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Post by dracenstein on Oct 12, 2010 20:04:00 GMT
I got a Kindle on Saturday and the first book I read on it was William Meikle's Crustaceans, not because he's stalking my blog, but because it was a new rampaging giants crabs book. Enjoyed it a lot.
Didn't like the Yank getting the British girl. That's twice in consecutive books that happened (Blood & Ice by Robert Masello), and I didn't like it the first time either.
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Post by williemeikle on Oct 12, 2010 20:41:12 GMT
I got a Kindle on Saturday and the first book I read on it was William Meikle's Crustaceans, not because he's stalking my blog, but because it was a new rampaging giants crabs book. Enjoyed it a lot. Didn't like the Yank getting the British girl. That's twice in consecutive books that happened ( Blood & Ice by Robert Masello), and I didn't like it the first time either. You know those Yank soldiers. One flash of white teeth and a bar of chocolate and the lass has her knickers off in no time.
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Post by Suzanne on Oct 26, 2010 22:01:40 GMT
Its the accent, take any North American woman and talk to her with your British accent and she will have your children right then and there
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Post by williemeikle on Oct 26, 2010 22:13:21 GMT
Its the accent, take any North American woman and talk to her with your British accent and she will have your children right then and there One of my mates went through a major proportion of the New York club scene women on the back of a public-school accent :-) - "Oooh you sound just like Hugh Grant."
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Post by Suzanne on Nov 2, 2010 18:56:11 GMT
Its the accent, take any North American woman and talk to her with your British accent and she will have your children right then and there One of my mates went through a major proportion of the New York club scene women on the back of a public-school accent :-) - "Oooh you sound just like Hugh Grant." I completely believe you. Women LOVE the British accent. Not sure if it works the other way around, men liking a British accent on a woman? Either way accents are a plus.
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Post by ian on Nov 3, 2010 0:02:49 GMT
American women may love the British accent but do they understand the words? I'm from Yorkshire and folk in England can't understand the accent. Ask DLS.
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Post by Suzanne on Nov 3, 2010 23:55:13 GMT
American women may love the British accent but do they understand the words? I'm from Yorkshire and folk in England can't understand the accent. Ask DLS. I'm not sure, if I had to be honest I would say no about American women, they don't understand. It just sounds nice to them. But to be fair an American from California won't understand an American from Georgie either. Canadians understand it a bit better, and I'm lucky that my Dad was from Scotland so I grew up listening to his accent.
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Post by steppedonwolf on Nov 4, 2010 9:04:33 GMT
American women may love the British accent but do they understand the words? I'm from Yorkshire and folk in England can't understand the accent. Ask DLS. Sorry, I didn't understand a word of that. Subtitles, please!
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Post by ian on Nov 4, 2010 19:42:50 GMT
Bloody clotheared southern softy. Theur try ta be kin' 'n poli' 'n orl theur 'ear 'is reeight poor jokes
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Post by dracenstein on Nov 4, 2010 20:12:29 GMT
Lol!
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Post by dracenstein on Nov 24, 2010 20:19:55 GMT
Well, Circus Macabre has finally been published, but alas with the wrong name! www.thepennydreadfulcompany.comI write as Stuart Burchell... I won't put it on my blog yet until (if) the name is corrected... If the name is corrected, then this edition of Circus Macabre may be a limited edition and might be worth a few coppers. EDIT: just got e-mail from editor, he uploaded wrong picture, the actual covers are fine. Looks like they won't be worth a few coppers after all.
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Post by steppedonwolf on Nov 30, 2010 22:41:35 GMT
Well, Circus Macabre has finally been published, but alas with the wrong name! www.thepennydreadfulcompany.comI write as Stuart Burchell... I won't put it on my blog yet until (if) the name is corrected... If the name is corrected, then this edition of Circus Macabre may be a limited edition and might be worth a few coppers. EDIT: just got e-mail from editor, he uploaded wrong picture, the actual covers are fine. Looks like they won't be worth a few coppers after all. Stuart: pull out now. Get your rights back. Find another publisher. That is all.
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Post by ian on Nov 30, 2010 22:50:32 GMT
Well, Circus Macabre has finally been published, but alas with the wrong name! www.thepennydreadfulcompany.comI write as Stuart Burchell... I won't put it on my blog yet until (if) the name is corrected... If the name is corrected, then this edition of Circus Macabre may be a limited edition and might be worth a few coppers. EDIT: just got e-mail from editor, he uploaded wrong picture, the actual covers are fine. Looks like they won't be worth a few coppers after all. Stuart: pull out now. Get your rights back. Find another publisher. That is all. Admins of BHN are supposed to stay impartial. But this time I agree with Ade. Do. It. Now!
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Post by dracenstein on Dec 2, 2010 20:31:58 GMT
Yeah, I understand, but it will at least get my name in print and I have other reasons.
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Post by steppedonwolf on Dec 8, 2010 12:18:59 GMT
Yeah, I understand, but it will at least get my name in print and I have other reasons. Entirely up to you, Stuart. But I suggest you read this post from Rhys Hughes and then reconsider: www.knibbworld.com/campbelldiscuss/messages/1/4346.html?1291808145"If you are new writer, do yourself a favour and STAY AWAY from an outfit calling itself Ghostwriter Publications and the person who runs it. I speak from experience. If you do get involved, almost certainly you will sign away rights to work that will never appear: if it does appear it will be only in the form of half a dozen poorly-printed PoD pamphlets (chapbooks) designed to fob you off with the illusion that your work has indeed been published; you will never receive a penny for anything; and even worse, if readers out there do order your work, their money will be taken but in the majority of cases they will receive nothing in return, making you look bad. I'm usually fairly tolerant of the press-small and I consider myself extremely understanding when there are problems, delays, etc. But I no longer believe that this is a case of a small-time entrepreneur beset by problems outside his control; I now suspect that the word 'contrick' might be fruitfully attached to his activities. I blundered into this pit trap through my own blindness. As a consequence I signed away rights to work and in return never received a penny. I promoted this outfit and readers trusted me and spent money on nonexistent products. They were cheated and ripped off; I apologise to them for my lack of insight. But there's no reason why you should repeat my mistake. If you ever come across the name Ghostwriter Publications, avoid, avoid, avoid!" No, I'm not shit-stirring. And I fully understand the desire to have your name in print, believe me. But you can do better. There's an old saying: "The only thing worse than being unpublished is being badly published." That applies here.
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