tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2023956444265128672.post5243845869505193420..comments2024-03-28T00:47:44.556+08:00Comments on The Reading Life: Orfhlaith Foyle A Question and Answer SessionMel uhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08714473754458914681noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2023956444265128672.post-28199537358403813222013-03-12T03:18:55.679+08:002013-03-12T03:18:55.679+08:00Thank you Mel for interviewing me. I enjoyed the q...Thank you Mel for interviewing me. I enjoyed the questions. Thank you Caroline, Parrish and Valerie for your lovely compliments.<br />Thank you Nuala, and your interview was great reading. Ethel, you would be welcome anytime to walk on the moors with me and Emily!Órfhlaith Foylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12269971031951623625noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2023956444265128672.post-1222811023847211592013-03-12T00:55:48.812+08:002013-03-12T00:55:48.812+08:00I thoroughly enjoyed reading this fine interview. ...I thoroughly enjoyed reading this fine interview. This is great: "... and he's not a nice character, so what else can you do but write him and try to find some part of him that you can make human?"<br /><br />As is this: "I think in defeated people and in defeated events, you find a truer human experience. A victory is true also but it can be a partisan truth. Victory blinds you to what the defeated is feeling, and it makes you thirst to punish, and it is easier then to see the defeated as something that you can kick.<br />This makes for great archetypes in literature. The defeated will crawl back and build a hero and the victors will eat themselves and produce a tyrant."<br /><br />Thanks, Orfhlaith, for the kind mention.<br /><br />And I would love to join you and Emily for that walk on the moors ...<br /><br />Ethel Rohanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10332550869543076891noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2023956444265128672.post-61961758723334026432013-03-11T17:34:40.521+08:002013-03-11T17:34:40.521+08:00Great stuff, Miss Foyle :)Great stuff, Miss Foyle :)Group 8https://www.blogger.com/profile/07924947352624027079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2023956444265128672.post-78841445742303699222013-03-08T07:18:06.542+08:002013-03-08T07:18:06.542+08:00I love Orfhlaith's facility for language in th...I love Orfhlaith's facility for language in the stories. I came across Belios in a second-hand bookshop a couple of days ago and am looking forward to reading itvalerie sirrhttp://www.valeriesirr.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2023956444265128672.post-18414403796894839652013-03-08T01:17:16.530+08:002013-03-08T01:17:16.530+08:00Great interview with a great writer/poet. As to f...Great interview with a great writer/poet. As to flash fiction check out Aesops tales great early examples. @parridhlanternhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12793548943992250238noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2023956444265128672.post-16253611682669147012013-03-07T19:18:33.422+08:002013-03-07T19:18:33.422+08:00Caroline-thanks very much-Caroline-thanks very much-Mel uhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08714473754458914681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2023956444265128672.post-63805504673435602762013-03-07T17:02:34.508+08:002013-03-07T17:02:34.508+08:00What an absolutely great interview.What an absolutely great interview.Carolinehttp://beautyisasleepingcat.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com