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Hi, I'm new here. I write under the name James Vaughan and I have two novels completed. They are 'Sand River', a western, and a thriller, 'Five Peso Badge'. I hope to have some good conversation here.
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Welcome. I have been here a while but I am new in any meaningful interaction. what is Five Peso Badge about?
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I hope to have some good conversation ..."
Hi James. We welcome authors and have specific spaces on the group for them to promote their works. We ask that you read the group rules so you'll know where you can promote your books.
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We're asking authors not to promote their books on general threads.
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I just wanted to share that my mother who posted here occasionally, until her stroke made it hard to navigate the internet, passed away January 2nd this year. Patricia Frances Rowell
I know she loved reading these discussion threads, even if she did not post that often.
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I just wanted to share that my mother who posted here occasionally, until her s..."
Hello Hugh...I'm so sorry to hear about your mother. I remember her fondly from all of her posts here. (If I remember rightly, she use to keep you in line as well) We've missed both her, and you as well; and hope that you will possibly join us again more often. I lost my mom a few years ago, and know that it is a difficult time for you right now...condolences to you and your family.
Nice to meet you all. I enjoy reading books out of the mainstream, action thrillers with history are my favorites. Frederick Forsyth novels are some of my favorites. Also enjoy reading graphic novels.
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I just wanted to share that my mother who posted here occasionally, until her s..."
She will sincerely be missed. Her memory is a blessing.
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Welcome, Live4reading!
Hi all - new member, and big fan of action and adventure fiction. So much so that I was inspired by my love of Elmore Leonard, James Ellroy, Martin cruz Smith Lee Child and Raymond Chandler to pen my own trilogy of short stories. As an aspiring author I'd love to share more info about this with you all (in the appropriate places) if admins are happy with that. Great to meet you all! David Arrowsmith, author of Nevada Noir
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Thanks so much Danielle and hello all!
Hello everybody!Character or plot. Which is more critical in action/adventure?
Hi A.C. Great question, a little like air and water you gotta have both. But like air and water, you'll notice the absence of one faster than the other. Great characters lend themselves to great plots, whereas an excellent plot can be ruined by a poorly drawn character. So, I think I lean to character (air) being more fundamental than plot (water).
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Another vote for the (slightly cop-out) answer of “both”. It’s a sliding scale - a great world or compelling narrative can help overcome a weaker character/set of characters, or a great character can keep you reading even if the story doesn’t quite progress... but go too far wrong with either and you will eventually lose your reader.
My name is Jeff Bailey. I’m a retired engineer/scientist turned thriller writer. Of late, I’ve been enjoying posting reviews of the books that I read. I like good thrillers, Sci-Fi’s, and well done horror. I think that this is going to be an interesting group.
Hi Jeff! Another recent(ish) member here. Enjoy the group and do let me know if my fiction debut (Nevada Noir) appeals - I’m keen for new readers and reviews as you can imagine! David
Hi, This is Arnav, I've enjoyed reading and writing since I was 8. I have recently started writing professionally.
I love Adventure, Mystery, Fantasy and Thrillers.
Hope I can contribute to this noble endeavor.
Best to all,
Hope you are keeping safe.
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Hello, everyone. I am a longtime fan of action and adventure, in many varieties. I look forward to meeting you all and discovering some new authors to read!
Traci wrote: "*wave* Hello familiar people.I'll admit this is a genre I know little about and I'm a little confused about which books fall into this category. I'm a fan of the Preston/Child books and pulp era s..."
I really dig Burroughs and Howard. Total fun!
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Hi David, we have a special promotion section for authors...please keep all book promotions to those threads...Thanks!
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No probs at all Danielle and thank you, sorry - couldn’t work out how to myself. ☹️
Hi this is Anees Arshad. I am a fan of Action and Adventure. I have got to know some good books from this group. I am going to start reading Napoleon's Pyramids and I have voted for steelheart in the superhero fiction group reads for September. Hope to read some good books from this group. I see that Danielle The Book Huntress is very active in promoting and managing this group.
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"Authors are more than welcome on this group, but we ask you to be considerate to members and keep your self-promotions appropriate. If you would like to announce your books or promote yourself as an author, including blog posts, or contests, etc., use the Promotions section. We also have a Member-Authors section and you are free to post self-promotions in that section as well. Any excessive and unnecessary promotion of books is subject to deletion or editing by moderators."
You can find this information in our 'Rules' thread. I have deleted your introduction, but you are welcome to repost a new one without the promo.
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"Authors are more than welcome on this group, but we ask you to be considerate to members and keep your self-promotions appropriate. If you would like to announce your books or promote yourself as an author, including blog posts, or contests, etc., use the Promotions section. We also have a Member-Authors section and you are free to post self-promotions in that section as well. Any excessive and unnecessary promotion of books is subject to deletion or editing by moderators."
You can find this information in our 'Rules' thread. I have deleted your introduction, but you are welcome to repost a new one without the promo.
Hi everyone,I am an author, a reader and a traveller. I read at night, sleep on planes, and write in the early mornings. I am attracted to location elements of a story. Where exactly are they? Why there? How do the surroundings impact on the narrative?
Yes, yes, I know it is supposed to be all about character but I don't picture the characters in my head. But I do picture the surroundings.
Weird?
Love this Charles! I think setting, and the atmosphere of the locale, is key to my writing and perhaps a way for me to travel vicariously back to these places and also try and share them with readers. Love to hear that it’s also important to at least one other writer and reader!
Back in 2008, I read Precious Cargo. On his web site, Ford had a link to Google Earth 3D so I could actually look around the Puget Sound area where the action takes place. The link is in my review:https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I was blown away by the marriage of tech to the story back then, but I can't say I found it necessary. He described it well & I grew up on the water. I also had some familiarity with the region having lived & traveled through there for a year. It brought back great memories of a couple of boat trips & a ferry ride from Vancouver Island into Seattle, though.
Iain wrote: "Hi everyone,I am an author, a reader and a traveller. I read at night, sleep on planes, and write in the early mornings. I am attracted to location elements of a story. Where exactly are they? Why..."
Not weird at all. I believe location and settings add so much drama and colour to the story besides also impacting the tone and the emotional content of the story. I try to make my setting descriptions as vivid as possible when I'm writing. I believe it should be as impactful as watching a movie.
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I am an author, a reader and a traveller. I read at night, sleep on planes, and write in the early mornings. I am attracted to location elements of a story. Where exactly are they? Why..."
Welcome, Iain! Location can be a character in a story, in my opinion.
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I deleted your post. We ask authors not to self-promote outside of designated areas on the group.
Hi, my name is Laura! New to goodreads but not to books! I mostly read kindle versions and I can get pretty inmersed in a book and forget to sleep! ;) Right now I’m reading through the Thin Air series by Lisa Gray and the Tracy Crosswhite detective series by Robert Dugoni.
Hi Laura - lovely to e-meet you! Enjoy the group, and goodreads - and happy reading! David
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Hi all,I am M S Rehman from United Kingdom, wales, Cardiff. You can call me saeed.
I am an author, my debut novel "The Disguise" was published in December 2020.
I hope to meet new readers in the group.
Regards
Hi everyone,Apologies, I've been off the radar for a while, but just wanted to nip in and say a big warm welcome to all the new members I'd noticed were joining! I'm about to embark on some Preston and Child, and I'm really looking forward to it! There's a new Scott Mariani out too, which I'm keen to pick up. Hope you're all safe and well.
Best wishes,
Ben
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Hi Danielle, thanks for the warm welcome.