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[Lisa]

Happy Birthday Sean…and feel better.

[Sean, Moderator]

Thanks everyone,

loads of birthday wishes here and on Facebook

Means a lot x

[Sean, Moderator]

Hope I can sleep, after no sleep at all last night, but on tablets, thirsty all the time, which is the diabetes going up high.

Had to cancel snooker league, Tuesday, tennis on Wednesday and Thursday, and not sure about the weekend coming.

Was meant to be playing as the number one player in the mens doubles and mixed doubles this weekend.

2 mens doubles, 1 mixed doubles, so up to 9 sets of tennis in one day, that's on Sunday (same day as the Davis Cup, tennis semi finals)

Not sure I will feel fit enough, as off work till Thursday

[Faouzia]

Happy Birthday Sean :)

[[deleted user]]

Have a great birthday Sean!

[Amber]

Diabetes is a brass plated, cast iron BITCH, isn't it, Sean? ;)

[Aymen]

Happy birthday Sean! And get well soon bro :)

[Titas]

Happy birthday Sean!

[Heather]

Happy Birthday Sean. I hope you're feeling better soon. :)

[Sharon]

hello one and all popping in to say hi - been mega busy at work and working out :) new pb through the week for 5 rep deadlifts - 90kg to go with the pb I got for clean and jerk of 45kg for 1 rep. getting ready for my holidays I cannot wait just over three weeks to go and am hoping the next three fly in - cant wait to visit my second favourite place in the world! still cooking crazy things - tomorrow we are having slow cooked cidered pork with dumplings and homemade apple pie (the apples are home grown too :) ) other than that am trying to keep up with my reading but hopefully things will slow down soon and I can catch up more with GR - my reviews of books are not happening cos I just haven't had time plus I was suffering from a chest infection so I was having a few early nights.

hope you all having a good weekend

ps congrats titas and faz on your news

[Aymen]

Hey Sharon i hope you are feeling better now, enjoy your holiday and keep working out :) I ve been sick for a while and i can t wait to workout this week.

[Aymen]

So , I was thinking about trying to write a novel in French, i had an idea and wrote few lines but it seemed hard and i didn t take it seriously. But today i decided to go back to it, and i could write and decided to be keep writing until i finish it and then correct it and improve it.

[David]

Finishing a novel is a big achievement, Aymen, whether it is good or bad. So, I say finish it regardless, and then read through it at a later date. You'll see at that point more clearly where improvements can be made. If a novel seems too much of a task, make it a novella.

[Aymen]

Thank you David for these advice, yes you are right, i will do what i can and it s going to be short. Great to have the support of authors :)

[David]

I'd also say, have an ending in mind. It may change by the time you arrive at it, but I find it helps to have a destination.

Remember, there was a time in their lives when every published author had not written a book.

[Aymen]

Thanks, yes this would helps a lot, i ll keep that in mind.

[Kirsten]

Love this quote in The Robber Bride by Margaret Atwood about why one of the characters likes mysteries:

https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/7261...

[Patricia]

Sean - Happy Birthday and hope you feel better soon.

Sharon - hope you feel better soon.

Aymen - go for it with your writing.

[[deleted user]]

Aymen, enjoy your writing. :-) go for it!

[Aymen]

Thanks Pat and Kimberley, i ll try my best :)

[Sue]

Yes Aymen, we are all rooting for you!

[Aymen]

Thank you Sue !

[Sharon]

Thanks pat am much better now. New pb at my pt session today so things back on track

[Jean]

Faouzia, belated congratulations! I am just reading several days' worth of backlog on this thread.

[Gopal]

All the very best to you Aymen. We are all your peanut gallery, ready to cheer you up or push you back in the saddle whenever necessary...

Go for it buddy!!!

[Anne (Booklady)]

Aymen, you've gotten the hardest part behind you - a beginning :) Keep going!

[Titas]

I have got an idea but I haven't written anything before. Any honest opinion would be helpful!

"I pushed Pit over the wall and looked back. Biki was looking at the bushes. He caught my eyes as he looked back and it was suddenly clear between us that for him it’s over. That’s when the dog leaped. I was too afraid to move. Just stood there and watched as Biki fell on the ground and the dog’s wet face went down on him! Biki was trying to get up but the dog pinned him down. He was fighting and screaming in a muffled voice when the dog bit his throat! As my legs gave up, I fell to the other side of the wall while heard a faint crunch. Pit pulled me out of the heap of leaves. Before I could say anything, the dog barked loud. Pit realized what had happened and peed himself. I pushed him forward and we started running around the pond silently. We were not supposed to make a peep but Pit started crying. That faint scream of Biki was still ringing in my ears. At this height it was already getting harder for us to figure out direction with each step and Pit was losing pace. He was the youngest among us and for him it was too much already. Our plan had gone wrong, horribly wrong. But we all knew from the start that five chicks breaking out of a poultry farm was never a good idea!"

