tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post8093747471595508702..comments2024-03-29T05:33:43.878-04:00Comments on Murder is Everywhere: Killer ArmsOvidia Yuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05749549092493567689noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-69830930195349943872011-06-29T18:52:39.844-04:002011-06-29T18:52:39.844-04:00Hi Dan - the author was Árni Thorarinsson. I am go...Hi Dan - the author was Árni Thorarinsson. I am going to try and paste his picture into this comment so that you will better understand the publishers reaction.<br /><br />OK it did not work.<br /><br />yrsaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-83280974399378650972011-06-24T08:48:16.513-04:002011-06-24T08:48:16.513-04:00What a pregnant post! (Not quite sure what it mean...What a pregnant post! (Not quite sure what it means, but in a joke, anything goes..) <br /><br />What I meant was, get well soon, and congratulations on your well-deserved award.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-64195265999504647542011-06-23T17:45:12.285-04:002011-06-23T17:45:12.285-04:00Yrsa - all hail you and your ailing arms. Congrats...Yrsa - all hail you and your ailing arms. Congrats on the award. Well deserved.<br /><br />Though I'm intrigued who your shades wearing Icelandic cohort was....Dan Waddellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04320741202757960766noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-89780605656118818282011-06-23T16:36:12.095-04:002011-06-23T16:36:12.095-04:00Our French publisher was dismayed when she saw us ...Our French publisher was dismayed when she saw us for the first time - she was ardently hoping for a pair of black aces from Afrique du Sud.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-71514086064197379392011-06-23T16:17:29.012-04:002011-06-23T16:17:29.012-04:00Thank you all so very much for the above comments....Thank you all so very much for the above comments. <br /><br />Dana - your comment made me realize I have been away from Texas too long. I really need to go back, just a bit afraid that Houston will be very different than what my childhood memories portray.<br /><br />Beth - you are welcome to Iceland anytime and we have no snakes aside from the political snakes in the grass you find in all countries.<br /><br />Kathy d. - the book will be available in the US but probably not until late next year. The other Thora books 3-5 are also scheduled for publication there and I will try to find out when.<br /><br />Cara - thank you!<br /><br />Tim - I tried baseball as a kid and I was too afraid of that rock passing off as a ball to play. Maybe the steriods will cure me of this and you will see me spitting yuck (I do not know what that thing is called but yuck seemed appropriate) in the dugouts of one of the minor league teams.<br /><br />Hi Michael - it would be like you and Stan, four arms. I have often envied you guys of that extra set. <br /><br />Hi Stan - thanks!<br /><br />Hi Lil - thanks, it is all getting better by the day, thanks to those steroids.<br /><br />Hi Lenny - oh the publicity would be amazing, could not agree more. I was once in Prague at a book fair with another Icelandic crimewriter that always wears sunglasses. He was meeting his Cheq publisher for the first time and this guy became super happy when he saw him, shouting "Oh this is great! You are blind! I did not know that - how wonderful for advertising." He became more subdued when told the guy had 20/20 vision.<br /><br />thanks again everyone<br />YrsaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-27982965303917881722011-06-23T13:38:56.235-04:002011-06-23T13:38:56.235-04:00Yrsa--
Congratulations on the award, and best of ...Yrsa--<br /><br />Congratulations on the award, and best of luck with the next contest.<br /><br />Glad to hear the steroids are working; alleviating the pain is well worth your having to forgo riding in the Tour de France this year.<br /><br />But in the meantime, by all means, grow a baby arm or two. The authorial metaphor is irresistible, and the publicity would be spectacular.<br /><br />--LennyLenny Kleinfeldhttp://www.lennykleinfeld.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-26676391300743752372011-06-23T13:21:21.521-04:002011-06-23T13:21:21.521-04:00So sorry about your pregnant arms, and so happy ab...So sorry about your pregnant arms, and so happy about your award. Now I have another of your books to look forward too. I hope you get well without too much struggle.lil Glucksternhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09288522126331817172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-85535922468483038302011-06-23T12:33:39.014-04:002011-06-23T12:33:39.014-04:00What wonderful news! Well deserved.What wonderful news! Well deserved.