tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post8968707222913604928..comments2024-03-04T17:54:32.559+00:00Comments on Iain Dale's Diary: Wife in the MoneyIain Dalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03270146219458384372noreply@blogger.comBlogger25125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-23548739750528520972007-02-19T17:18:00.000+00:002007-02-19T17:18:00.000+00:00Helen - gosh, what a suspicious mind you have! Yo...Helen - gosh, what a suspicious mind you have! Your theory sounds about right. "Let's run it up the blogpole and see if anyone salutes".<BR/><BR/>I don't know that the pensées of one more middle class housewife who thinks her life is of wider interest will catch the public imagination, although other Home Counties middle class housewives who also think the north is a dangerous, rather comical foreign country might buy it. No one bought David Blunkett's book. No one bought Cherie Blair's book about living in Downing St.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-86644896761307557502007-02-19T15:57:00.000+00:002007-02-19T15:57:00.000+00:00Tim Worstall tells how fast it all happened. Absol...Tim Worstall tells how fast it all happened. Absolutely miraculous. Umm. Could it have been the other way round? You know, first a chat with a publisher about a book of a blog as her other free-lance work is supposedly drying up and then writing a blog? Just a thought.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-38373506116807146912007-02-19T13:53:00.000+00:002007-02-19T13:53:00.000+00:00Yes, Newmania. Arch and knowing. Not to say patr...Yes, Newmania. Arch and knowing. Not to say patronising.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-35249999392669256672007-02-19T13:36:00.000+00:002007-02-19T13:36:00.000+00:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-73295955352010250312007-02-19T11:44:00.000+00:002007-02-19T11:44:00.000+00:00Good for her, now if only I could get a deal for m...Good for her, now if only I could get a deal for my autobiography "Defiant Against All Odds" and my series of action-adventure-supranatural pro-wrestling sagas...Sir-C4'https://www.blogger.com/profile/03917709983378003032noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-62186084726731820272007-02-19T11:43:00.000+00:002007-02-19T11:43:00.000+00:00I loved her witty well-written blog up to now but ...I loved her witty well-written blog up to now but that was before I realised she's a friend of Tom Watson.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-52480986245093776442007-02-19T11:39:00.000+00:002007-02-19T11:39:00.000+00:00Oh a book deal. How wonderful. Must offer my congr...Oh a book deal. How wonderful. Must offer my congratulations. 70k sounds a bit measly though... How much did Plunkett get for writing that unreadable rubbish? Is this sex discrim by publishers?<BR/><BR/>We should be told.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-37013944264794494742007-02-19T09:59:00.000+00:002007-02-19T09:59:00.000+00:00I have also recieved considerable wife in the No...I have also recieved considerable wife in the North correspondence. I think she`s quite good but it is all a bit arch and she really is a god awful snob<BR/><BR/>Still her book can hardly be worse than the Rachle drivel which many alare alrady bracing themselves to ignore.<BR/><BR/>Could anything be worse,and she will not mend her ways vby disappearing to a small uninhabited island . I can think of many of just the right size.Newmaniahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11922161971821380803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-30540265362068320102007-02-19T01:27:00.000+00:002007-02-19T01:27:00.000+00:00Thank you, Verity. You said it all for me.Thank you, Verity. You said it all for me.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-25489987951396494632007-02-19T00:25:00.000+00:002007-02-19T00:25:00.000+00:00Hi I have to say that one of the best things about...Hi I have to say that one of the best things about today were the e-mails I had from other mothers offering me haggis balls for the book launch and chocolate chip cookies the next time I am feeling blue. That is worth more than any publisher's cheque.(They are really good haggis balls.)<BR/>In any event, I am contemplating handing over the book deal to Brian Appleyard because he does me better than I do.<BR/>wifeywife in the northhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15227214647512546906noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-70929752774487786392007-02-18T20:12:00.000+00:002007-02-18T20:12:00.000+00:00Anonymous 11:05 a.m. - Well, I would have raced in...Anonymous 11:05 a.m. - Well, I would have raced in earlier, but my post didn't get posted. Iain said the Comments on Blogger hadn't been dependable today.<BR/><BR/>Doubtless you recall my mentioning from Day One that the lady was obviously trying to parlay her very ordinary life into a book or TV series. It was obvious to everyone except good-natured,trusting Iain that, "coping" with "wry humour", with those strange surroundings and weird humans in the north, she felt her unexceptional life merited a wider audience. <BR/><BR/>I think she may find she is mistaken. For a start, I have a feeling that all the other millions of wives in the north, for example, may fail to see the manufactured exasperation and "wry humour" she describes at having to share their geography and park next to them at Tesco.