tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8672378238661466079.post4127173233401412871..comments2023-03-31T05:43:37.030-05:00Comments on THE WESTERN WORDSLINGER: The Immortality of the WesternMatthew Pizzolatohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11205069881890739031noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8672378238661466079.post-73147556977755894112016-05-23T19:04:24.682-05:002016-05-23T19:04:24.682-05:00John Wayne is truly an icon, one of the eternal sa...John Wayne is truly an icon, one of the eternal saviours of the early TV era. I love you, JW. God bless you. Not to glorify myself, though, but our blogs aint sumtin to shake a schtick at, y'heer?? Goldangit...<br /><br />Wanna wiseabove to help a 'Plethora Of Wurdz' [POW!] which are look'n for a new home in your novel?? Yay! Whew...<br /> <br />Q: Can anyone tell me the difference between K2 and IQ? A: Nthn. In Seventh-Heaven, we gitt'm both for eternity HawrHawr Need a few more thots, ideers, raw wurdz or ironclad iconoclasms? Voila!!<br /><br />VERBUM SAT SAPIENTI: As an ex-writer of the sassy, savvy, schizophenia we all go through in this lifelong demise, I just wanna help U.S. git past the whorizontal more!ass! we're in (Latin: words to [the] wise)...<br /><br />"This finite existence is only a test, son," God Almighty told me in my coma. "Far beyond thy earthly tempest is where you'll find tangible, corpulent eloquence". Lemme tella youse without d'New Joisey accent...<br /><br />I actually saw Seventh-Heaven when we died: you couldn't GET! any moe curly, party-hardy-endorphins, extravagantly-surplus-lush Upstairs (in [the] end without end -Saint Augustine) when my beautifull, brilliant, bombastic girly passed-away due to those wry, sardonic satires.<br /> <br />"Those who are wise will shine as brightly as the expanse of the Heavens, and those who have instructed many in uprightousness as bright as stars for all eternity" -Daniel 12:3, NJB<br /><br />Here's also what the prolific, exquisite GODy sed: 'the more you shall honor Me, the more I shall bless you' -the Infant Jesus of Prague. <br /><br />Go gitt'm, girl. You're incredible. See you Upstairs. I won't be joining'm in the nasty Abyss where Isis prowls<br />thesuperseedoftime.blogspot.com<br />infowars.com<br />-YOUTHwitheTRUTH<br />-------------------------------<br />PS Need summore unique, uncivilized, useless names? Lemme gonna gitcha started, brudda:<br /><br />Oak Woods, Franky Sparks, Athena Noble, Autumn Rose, Faith Bishop, Dolly Martin, Willow Rhodes, Cocoa Major, Roman Stone, Bullwark Burnhart, Magnus Wilde, Kardiak Arrest, Will Wright, Goldy Silvers, Penelope Summers, Sophie Sharp, Violet Snow, Lizzy Roach, BoxxaRoxx, Aunty Dotey, Romero Stark, Zacharia Neptoon, Mercurio Morrissey, Fritz & Felix Franz, Victor Payne, Isabella Silverstein, Mercedes Kennedy, Redding Rust, Phoenix Martini, Ivy Squire, Sauer Wolfe, Yankee Cooky, -blessed b9 (or mixNmatch)...