There seems to me to be some strong interest in us bloggers coming up with a collection to be published. Hence this post.
Ideas have been coming thick and fast. Recently, I’ve had another one and it came upon me as I laid half-awake in bed listening to birds chirping. Yes, this can be the best time of the day. Anyway, I thought that instead of a blogger collection of short stories, perhaps a blogger collection of essays, poems and short stories would do the trick.
Why?
On visiting various blogs, I realise that us bloggers write about a whole heap of different stuff: from personal diaries to cooking recipes to ways to change the world.
Not all bloggers write short stories.
Not all bloggers want to write short stories.
Bloggers write what they want to write. Which really means anything!
So how about this title:
Bloggers Are Liars! A collection of writings, weird and wonderful
What do you good folk think?
P.S You can read my press interview entitled Pimp & Serial Killer which was published a few years back. It’s at my 44 Cemetery Road blog.
29 responses so far ↓
s'ayS // March 19, 2007 at 5:19 am |
I like it. I’d read it.
Nigel // March 19, 2007 at 6:40 am |
You should read a comment by Marina. http://rantingsbymm.blogspot.com/2007/03/and-just-when-we-thought-we-were.html
But I think the irony would be lost on our ministers.
Thanks for dropping by. Hope Joe decides to do your play.
kak teh // March 19, 2007 at 7:21 am |
Lead the way Tunku and we’ll follow! I am now in Malaysia and Lydia told me that you’ve gone home. Oh well, this is the only way we can meet then!
The Quiet Storm // March 19, 2007 at 8:59 am |
LMAO!!! That’s the best title ever!!! I think we should use that! What with our Tourism Teuku and Rehman branding all of us as tellers of untruths! Yes! Yes! I like it! lol!
Argus // March 19, 2007 at 12:46 pm |
Funny. So varied, might as well read for free on the Net?
Needs a theme still.
zewt // March 19, 2007 at 3:53 pm |
hey tunku halim,
so what is it going to be? when it comes to poems, i do have a few in my collection.
The Angry Medic // March 20, 2007 at 5:36 am |
Ooh, I like! That’s a brill title. Once again you demonstrate your wit by thinking up a quirky name whilst subtly thumbing your nose at *ahem* certain quarters of society.
And about that link on my blog – EXACTLY! I purchased my own domain name! I’ve taken that post off though – I haven’t announced it yet. Don’t worry though, NOTHING is exactly what clicking on the link was supposed to do…your PC’s working fine
thewailer // March 20, 2007 at 6:44 am |
indeed short poems replenish my tired and wearied mind…
Kenny Mah // March 20, 2007 at 6:49 am |
You sure can’t beat that title, Tunku. Plus, there’s the added benefit akin to throwing the rotten tomatoes back at the nice fellow who threw it at us in the first place.
The best part is, if this is the case, you can literally begin now! Why wait? There are so many good blog posts out there — I know I’d love to read a couple of zewt’s more biting pieces on paper. There’s a short piece written in colloquial Malay by another blogger which I feel is the best written piece of local writing so far this year.
Let’s start now!
(Dah ada idea untuk cover kut…)
Kenny Mah // March 20, 2007 at 7:02 am |
The post I was talking about is here: Your name is a splinter inside me.
Reading it broke my heart.
Tunku, I’d campaign to have this in the Blogger collection.
bibliobibuli // March 20, 2007 at 12:22 pm |
i think that’s a great idea and i like the concept!
Yang-May // March 20, 2007 at 1:14 pm |
Hal, pitch it to Eric Forbes at MPH book publishing; get the go-ahead and start on it. It’s a great idea. I’d be happy to contribute posts from Fusion View – as I’m sure many Malaysian writer/ bloggers would. As for themes, you can have different sections for different themes eg Food; Writing/ Blogging; Lifestyle. Even Politics….?
enar arshad // March 20, 2007 at 4:01 pm |
hope to see the collection publish.cant write short stories only short poems tho.glad tohae found this blog.
zewt // March 20, 2007 at 6:19 pm |
just to let everyone know. my mom is now in ICU. she suffered from a stroke and there’s bleeding in her brain. doc said she wont last 3 days.
i am going to write a poem in dedication to her. i hope tunku halim will take that into the book.
catch you all later.
zewt has been a bad bad son.
tunku halim // March 20, 2007 at 10:10 pm |
Folks – these are great ideas, I’ll push on this project and, hopefully, make it a reality.
