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PLEASE INTRODUCE YOURSELF TO YOUR FELLOW JAMES MASON MEMBERS!
Rick wrote: "Harry wrote: "Hi to everyone. I am very excited to be part of this group. My name is Harry Smith and I am the author of 1923 which is a memoir about my life during the depression in Yorkshire, UK ..."I should add this is the latest review for my book, from the UK. It just came out this Sunday. http://www.thebookbag.co.uk/reviews/i...
Thank you Rick for the invitation. I have been a avid reader all my life and enjoy a large number of genres: International Thrillers such as those by Clive Cussler, James Rollins and Matthew Reilly, Action/Adventure in general, Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Regency romance and almost all pre-WWI historical novels. I am the author of several unpublished children's tales, and several published tales for professional story tellers and the Regency Romance novel A Very Merry Chase which I wrote 35 years ago, and in the process of making the final edits/revisions on a Paranormal Action/Adventure Time/Travel Romance which I actually wrote 90% of approximately 25 years ago.Smiles,
Teresa
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welcome Teresa!! I love Int'l Thrillers as well!
so happy to have you as a member!
Thanks Rick for the invite. I'm an avid and will read anything that interests me. I tend to like fantasy, history, and British Lit the most, but do read avidly outside my comfort zone.
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Welcome to all the new members checking in in February 2011. I write women's fiction, paranormal and vampire stories.Minnie Estelle Miller from Chicago, IL USA
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welcome joe!!
welcome: we're as much fun here as a James Mason movie:)Well, the next best thing.
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Well, the next best thing."
great welcome!!
Joe wrote: "Names Joe. New member. Lifetime student. Multiple genres. Open minded. Hello everyone."Hello Joe - I wish I could be a career student, sigh. Nice to meet you!
We are all career students-& everything we do is part of our course of study :)
Ellie wrote: "We are all career students-& everything we do is part of our course of study :)"I think that's a great attitude!!
Thank you: I was a little afraid I might get jeers on that one. But I do believe it.
Ellie wrote: "Thank you: I was a little afraid I might get jeers on that one. But I do believe it."Honestly, anyone who enjoys books really needs that kind of attitude (in my opinion).
Ellie wrote: "We are all career students-& everything we do is part of our course of study :)"Ellie - I like that perspective. :)
Hello,I'm a fellow author/reader that enjoys reading a variety of fiction, especially conspiracy theories, historical fiction, or anything that has a technological overtone. My book, Grey Skies Ahead, was published back in August and I'm currently working on my next title, a Sci-Fi thriller set in the 22nd century, currently called Humanoids.
I look forward to participating in the group discussions.
Tom Wiseman
"Solid mysteries with a techno edge."
Hi everyone! I'm Honour and I look forward to actively participating in all the great discussions in this group!
Hi everyone. In view of the political uprising in Egypt, Tuniesia, Yemen, Greece and other countries, due to an urgent need to help the movement follow the right direction, in order to prevent the fight for freedom be interrupted again, My book The Little Black Fish, banned in its country of origin (Iran) is a guide to action and shows a path to equality, freedom and justice. It is about setting up a goal, raising awareness, making connections, getting organized and following the struggle until the goal has been reached.
I would appreciate any assistance to help get the message across.
I like that "a tolerance for debt." Nice phrase.Of course, if you never stop attending, you don't have to start repaying, no?
Hi Rick,thanks for the invite to this wonderful group. And hello to everyone else too. I'm Trish and I write children's stories. I also love to read. I live in Australia and am a volunteer for a wildlife rescue. At present, I'm working on sequels to three different stories. I love photography and making movies and then using them in my writing and book covers. I’m working on movie trailers. I also love building rock walls and rockeries, but there's not much time left for that anymore.My favourite authors are: Rohald Dahl, Barbara Park, Enid Blyton, Megan McDonald, Marianne Musgrove, Christine Harris, Tiffany Mandrake, Bryce Courtney, Paulette Simonds, Stephen King, Elmore Leonard, Robin Cook, Dean Koontz, and Frank McCourt, but there are so many more of course.
And these are my published Books:
Velvet Ball and The Broken Fairy
Star-Crossed Rascals
Velvet Ball and The Broken FairyThanks again for the invite, Rick.