<br /><br />God blessa youse<br />(trust-N-Jesus)<br />-Fr. Sarducci, ol SNLAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09161116712679365281noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8672378238661466079.post-78687063994720297072016-05-23T19:03:31.308-05:002016-05-23T19:03:31.308-05:00John Wayne is truly an icon, one of the eternal sa...John Wayne is truly an icon, one of the eternal saviours of the early TV era. I love you, JW. God bless you. Not to glorify myself, though, but our blogs aint sumtin to shake a schtick at, y'heer?? Goldangit...<br /><br />Wanna wiseabove to help a 'Plethora Of Wurdz' [POW!] which are look'n for a new home in your novel?? Yay! Whew...<br /> <br />Q: Can anyone tell me the difference between K2 and IQ? A: Nthn. In Seventh-Heaven, we gitt'm both for eternity HawrHawr Need a few more thots, ideers, raw wurdz or ironclad iconoclasms? Voila!!<br /><br />VERBUM SAT SAPIENTI: As an ex-writer of the sassy, savvy, schizophenia we all go through in this lifelong demise, I just wanna help U.S. git past the whorizontal more!ass! we're in (Latin: words to [the] wise)...<br /><br />"This finite existence is only a test, son," God Almighty told me in my coma. "Far beyond thy earthly tempest is where you'll find tangible, corpulent eloquence". Lemme tella youse without d'New Joisey accent...<br /><br />I actually saw Seventh-Heaven when we died: you couldn't GET! any moe curly, party-hardy-endorphins, extravagantly-surplus-lush Upstairs (in [the] end without end -Saint Augustine) when my beautifull, brilliant, bombastic girly passed-away due to those wry, sardonic satires.<br /> <br />"Those who are wise will shine as brightly as the expanse of the Heavens, and those who have instructed many in uprightousness as bright as stars for all eternity" -Daniel 12:3, NJB<br /><br />Here's also what the prolific, exquisite GODy sed: 'the more you shall honor Me, the more I shall bless you' -the Infant Jesus of Prague. <br /><br />Go gitt'm, girl. You're incredible. See you Upstairs. I won't be joining'm in the nasty Abyss where Isis prowls<br />thesuperseedoftime.blogspot.com<br />infowars.com<br />-YOUTHwitheTRUTH<br />-------------------------------<br />PS Need summore unique, uncivilized, useless names? Lemme gonna gitcha started, brudda:<br /><br />Oak Woods, Franky Sparks, Athena Noble, Autumn Rose, Faith Bishop, Dolly Martin, Willow Rhodes, Cocoa Major, Roman Stone, Bullwark Burnhart, Magnus Wilde, Kardiak Arrest, Will Wright, Goldy Silvers, Penelope Summers, Sophie Sharp, Violet Snow, Lizzy Roach, BoxxaRoxx, Aunty Dotey, Romero Stark, Zacharia Neptoon, Mercurio Morrissey, Fritz & Felix Franz, Victor Payne, Isabella Silverstein, Mercedes Kennedy, Redding Rust, Phoenix Martini, Ivy Squire, Sauer Wolfe, Yankee Cooky, -blessed b9 (or mixNmatch)...<br /><br />God blessa youse<br />(trust-N-Jesus)<br />-Fr. Sarducci, ol SNLAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09161116712679365281noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8672378238661466079.post-61267945959708848232013-09-06T10:11:40.917-05:002013-09-06T10:11:40.917-05:00Thanks, John and thank you for tweeting it.Thanks, John and thank you for tweeting it.Matthew Pizzolatohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11205069881890739031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8672378238661466079.post-69312123755103720282013-09-05T12:21:16.439-05:002013-09-05T12:21:16.439-05:00Matt,
I am pleased to meet you, via your blog.
