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Great to meet you, Mark, and as a born-and-bred Dub I hope you've enjoyed your seven years here.
Sci-Fi is my favourite genre, and I enjoyed Goodreads to expand my horizons. It's been great and I've read some brilliant books I never would have looked twice at because of it.
We're in the middle of choosing our March monthly read, and that might be a great way to start branching out. You'll receive the group message shortly about the poll.
Again, it's great meeting you.
Sci-Fi is my favourite genre, and I enjoyed Goodreads to expand my horizons. It's been great and I've read some brilliant books I never would have looked twice at because of it.
We're in the middle of choosing our March monthly read, and that might be a great way to start branching out. You'll receive the group message shortly about the poll.
Again, it's great meeting you.
Thanks folks. Looking forward to the March read now!
Hi Mark - Welcome -- good to meet you. Co Down is beautiful! I've lived in Belfast and Co Armagh, out in the country (outside Markethill if you've heard of it).RE sci-fi -- have you read the Wool trilogy by Hugh Howey? I got the first one ("Wool") on Kindle -- it's free actually -- but haven't had time to read it yet. I think it was Swift (?) who said that it would be best if, when you bought a book, you could also buy the time to READ it!
Hi folks.Yeah Caroline I've driven past Markethill loads of times over the years.
The Wool trilogy is great. I picked the first book up early last year I think. I really liked it and finished the third one not long after it came out.
Wow -- you're way ahead of me. I have yet to crack "Wool" -- so busy right now, am ready to yelp. Glad to hear you liked it -- it's got a rabid following.He struck an amazing deal with a major publisher, where he got to continue selling the trilogy independently on Kindle, but they are publishing the print versions.
Yes, you'd easily drive past Markethill -- not a big town! :-D Was seeing a fella in that area, a dairy farmer. We're still great friends.
I read about Hugh's deal all right. I guess it helps with the negotiations if you're already a big seller :)He's a great advocate for self publishing. Have you read any of his reports on authorearnings.com? They make interesting reading, especially if you're a self publisher.
I'm Mark. I'm a writer, originally from Co Down but I've been living in Dublin for around 7 years now.
I read a lot of sci-fi/fantasy but I'm always open to new genres. I'm looking forward to chatting with you all and hopefully getting ideas for new great books to read.
Cheers,
Mark.