tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post8974314382585471452..comments2024-03-29T05:33:43.878-04:00Comments on Murder is Everywhere: The Search for EliaOvidia Yuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05749549092493567689noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-44992820811589408602018-07-10T01:44:43.101-04:002018-07-10T01:44:43.101-04:00What a wonderful article! And I love that you'...What a wonderful article! And I love that you're such a dogged sleuth in the real world as well as on the page!!Susan Spannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03770560542416086762noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-44878006503542003222018-07-09T14:10:48.101-04:002018-07-09T14:10:48.101-04:00Nicoletta, senza di te la mia vita non sarebbe cos...Nicoletta, senza di te la mia vita non sarebbe così interessante! E bella! I would never have been able to work out any of this without the Italian you taught me. And the Italian life I now get to lead. Annamaria Alfierihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12311596277267789834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-46756184377621650162018-07-09T14:06:30.184-04:002018-07-09T14:06:30.184-04:00I look up to you as a person who makes me laugh ou...I look up to you as a person who makes me laugh out loud. (In addition, of course, to our relative heights.)Annamaria Alfierihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12311596277267789834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-72712530093576433632018-07-09T13:37:50.806-04:002018-07-09T13:37:50.806-04:00"Lookers-up" sounds like something a per..."Lookers-up" sounds like something a person might get arrested for...Everett Kaserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12371555243187874414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-33939562359659366852018-07-09T13:22:11.313-04:002018-07-09T13:22:11.313-04:00Thank you, EvKa. It amazes me to get such a respo...Thank you, EvKa. It amazes me to get such a response for doing something so enjoyable. Annamaria Alfierihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12311596277267789834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-62237097325727318082018-07-09T13:17:14.498-04:002018-07-09T13:17:14.498-04:00Maybe, EvKa, but then maybe it should be lookers-u...Maybe, EvKa, but then maybe it should be lookers-up. Er, I am not sure that works any better. I am an inveterate maker-up of words. Oops, here we go again. Annamaria Alfierihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12311596277267789834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-19581675877778046142018-07-09T12:22:27.007-04:002018-07-09T12:22:27.007-04:00Jeff beat me to it: VV AmA!Jeff beat me to it: VV AmA!Everett Kaserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12371555243187874414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-20166154904416565642018-07-09T12:21:39.993-04:002018-07-09T12:21:39.993-04:00Shouldn't that be "lookers-upper"???...Shouldn't that be "lookers-upper"??? :-)Everett Kaserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12371555243187874414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-35493997315665763662018-07-09T12:19:21.610-04:002018-07-09T12:19:21.610-04:00I agree: W Annamaria! It's the passion that dr...I agree: W Annamaria! It's the passion that drives you toward your characters and your stories that is contagious and allowed me to be part of a very exciting discovery! Nicolettanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-174485486002767492018-07-09T11:06:29.493-04:002018-07-09T11:06:29.493-04:00Thank YOU, Lorenzo. It was those links to the Que...Thank YOU, Lorenzo. It was those links to the Querinale that really fired me up to find Elia. As I said above to Jeff, it brought a lot of joy. I wish you could have heard Ilde Benevenuti’s voice when she and I spoke. Her father died when she was quite young. We brought him back to her. What a privilege. Annamaria Alfierihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12311596277267789834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-13644663400200164892018-07-09T10:51:40.101-04:002018-07-09T10:51:40.101-04:00Thank you, my brother. And VV MIE! Which attracte...Thank you, my brother. And VV MIE! Which attracted comments that intensified my curiosity. It has been enormous fun for me and also for the Italians involved. There was not a dime earned by all the effort. The payoff was in joy—something magical. The opposite of money: the more you spread it around the more you have. Annamaria Alfierihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12311596277267789834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-20764218729362719362018-07-09T09:26:01.457-04:002018-07-09T09:26:01.457-04:00Wonderful article!Wonderful article!Lorenzo Colombohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14325180211090170621noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-33945365136316326472018-07-09T08:29:54.883-04:002018-07-09T08:29:54.883-04:00I think the appropriate accolade is VV Annamaria!
...I think the appropriate accolade is VV Annamaria!<br />Jeffrey Sigerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00718317707555064653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-10602082486903835452018-07-09T08:16:15.862-04:002018-07-09T08:16:15.862-04:00 Michael, I think you are right. The main trait of... Michael, I think you are right. The main trait of historical novelists might be that we are compulsive looker-uppers. This question gripped me and would not let go until I found the answer. Annamaria Alfierihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12311596277267789834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-65598670130079706842018-07-09T04:44:19.883-04:002018-07-09T04:44:19.883-04:00What a great story, Annamaria. And we can see the ...What a great story, Annamaria. And we can see the mind of the historical novelist at work...Michael Sears (of Michael Stanley)https://www.blogger.com/profile/09886295534214542834noreply@blogger.com