Hello Honour, Tom, Ruby,Patricia, J.E., Teresa, Chris and Joe; welcome. Hope you have a great time like we are. Good to meet you.
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Ruby wrote: "Hi everyone. In view of the political uprising in Egypt, Tuniesia, Yemen, Greece and other countries, due to an urgent need to help the movement follow the right direction, in order to prevent the ..."
Joe wrote: "I said I am a career student because it just seems thats what has evolved. Currently, working on second bachelor degree, did a semester of law school, plan on going to business school after I pass ..."
Patricia wrote: "Hi Rick,thanks for the invite to this wonderful group. And hello to everyone else too. I'm Trish and I write children's stories. I also love to read. I live in Australia and am a volunteer for a wi..."
Tom wrote: "Hello,
I'm a fellow author/reader that enjoys reading a variety of fiction, especially conspiracy theories, historical fiction, or anything that has a technological overtone. My book, Grey Skies A..."
welcome to all our new members!!! so thrilled to have you here!!
Patricia wrote: "Hi Rick,thanks for the invite to this wonderful group. And hello to everyone else too. I'm Trish and I write children's stories. I also love to read. I live in Australia and am a volunteer for a wi..."I so love the the title
Velvet Ball and The Broken Fairy. I'm going to get a copy as soon as I can (next pay period- :(O ).
Are there 2 different books with the same title (like vol. 1, vol. 2) or is it 1 book with 2 different covers? The "add book/author" shows 2 copies.
Oh, & btw, welcome! :D
Ellie wrote: "I so love the title Velvet Ball and The Broken Fairy I'm going to get a copy as soon as I can (next pay period- :(O ). Are there 2 different books with the same title (like vol. 1, vol. 2) or is it 1 book with 2 different covers? The "add book/author" shows 2 copies.
Oh, & btw, welcome! :D
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Thank you Elli. They are both volume one in a series, but one is a paperback and the other is an eBook. That way readers have a choice. Star-Croseed Rascals is only available as a paperback though. I'm writing the sequels to both books.
Thank you for your kind words.
Carmel wrote: "Hi to all the new members - Tom, Honour, Ruby & Patricia (fellow Aussie:) !!"Hi Carmel. Thanks for the kind welcome. I hope you're not in the flood area.
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Are there 2 different books with the same tit..."
great news- sequels!! make sure to let me know when they are avaiable so I can post about them on our James Mason Group, Patricia!!
Thank you for your answer. I'm torn-I like ebooks but I think your book is one I'd like to have as a physical object. Because of the cover. I still love books-as-objects!It's hard to cuddle up to an e-book, 'tho I've been known to fall asleep holding my Kindle (hey-maybe that's why it's broken :( -which is another thing. Unlike Kindle's & other e-readers-& apparently fairies :D - books don't break!)
Thank you so much for the invite, Rick. I'm honoured to be part of this group. My name is Jayde Scott, and I'm the author of
. I love reading, particularly women's fiction and thrillers, and look forward to getting to know everyone here.Thanks so much for having me.
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. I love reading, particularly women's ficti..."so happy to have you as a member Jayde!!!
Rick wrote: "great news- sequels!! make sure to let me know when they are avaiable so I can post about them on our James Mason Group, Patricia!! ..."Rick, that's so kind of you. I'll do that. I have three series going and all will have multiple books. Plus I'm writing a book on how to have an elderly guinea pig. (They don't have to die young if they're cared for properly.)
I'm hoping to take that book to schools to educate children about caring for guinea pigs and rabbits - not leaving them outside in heatwaves and cold weather, and much more.
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Rick, that's so kind of you. I'll do that. I..."
excellant! I had several guinea pigs growing up- and I wished that they lived longer! a great service!
Elli, I know what you mean. I love to hold a paperback and cuddle up in bed. We spend too much time already with screens.That's funny that your kindle broke in bed. Hahah. I once fell asleep with my glasses on while reading. When I woke, they were bent and broken and hanging off one ear. I had to stick them back together with electricians tape. LOL. And yes, I still wear them like that. For the cost of new glasses, I can buy many books. :)
Yes. Well, I did finally give in and buy another pair of glasses (yes, that did happen to me too!)