<BR/><BR/>What a horrible snob the woman is.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-82350525093476620762007-02-18T17:22:00.000+00:002007-02-18T17:22:00.000+00:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-45778349973483528662007-02-18T16:47:00.000+00:002007-02-18T16:47:00.000+00:00Sigh, why, why, why?Sigh, why, why, why?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-86887897563559683492007-02-18T16:01:00.000+00:002007-02-18T16:01:00.000+00:00Call me cynical but I smell a rate...sort of like ...Call me cynical but I smell a rate...sort of like Sandi Tong and Lilly Allen.Andrew Ian Dodgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16293965494182995460noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-56665991251784574382007-02-18T14:55:00.000+00:002007-02-18T14:55:00.000+00:00Wry, spry, dryWry, spry, dryAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-53002989036274496572007-02-18T14:34:00.000+00:002007-02-18T14:34:00.000+00:00Wry wry wry.Wry wry wry.Little Black Sambohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16699227938165106710noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-39129090821638317562007-02-18T13:14:00.000+00:002007-02-18T13:14:00.000+00:00I can do this stuff: http://www.bryanappleyard.com...I can do this stuff: <BR/>http://www.bryanappleyard.com/blog/2007/02/wife-in-money.phpBryan Appleyardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08276787058430388582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-30990279545339235892007-02-18T12:16:00.000+00:002007-02-18T12:16:00.000+00:00Godamnit, you've had us linked for at least 12 hou...Godamnit, you've had us linked for at least 12 hours and I haven't heard from a single publishing house.<BR/><BR/>I'm going to check my spambox.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-11737328180902586792007-02-18T11:51:00.000+00:002007-02-18T11:51:00.000+00:00It must be really difficult to get a book deal if ...It must be really difficult to get a book deal if you have Iain Dale as a fan and you used to work as an education reporter for the Sunday Times.<BR/><BR/>And having worked for the Sunday Times must have had no impact upon this smallest of small stories appearing on the front page of the main 'quality' sunday newspaper!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-39716894603028035852007-02-18T11:36:00.000+00:002007-02-18T11:36:00.000+00:00The blogosphere moves in mysterious ways.The blogosphere moves in mysterious ways.The Daily Pundithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10897210727324532431noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-14856413152659575712007-02-18T11:07:00.000+00:002007-02-18T11:07:00.000+00:00Hmm...I still think they are missing a trick with ...Hmm...I still think they are missing a trick with 'Winchester Whisperer', but then she is rather erudite for the 'masses'..the old adage about no one going bankrupt underestimating the taste of the public is very true in publishing. <BR/><BR/>p.s. we still love you Iain !Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-15447589913275547412007-02-18T11:05:00.001+00:002007-02-18T11:05:00.001+00:00Let's see how long it will be until verity shows u...Let's see how long it will be until verity shows up with an apposite comment or threeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-62383287186246830312007-02-18T11:05:00.000+00:002007-02-18T11:05:00.000+00:00I am not surprised that she has been snapped up by...I am not surprised that she has been snapped up by a literary agent and publisher. I checked the site out after you mentioned it, and found it a breath of fresh air as opposed to the shit emanating from the likes of The Hitch. I suspect it will eventually be made into a film. Even though it is clearly a different style of blog compared to Guido's, I am glad that she has stolen the show.jailhouselawyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03795278184797990706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-49662220789695770262007-02-18T10:50:00.000+00:002007-02-18T10:50:00.000+00:00I don't think I have been mentioned in an editoria...<I>I don't think I have been mentioned in an editorial before!</I><BR/><BR/>Keep it up... you'll get there with winning moves like <A HREF="http://iaindale.blogspot.com/2007/02/theres-only-one-peter-hitchens.html#6844602164876752204" REL="nofollow">this</A>.Guido 2.0https://www.blogger.com/profile/17983170519827077255noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-59555046752097190392007-02-18T10:37:00.000+00:002007-02-18T10:37:00.000+00:00What a suprise I wouldn't have guessed it ,fancy g...What a suprise I wouldn't have guessed it ,fancy getting a book deal ,check out what people have already said about this story in you archive's and I think you will find book's were mentioned and don't acted suprised Iain.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com