Question for the board . . .

How many of you read fiction?

bobbok... Hall Of Famer

9,208 posts

crime / thrillers mostly... UK / USA

I o - bt mostly with a historic content,

No tx.

I do, mostly historical based fiction.

Simon Scarrow

Wilbur Smith

Bernard Cornwell

etc

I read Clevermike's posts

I'll get my coat.

LMAO!

Good one Stav.

I'm only asking because I've finally written my first book. It's short, a novella rather than a novel and it should be available on Amazon in about a week (I hope).

Sorry I can't offer freebies at this stage. I have some costs I need to recover, but I'll put up a link once it's published.

The posters who like historical fiction may not love Book 1 but I promise they will enjoy Book 2 and onward.

I read Clevermike's posts

Post of the year if not the decade, bloody brilliant (and so accurate)

Well done, Rooinek.

One of my brothers writes novels and sells via Amazon. He’s done really well and written quite a few books now. He has fans of his work all over the world, including SA :)

Good luck with it.

Yeah best of luck with the Novella.

Thanks becs and Stav.

Question For The Board….in other words I want to tell the Board about my book. How pathetic….do you read fiction. Why not just be honest.

What a petty man.

You reap what you sow.

Congrats & best wishes.

My favourite UK ...... Ian Rankin

USA .... John Hart

Love reading fiction... haven't lately, always busy of late, but I will have a bit of time on my hand soon...or it might turn out even more chaotic if the last 26 months is anything to go by ...Like Pratchett, Douglas Adams, Koonz, King...and a load of other authors...

Will give Rooi's book a go just for the hell of it.

Actually on reflection that was petty of me….good luck with your book. Give us the name and I’ll buy a copy and spread the word a bit.

Thanks Moffie. I appreciate it. Will put up a link hopefully next week.

Indeed, good luck with the book.

Since you can't make a free copy available to us, why not post a couple of excerpts?

...or perhaps provide some sort of synopsis.

I will definitely read the Book. I enjoyed reading Wilbur Smiths "Assegaai".

I had a good enough reaction from friends and family members to warrant getting a professional editor. I'm just waiting for her to finish proofreading and I hope there won't be much more editing required. I'm guessing about a week before I upload on Amazon. I will let you know.

In the meantime, I've started book number two. I'm loving writing. My only regret is that I didn't have the courage to do this 40 years ago.

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Hahaha my bad! Couldn't see I was on the wrong thread

Lol, had a chuckle at the time .. happened a few times to me too

Happens to many of us, Plummie, but we usually realize it after one post. ONE. POST.

:)

Haha and then I had to go back and put full stops everywhere while I was trying to watch the game.

We suffer for our brain farts

It’s not so bad on the Board…but when you are texting a business colleague thinking you are texting a family member…it can be embarrassing.

"It’s not so bad on the Board…but when you are texting a business colleague thinking you are texting a family member…it can be embarrassing."

LMAO!

I believe you.

I've done it the other way around. Yours is way worse.

Moffie, if you're wondering why my tone towards you has changed suddenly and dramatically it's because of this:

"Actually on reflection that was petty of me….good luck with your book. Give us the name and I’ll buy a copy and spread the word a bit."

For all my annoyance at you over the years and our fundamental differences when it comes to both politics and rugby, those words told me that whatever else, you have both bravery and kindness.

Bravery and kindness are two things I value above almost anything else. Respect.

Well I appreciate that Rhondda. Once way back in Bush’s first term you said to me….’do you know what you have done’ or words to that effect. The implication was I had ruined the repartee by being collegial. I stood corrected and have played the game ever since. But never if it is something of consequence to the individual, unless really pressed.

We should all be able to close our browser every night feeling better psychologically for being on the Board. And better informed as debates on Mike’s Gripes make one do a bit of research. My day starts with Wordle, just another enjoyable activity that stimulates the ‘little grey cells’. So many people lose their curiosity and willingness to think as they get older.

Wordle is my first thing every morning.

Let's see your stats. Mine:

Guess Distribution

1

1

2

67

3

380

4

538

5

226

6

55

Sorry, that didn't paste very well. Still, let's see yours. (Just click on the little graph icon).

After Wordle (still in bed) I have a quick look at Connections but if I don't get something quick, I get up and shower instead.

I'm not hard on myself for missing Connections because a lot of it is US specific, but I'm hard on myself with Wordle.

What's your starting word?

I applaud you two meeting each other halfway on the move towards more civil discourse. Well played.

1 ……0…….0………1

2……11…….39……..67

3……91…. .325……380

4……156….558……538

5……79……282……226

6……17.. …..61……55

My numbers are in the first column. The second column are my numbers multiplied by your games/my games, a factor of 3.5791. The third column gives your games. You have a clear overall advantage, especially in solutions in 2. Well done. Hopefully one gets better with more games and I can improve my stats over time.

My first word is STARE

Thanks for the compliments Pakie, but from my end the truce just sort of happened. Most of the credit has to go to Rhondda.

,.. hoping it last past Thursday...and that's the optimist in me...

Moffie, that's an interesting comparison.

Getting it in 2 is usually more luck than anything else and getting it in 1 is just plain luck.

Our stats are quite similar as is our starting word. Mine is STERN, just one letter different to yours. I tend to focus more on consonants and let the vowels fall into place as I go. I know several people who do it the other way around and have ADIEU or some other vowel-heavy word as a starter. Their stats are invariably weaker than mine with a higher % of 5s and 6s.