Zewt – my thoughts go out to you and your mum. You’ve not been a bad son…sometimes life just does these things.
Kenny Mah // March 21, 2007 at 2:48 am |
Zewt,
Keep strong, bro. My prayers are with you and your family.
lydiateh // March 21, 2007 at 3:55 am |
zewt, I’m sorry to hear about your mum. Be strong, my prayers are with you.
Tunku Halim, hope something comes out of this.
enar arshad // March 21, 2007 at 3:19 pm |
zewt,
sorry to hear about your mother.do take care.
elly // March 22, 2007 at 2:35 am |
Hi!
This is my first time visiting your blog. Very interesting indeed:-)
Will definitely keep on coming!
Kenny Mah // March 22, 2007 at 5:29 am |
I’ve spoken to a couple of publishers about this, Tunku, there seems to be interest. Let’s begin now by asking local bloggers to submit their favourite posts from their own blogs or other local blogs they enjoy. How does that sound?
I do feel we should keep it at local bloggers, not to keep away foreign blogs, but there have been blog collections already. Time for something of our own, aye?
spiffy // March 22, 2007 at 6:53 am |
great idea Kenny! so when do we start? ;o)
tunku halim // March 22, 2007 at 11:22 pm |
Elly – welcome, nice to have you here.
Kenny – yes definitely local bloggers. We’ll be looking for essays, poems and short stories. I expect they’ll be a lots of essays, so let’s get working on those short stories and poems!
BTW which publishers are interested? I’ve mentioned it to Eric and he says he’ll get back to me.
Kenny Mah // March 23, 2007 at 3:15 am |
I spoke to this guy called Ahmad at Dina Zaman’s book launch (can’t remember his full name since he ran out of name cards, but I’ve emailed him) and also Xeus’s publisher, Ali.
We probably need to have something ready to show them first though…
Xeus // March 23, 2007 at 12:17 pm |
Pitch it, TH! Pitch it!! I will contribute my zany writings! I think this is right up MPH’s alley.
tunku halim // March 24, 2007 at 12:07 am |
Kenny & Xeus – ok, looks like we should put something together real soon!
The Angry Medic // March 24, 2007 at 7:11 pm |
Whoa. I’ve obviously been away from here a bit too long – that’s what exam season at Cambridge will do to you, unfortunately. I haven’t slept in 2 days and have been hibernating in the library…good Lord, it feels like Letters From Iwo Jima.
TH, thanks for getting this collection going. Only in retrospect do I realise how brilliant this title really is (okay, so I’ve been away from the news sites too…) But local blogs! Do I qualify? I’m 100% local! (Okay, maybe 85%, but atill…*sad puppy dog eyes*
Kenny, I read that post on Organised Chaos you suggested, and I agree it definitely deserves a place in the book.
Zewt, Good Lord, I am so sorry for your mom. TH is right; these things happen ALL the time in the hospitals I’ve been to. You at least had 3 days to say goodbye; I’ve seen passings far more sudden, and far more heartbreaking. Imagine not being able to say goodbye. My feelings are with you, pal.
sang diva // March 25, 2007 at 4:22 am |
Tunku, I enjoyed reading your horror stories and been keeping quite a few of your works. But I should think, if there is such a book as Bloogers ate LIARs, I might consider buying it especially if it consists of my favourite bloggers. Anyway, about the minister who has to put his sore feet in his big mouth, I think it’s a desease. We can always read, see, hear ministers who commented on things that they are not aware of when provoked and never learn their lesson to have themselves checked and keep abreast with the latest information about their ministries. I think I’ve been to such trips organised by tourim board, and I can say I never faced such an experience that Nila posted on her blog. But I’m not saying she’s lying either because, knowing how some of our government officials’ works, it bound to happened.
tunkuhalim // March 26, 2007 at 12:52 am |
Angry Medic – I’m putting up a post on this. You’ll qualify I reckon. The exams must be over now and you’ll have to be partying hard!
Sang Diva – thanks for the nice comments on my ghoulish tales. You can also submit some of your own writings if you like.
just me // May 6, 2007 at 9:28 pm |
I think that is a great idea!