tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758609568631190155.post3053653165103685140..comments2024-03-28T06:28:49.282+00:00Comments on Picture Book Den: How the Pig Got Published • John DoughertyUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758609568631190155.post-58952789819542371172017-03-15T17:54:47.518+00:002017-03-15T17:54:47.518+00:00Really good to hear your story. Thanks, John.Really good to hear your story. Thanks, John.Juliet Clare Bellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06020801246132751659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758609568631190155.post-89374876952440118612017-02-23T17:47:04.928+00:002017-02-23T17:47:04.928+00:00When my sisters and cousin saw this book, we thoug...When my sisters and cousin saw this book, we thought you'd somehow managed to plagiarise our childhood! Our favourite insult was always, 'you've got pigs up your nose!' Then eventually, the pigs took on a life of their own and we'd refer to them as our nose pigs. When we met up with our cousins, who lived far away, we would always enquire, 'how are your nose pigs?' So for us, it is hilariously strange that you have written this book! I look forward to reading it to my son. And your publishing story seems to confirm no childhood plagiarism, more a form of convergent evolution! Great to read about it!<br /><br /><br />Lucynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758609568631190155.post-86448670930387143322017-02-21T13:17:11.974+00:002017-02-21T13:17:11.974+00:00Thanks, John, for this wonderfully encouraging pos...Thanks, John, for this wonderfully encouraging post. David McMullinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11976625439508466025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758609568631190155.post-55249225111835275432017-02-21T10:11:55.490+00:002017-02-21T10:11:55.490+00:00Beautifully hopeful story and also I love imaginin...Beautifully hopeful story and also I love imagining Suganti in a bookshop snorting with laughter and buying a copy for her kids whenever she has them. Chitra Soundarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11459683357077199646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758609568631190155.post-50833215609720157382017-02-21T08:59:27.313+00:002017-02-21T08:59:27.313+00:00This is such a heartening story, it reallly remind...This is such a heartening story, it reallly reminds me how much patience and perseverance you need in publishing. Congratulations on There's a Pig Up My Nose! and thank you for sharing your experience.Helen Dineenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14986852793635873114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758609568631190155.post-7404000676449272052017-02-20T20:51:53.625+00:002017-02-20T20:51:53.625+00:00Aw, thanks, all. It would be lovely to bump into S...Aw, thanks, all. It would be lovely to bump into Suganthi again.<br /><br />I heard recently from one of the TAs at the school, whose son Joseph was in the class (and is namechecked in the book). Apparently he's now training to be a teacher...John Doughertyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11937505376169411724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758609568631190155.post-66185727822368248722017-02-20T13:57:32.142+00:002017-02-20T13:57:32.142+00:00Oh, I DO hope Suganthi finds the book and recognis...Oh, I DO hope Suganthi finds the book and recognises the story! Thank you for a really encouraging publication story, John, and let's hope this turns into a best selling prize winner to make the story even better!Pippa Goodharthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17709422048047155208noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758609568631190155.post-47976496468331544562017-02-20T12:52:58.168+00:002017-02-20T12:52:58.168+00:00Thank you for sharing this! I'm never going t...Thank you for sharing this! I'm never going to delete anything again!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16131528603607696865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758609568631190155.post-58647851538837203222017-02-20T12:19:11.991+00:002017-02-20T12:19:11.991+00:00Lovely story, John - well done for being so persis...Lovely story, John - well done for being so persistent! It just goes to prove you should never throw anything away, just in case...Lynne Bentonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14412874594191347503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758609568631190155.post-68521576219521570622017-02-20T11:38:11.852+00:002017-02-20T11:38:11.852+00:00I love this story - thanks for sharing it, John!I love this story - thanks for sharing it, John!Michelle Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09620246793467493696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758609568631190155.post-30808716828156444762017-02-20T11:06:14.207+00:002017-02-20T11:06:14.207+00:00Very good to hear this. Hope you see Suganthi agai...Very good to hear this. Hope you see Suganthi again some day!Lydia Sysonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04613876235125755967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758609568631190155.post-27676604567037878742017-02-20T10:35:47.506+00:002017-02-20T10:35:47.506+00:00I agree, Jonathan. I'm lucky to have an agent ...I agree, Jonathan. I'm lucky to have an agent as good as Julia, who I know wouldn't let me oversubmit the same story - but I do have a few more in the bottom drawer which I'm still hopeful for.John Doughertyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11937505376169411724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758609568631190155.post-64975201305553510442017-02-20T09:55:47.615+00:002017-02-20T09:55:47.615+00:00That is so heartening, well done!That is so heartening, well done!Lucy Mitchellhttp://onthestripeycouchonasaturdaymorning.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758609568631190155.post-63881999635224091042017-02-20T08:57:29.866+00:002017-02-20T08:57:29.866+00:00That's a great story to publication! So gratef...That's a great story to publication! So grateful There's A Pig Up My Nose was rediscovered, it's given us plenty of giggles! Emma Perryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17548626864231685135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758609568631190155.post-42813607578343152072017-02-20T08:20:47.569+00:002017-02-20T08:20:47.569+00:00Thanks for a great post, John. It's definitely...Thanks for a great post, John. It's definitely the case that fashions change in picture book publishing and stories that are rejected by publishers one year – or one decade – may well be accepted in another. A publisher has just taken a book that I wrote in 1999!<br /><br />Having said which, I think it's important to recognise that you need to be careful about what you resubmit – publishers/agents will just get annoyed if you keep re-submitting EVERY text you have ever written. I wouldn't dream of re-submitting most of my early stories, but there are a handful that, when I re-read them today, feel as strong as the stories that made it into print. And those are the ones I give a second chance to.Jonathan Emmetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11413964991466780348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758609568631190155.post-16941123742062276772017-02-20T08:04:23.695+00:002017-02-20T08:04:23.695+00:00What a lovely, encouraging story! just right for a...What a lovely, encouraging story! just right for a very dreary looking Monday morning - thanks, John!Sue Purkisshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09084528571944803477noreply@blogger.com