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-79412587632368881702011-06-23T10:35:01.185-04:002011-06-23T10:35:01.185-04:00Congratulations, Yrsa. What great news about the a...Congratulations, Yrsa. What great news about the award!<br />And look on the bright side.If you do get those new arms, typing will become a doddle!<br /><br />Michael.Michael Sears (of Michael Stanley)https://www.blogger.com/profile/09886295534214542834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-59107734052011262432011-06-22T23:33:03.965-04:002011-06-22T23:33:03.965-04:00Hooray for you, Yrsa, and hope (a) you win and (b)...Hooray for you, Yrsa, and hope (a) you win and (b) you recover without becoming addicted to steroids. And if you do, don't try out for American baseball. We may not enforce 90% of our laws, but we're hell on professional athletes who use steroids.<br /><br />I REALLY hope you winn.Timothy Hallinanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00551263887774445511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-29661117676897294412011-06-22T20:05:48.420-04:002011-06-22T20:05:48.420-04:00Here's hoping those arms don't give birth ...Here's hoping those arms don't give birth to babies but that your fingers will soon facilitate the birth of your next book. Sorry you're not feeling well but CONGRATULATIONS on the award nom...brilliant and can't wait to read it CaraCara Blackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14592098418515886674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-79057016826356116662011-06-22T19:59:30.277-04:002011-06-22T19:59:30.277-04:00Congratulations! That's exciting news.
Hopef...Congratulations! That's exciting news.<br /><br />Hopefully, that means U.S. libraries and bookstores will move faster on order your new books. (It's annoying to have to wait so long!)kathy d.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-65241098208564247652011-06-22T19:21:29.559-04:002011-06-22T19:21:29.559-04:00I may move to Iceland. I don't do well in the...I may move to Iceland. I don't do well in the heat and I hate all insects, crawling or flying. Does Iceland have snakes? My backyard does so I have thought of moving to Ireland.<br /><br />Your sense of humor is always such a joy. The idea of pregnant arms, no matter at what age, is shocking enough to be hilarious. Did the doctors promise you that the steroids would give you so much energy that you would clean your house and the houses of your neighbors all in a day? I was promised such remarkable energy but it was a fairy tale; no such thing happened. Steroids do make me crave cashews so there is an upside to the treatment.<br /><br />Congratulations on the award. Quoting the judges isn't self-promotion; it is a sharing of information that I will use. Is there anything we in the US can do to get make all your books available here?<br /><br />Don't worry about being tested for drugs; carry the prescription bottle with you.<br /><br />The tests my neurologist uses are the same that the police use when they pull a driver off the road whom they suspect of driving under the influence. I fail everyone of the tests. I have to be very careful when I drive.Bethhttp://www.murderbytype.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-47435409239248163412011-06-22T18:15:07.494-04:002011-06-22T18:15:07.494-04:00My God. What a week you've endured. But it a...My God. What a week you've endured. But it appears from the photo you've topped it all off with the Golden Mosquito award...<br /><br />Congratulations, well done.<br /><br />--JeffJeffrey Sigerhttp://www.jeffreysiger.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-8286507199032623372011-06-22T17:16:22.965-04:002011-06-22T17:16:22.965-04:00Kudoes and all good thoughts. hope your malady is ...Kudoes and all good thoughts. hope your malady is soon a thing of the past. Congratulations!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-79293294916156593822011-06-22T17:00:23.698-04:002011-06-22T17:00:23.698-04:00No need to apologize. With your Texas background, ...No need to apologize. With your Texas background, I'm sure you've heard the phrase, "It ain't bragging if it's true."<br /><br />Congratulations.Dana Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01350344882342624735noreply@blogger.com