THE JAMES MASON COMMUNITY BOOK CLUB discussion
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PLEASE INTRODUCE YOURSELF TO YOUR FELLOW JAMES MASON MEMBERS!
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I'm Tosh McIntosh, an aviator with five decades of cockpit experience and a writer with ..."
Perhaps in some films- James Mason was a pilot! Love that you use the great William Bendix (Riley) in your superb post Tosh!
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welcome Monica- terrific to have you here!!
Tosh wrote: "a guy named Hemingway (paraphrased): "Just sit down at a typewriter (computer), open up a vein, and bleed."Your Hemingway quote reminded me of this one from Raymond Chandler:
“Throw up into your typewriter every morning. Clean up every noon.”
Hello everyone and thanks to Rick for the invite. My name is L.H. Thomson and I write a variety of genres of fiction. I've also worked at newspapers for about two decades. I'm ePublishing six books over the next few months, and hope you all get a chance to enjoy them. The first,
, went up for sale at the Kindle Store this week.I always rather liked James Mason -- excellent in North by Northwest among others -- and hopefully will bring something new to the group.
Cheers and nice to meet you all,
L.H. Thomson
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Welcome L.H.!! great having you here!! Mason was so very good in so many films!!
Thanks Rick for the invite! My name is Mindy McGinnis, I'm a YA author with a debut coming out in 2013: http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13...I write YA but I read across the board. Classics, non-fiction, short stories, memoir, historical fiction. As long as it's well written, I will read it!
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I write YA but I read across..."
So happy to welcome you Mindy!
Hello Rick, thank you for your kind invitation to join the discussion group. I like the premise of this group and am always open to discussions about books. I have had a life long love of reading and enjoy many genres - biographies, thrillers, mystery, sci-fi, fantasy, and on and on. Look forward to getting to know you and other members.
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super!! welcome Hank!!!
Thanks, Rick, for inviting me to join. I have three romantic mysteries coming out this year from MuseItUp and a humorous (at least I hope it's humorous!) mystery coming out from Five Star in December.I would have thought this was a group devoted to James Mason (somehow; biographies, movies, whatever) if Rick hadn't invited me to join!
Hi everyone, thanks so much for the invitation to join, I hope I remember to pop by often. My name is Catherine, I am a stay-at-home mum who loves writing children's picture books and poems and reading all sorts of wonderful books. I am a British ex-pat who moved to Canada from New Zealand (Love you NZ!)
My favorite author is Jody Hedlund, author of The Doctor's Lady.
Thank you for the invitation! I love meeting other readers/writers/bibliophiles :) I'm a full time writer (and reader!) from the East Coast of Canada with a serious passion for everything to do with the written word.
My favorite author is Anne McCaffery (rest in peace, darling Anne) closely followed by David Eddings (another very sad farewell).
In the meantime, I'm thrilled to have my own books out there in the world, and hope the muse stays close for a long time yet. :)
Happy Friday, all!
Patti wrote: "Thank you for the invitation! I love meeting other readers/writers/bibliophiles :)
I'm a full time writer (and reader!) from the East Coast of Canada with a serious passion for everything to do w..."
"Anne McCaffery (rest in peace, darling Anne)"
What?! Just looked it up. So recently. Made me cry. Two fantasy greats gone in one year. Sara Douglas died last year too. :(
I'm a full time writer (and reader!) from the East Coast of Canada with a serious passion for everything to do w..."
"Anne McCaffery (rest in peace, darling Anne)"
What?! Just looked it up. So recently. Made me cry. Two fantasy greats gone in one year. Sara Douglas died last year too. :(
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Georgina wrote: "Patti wrote: "Thank you for the invitation! I love meeting other readers/writers/bibliophiles :)
I'm a full time writer (and reader!) from the East Coast of Canada with a serious passion for ever..."
Patti wrote: "Thank you for the invitation! I love meeting other readers/writers/bibliophiles :)
I'm a full time writer (and reader!) from the East Coast of Canada with a serious passion for everything to do w..."
Catherine wrote: "Hi everyone, thanks so much for the invitation to join, I hope I remember to pop by often.
My name is Catherine, I am a stay-at-home mum who loves writing children's picture books and poems and r..."
Rosie wrote: "Just popped in to say thanks for the invite... I will call in later and reveal myself to you all..xx"
a very warm welcome to you all!!!
so sad about Anne McCaffery - when she passed I had a special post about it here on James Mason Group.
