00Hi Jenny! Love your brother. How funny (although i...Hi Jenny! Love your brother. How funny (although if my brother hid under my bed and scared the bejesus out of me I'd kill him!) <br /><br />I've had a few Moments, but not the airplane or airport one so far. Sigh. A funny one, though; I was on the train from London to Oxford one year, going to the St. Hilda's Crime Conference, and the two ladies on the other side of the table were reading my books! I was so thrilled. It turned out they were going to the conference and were trying to sample all the authors attending, so I figured it didn't really count as a "stranger reading your book" moment. Nice, though.<br /><br />What I want to know is how you spend that much time on the road AND write such fabulous books?Deborah Crombiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16988750789088153601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-30547022593408665382015-06-11T14:00:42.453-04:002015-06-11T14:00:42.453-04:00LOL! No wonder you write thrillers.LOL! No wonder you write thrillers.Sandra Hutchisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04567148873933072612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-44841210286167773792015-06-11T13:47:47.834-04:002015-06-11T13:47:47.834-04:00Sandy, your sister-in-law just may know best :)
I...Sandy, your sister-in-law just may know best :)<br /><br />It's really funny to hear my brother do the #1 fan. I didn't even explain the part where he gets stalker-y about it. Once he hid under my bed till I was good and tucked in, curled up with a book, then he rolled out and croaked, "Hey! Aren't you Jenny Milchman?"<br /><br />It wasn't a made it kind of moment.jenny milchmanhttp://jennymilchman.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-36472824744141965752015-06-11T13:21:42.455-04:002015-06-11T13:21:42.455-04:00Ha ha! I love your brother, Jenny. And I suspect a...Ha ha! I love your brother, Jenny. And I suspect all those moments are about to happen to you.<br /><br />My sister-in-law once introduced me to a stranger at a wedding as a "famous writer." She'd be a very handy person to have around if I didn't feel the need to immediately say, "No, I'm not!"Sandra Hutchisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04567148873933072612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-89219027897180940572015-06-11T13:05:57.294-04:002015-06-11T13:05:57.294-04:00I love that story, Leslie! Talk about seeing your ...I love that story, Leslie! Talk about seeing your book in a reader's hand.<br /><br />The Montana thing must happen. You don't even need cake. I just want to pair up with you sometime, my Agatha award winning friend!!jenny milchmanhttp://jennymilchman.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-54002081755350530742015-06-11T12:33:37.986-04:002015-06-11T12:33:37.986-04:00I was reshelving my books at a B&N after dropp...I was reshelving my books at a B&N after dropping in to sign stock -- the clerk was busy so I offered to put them away myself -- and a woman with a small dog in a basket on her arm asked me what that book was. I told her and she said "that sounds good" and tucked a copy in the basket with the dog. (I did spot her later, handing it and her credit card to a clerk at the checkout counter. Not that I was watching to make sure she bought it, but...)<br /><br />And Jenny, if we ever manage to be near a Montana bookstore at the same time, I promise to recognize you and squeal -- and maybe bring cake. A miniature cake. :) Leslie Budewitzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11942314846112875042noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-30621598013740039182015-06-11T12:03:30.547-04:002015-06-11T12:03:30.547-04:00PS. Meant to say you are coming to Houston in AUGU...PS. Meant to say you are coming to Houston in AUGUST, Jenny. That is what makes you so brave!kkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02296326994943617709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-22754617959586615742015-06-11T12:03:21.505-04:002015-06-11T12:03:21.505-04:00Mark, your comments about my debut were certainly ...Mark, your comments about my debut were certainly cover-worthy. Keep reviewing and I bet it does happen for a US title!<br /><br />Kay, I would come to Houston in August just to see you and eat chocolate together as we talk writing...and life. Thanks for your vote of confidence (especially when it's hard to feel myself).jenny milchmanhttp://jennymilchman.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-68931027172402168642015-06-11T11:49:17.714-04:002015-06-11T11:49:17.714-04:00Wonderful Moments to aspire to, Jenny. I predict t...Wonderful Moments to aspire to, Jenny. I predict that within five years, you will experience a majority of them. Write on!<br />I look forward to seeing you in Houston on this year's tour extravaganza...in Houston, you brave author, you! Hugs!!kkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02296326994943617709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-48274186434616040792015-06-11T11:35:41.206-04:002015-06-11T11:35:41.206-04:00I could certainly see what a thrill those would be...I could certainly see what a thrill those would be for writers.<br /><br />As a reviewer, I'd love to be quoted giving an endorsement in a book in English. (It's actually happened with the German version of a couple of the Monk books. And yes, I have copies). That would be a made it moment. Even more would be getting the cover quote.Mark Bakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11567392254011373198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-64778573146147449662015-06-11T11:25:59.877-04:002015-06-11T11:25:59.877-04:00Jack, you cracked me up!
And you will be just as ...Jack, you cracked me up! <br />And you will be just as generous as she is, I'm sure.Hallie Ephronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04759439029582054503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-68323431979594646062015-06-11T11:17:53.757-04:002015-06-11T11:17:53.757-04:00Mary, I would love to get to meet you! Here, I'...Mary, I would love to get to meet you! Here, I'm going to share an invite to the event. It will be a talk about publishing, so maybe right up your alley now? http://jennymilchman.com/tour/invitation/2015-07-13/mystery-lovers-bookshop<br /><br />Susan, I'm so glad you like the Moments, and honored you know my books. The same to you. And being in the Spy Museum is just the coolest.<br /><br />Hank, it must be something to see your author recognizability climb to that of your Other Way Cool Career. I would be misty too. And I don't even have anOther Way Cool Career. And walking into a random bookstore...that goes on this list too. Actually, this whole comment stream does.jenny milchmanhttp://jennymilchman.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-67347595115900342442015-06-11T10:57:47.222-04:002015-06-11T10:57:47.222-04:00Love love love you, Jenny!
Once I was in the pos...Love love love you, Jenny! <br /><br />Once I was in the post office, and a woman came up to me and said--are you Hank Phillippi Ryan? Because it was Boston, I figured she knew me from TV. Yes, I said, so nice to see you.<br /><br />She opened her tote bag and took out TRUTH BE TOLD!<br /><br />(aHHHH!)<br /><br />I love your books, she said. Will you sign this for me? <br /><br />I still get misty thinking of it. And all the times I go into a random bookstore, and they HAVE the book! Ah. xoxooHank Phillippi Ryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17420701704169428286noreply@blogger.com