Comments on: Heck of an Interview & Left-Handed Kudos http://www.johndavidmann.com/journal/2008/07/26/heck-of-an-interview-left-handed-kudos/ Roaming the universe, helping set things write. Wed, 07 Jan 2009 14:37:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: jdmann http://www.johndavidmann.com/journal/2008/07/26/heck-of-an-interview-left-handed-kudos/#comment-350 jdmann Sun, 27 Jul 2008 01:31:59 +0000 http://www.johndavidmann.com/journal/?p=339#comment-350 Thanks for stopping in, Bob! I want you to know, you’re part of an honored tradition, starting back in January with Justin Henry, who pointed out <a href="http://www.johndavidmann.com/journal/2008/01/09/relishing-faint-praise/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">in a review on the blog “Zen Personal Finances”</a> that my prose is “not exactly Tolstoy.” His and yours are two of my favorite reviews! Thanks for stopping in, Bob! I want you to know, you’re part of an honored tradition, starting back in January with Justin Henry, who pointed out in a review on the blog “Zen Personal Finances” that my prose is “not exactly Tolstoy.” His and yours are two of my favorite reviews!

]]> By: bob corrigan http://www.johndavidmann.com/journal/2008/07/26/heck-of-an-interview-left-handed-kudos/#comment-348 bob corrigan Sat, 26 Jul 2008 18:55:23 +0000 http://www.johndavidmann.com/journal/?p=339#comment-348 Left-handed compliment? I am a <b>huge fan</b> of hackneyed dialog, stock characters and Disney endings! These are good things, and essential if you're telling a fable in 144 pages. It's part of the charm of the Go-Giver that makes it effective - and I appreciate the author being considerate of my time and limited attention span by using literary tropes that get the job done. You could have tried to imitate Rimbaud or Kerouac, but you didn't. I call that "putting my interests first"! (PS - Thanks for being a good sport :) ) Left-handed compliment? I am a huge fan of hackneyed dialog, stock characters and Disney endings! These are good things, and essential if you’re telling a fable in 144 pages. It’s part of the charm of the Go-Giver that makes it effective - and I appreciate the author being considerate of my time and limited attention span by using literary tropes that get the job done. You could have tried to imitate Rimbaud or Kerouac, but you didn’t. I call that “putting my interests first”!

(PS - Thanks for being a good sport :) )

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