Y...Matt, <br />I am pleased to meet you, via your blog. <br />Your comments are well taken and I appreciate them. I would like to add another dimension: the Western is a novel of values, not of dates. I say this for personal reasons, of course, because I have (independently) published a novel about a Western banker who went to jail in 1929 for doing the right thing by his depositors. Currently I am seeking an agent and publisher for a finished novel about a sheriff who leads a posse in 1948 to bring in a man whom he raised as a son. In the latter quest, I have run into a well known agent who rejected it because "Westerns don't have a market beyond 1895" and a well known publisher who said, "well, 1920, at the latest." <br />Having been raised in the West, what I am writing about is what my father and grandfather and his father brought to the settling of an unknown and threatening environment. To be sure, I believe a new business venture in 2013 has the same characteristics; I just do not believe the characters involved have the same values. <br />So, to your argument, I do not think the Western will die anymore than I think the defining characteristics of Greek philosophy will disappear from our society. <br />Thanks for the prompt, I would not have articulated this otherwise. <br />Edwardedwardmasseyhttp://telluridepromise.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8672378238661466079.post-22620769986351315702013-09-03T09:36:06.084-05:002013-09-03T09:36:06.084-05:00Well put, Matt. Tweeting this. Hope more people ta...Well put, Matt. Tweeting this. Hope more people take it to heart and pick up a good Western to read.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8672378238661466079.post-39415439521437980622013-08-30T17:54:35.631-05:002013-08-30T17:54:35.631-05:00Thanks, John. I'd say your publisher is correc...Thanks, John. I'd say your publisher is correct. I've enjoyed the Sheriff Tilghman mysteries very much. Matthew Pizzolatohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11205069881890739031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8672378238661466079.post-47381542117105137052013-08-30T17:42:04.428-05:002013-08-30T17:42:04.428-05:00Thank you, Nik. It's ironic how that rumor st...Thank you, Nik. It's ironic how that rumor starts up every few years or so. And thank you for posting it on your blog. I appreciate it. Matthew Pizzolatohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11205069881890739031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8672378238661466079.post-72310470609526748672013-08-30T17:32:11.077-05:002013-08-30T17:32:11.077-05:00Nice tribute to a genre we both love, Matt. The pu...Nice tribute to a genre we both love, Matt. The publisher markets my Sheriff Tilghman series as a Western, though it's set in the 1890s in Pennsylvania. Personally I call these historical mysteries, but she claims they have the "spirit of the Western."<br />I hear Larry groaning--another dilution. Maybe. Still it keeps the term Western alive in the public mind and, hopefully, it might contribute to a call for more, including traditional Westerns.jrlindermuthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09204855909246670628noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8672378238661466079.post-14686527383069097092013-08-30T17:30:28.592-05:002013-08-30T17:30:28.592-05:00Howdy, Larry. Thanks for commenting. You must have...Howdy, Larry. Thanks for commenting. You must have confused me with someone else, however, because I haven't debated anyone. I don't consider Longmire or Justified to be Westerns and have never watched an episode, but I watch Hell on Wheels religiously. The traditional Westerns are great. I just watched High Noon again the other day. Matthew Pizzolatohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11205069881890739031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8672378238661466079.post-71382440896023931612013-08-30T13:39:46.594-05:002013-08-30T13:39:46.594-05:00Matt, you know my feelings about the western genre...Matt, you know my feelings about the western genre. We've been in enough threads debating it.<br />I'm a Traditionalist. I was introduced to the western at a very young age by my father who took me to the John Wayne, Gary Cooper, Jimmy Stewart, Glenn Ford western movies. I also got his western novels hand-me-downs and I was hooked.<br />But,the western is diluted now. The Searchers, not Cowboys and Aliens, Warlock, not BrokeBack Mountain and The Magnificent Seven, not Firefly, are westerns.<br />You see in Television too. Longmire and Justified, although quality shows, are no more westerns than Walker, Texas Ranger or McCloud were. They are COP shows set in a western state and happen to wear western hats.<br />I write westerns, as you know, but you won't find an alien, ghost or SUV in any of my stories. Guaranteed! And if I lose readers because of that, then I'll quit writing, ride off into the sunset, find me a good used book store and stay there all day and read some real westerns.<br />Larry Paynehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14480246478595019333noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8672378238661466079.post-70439730519709539582013-08-30T08:19:53.325-05:002013-08-30T08:19:53.325-05:00Well said, Matthew. I've said much the same in...Well said, Matthew. I've said much the same in my introduction to my book Write a western in 30 Days, beginning with 'Received wisdom would have us believe that the western genre is dead.'<br />I'm posting this in my blog.Nik Mortonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10060923673065456386noreply@blogger.com