tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4145825647751945760.post4656992559244147732..comments2024-03-08T07:00:30.850-06:00Comments on Write From the Heart: Oh my, Fannie!Linda O'Connellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15982895073903619018noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4145825647751945760.post-27139306063324665772013-02-21T12:19:04.716-06:002013-02-21T12:19:04.716-06:00You made me realize that we all love fiction as fi...You made me realize that we all love fiction as fiction, but it can never feel like a LIE. I am a Fanny fan, too, and will try to forgive her.Tammyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02141883867104777688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4145825647751945760.post-25182701923449782492013-02-21T09:11:54.501-06:002013-02-21T09:11:54.501-06:00I kind of agree with Mary. I also have a guilty pl...I kind of agree with Mary. I also have a guilty pleasure for a split second when finding the error but then I am a bit irritated. I struggle with this more with our news media in particular. I wrote a post about that about the Newtown tragedy. I was so frustrated by the lack of fact-checking before the media released information. They were so nonchalant in sharing misinformation, yet that is their job. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08282608638459033023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4145825647751945760.post-70203358630471036272013-02-20T23:04:47.118-06:002013-02-20T23:04:47.118-06:00I'm conflicted when I find errors. I have the ...I'm conflicted when I find errors. I have the guilty pleasure of feeling that I have a keen eye for editing for just a moment, then immediately feel bad for the author because I know I've made errors in the past that can't be changed after publication. In this case, though, I think she needed a good fact-checker!Mary Hornerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10962782269214823198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4145825647751945760.post-83668209456928880112013-02-19T21:46:01.307-06:002013-02-19T21:46:01.307-06:00Oh, oh. Fannie blew it. That's a 20 year discr...Oh, oh. Fannie blew it. That's a 20 year discrepancy. Tsk tsk on the copy editors. <br /><br />Aren't errors like that a pain in the "fanny?" hee hee SusanSusanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12358462881287190635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4145825647751945760.post-3337900426703671072013-02-19T21:27:34.137-06:002013-02-19T21:27:34.137-06:00I love Fannie Flagg! I've read some of her bo...I love Fannie Flagg! I've read some of her books too and remember her from Candid Camera. That error does seem rather glaring though. It seems like an editor would have caught that before it went to print.Conniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03865193802444007545noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4145825647751945760.post-59520449521947049462013-02-19T20:10:42.262-06:002013-02-19T20:10:42.262-06:00I remember taking trips downtown to watch the prog...I remember taking trips downtown to watch the progress of the Arch as it was built. (I wish I had a bunch of hunky construction guys hosing me down to cool me off, like the Arch had.)<br /><br />"Fried Green Tomatoes" is one of my favorites. I've gone twice to Juliette, Georgia--where it was filmed and where the restaurant still is--I'm that crazy about the novel and movie.<br /><br />Yes, Fannie should have been a better fact-checker.Sioux Roslawskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17924021828536277618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4145825647751945760.post-30599729148422449852013-02-19T20:04:30.125-06:002013-02-19T20:04:30.125-06:00That's like watching some feel-good, character...That's like watching some feel-good, character-building sports movie, and then a basketball player runs by with "28" on his jersey.<br /><br />EVERYBODY should know that basketball jerseys can't have a digit higher than five, because most referees don't have more than five fingers on one hand. How can a ref hold up two fingers, then eight fingers to signal a foul?<br /><br />Fire the fact-checker!Valhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13025832536749983018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4145825647751945760.post-70968920777629812112013-02-19T19:32:51.055-06:002013-02-19T19:32:51.055-06:00Stuff like that doesn't bother me too much. I ...Stuff like that doesn't bother me too much. I used to live in Las Vegas and we always had fun watching TV shows and movies that were filmed there because they had the town turned upside down, with characters crossing streets that should lead one place and they'd step off the curb and end up on the other side of town. LOLLisa Ricard Clarohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05048410207952052295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4145825647751945760.post-8085587538810328362013-02-19T15:40:44.233-06:002013-02-19T15:40:44.233-06:00I'm fine as long as it's not set in Austra...I'm fine as long as it's not set in Australia, if the takes place somewhere else I'm not 100% sure or my facts and figures so not so easy to pick up mistakes, much better if the book is pure make believe and on another planet.<br />Merle......Merlesworldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00573975763012762631noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4145825647751945760.post-78787837785253876962013-02-19T14:33:15.948-06:002013-02-19T14:33:15.948-06:00This has bothered me all my reading life. No kidd...This has bothered me all my reading life. No kidding. Nancy Drew once hopped out of her convertable to rescue idential twins--a boy and a girl.Joanne Noragonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09834682329952369721noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4145825647751945760.post-69656903900866590792013-02-19T13:01:07.142-06:002013-02-19T13:01:07.142-06:00Oh no! Ruined it. Now you will be on alert for mor...Oh no! Ruined it. Now you will be on alert for more incosistencies. I think I may have spelled that wrong, I hope it won't ruin my comment for you!!!<br />I like to listen to audio books while I sew and I can sometimes be heard shouting at the reader for mispronouncing words. The most recent was the word "shown". It was pronounced "sh-awe-n". I was in awe ....Kathy's Klotheslinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17881966393157941515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4145825647751945760.post-71650968540060071692013-02-19T09:31:52.628-06:002013-02-19T09:31:52.628-06:00Yes, I do know what you mean. Sometimes the slight...Yes, I do know what you mean. Sometimes the slightest snag can break your willing suspension of disbelief! But Fannie Flagg is seasoned author...why do you think she used this stretch of facts? Surely she knew.....Bookiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12043111213031211794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4145825647751945760.post-57557202755819215002013-02-19T07:40:52.593-06:002013-02-19T07:40:52.593-06:00I DO know what you mean. Chicken feather indeed! G...I DO know what you mean. Chicken feather indeed! Great story.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17842690201701814086noreply@blogger.com