tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8732486.post9001226108644575326..comments2023-10-26T03:19:41.569-07:00Comments on Stephen Bodio's Querencia: Number 4000 approachesSteve Bodiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14434597061701369867noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8732486.post-28450597060794814852016-03-22T18:24:00.006-07:002016-03-22T18:24:00.006-07:00To everybody, but especially to you, Denise. I can...To everybody, but especially to you, Denise. I can't say how much I value my old friends, but to get such a compliment from somebody I didn't know is the kind of thing that keeps a writer going. <br /><br />Today, I'm having a bad Parkinson's day and can barely walk. I just sent out about ten copies of old fiction for friends' comments; I'm hoping that my new agents, a best friend and a fellow resident of your state, will enable me to make some money in my old age if I try hard enough. <br /><br />Your letter is the kind of thing that keeps me trying.<br /><br />Thank you.Steve Bodiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14434597061701369867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8732486.post-62079622534982041782016-03-22T14:06:50.550-07:002016-03-22T14:06:50.550-07:00The occasion of your 4000th post seems a fitting t...The occasion of your 4000th post seems a fitting time to let you know how much pleasure your writing has brought me over the years.<br /><br />I meant to write you more than 20 years ago after a friend recommended Querencia. I was on an airplane reading the last bit of it and couldn’t stop the tears that came suddenly, so moved was I by your story. A young Spanish girl seated next to me asked, in broken English, “What’s wrong with you?” One day you’ll know, I thought.<br /><br />I’ve probably purchased more copies of that lovely book that anyone. Over the years I gave them to various boyfriends – partly because their reactions to it told me something about the kind of men they were. <br /><br />I’ve read everything else you ever wrote, and have felt kinship with you through shared interests expressed here on this rich blog.<br /><br />So just, thank you, from this reader whose life you have enriched more than you know.<br /><br />Denise Hearst <br />Cambria, California<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8732486.post-70594940552461753302016-03-09T14:44:12.286-08:002016-03-09T14:44:12.286-08:00I really enjoy this blog. Thanks.I really enjoy this blog. Thanks.Petehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09204838664179187521noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8732486.post-58796837046719412762016-03-09T06:31:29.522-08:002016-03-09T06:31:29.522-08:00Please push on to the next 4,000. Whether I am ha...Please push on to the next 4,000. Whether I am having a good day or a run of bad ones, a stop to check in and read Querencia makes them better. Thanks! JLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16453055399726713922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8732486.post-8134645392205857202016-02-23T10:55:13.901-08:002016-02-23T10:55:13.901-08:00Maybe the batteries on The Mallard of Discontent a...Maybe the batteries on <a href="http://mallardofdiscontent.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">The Mallard of Discontent</a> are not dead yet. There are rumblings. Chas S. Cliftonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00923547685265741325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8732486.post-43449212144053258412016-02-22T03:10:23.454-08:002016-02-22T03:10:23.454-08:00Here's to the next 4k and many happy returns! ...Here's to the next 4k and many happy returns! GilGilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16586106608274313864noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8732486.post-55819104161379009942016-02-21T20:16:57.937-08:002016-02-21T20:16:57.937-08:00Don't know if timing and (especially) finances...Don't know if timing and (especially) finances will work out, but keep me posted. I wouldn't have a blog but for the inspiration of you and Matt. (Whether I should thank you or blame you is a question for another time...)<br />; )Mark Farrell-Churchillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09867907324318184817noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8732486.post-55276124739927075432016-02-21T09:35:53.455-08:002016-02-21T09:35:53.455-08:00My library is filled with Bodio and those I have l...My library is filled with Bodio and those I have learned of through you. Mullenix, MacDonald, and O'Brien plus more. <br /><br />The quote about specialization reminded me of an article I recently read about how well educated people, but specialized, can be ignorant. <br /><br />Keep 'em coming.<br /><br />Matthew in MissouriAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14239641388461524647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8732486.post-44660325196707901832016-02-21T06:38:57.785-08:002016-02-21T06:38:57.785-08:00Kind to be mentioned, and remembered Steve, old fr...Kind to be mentioned, and remembered Steve, old friend ! <br />It would be an honour to break Bread( or something even more appealing), and wine? with the unique writing force that is Steve Bodio....and especially to put more faces to the wild array of interesting characters that you attract like moths !<br />Not sure how / If I can make it , but let's try ( finances permitting !!)<br /><br />Congratulations anyway, and keep it up!<br /><br />JohnnyUKAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8732486.post-16522825716890995522016-02-21T05:57:11.669-08:002016-02-21T05:57:11.669-08:00Great read, Steve, and thanks for the kind words a...Great read, Steve, and thanks for the kind words about me. Believe it or not, the blog's not (quite) dead yet. It's been a busy and distracting past year or so, and I haven't been writing much at all, or even reading. Trying to rectify that. Also still need to send you that book I've been meaning to send for months now, been lying on my bookshelf with a Post-it note attached, gathering dust, just haven't gotten around to it. I'll get it sent off this week... Chad Lovehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13219295562957353591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8732486.post-83827888670757922322016-02-20T11:23:33.456-08:002016-02-20T11:23:33.456-08:00Very proud to have a place in the above story, Ste...Very proud to have a place in the above story, Steve. I'm sure I've told you that you were my role model at 14 of a falconer who is also a writer, and your books were among the first I stole from my school library. :)<br /><br />Cheers to you and Libby! Keep me posted in the party? Adminhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12672339354344178945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8732486.post-53712988531166366092016-02-20T10:40:53.116-08:002016-02-20T10:40:53.116-08:00Steve, next time you are up here, remind me to tel...Steve, next time you are up here, remind me to tell you the story of when Jimmy Buffet tried to pick up my sister in a bar in Memphis.Reid Farmerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18382498430164817928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8732486.post-80995274959170606562016-02-19T11:59:35.953-08:002016-02-19T11:59:35.953-08:00Thanks for reminding me to order a copy of PAST MA...Thanks for reminding me to order a copy of PAST MASTER, there were always a bunch of Lafferty books floating around in my parents' house. I liked his short stories, too. Moro Rogershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03170995132520805860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8732486.post-90569902482076539192016-02-19T10:39:10.529-08:002016-02-19T10:39:10.529-08:00Well, this reader is sure glad you're here. I ...Well, this reader is sure glad you're here. I have learned much, discovered much and found new friends through this blog. Thanks.<br /><br />Jim Cornelius<br />www.frontierpartisans.comAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8732486.post-42073283827609547302016-02-19T06:57:12.697-08:002016-02-19T06:57:12.697-08:00'Natural selection, as applied to the blogosph...'Natural selection, as applied to the blogosphere'? I presume blogging requires a love for writing, something one wants to say and time to do actually write. I have many things I might want to say, but I hate writing and even in those cases I don't mind it I lack the time (I owe you at least two emails to date!). I suspect many people (but not Chad, who promised he'd be back) just run out of steam or time. So hat off to you for going on.<br /><br />Federicohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05874499919124129777noreply@blogger.com