Rick wrote: "Cheryl wrote: "Thanks, Rick, for inviting me to join. I have three romantic mysteries coming out this year from MuseItUp and a humorous (at least I hope it's humorous!) mystery coming out from Five..."
Must have been when I just joined GR (NOv) and I was sitting on my page all alone, knowing that outside was a hive of literary activity. :)
Sara Douglas died last year too. She lived just outside Hobart. A prolific and talented Fantasy writer too (although McCaffery was one of my favourites--she defined dragons in fantasy).
Must have been when I just joined GR (NOv) and I was sitting on my page all alone, knowing that outside was a hive of literary activity. :)
Sara Douglas died last year too. She lived just outside Hobart. A prolific and talented Fantasy writer too (although McCaffery was one of my favourites--she defined dragons in fantasy).
Monica wrote: "my main passion is books. Sometimes I even sit at my desk at work reading when there are at least ten other things that I should be doing instead. I read all genres, and I have never found a book I didn't like. "Guilty pleasures ... I have read many books when I should have been doing something else! I found at an early age, with my mother a schoolteacher, that reading a book (any book, not just a school book) usually exempted me from most chores!
However, I do have definitely likes and dislikes in books, just don't waste my time on the ones I don't care for.
We seem to have some reading interests in common so will be interested to know your take on Skinwalker when you get to it as it's one of my newest favorites.
Thanks, Rick, for inviting me to join the group. I'm making good, finally, on my promise to drop in and introduce myself.I'm a Goodreads author; the details are on my profile page:
http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/...
I won't repeat those here.
Instead, I'll tell you a few things that aren't there. I'm writing this from the Caribbean island of Saint Martin, which is a small island, split almost evenly between the Dutch and the French. There's a border between the two sides, but not one that most people notice. My wife and I usually spend from mid-November until early April here. We have lived since 2000 on a 35-foot sailboat, and since 2004, we've been cruising the islands of the Eastern Caribbean. At the moment, we're anchored in a lagoon, just about on the border. We're a five minute dinghy ride from some great French bakeries. We normally spend the hurricane season in Grenada, which is about 400 miles south of here, and we explore the other islands on our way south in the spring and north in the fall. If you're interested in what that life is like, we have a sailing blog at http://voyagesoftheplayactor.blogspot... .
Besides sailing and working on our antique boat, I play the classic guitar, although I have been neglecting that recently in favor of writing. I'm about halfway through my next novel. When I get involved in putting a story together, it consumes most of my attention; I spend four to five hours a day writing and rewriting, and a couple of hours on other book related activities. Just living on the boat is time consuming, as well, as you can see from some of the posts on the blog. Mundane things like grocery shopping take an inordinate amount of time.
Not that we're complaining, mind you. This is a great life, but it's not all beaches and umbrella drinks.
My wife and I are both avid readers. We'll read almost anything. Our on-board library comprises several hundred books, although we've been reducing that and moving to eBooks over the last year. EBooks suit us well, as space and weight are both critical on the boat.
Thanks again for the invitation, Rick, and I'm looking to getting acquainted with everyone here.
Charles Dougherty
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I'm a Goodreads author; the details are on my profile page:
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Quite welcome Charles- so very happy to have you as a member!!! facinating post!!!
Georgina wrote: "Rick wrote: "Cheryl wrote: "Thanks, Rick, for inviting me to join. I have three romantic mysteries coming out this year from MuseItUp and a humorous (at least I hope it's humorous!) mystery coming ..."Well if so, the invite just came through! And seems to me nobody can stay lonely in this community for long.
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Hope so! Main goal of mine is to make James Mason group a true community- welcoming to all!
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My niche in the world of writing is hero fiction. I love t..."
Very welcome J.R.- best wishes on your first book- you will find much support and great info and guidance on here from fellow members!!
I'm Ken Consaul, author of The Platte River Waltz, a piece of frontier fiction following a young couple's exploits as they emigrate to Oregon in 1848Today is my first promotional day on Kindle Select so, for Amazon prime customers, the introductory four chapters are free at http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0055WXMEO
Otherwise, this will set you back a buck.
