If they could put of listening to me for a month, they would. Perhaps I should just hand out the URL of my blog in lieu of conversation. Then I could express all my ideas silently, through the medium of dance.

It means that I get to know some of the things that are on friends’ minds, things that interest them, or worry them, during one sliver of time – preserved there for me to read at my leisure – that day, a week later, a month later, or never at all… There’s something particularly pleasing about mostly-unread blogs, precisely because there is little thought of audience.

Reading a few of these posts feels like having a coffee with someone I haven’t seen for a while. Or tea.

Thanks for the kind words.

Chris

I am overjoyed to count you as a reader. Your Starbuck and Stubb always seem to be sitting on my shoulder, like a good and bad conscience.

Thanks for commenting: I really hope you like Blimp!

Chris

First, nice to meet you! I’m Joy. This may not be relevant, but I joined LV in early June ’09. Recently I started listening to your version of “Great Expectations” & since it’s unfinished (I know Kaffen–Mark–has a finished version), I bought a $4.95 copy from Audible. Simon Vance (another Brit) narrates, & he’s OK, but I MUCH prefer your reading to his, & although Kaffen is an excellent reader, as an American & Anglophile, I really enjoy British/Scottish/Irish accents. Is there any chance you’ll record the rest of it, even if it’s just a chapter or 2 a month? I loved all the character voices you used & would be delighted if you found time to finish it (you made the book come alive for me!). I know you already had a PL’er, but if you needed one now, I could help; I’m just not the fastest PL’er on LV. I know life gets busy, etc., but you’re such an *excellent* narrator! (& I do NOT flatter–just not me). Even though I’ve never met you on LV, I miss your work on there!

I had never read the book, & since I developed eye pain/irritation (due to inflammation from ankylosing spondylitis, my auto-immune illness), I can’t read actual books for more than maybe 10 pages at one time (or have to listen with my SARA–a scanning machine that reads books to me with computerized voices; I prefer human voices, of course). I have been PL’ing since I got to LV, but I set my screen to about 200 percent zoom so I have much bigger letters; makes it much easier, but I still take breaks). I’ve also recorded a bit & started on my first solo (it’s going to take awhile as I’m SO picky when editing). Silly, I know, but I’m a perfectionist & was a part-time pro freelance proofreader for publishers for about 13 years (before I got chronic illnesses & became officially disabled). LV is great! What an awesome site! Everyone is so kind & helpful; I’ve made several friends. And it’s so rewarding & satifying to help get PD audiobooks out there (for everyone, but also for others who have trouble reading books due to eye problems or blindness, etc.); I just wish I’d found the site sooner.

Sorry if I talked too much. I’ve been wondering if I should PM you, but I wasn’t sure you’d get it. Glad I found you online! Even if you can’t finish GE, thank you for what you’ve recorded. (But it would be SO cool to have your entire version of GE on my ipod!)

An American fan (Indiana),
Joy
a.k.a. momof3Chihuahuas on LV

I tried blogging a few years back myself; much the same situation — few readers, done primarily to get it out of my system, as it were. Eventually had to quit because I lacked the time. So I turned to Twitter instead — and now, I’m increasingly finding I lack the time to *tweet*. Now *that* is sad.

Don’t underestimate your influence, though. Solely on the basis of your *very* positive, I straight away added “Colonel Blimp” to my Netflix queue, and promoted it to the top. I’m looking forward to watching it.

Cheers,
Stewart