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Tom Conrad
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Grammar Nazi reductionism, Indie Authors and the dreaded one star reviews (an essay by Tom Conrad).
“There are books full of great writing that don’t have very good stories. Read sometimes for the story… don’t be like the book-snobs who won’t do that. Read sometimes for the words -the language. Don’t be like the play-it-safers who won’t do that. But when you find a book that has both a good story and good words, treasure that book.
— Stephen King
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— Stephen King
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That Semicolon Bitch Had To Die
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Risk of Infection
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2012
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Rich Pickings for Ravens (The Afterlife Crisis Trilogy #1)
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2012
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An American Detective in London
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2013
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The First Cocktail in London: Notes of a Human Guinea Pig
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2013
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Couldn't Love
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2014
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The Finite Chimps
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2012
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The Beast With Three Backs
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That Coxom & Blondage Affair
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Depressed
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2013
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“I am not depressed; my life is just shit. As a consequence of my not being depressed, I am not like them. You need to know this from the very off. You need to know I, Arch Fry, will not allow myself to be neatly pigeonholed, erroneously labelled or closed off in some tidy little box - one to be shelved away and conveniently forgotten about.
No, I am not depressed: NOT. DEPRESSED.
You see, I’m just not stuck in some deep unassailable chasm like all the rest, like all these other poor fuckers who’ve so readily accepted that noose of a word.”
― Depressed
No, I am not depressed: NOT. DEPRESSED.
You see, I’m just not stuck in some deep unassailable chasm like all the rest, like all these other poor fuckers who’ve so readily accepted that noose of a word.”
― Depressed
“He grumbles incoherently, opens the window a fraction and continues to smoke away. It’s like every time Sidney Drake enters a new location he has to readjust the atmosphere, akin to one of those sci-fi shows where they oxygenate the planet, but for my dad it’s in a suffocating reverse. He replaces the clean wholesome air with a non-stop puff of toxic poison.”
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“In life one of Midnight’s favourite movies had been It’s a Wonderful Life, a touching story where a man called George Bailey is shown how poor the world would have been if he’d never existed, but now the young ghost of Midnight Merlot was sat imagining himself not as the kind hero of his own narrative, but, - but as the anti-George.”
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“There is a place where we are always alone with our own mortality, where we must simply have something greater than ourselves to hold onto—God or history or politics or literature or a belief in the healing power of love, or even righteous anger.... A reason to believe, a way to take the world by the throat and insist that there is more to this life than we have ever imagined.”
― Skin: Talking About Sex, Class And Literature
― Skin: Talking About Sex, Class And Literature
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Thanks for the friend request. Always nice to encounter another admirer of Adams'. Looking forward to seeing you around the site.
The 3 day KDP promo has left me fagged, shagged & bashed and in need of a few days off, but here I find myself on my new favourite site, Good Reads... :)
Have run out of messages on here, but it's the last day of my FREE promo. Really appreciate if you can find time to download my ebook. Rich Pickings For Ravens:
US http://amzn.to/JC9D0O UK http://amzn.to/JWCDPm
FREE TODAY ONLY
Hi Tom, thanks for the offer of a free promo copy of your new book Rich Pickings For Ravens. I've downloaded a copy on my Kindle and will try it out. Best regards, Martin.
Hi Tom, thanks for the invite. Nice to meet you.
Tom- thanks for befriending me. If any of your Friends there have any interest in the American West, I hope you'll ask them to look at my two historical novels. They're on Kindle, there are some reviews at amazon.com, and my web site is www.mckendreelong.com. Best regards, Mike Long.
Hi Tom,Thanks for adding me. Best of luck with your freebie promo on Amazon this weekend - shout if you need a retweet.
Sean
Hi Tom,Thanks so much for your friendship. It's nice to connect :D
Happy Saturday, one and all! My new short story is out now (available on Kindle). Hope you have time to check it out.
UK: http://www.amazon.co.uk/American-Dete...
US: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00BJTGOF6