Should I write this?

[Anne (Booklady)]

Titas, a cute idea, especially for kids.

[Sandysbookaday (taking a step back for a while)]

Aymen wrote: "So , I was thinking about trying to write a novel in French, i had an idea and wrote few lines but it seemed hard and i didn t take it seriously. But today i decided to go back to it, and i could w..."

Go for it Aymen! & Titas! 8:D

[Titas]

Anne (Booklady) wrote: "Titas, a cute idea, especially for kids."

Cute? But but but I was thinking of making it bloody, brutal and unbearable from there POV. That's not cute! Is it? Oh crud! It is!

[Titas]

Sandy *The world could end while I was reading and I would never notice* wrote: "Go for it Aymen! & Titas! 8:D "

Thanks Sandy!

[Aymen]

Thank you Anne and Gopal, and Titas go for it :)

[Aymen]

I haven't read comics for years, i think i m going to change that, it seems there are some interesting Batman's comics ;)

[Patricia]

Aymen - I love to read graphic novels - fancier term for comics. Lots of books are now released as graphic novels. I've been reading "the girl with the dragon tattoo", "the girl who played with fire" and have got the final one to read" the girl who kicked the hornets nest" in graphic novel form. There great these days. Beautiful artwork.

[Titas]

Aymen wrote: "I haven't read comics for years, i think i m going to change that, it seems there are some interesting Batman's comics ;)"

Check my book-selves for comics if you want! I have about3-4 selves for comics. I am a huge comic-addict, specially DC comics.

[[deleted user]]

I love comics/graphic novels so much, Aymen, please come back reading them! As you are a thriller lover, I highly recommend you the Naoki Urasawa's Monster, Volume 1 series, a poignant story told through amazing artwork.
(you can find a bit more about the story here Naoki Urasawa's Monster, Volume 1: Herr Dr. Tenma).

[Aymen]

Wow thanks thanks for these great recommendations Comic fan, there are some interesting stories with amazing art work, i ll look for reviews and pick some :).

[Amber]

Titas (Emperor) wrote: "I have got an idea but I haven't written anything before. Any honest opinion would be helpful!

"I pushed Pit over the wall and looked back. Biki was looking at the bushes. He caught my eyes as he ..."

I agree with Anne, Aymen: Perfect for a kid's book.

Titas/Aymen: You two might want to try reading any of the following graphic novels.
1. Rapunzel's Revenge: A Wild West retelling of the story ( https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2... )
2. Pride of Baghdad: A graphic novel about the lions of the Baghdad Zoo in the early days of the 2003 US invasion of Iraq, told from the POV of the lions. ( https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1... )
3. Laika: A story about the first animal the Soviets sent into space, told from multiple POV's including that of Laika herself. ( https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1... )
4. Jim Butcher's THE DRESDEN FILES: Welcome to the Jungle: A graphic novel set just before the events of the novel STORM FRONT which was Jim's debut novel. ( https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2... )
and 5. In time for Halloween: SUPERMAN AND BATMAN VS. VAMPIRES AND WEREWOLVES: Also features Jason Blood/Etrigan, Green Arrow, Nightwing and Wonder Woman. ( https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5... )

I have read all 5 of these in the past, as well as a graphic novel adaptation of BEOWULF.

[Aymen]

Thank you Titas and Amber for the recommendations, a lot of interesting Graphic novels. :D

[Amber]

You're welcome, Aymen.

[Titas]

Amber wrote: "You're welcome, Aymen."

I have reade 4 out the 5 you just named. Loved each of them! :D

And thanks for your comment about my idea!

[Amber]

You're welcome.

[Sean, Moderator]

Popping in as best as I can.

But returned to the doctors today, as not sleeping, just coughing all night, keeping my wife awake.

To be told I have larngitis, but also bronchitis and pneumonia, and that I had to rest and behave myself.

Off for at least another week, and if my pneumonia improves!

What a birthday present for last week, and my wife is next Sunday !

Will try to keep up with threads, as best as I can, when I feel I can, have rested a lot today.

Watched Dolphin Tale and Dolphin Tale 2 !

PS Sugars going mad !! over 10.00 and around 11.00 or 12.oo all this week, at different times.

That makes you feel rubbish alone !

[Amber]

What does that transalte to in miligrams per deciliter (mg/dL), which is what we measure sugar by in the US?

[Christine]

Sean, rest up, buddy, and get well!!!

[Holly]

Get well Sean!!

[Amber]

Get well soon.

[Aymen]

Get well soon Sean, take care my friend.

[Janet , Moderator]

Oh dear, Sean, you do sound poorly. Hope you feel much better soon. Get plenty of rest and let your body just heal.

[Aymen]

I will be watching "the Shining" tonight, i finished the book few days ago and i loved it, so i hope the movie is good.