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- Are you an Author, Reader, Publisher, Editor, Agent or Other?
- I am the author of Space Brigade, a science fiction novel.
I first began work on Space Brigade back in 1998 and after completing the first manuscript started going through the usual practice of contacting numerous publishers and agents, this often resulted in getting the usual response; lists are full or not for us sorry; we’ve all had them at one time or another, but one has to keep trying no matter how disheartening it is.
However, during the negative times I have rewrote Space Brigade several times, polishing and polishing, and worked on the other instalments of the Space Brigade saga, at present I am working on the 4th novel. I may end the saga with the fourth but I’m not too sure yet, but I’ll leave it open just in case.
- Do You Have A Website?
- http://www.spacebrigade.co.uk/
- About Me:
- I first became interested in Science Fiction through watching early Doctor Who, and the original Star Trek series. The best thing to happen to Sci-Fi since then in my opinion is Star Wars.
I was born on April 1st 1957 in the military town of Aldershot Hampshire England, and still live there. School was the usual mundane trek, and back in those days nobody needed qualifications, so like most of my generation I never acquired any. During my younger years I didn’t really have an interest in writing, but as time churned on and I got older something nagged my mind, something that pushed forward my creative side and thus spurred me on and my writing began.
I have been married to my wife Jenny for twenty-five years and have a daughter Tara of twenty-three, and two sons; Wayne nineteen and Adam seventeen; all three can still be a pain at times.
The majority of my working life has been spent working within the plastic industry, working on stationary products such as binders, wallets and the like. This career resulting in me spending twenty-one years as a factory supervisor then gaining the heights of works production manager.
In 1993 the company went under resulting in redundancy. I spent a few more years in other same type jobs, but after the third consecutive redundancy my wife and I agreed I should become a househusband; this gave me the time I wanted to concentrate on my writing something I’d wanted to do for a long time.
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- www.spacebrigade.co.uk/
http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/1413792146/qid%3D1145994155/202-7172451-1819069
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Slides, Anyone?
I added a few slides of my books to my blogspot. I'm not sure yet if they should stay on or not.Do you have more trouble loading my blogspot with the slides up? Do you like them or are they too distracting?
A Christmas Tree Already
On the way home from work yesterday, I passed a house that already had a lighted and decorated Christmas tree up and showing by the window.Is it not too soon for that? In my mind, the day after Thanksgiving is when the Christmas Season starts. That's when it's fair game to put up a tree and decorations and start shopping. The way things are going this year, I'll be lucky if I get organized enough to decorate a few days before Christmas.
With our dog, Rascal, who lives up to her name, we'll probably go with a fiber optic small tree on top of an end table. One of these days I may pull put the larger tree from the box in the basement and set it up, but not until our doggy is a little more sedate. I don't feel like chasing her to get ornaments out of her mouth. I will be putting up knick knacks, lights inside and decorations on the walls, so it will still look Christmasy. No lights outside because for some reason we have no outlets outside.
While we're on the subject of Christmas trees and such, be sure to add holidays in your books. You can mention decorations and lights or Easter eggs and baskets, or even mattress sales in your descriptions to ground the reader as to the season.
Now, back to that tree I saw. What about you? When do you decorate for Christmas? What do you put up?
Winners and Losers at the CMAs and Life
I love country music and almost every country performer. While watching the CMAs, I enjoyed seeing the winners accept their awards. On the other hand, it was hard for me to see the losers do their best to appear gracious and for the most part succeeding.For every winner, there's a loser. In life and in books, it's the same way. How people react to their good and bad fortune shows what their characters are made of. You don't have to tell a reader who the good guy or bad guy is. Let their actions speak for themselves. The readers are smart enough to figure it out.
PS Can't finish this blog without saying - You Rock, Taylor Swift! You are one smart, talented teenager! Congrats on all your awards, especially, Entertainer of the Year!!!
CMA Awards Tonight and Twitter
One of my favorite shows is on tonight - the CMA Awards. If you're a country music fan, you're probably like me and will be glued to the TV 8pm EST, or in my case 7pm, in the flatlands of Illinois.Almost all my favorite performers will be there, except I hear that Rascal Flatts can't make it.
I'll be on Twitter during the show also. That's part of the fun of it - discussing and dissecting outfits, performers, songs and even commercials, kind of like I'm at a giant party with people who all go for the same thing and want to share.
What about you? What kind of music do you like? Do you tweet during a favorite show or event?
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Thanks for adding me as a friend. Good luck with selling your novel and hang in there. With the wait times these days, it can take a while, especially if once you get out of the slush pile
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My mystery, Two Wrongs, which was published last year, was written over 12 years ago. I took it out again and updated it, spoke to an editor and the publishing house wanted it, so persistence does pay. Unfortunately, it's not a series. Publishers do go for series these days, so you'll be ahead of the game.
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