Comments on: Five Questions: John Baker

By: Geoffrey Philp

Geoffrey Philp — Wed, 25 Oct 2006 16:36:16 +0000

Dear Mr. Baker,

Greetings!

I have finally gotten to the bottom of the “Five Questions” mystery and it’s you! I had thought it had originated here : http://www.thepublishingspot.com/richard_grayson
and, perhaps(?) gave the wrong credit when I started my own series.

Thanks to Anne (Fernham), I have discovered the source.

jb says: Hi Geoffrey, Nice to see you here. I was aware you were doing a five questions series and wondered if I had anything to do with it. Good to have the mystery solved. Oh, and good luck with the series. . .

By: Pearl

Pearl — Sat, 21 Oct 2006 16:11:54 +0000

Thanks for the series. It’s been a great exploration. And thanks for your answers.

jb says: Cheers, Pearl. It’s nice to get something right.

By: Thomas

Thomas — Fri, 20 Oct 2006 23:29:50 +0000

Great, the series is over!!!
Lets have more from John Baker now:)

jb says: It’s a point of view, Tom. Would be good to hear more from you, too.

By: Dick

Dick — Thu, 19 Oct 2006 21:29:38 +0000

Yes, thank you, John, for running this long & fascinating series. And thanks for ending it with so interesting a set of reflections of your own.

jb says: Gimme more of that flattery stuff, Dick. But shouldn’t you be in, er, bed?

By: Fromage de Merde

Fromage de Merde — Thu, 19 Oct 2006 20:27:19 +0000

Thanks John, interesting series, with a perfect finale …

jb says: Glad you followed the series, Patrick, and I hope you’re enjoying the new car.

By: Amelia

Amelia — Wed, 18 Oct 2006 18:34:25 +0000

I’m sorry to see this series end! I found it so enjoyable! I do wish you lots of luck and much success with your next novel

jb says: Good to hear from you, Amelia; and thanks for the good wishes. It makes a difference . . . but you know that . . .

By: Anne

Anne — Wed, 18 Oct 2006 17:46:18 +0000

Thanks for the series–my own contribution was pale indeed but, as the narrator says, my blogroll has expanded–and improved–thanks to you. It’s very sporting of you not to list favorites and a little naughty to critique your own questions–a fitting and witty end to the series. Thanks!

jb says: Thanks, Anne. Twern’t nothing.

By: the narrator

the narrator — Wed, 18 Oct 2006 10:53:52 +0000

thanks for this whole series John. My blogroll has expanded and I have found more interesting things than I can keep up with.

Love your thoughts on fiction. The story is always the last thing I’m aware of when I either start writing or reading. I want the world – someplace I can either offer you for habitation or that (the writer) can offer me.

“Give me a writer who is willing to make me work and I’ll stay up with him or her all night long.” excellent…

jb says: It’s been enjoyable for me, too. But it is also good to bring it to a close and start to think of other things. Deep down in the subconscious (unconscious?) I feel a novel gestating. It will be a while before I begin writing. But something is happening down there, and the feeling is a way of telling me to clear the decks, to somehow get my life in order so that I am clear to give it my best shot.