Carmel, I'm so lucky too. we missed out on the flooding. I live on the mid north coast of NSW. The weather is crazy at the moment.Lovely to meet you.
Thanks for the invitation and I'm so happy to find such a diverse reading group! As I've gotten older I find I love all types of books which makes reading that much more enjoyable.
Rick wrote: "excellent! I had several guinea pigs growing up- and I wished that they lived longer! a great service!..."Yay! another guinea pig lover.
Rick, I lost two guinea pigs to bad treatment given by ignorant vets. I did some research and it helped me to save my remaining one. Now he's eight-years-old, and healthy. (Lives in a little wooden house in our lounge room, as did all my guinea pigs.) They can live for ten years if they're watched and pampered.
There's a fantastic American guinea pig website called GuineaLinx where I found all the information I needed about health and care. The main thing is to seek out an exotics vet when things go wrong. (Usually it's just their molars that need filing or it could be bladder stones, and they are fixable, though there are so many other ailments too.)
Guinea pigs are the most beautiful little creatures in the world. And they smell so lovely - babies forever.
Kate wrote: "Thanks for the invitation and I'm so happy to find such a diverse reading group!
As I've gotten older I find I love all types of books which makes reading that much more enjoyable."
Very true Kate. I am all over the place with book choices. Getting older tempers the spirit and gives patience.
As I've gotten older I find I love all types of books which makes reading that much more enjoyable."
Very true Kate. I am all over the place with book choices. Getting older tempers the spirit and gives patience.
I feel a little different. When I was young (like childhood, teens and twenties) I devoured everything. Good, bad, indifferent, I didn't care. Junk food, salad, broccoli-any reading was good reading. Toothpaste ingredients. You get the picture.Now I feel the pressure of time. So it's not so much whether I love different kinds of book but I feel less open-hearted than I was. Actually, I have found goodreads a kind of "remedy" for that-it's opened me out again to many more kinds of books. I think I also got tired of trying to "dialogue" about books by myself.
Kind of not possible.
So I'm grateful to all of you for being there & helping me open up again.
Ellie wrote: "I feel a little different. When I was young (like childhood, teens and twenties) I devoured everything. Good, bad, indifferent, I didn't care. Junk food, salad, broccoli-any reading was good readin..."And, I talk to myself in German about books, partially because I am often reading German books, but partially also to keep my oral German skills on par with my reading and writing (might sound weird, but it works for me).
David wrote: "Gundula wrote: "Ellie wrote: "I feel a little different. When I was young (like childhood, teens and twenties) I devoured everything. Good, bad, indifferent, I didn't care. Junk food, salad, brocco..."Thanks, I will check it out, it will take some time though.
Carmel wrote: "Patricia wrote: "Yay! another guinea pig lover. Rick, I lost two guinea pigs to bad tre..."
Patricia, guinea pigs were the chosen pets for my two daughters when they were younger. We had 3 ove..."
Carmel, you must have looked after them well for them to live to eight. Bless you. My mother-in-law's little fellow lived to ten, but that's unusual. They say the average age is seven, but I now believe they can live longer if they get proper help when needed.
Love the names of yours. My boar is called Boofhead and he's nearly blind, but manages to get around. The other two were Teddybear and Beanie, who both died at the age of three. It broke out hearts. Teddy was the first one to die after a wrong diagnosis from a vet. (I didn't have a computer then and hadn't researched guinea pigs on the net, just had booklets from pet shops with wrong information in them.)
I actually had bought Teddy and Boofhead, who were being sold in a rural supplies shop for pet food, mainly snakes.) Then I bought Beanie as a baby after Teddy died because Boofhead was fretting, so were we. He was the most beautiful and sweet little thing. He ran around the house like a little dog and came squealing out of his house in our lounge room every morning for tomato. If he ever smelled tomato, he would popcorn and squeal his head off.
