Nathan L. Flamank's Blog
March 26, 2013
The funniest review I think I've ever received
I have to share this with whomever may feel like reading it. If you can make sense of this review then smile because you're far, far more intelligent than me.
So here it is, and seriously if you're not rolling around on the floor in fits of laughter....
"The cover alone turned me off, I tried to read the first book and it was too raw for me, so i never even read this one since it was a continuation"
Come on, it can't just be me...
So here it is, and seriously if you're not rolling around on the floor in fits of laughter....
"The cover alone turned me off, I tried to read the first book and it was too raw for me, so i never even read this one since it was a continuation"
Come on, it can't just be me...
March 18, 2013
Mmm...blog #2
A fan through facebook asked me what I enjoyed reading and what sort of music do I like, favourite films, television so rather than clog up facebook, I have decided to put that info up here for anyone who cares to know.
I have always read, from childhood where I learnt to escape and I now spend most of my time reading the following authors:
Tim Willocks (in my opinion probably the best living writer in his field), Joe R Lansdale, John Sandford, Christopher Fowler (his Bryant & May series are exceptional crime novels - totally original), Carl Hiassen, Tom Sharpe, Terry Pratchett, Joe Abercrombie (is there a better fantasy writer out there?), Lee Child, Michael Connelly, Tim Dorsey, Stephen Leather, Nicholas Evans (The Horse Whisperer, one of my all time top 10), Dean Koontz (though he's losing his hold on me), Mike Lawson, Harlan Coben, David Morrell, Simon Clark, Ben Rehder, and the Grand Master himself Stephen King and a lot of others but I don't want to blab on too long.
As for music, where do I start, I'm a music nut, but there are certain artists that I listen to most and they are as follows: anything that Trent Reznor does (nine inch nails, how to destroy angels, his film scores with the masterful Atticus Ross), John Mellencamp, Seasick Steve, The Gorillaz, Ellie Goulding (such a unique female vocalist), Adele, Steve Earle, the composer Michael Nyman (The Piano is, in my opinion, the greatest film score...ever), The Rolling Stones, Marillion (the Fish years only), Iris DeMent, Zucchero (Chocabek is without question one of my all time favourite albums) but I also listen to everything from Britney Spears to Jazz, Nina Simone to Black Eyed Peas. Life without music, geez not even worth contemplating, oh and I listen to classical music every day - Beethoven, now there was a GOD.
As for television...very little, however I am a huge fan of the following: ER (I miss that hospital), Married With Children, Cheers, Deadwood, Breaking Bad (has there been a better drama in the last 10 years?), The Good Wife, The Walking Dead, Boss, Boardwalk Empire, Game of Thrones, Damages and Friday Night Lights (as far as I am concerned the best show ever screened).
After reading and music I adore films, and there are way too many to mention that I highly rate but I do have a top ten of modern cinema (thats not to say they are the best films of the modern age, just personal favourites), and in no particular order they are: Man on Fire (Denzel Washington version), Shawshank Redemption, Untamed Heart, Serenity, The Man From Snowy River, Point Break, The Departed, The Big Lebowski,A History of Violence & Beasts of The Southern Wild.
Thats that for anyone bored enough to know, many thanks for interacting and feel free to get in touch.
I have always read, from childhood where I learnt to escape and I now spend most of my time reading the following authors:
Tim Willocks (in my opinion probably the best living writer in his field), Joe R Lansdale, John Sandford, Christopher Fowler (his Bryant & May series are exceptional crime novels - totally original), Carl Hiassen, Tom Sharpe, Terry Pratchett, Joe Abercrombie (is there a better fantasy writer out there?), Lee Child, Michael Connelly, Tim Dorsey, Stephen Leather, Nicholas Evans (The Horse Whisperer, one of my all time top 10), Dean Koontz (though he's losing his hold on me), Mike Lawson, Harlan Coben, David Morrell, Simon Clark, Ben Rehder, and the Grand Master himself Stephen King and a lot of others but I don't want to blab on too long.