Many thanks to Rick for the invitation and warm greetings to group members. I'm a horseman turned technology geek turned writer. I'm glad to be part of the group. Feel free to connect with me on Twitter as well. I'm @brianrathbone Twitter .The first two ebooks in my Godsland fantasy series are free if you would like to try them, and my latest novel, Lure, was released in ebook today. Print and audiobook versions are in production.
Thanks, and have a great day!
Hell everyone. My name is Michael Ringering, author of the new novel Six Bits. I just joined the group this morning and am looking forward to getting to know some avid readers and learning from you. Thank you, Rick, for the invitation to join. As to not bore you with all my details, you can learn more about my background and career at http://www.michaelringering.com. My literary inspirations includ Jack London, Ernest Hemingway, Charles Dickens and Patrick Taylor.Six Bits
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Welcome all. :) Georgina (and I just nabbed those two books, Brian--thanks)
Georgina wrote: "Welcome all. :) Georgina (and I just nabbed those two books, Brian--thanks)"It's my pleasure, Georgina. And thanks! I hope you enjoy the story.
Thanks, Rick, for your friend invitation and for leading me to what appears to be a very vibrant group of readers and writers. If your interest in Victorian settings extends to neo-victorian/edwardian mysteries, you might want to take a look at my own offering, A Deadly Affection, http://bit.ly/xqkkNn. Thanks again, and looking forward to being part of the community.
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welcome Cuyler- A Deadly AffectionLOOKS GREAT!!
Thanks for the suggestion to post my promo here, Rick. There are lots of these promos so I appreciate everyone's stolen moment to take a look.FREE TODAY on Amazon Kindle!
Already moving up the best seller lists which is surprising the hell out of me more than anyone.
http://www.amazon.com/Facing-Son-Novel-A...
Please add it to your Kindle, read it on a rainy day, and tell your friends.
I've been to all the places in the book, though it's a made up story. I live with my own family struggles as we all do; I tried to give them some space between the covers. But mainly, I tried to narrate an interesting story about a place for which I have great respect, even though this story happens on the "dark side."
Love it or hate it, please give it a chance.
Mark L Rudolph
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FREE TODAY on Amazon Kindle!
Already moving up the..."
Looks great Mike!!!
My friends call me Trish (short for Patricia)and I am new to writing. I thought it would be easy if I started on children's books about my cat. I am quickly finding out that just because you want to write your story one way, your story steers you another.I am a happily married 50 yr. young "Nana" to 3 boys and 2 girls. Thanks Rick for inviting me.
Thank you,
Trish
Thanks for the invitation, Rick, happy to be a member of this group. I'm the author of 16 published novels in different genres, several optioned screenplays and a whole lot more. Love reading and writing. Check out my historic romance, Cloud Dancer at http://amzn.to/ptlq8A also available as Nook and PDF - originally published by Harlequin.
This is a bit of a RE-introduction on my part. I haven't visited this site in quite some time and thought I should check in. My debut novel is called Outage and is available for sale every day for 99 cents (http://www.amazon.com/Outage-ebook/dp...) I'm a big believer in "an author's work is never done." I'm constantly tweaking and changing things. So if you've taken a look before and weren't sold, I invite you to take another look to see what I've been up to in the past few months.
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J L wrote: "Hi all! Thanks for the invite Rick, it seems you are very passionate about this group and I'm looking forward to getting to know everyone better!
I'm a devoted bibliophile and, if my first book c..."
Peggy wrote: "Thanks for the invitation, Rick, happy to be a member of this group. I'm the author of 16 published novels in different genres, several optioned screenplays and a whole lot more. Love reading and..."
SO VERY HAPPY to welcome you three to our wonderful group!
Sorry, Rick, I didn't realize only the moderator adds books (I'm new to Groups, and still finding my way around). Didn't mean to step on any toes...
Hi everyone here at the JAMES MASON GROUP this doesn't fit anywhere in particular so I'm going to post it here....I have two audible 3 month gifts to give away before the 29 of Feb. if anyone here Has been wanting to give Audible a try and would like to try free for 3 months here is a great no commitment chance... I like that thu really make it a gift and require no credit card to use this! Send me a message here through the goodreads message link and I will either give to two who reply or if more than two reply randomly choose from a hat so to speak. (I am putting this up on another group or two I am a member of as well. I LOVE audio books and would like to give someone who would like to try audio a great way to do so! This is the official blurb from Audible... as follows...