He must have been an inbred as he was much smaller than most piggies and his molars needed filing every 18 months, which we had done with an exotics vet 300 miles away, but one Christmas when the vet was closed, Beanie stopped eating and we knew his teeth needed filing again. (Some vets in my country don't even know about guinea pigs teeth, then misdiagnose them and then they die.) I took Beanie to a local vet and asked him if he’d ever planed a guinea pig’s molars before. He said he had, but I waited there for him. (The rotter didn’t have any equipment and planed his teeth with a bastard file, taking the top of his tongue off and causing permanent nerve damage to his jaw, plus he never gave him any painkillers and used far too much anesthethetic.) I had to hand feed him for months after that, and then the exotics vet planed his teeth properly, but Beanie was never able to eat by himself again and he was in so much pain and depressed. I was advised it was cruel keeping him alive. It broke out hearts and he’s now in our flower garden with Teddy underneath a cherry tomato bush.
And to think I have to speak to that rotten vet sometimes as I’m a member of a wildlife rescue charity and we deal with all areas for miles around. (I'm writing a children's book about this too, as fiction. Ity will be my only kids story with a sad ending.)
I’m glad you little fellows had a long life, Carmel. That makes me feel happy.
You're right, Carmel, they sure are sweet, and they smell sweet too. Boofhead even gives kisses.
I used to have guinea pigs, lovely little things. The last one we had used to vanish from it's hutch every night. It took about a week to figure it out, I thought one of the kids was sneaking it in to bed. No, it was climbing over the partition to join the rabbit in the other half of a 'posh' large hutch my Dad had made for me when I was a kiddie. I think the guinea pig did it because it was lonely rather than for the warmth under the rabbit! We gave up in the end and left the partition door open, and miss bunny and mr guinea pig lived happily for several years co-habiting! From memory they used to live 6 to 8 years, females longer than males. It's the same with our cats, we've had at least one reach 20 and a couple of others the late teens. The 'boys' do well to get into the lower teens.All the best Paul Rix [oldgeezer]
Timothy wrote: "I used to have guinea pigs, lovely little things. The last one we had used to vanish from it's hutch every night. It took about a week to figure it out, I thought one of the kids was sneaking it in..."Timothy, that is so cute. Yes, guinea pigs are very social and love company. Our Boofhead loves cuddles all the time and my husband takes him outside with him when he's working in his veggie garden. He loves that.
You should write a kids book about your guinea pig and rabbit, Timothy. That would be wonderful.
Hi Patricia,if you grow your own veg. check out my latest book 'Beyond the Potting Shed' it could make life a lot easier in the garden and save you loads of money. I wrote it under my real name :-Paul Rix.
The hints and tips apply anywhere, if you grow veggies or fruit, it will help.
As for the kiddies book, well why not, I've got to finish the follow up to 'The Day the Ravens Died' my current thriller and re-write 'Ro' my first published book.
I've just remembered 'Goldie' my first guinea pig used to spend hours in the hood of my old duffel coat when I was a kid. We had two black and white scruffy looking little ones Pip and Squeak, one of them used to get in my shirt pocket and sit there for hours with it's head out. I must have been about ten at the time. Miss Handbury, the head teacher at our village school sent me home one morning as pip or squeak had escaped and was terrorising her old dog patch by trying to get under her as she lay in front of the fire [the dog, not the teacher!]. Wonderful memories of a long ago child hood in a little village of about 200 people in the wilds of Norfolk
All the best Paul Rix oldgeezer]
Tim, Paul. I'll check out your gardening book for sure.You should write a story about guinea pigs as a children's fiction.
I've written a story similar to your tale about a little girl who takes a bush rat to school and it gets out in the classroom and terrorises the class. I'll be publishing that soon.
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Yay! another guinea pig lover.
Rick, I lost two guinea pigs to bad tre..."
I really have such a soft spot for them!! they have the funniestlooking mouths! and so sweet! I remember my first one- a dark tan one- named him Oliver
is it true that wood shavings are not the best material to use for flooring? I mean the scented cedar shavings they sell ??
Hi Rick,I was always told use hard wood shavings, beech silver birch etc. Ours always had a lump of hawthorn to gnaw on, I can't recall any of the many we've had over the years having problems with their teeth. I seem to remember being told the resins in conifer wood was bad for them, and that sounds right as only a few specialised animals actually eat conifers from choice
All the best Paul Rix [oldgeezer]
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Welcome J.E.- so happy to have you here!!