tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4130421352415377273.post783904991595352603..comments2024-03-28T16:31:23.093-07:00Comments on Books in Northport: Writers' Days of ShameP. J. Grathhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12693462910472164289noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4130421352415377273.post-18702375368612361732016-07-14T07:22:16.116-07:002016-07-14T07:22:16.116-07:00Okay, friends and neighbors, hold onto your cowboy...Okay, friends and neighbors, hold onto your cowboy and cowgirl hats! I'm going to go back and include the title of the book, the name of the author of the essay in question, and the name of the other fellow in the car. It just isn't fair, I decided, to cast a haze of possible guilt over all Montana writers.P. J. Grathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12693462910472164289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4130421352415377273.post-88516178050074189182016-07-13T16:08:20.172-07:002016-07-13T16:08:20.172-07:00Always a bit curious, I did a search for 'anth...Always a bit curious, I did a search for 'anthology of stories and<br />essays about Montana'. When I found 1,750,000 choices on the topic,<br />I called off the search and noted that there were 750,000 more anthologies than people living in Montana! The lanky windblown<br />denim-jeaned cowboy-rancher types have been known to drink hard...<br />but they would no more skip a meal bill than abandon a calf in a blizzard. It is hard to digest that grown adults would act like that and then brag about it in print. BB-Idahohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01388509941702241290noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4130421352415377273.post-22921909267067280992016-07-13T07:44:55.481-07:002016-07-13T07:44:55.481-07:00That IS a good question - why on earth would the e...That IS a good question - why on earth would the editor's not call them out on their behavior? Why do the author's think this is an ok thing to admit to? Would love to hear their answers.Deborahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02101133608076884449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4130421352415377273.post-23382041951501301862016-07-13T05:26:21.452-07:002016-07-13T05:26:21.452-07:00Dawn, I agree with you completely but doubt it was...Dawn, I agree with you completely but doubt it was done. Maiya, I hope you aren't imagining an innocent party! Gerry, the rest of the book was wonderful -- which brings up the question, what was going on in the minds of the editors that they included this piece? Did they think a rotten apple in the barrel would add interesting variety?P. J. Grathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12693462910472164289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4130421352415377273.post-5663071127615198492016-07-12T20:41:19.652-07:002016-07-12T20:41:19.652-07:00I can imagine who at least one of them was. Yuck.I can imagine who at least one of them was. Yuck.Maiyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16091329542604631366noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4130421352415377273.post-69437617937540639852016-07-12T14:22:48.894-07:002016-07-12T14:22:48.894-07:00Unbelievable. They should be ashamed and retrace...Unbelievable. They should be ashamed and retrace their route...go into each place, pay up and apologize. Dawnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00824027366993286152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4130421352415377273.post-24418939922781410892016-07-12T13:27:59.119-07:002016-07-12T13:27:59.119-07:00I'm curious about the reviews of the book. Di...I'm curious about the reviews of the book. Did anyone ever call these jerks out? Don't tell me what the book was. If you told me I'd go get it out of a library and write a review and call them out by name. I am on a tear. Gerryhttp://torchlakeviews.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4130421352415377273.post-88386133207587242332016-07-12T12:42:47.331-07:002016-07-12T12:42:47.331-07:00Hmmm. DID they assume they SHOULD get their meals ...Hmmm. DID they assume they SHOULD get their meals for free? I'm pretty sure they knew they SHOULD be PAYING THE BILL! But I don't understand it, either.P. J. Grathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12693462910472164289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4130421352415377273.post-35871318687830372292016-07-12T12:28:16.541-07:002016-07-12T12:28:16.541-07:00Reprehensible. Disgusting. Irresponsible. Many r...Reprehensible. Disgusting. Irresponsible. Many restaurants will charge the waitstaff for the meal(s) if the customer doesn't pay. Why do these people assume they should receive something FREE?? I don't understand at all. Deborahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02101133608076884449noreply@blogger.com