As for music, where do I start, I'm a music nut, but there are certain artists that I listen to most and they are as follows: anything that Trent Reznor does (nine inch nails, how to destroy angels, his film scores with the masterful Atticus Ross), John Mellencamp, Seasick Steve, The Gorillaz, Ellie Goulding (such a unique female vocalist), Adele, Steve Earle, the composer Michael Nyman (The Piano is, in my opinion, the greatest film score...ever), The Rolling Stones, Marillion (the Fish years only), Iris DeMent, Zucchero (Chocabek is without question one of my all time favourite albums) but I also listen to everything from Britney Spears to Jazz, Nina Simone to Black Eyed Peas. Life without music, geez not even worth contemplating, oh and I listen to classical music every day - Beethoven, now there was a GOD.
As for television...very little, however I am a huge fan of the following: ER (I miss that hospital), Married With Children, Cheers, Deadwood, Breaking Bad (has there been a better drama in the last 10 years?), The Good Wife, The Walking Dead, Boss, Boardwalk Empire, Game of Thrones, Damages and Friday Night Lights (as far as I am concerned the best show ever screened).
After reading and music I adore films, and there are way too many to mention that I highly rate but I do have a top ten of modern cinema (thats not to say they are the best films of the modern age, just personal favourites), and in no particular order they are: Man on Fire (Denzel Washington version), Shawshank Redemption, Untamed Heart, Serenity, The Man From Snowy River, Point Break, The Departed, The Big Lebowski,A History of Violence & Beasts of The Southern Wild.
Thats that for anyone bored enough to know, many thanks for interacting and feel free to get in touch.
February 22, 2013
Reviewers - they can be a fickle bunch
So, I'm new to this, I've never written a blog and have never kept a diary, I even struggle to put updates on faceache, I mean facebook but here goes and we'll wait for the inevitable.
I have been getting a lot of positive reviews lately from my readers, and all authors like a kind review, we are after all fragile creatures and I really appreciate it when readers take the time to leave a review...
HOWEVER, what I don't get is why some readers insist on reading my stories and then complaining about how some of the key elements of the story went against everything they like in a story? All my titles contain disclaimers letting the potential reader know in advance what they're getting if they read my story (its getting confusing to me as well now, I'll put it down to the very nice bottle of red wine I've just drank and the lateness of the hour).
When a reviewer leaves a poor review based on nothing other than it just not being their sort of story my mind boggles; I would never leave a review for a Harry Potter novel (as I just don't like him, or his two cocky mates) as this would be unfair to the author and other potential readers.
NOTE: I have no problem if the reviewer reads my story and tells me that its poorly written with terrible grammar and no characterisation (thankfully this hasn't happened yet) but to leave a stinker of a review because this character and that character did something "gross" boggles my poor little brain; don't read what you're obviously not in to....okay mini-rant over.
I have been getting a lot of positive reviews lately from my readers, and all authors like a kind review, we are after all fragile creatures and I really appreciate it when readers take the time to leave a review...
HOWEVER, what I don't get is why some readers insist on reading my stories and then complaining about how some of the key elements of the story went against everything they like in a story? All my titles contain disclaimers letting the potential reader know in advance what they're getting if they read my story (its getting confusing to me as well now, I'll put it down to the very nice bottle of red wine I've just drank and the lateness of the hour).
When a reviewer leaves a poor review based on nothing other than it just not being their sort of story my mind boggles; I would never leave a review for a Harry Potter novel (as I just don't like him, or his two cocky mates) as this would be unfair to the author and other potential readers.
NOTE: I have no problem if the reviewer reads my story and tells me that its poorly written with terrible grammar and no characterisation (thankfully this hasn't happened yet) but to leave a stinker of a review because this character and that character did something "gross" boggles my poor little brain; don't read what you're obviously not in to....okay mini-rant over.