Your recipient will receive a 3-month Gift Membership to Audible, which includes:
• Their choice of 1 audiobook per month from any of our 100,000+ titles
• 24/7 concierge service in case they need help getting set up or finding their first great listen
• All the benefits of Audible Membership for 3 months
They will never be asked for a credit card, and there is no obligation to stay an Audible member. It's just our way of saying thanks and enabling you to share your love of audiobooks.
(You must have never had an audible account in the past as I understand it..this if for new customers.)
Hello JMG-I am Andrew St. Cyr, author of "Logos Anima: The First Transcendence," and I was recruited into this group by the owner himself. I feel truly honored when I read Rick's emails about the importance of this group, of books and of my personal influence on the group. This honor extends even further when it seems that the members of this group seem mostly hand-picked by this man and others within the group.
If you should know only one thing about me, let it be that my deepest passions, my sincerest efforts and my most adamant dreams do not depend on a god, but on Humanity instead. To me, YOU are worth every word that I say, every effort of my hands, and every breath of my lungs. Let me honor and please you by those actions.
Happy reading!
-ASC
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I am sorry to hear you are leaving goodreads- Carroll- please keep in touch wuth me- my personal email is friedmanatbd@aol.com
are there any celedrities on good reads.
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welcome Jon- terrific to have you as a member!!
I'm Mikela and absolutely love to read, so much so that I've read 45 books since January 1st, ok, 2 of them were Dr. Seuss and probably don't count but they were still good. Am always on the hunt for good authors and great books that I haven't read and have found GR friends the best source for fantastic reads.
Hi. Vered from Kenya (at least, that's where I've lived the past 11 years with my hubbie and our 2 kids and assortment of animals). I recently quite my day job at the UN to focus on writing and other creative endeavours. I bought a Kindle a few months ago, and I don't really understand how this works but I am definitely reading a lot more than I did before. Plus discovering great Indie authors.
C.L.R. wrote: "Thanks, Rick, for inviting me to join the group. I'm making good, finally, on my promise to drop in and introduce myself.I'm a Goodreads author; the details are on my profile page:
http://www.go..."
Wow! I guess I don't have to say how cool your life sounds, even if it's not all white sands and Pina Coladas!
Hi Vered,WELCOME TO GOODREADS! It's always terrific to have other bibliophiles and independent authors hang their hats here. All the best.
KOMET
Thanks, Komet. Do people sometimes write your name down as 'Comet'?!
Hi, I'm Joe Nolan and I just joined the group and it's good to be here. I'm a newly published author of The Wellspring Immortal. While I describe the book as a fantasy, it has elements of mystery, science fiction, epic, and adventure. I'm a few days to the end of a book give away, so I'll leave a link. It's available on Amazon, and if you're a Prime memeber, you can read it for free. Am actively seeking reviews, so let me know if you're interested after reading the book post. It's good to be here. Here's the link:The Wellspring Immortal
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Vered wrote: "Hi. Vered from Kenya (at least, that's where I've lived the past 11 years with my hubbie and our 2 kids and assortment of animals). I recently quite my day job at the UN to focus on writing and oth..."
Mikela wrote: "I'm Mikela and absolutely love to read, so much so that I've read 45 books since January 1st, ok, 2 of them were Dr. Seuss and probably don't count but they were still good. Am always on the hunt f..."
A wonderful welcome to all three of you! so very happy to haver you as fellow members!!
Thanks to Rick for inviting me to join this group.My name is Rachel Abbott, and my debut novel Only the Innocent is doing rather well (she says modestly!). Well - it is #1 on Amazon UK (Kindle paid store) including #1 in Crime, Thrillers and Mystery - so perhaps just for a couple of days, it's okay to say it's doing well? Please don't boot me out of the group just yet. I had specific instructions from Rick to tell everybody about it!!
It is, of course, here on Goodreads, and doing ok in the US with quite a few reviews - all four and five star.
One of the things I've been asked all week since getting the top spot is "how did you do it?". I can't claim to have a magic formula, and I'm not going to write a book about it - but I AM going to blog about it in the hope that other writers might find a couple of useful ideas.
Part 1 of the blog has just been posted at http://rachelabbottwriter.wordpress.com
Looking forward to getting to know you, and find out what sort of books you are all reading!
Rachel
PS if this is the wrong place to post this, just let me know. I'm new, but I don't want to break any rules.
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Monica, you've never found a book you didn't like?! I think you must be a bookoholic :)
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