Comments on: This Stuff Actually Happened Last Year

By: 2009 for God’s Glory and Our Good: A More Substantive “This Stuff Actually Happened Last Year” | S.D. Smith

Mon, 11 Jan 2010 11:12:34 +0000

[...] had fun with last week’s post about what actually happened last year, and it was true enough. But it’s clear to me that there is a danger for me in being too [...]

By: S.D. Smith

S.D. Smith — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 23:59:55 +0000

Classic sound, Further Bald. I can’t believe you guys broke up. I thought Sean Penn was great on Autoharp.

The breakthrough record “Still Long in the Back” was a record that really broke through.

By: Aaron Roughton

Aaron Roughton — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 16:21:44 +0000

“Further Bald” was the name of my environmental-activist acoustic folk trio in the late 60’s. We split up after the eagle’s nest incident of 1971.

Congrats on your 2009. May your 2010 be as wonderful.

By: S.D. Smith

S.D. Smith — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 02:33:52 +0000

Those were all grand books. “Cry…” was especially moving to me (as a lover of South Africa, and Zulus in particular).

I’m sorry I wasn’t clear. I did NOT name my son Ender, but that would have been cool. But my brother (Will Smith) named his third son Andrew, not without a nod that way.

I would be glad to chat with you at your leisure. Plus, can’t wait to read The Fiddler’s Gun.

I do read quite slow. Many of those books were read to me via compact discs, as I drive a lot for work. Audio Fiddler?

By: Pete Peterson

Pete Peterson — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 02:19:40 +0000

A couple of things…

Wow, you read some great books this year. How’d you like Jayber Crow, Godric, and Cry, The Beloved Country all in one year? That’s a lot of awesome to pack into a single twelve-month period. Those three are on my list of all time favorite books.

You named your son Ender? That might be the most awesome thing ever.

Also, let’s be sure to talk RR Press stuff before you let that agent lead you off by the nose.