Alex 42163 Posted March 11, 2015 Share Posted March 11, 2015 Loads of people have offered to proof read it. After 3 months of waiting for their input I just put it up anyway. Honestly, it put me off reading it and I think it will do others too. If you've put that much effort into something it / you deserve it to get a proper reading rather than it being dismissed before it's had a chance. Anyway, pretty sure Parky was volunteering. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 42163 Posted March 11, 2015 Share Posted March 11, 2015 Only after the end of your political career can the memoirs be produced You should do a roman a clef about the admin team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Carr's Gloves 4949 Posted March 11, 2015 Author Share Posted March 11, 2015 Lazy cunts didn't even read the first para. Get it professionally proofread next time maybe. But setting that aside, I hope it's a success. You should have gone with a pen name though. Your real name is not acceptable. How about Toby Milburn for a pen name Or BIc BIro. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 42163 Posted March 11, 2015 Share Posted March 11, 2015 Anyone read Frozen Cattle by Thora Hird? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rayvin 8367 Posted March 11, 2015 Share Posted March 11, 2015 Aye if I wrote a book, would I fuck tell you lot. That's because it would probably be on something that none of you would understand mainly though. Yoga... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 63312 Posted March 11, 2015 Share Posted March 11, 2015 The Path to Tantric Fulfilment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toonotl 4698 Posted March 11, 2015 Share Posted March 11, 2015 Congrats Simon. Good on ya mate. I hope it's the start of something for you. I've bought it and will give it a read. I'm always in for a good post-apocalyptic story. How long did the book take you from conception to completion? What was your process? Asking for Gem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkeys Fist 50776 Posted March 11, 2015 Share Posted March 11, 2015 making sure just to keep subtle differences with the names eg "Primates Hand" Get fucked, Termite Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Carr's Gloves 4949 Posted March 12, 2015 Author Share Posted March 12, 2015 Thanks for the info about mistakes can someone PM me a list if they have time? I got someone to give the word version a once over and have been told sometimes there are issues during the formatting into KDP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tooj 17 Posted March 12, 2015 Share Posted March 12, 2015 Really good seeing people go out there and actually do something. Well done man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trophyshy 9006 Posted March 12, 2015 Share Posted March 12, 2015 Really good seeing people go out there and actually do something. Well done man. This tbf. Having uncompleted about 20 songs and 6 books I have huge respect for anyone who can actually manage to finish anything beyond their dinner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NJS 5305 Posted April 6, 2015 Share Posted April 6, 2015 I finished this the other night. As others have said the spelling/grammar thing is a bit annoying (and easily solved I think) but it became less of an issue for me as I progessed through the book. Overall I found the characters quite likeable and the story/premise quite intriguing - anything which has any kind of church or religion as the baddies is on a winner with me. The only thing is I'm an impatient bastard - I've read a few book series and indeed watched a few TV series where I've waited until the whole things finished before starting it as I don't like having to wait/weeks/months/years to see how it pans out or indeed ivest in something which is canceeled or left unfinished. The concept would work well for me if you were releasing installments on a regular basis and this starter did do enough to want me to know how it pans out but a vague "sometime in the future" is a bit disappointing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Carr's Gloves 4949 Posted April 7, 2015 Author Share Posted April 7, 2015 I finished this the other night. As others have said the spelling/grammar thing is a bit annoying (and easily solved I think) but it became less of an issue for me as I progessed through the book. Overall I found the characters quite likeable and the story/premise quite intriguing - anything which has any kind of church or religion as the baddies is on a winner with me. The only thing is I'm an impatient bastard - I've read a few book series and indeed watched a few TV series where I've waited until the whole things finished before starting it as I don't like having to wait/weeks/months/years to see how it pans out or indeed ivest in something which is canceeled or left unfinished. The concept would work well for me if you were releasing installments on a regular basis and this starter did do enough to want me to know how it pans out but a vague "sometime in the future" is a bit disappointing. Soory NJS. I am writing a crime novel now the next installment is after that. It is just a hobby mind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NJS 5305 Posted April 7, 2015 Share Posted April 7, 2015 Soory NJS. I am writing a crime novel now the next installment is after that. It is just a hobby mind. Yes I got that so no problem - I was just talking in general about installment based media which yours is an example of. As I said I did find it reasonably enjoyable. Do you have the whole story arc mapped out in your mind or is it an episodal creation process? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Carr's Gloves 4949 Posted April 7, 2015 Author Share Posted April 7, 2015 Yes I got that so no problem - I was just talking in general about installment based media which yours is an example of. As I said I did find it reasonably enjoyable. Do you have the whole story arc mapped out in your mind or is it an episodal creation process? All mapped out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkeys Fist 50776 Posted April 7, 2015 Share Posted April 7, 2015 You tease Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Carr's Gloves 4949 Posted April 7, 2015 Author Share Posted April 7, 2015 Yes I got that so no problem - I was just talking in general about installment based media which yours is an example of. As I said I did find it reasonably enjoyable. Do you have the whole story arc mapped out in your mind or is it an episodal creation process? Did you spot the political references? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Carr's Gloves 4949 Posted May 20, 2015 Author Share Posted May 20, 2015 So grammar nazis who is going to volunteer to proof read the second book in the series? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fish 12581 Posted May 20, 2015 Share Posted May 20, 2015 So grammar nazis who is going to volunteer to proof read the second book in the series? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trophyshy 9006 Posted May 20, 2015 Share Posted May 20, 2015 So grammar nazis who is going to volunteer to proof read the second book in the series? You paying? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Carr's Gloves 4949 Posted May 20, 2015 Author Share Posted May 20, 2015 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Carr's Gloves 4949 Posted May 20, 2015 Author Share Posted May 20, 2015 You paying? Yeah 10 percent of my Net profit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trophyshy 9006 Posted May 20, 2015 Share Posted May 20, 2015 how's that lookin on the first book? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Carr's Gloves 4949 Posted May 20, 2015 Author Share Posted May 20, 2015 how's that lookin on the first book? So far that would amount to 50p. Do you want cheque or bank xfer? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trophyshy 9006 Posted May 20, 2015 Share Posted May 20, 2015 How many words is it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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