tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4544416621891146956.post8215894869612381418..comments2021-08-02T19:02:28.352+08:00Comments on Rosanne Dingli's Blog: Nothing beats F2FRosanne Dinglihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18297891545294681562noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4544416621891146956.post-16413523913585259802011-11-21T20:01:07.208+08:002011-11-21T20:01:07.208+08:00Ian - I must ask Robyn but my guess would be the f...Ian - I must ask Robyn but my guess would be the first alternative you gave. It is very refreshing to get a comment like this - one day I'll tell you why!Rosanne Dinglihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18297891545294681562noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4544416621891146956.post-12689196519016889742011-11-21T18:53:21.041+08:002011-11-21T18:53:21.041+08:00It would be nice to know: Does the text and the bo...It would be nice to know: Does the text and the bottom of Robyn's Madonna actually say anything or is it made up artistic design? It looks as if it has been derived from the Amharic script of the Ethiopian Copts.Ian Mathienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4544416621891146956.post-26556513373784260302011-11-12T13:04:46.256+08:002011-11-12T13:04:46.256+08:00Sounds like a great time. I find I write a lot abo...Sounds like a great time. I find I write a lot about artists and read about them too and pore our over paintings, probably beause I am totally ungifted in any artisitic or craft skills, unless it involves words. I also write about singers but that one I know more about and enjoy doing.<br />www.daleharcombe.comDale Harcombehttp://www.daleharcombe.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4544416621891146956.post-9079068303000718732011-11-11T02:33:33.207+08:002011-11-11T02:33:33.207+08:00As an artist and now a writer, I love the idea of ...As an artist and now a writer, I love the idea of combining the two venues. Medieval art intrigues me and I love the Madonnas. Robyn's art put me in mind of James Christensen, a modern artist who paints Madonnas very successfully.<br /><br />Bravo on a great presentation. F2F is one of the best ways to go if you can arrange it.Sheron McCarthahttp://www.scifibookreview.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4544416621891146956.post-26998583373060093602011-11-11T00:06:27.782+08:002011-11-11T00:06:27.782+08:00Absolutely Rosanne! When I'm reading, I see i...Absolutely Rosanne! When I'm reading, I see it my way. If there were paintings, I would be able to see it the artist's way and with collaborative work, that would mean your way in the artist's perception. I would welcome that format too! I think a story told with pictures to accompany is a fascinating way to publish.Michael Allenhttp://michaelallenonline.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4544416621891146956.post-64208082907168229752011-11-10T21:19:20.826+08:002011-11-10T21:19:20.826+08:00Well done! That sounds like a great session and I ...Well done! That sounds like a great session and I wish I had been able to hear it. Did you by any chance record it? That would be something well worth hanging on your website, so those of us thousands of miles away could hear it too. Share your words in all their forms.Ian Mathienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4544416621891146956.post-3804607061275393872011-11-10T16:03:21.796+08:002011-11-10T16:03:21.796+08:00Sounds like a memorable, enjoyable -- and construc...Sounds like a memorable, enjoyable -- and constructive -- long lunch, Rosanne. You and Robyn seem to team incredibly well. Stand by for an email idea that would bring your skills even closer together. Bestests and congrats. NeilTHAT BOOKS CHAPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15125027071732354302noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4544416621891146956.post-63654004302833778582011-11-10T14:03:09.140+08:002011-11-10T14:03:09.140+08:00What a wonderful experience and recount, Rosanne, ...What a wonderful experience and recount, Rosanne, and for those of us who are writers, there are some excellent ideas here (love the slide show and props - the rubik's cube for example), and the whole notion of artist collaboration is inspiring. I've never collaborated with an artist to this extent (beyond cover art - where I've had several collaborations, including one co-artist show that was fantastic), but it's something I will certainly explore in the future. Thanks for sharing your experience.Magdalena Ballhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00182314078304734996noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4544416621891146956.post-66320144190431575962011-11-10T13:22:38.184+08:002011-11-10T13:22:38.184+08:00Yes Rosanne, I have written about art; my main cha...Yes Rosanne, I have written about art; my main character in 'Leaving Gaza' was a woman artist. During severe difficulties she took courage and inspiration from the early Australian women artists like Grace Cossington-Smith and Stella Bowen. I am sure the references to great paintings unearths a vast field of opportunity for the writer.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00688770562796865145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4544416621891146956.post-82725574756145499692011-11-10T13:05:21.236+08:002011-11-10T13:05:21.236+08:00Sounds like a very successful event and a great co...Sounds like a very successful event and a great collaboration, Rosanne.<br /><br />For me, as an author, the covers showing people rarely convey the characters as I have 'seen' them, and I prefer the non-human covers, such as the cover of Family Connections paperback, showing a garden scene, or the ebook of Mistress of Marymoor, showing a small stately home in England, of the sort the heroine inherited. And I usually feel the same about books I read.<br /><br />Authors with the bigger publishers don't have the final say in covers, and I've wept over one or two (not recently).Anna Jacobshttp://www.annajacobs.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4544416621891146956.post-66495134707620899622011-11-10T12:49:55.433+08:002011-11-10T12:49:55.433+08:00How awesome that you were able to do that together...How awesome that you were able to do that together. That is an experience most people never get. They either see the author or the artist. What a coup. Congratulations.Rebecka Vigushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14793832545022145888noreply@blogger.com