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[Rosemary (grooving with the Picts)]

G J (Gaff to my friends) wrote: "Not having had any lessons in French ... ever ... I had to look it up too. I love online translations of things e.g:

Unions are concerned - and, frankly, so am I - that downsizing could negatively..."

Just as well we weren't having one of our more er, esoteric discussions.

[Patti (baconater)]

Someone should show Gaff the projector privacy button.

[David]

Patti (baconater) wrote: "Someone should show Gaff the projector privacy button."

Luckily, it wasn't a squid porn link.

[Kath]

Just finished this - :)

http://ignitebooks.blogspot.co.uk/201...

[Jim]

No squid were involved!

[Jim]

Just to say that A Much Arranged Marriage has hit Current Sales rank of 10,092 in Kindle Store.
Which is frankly about as high as anything of mine has ever managed to get.

And according to Amazon, I've still not sold a single copy on .com
I suspect I'm just never going to sell well in the Americas :-(

And in case you missed it, Tallis did one of his stories on somebody else's blog

http://scvincent.com/2015/12/02/reque...

[David]

Well done, Jim; hitting the ground running.

[Jim]

I find that I get my best hit in the first week

Certainly A Much Arranged Marriage is doing better than Flotsam or Jetsam: The Port Naain Intelligencer

Flotsam or Jetsam only got up to 22,225 and it probably takes more sales to get from 20,000 to 10,000 than it does to get from 100,000 to 20,000

[Jim]

Creeping up, A Much Arranged Marriage Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #9,173 Paid in Kindle Store :-)

Still no US sales

[Patti (baconater)]

Jim wrote: "No squid were involved!"

I shan't bother reading it then.

[Alicia]

Jim wrote: "Creeping up, A Much Arranged Marriage Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #9,173 Paid in Kindle Store :-)

Still no US sales"

Fixed that for you; looking forward to reading the rest.

[Jim]

Alicia wrote: "Jim wrote: "Creeping up, A Much Arranged Marriage Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #9,173 Paid in Kindle Store :-)

Still no US sales"

Fixed that for you; looking forward to reading the rest."

Thanks Alicia

[Jim]

Patti (baconater) wrote: "Jim wrote: "No squid were involved!"

I shan't bother reading it then."

I'll have to remember to work in a squid scene in the next one I do. Perhaps have Tallis Steelyard blog about it

[Patti (baconater)]

All the best books have a squid subplot, I've found.

[Alicia]

Jim wrote: "Thanks Alicia"

It had a catchy start. The last line I read, with the old lady, pulled me in.

And you did NOT do the dreaded info dump too much - more figure it out as you go. That's what I do.

[Jim]

Patti (baconater) wrote: "All the best books have a squid subplot, I've found."

Grasshopper sits at the feet of the master.

makes note on back of hand, 'Include squid subplot'

It shall be so!

[Jim]

Alicia wrote: "Jim wrote: "Thanks Alicia"

It had a catchy start. The last line I read, with the old lady, pulled me in.

And you did NOT do the dreaded info dump too much - more figure it out as you go. That's w..."


One thing I realised with the 'look inside' feature, is that we have an opportunity to pull people in. Effectively it's Raymond Chandler's Law, "When in doubt, have a man come through a door with a gun in his hand."
With obvious tweaks for genre ;-)

[Rosemary (grooving with the Picts)]

"When in doubt, have a man come through the door with a squid in his hand". That'll work.

[Patti (baconater)]

Rosemary (The Nosemanny) wrote: ""When in doubt, have a man come through the door with a squid in his hand". That'll work."

In each hand.

[Will]

Jim wrote: "Patti (baconater) wrote: "All the best books have a squid subplot, I've found."

Grasshopper sits at the feet of the master.

makes note on back of hand, 'Include squid subplot'

It shall be so!"

Perhaps we should make it obligatory for group writers? At least one book with a squid.

[Patti (baconater)]

That's a fine idea, Will!

[Jim]

Well I suppose I've already covered the vexed topic of Jelly-babies

[Will]

Jim, do you want a 'goodie' squid, or a 'baddie'?

[Gingerlily - The Full Wild]

What if you are in a world where guns havent been invented yet? And a country with no coastline?

[G J (Gaff to my friends)]

Gingerlily - Mistress Lantern wrote: "What if you are in a world where guns havent been invented yet? And a country with no coastline?"

Just because the country has no coastline, that's no excuse. Flying squid are are just as acceptable. As is the giant squid that was abandoned in the sewage system as a pet, only to grow up to be King Calamari.

[Will]

You don't need a coastline, just a big well or cenote and an underground river

[Gingerlily - The Full Wild]

Flying squid! That is a terrifying thought. And a wonderful idea for a book!!

[Rosemary (grooving with the Picts)]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L0mxH...

[Patti (baconater)]

Feathered calamari.

Rosemary can draw the pic for the cover.

[Will]

Flying squid... an exciteable Greek restaurant?

[Patti (baconater)]

Rosemary (The Nosemanny) wrote: "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L0mxH..."

They look like winged dildos. Before you start the video, anyway. Will play it now.

[Patti (baconater)]

Yep. Japanese winged dildos.

Errant apostrophe in the title is annoying as fff heck.

[Rosemary (grooving with the Picts)]

Yeah. Japanese flying squid's WHAT.

[Patti (baconater)]

Japanese flying squid's lube, I should hope.

[Gingerlily - The Full Wild]

Tthey only fly for 3 seconds. Massive disappointment :( :(

[Gingerlily - The Full Wild]

Will wrote: "Flying squid... an exciteable Greek restaurant?"

I don't think I want to go to an exciteable restaurant of any cuisine...

[Jim]

I already have a story in mind.
Just looking for the appropriate patron

[G J (Gaff to my friends)]

Gingerlily - Mistress Lantern wrote: "Tthey only fly for 3 seconds. Massive disappointment :( :("

Still longer than your average bloke, if you're going on previous comments relating to their shape! :-D

[Will]

Gingerlily - Mistress Lantern wrote: "Will wrote: "Flying squid... an exciteable Greek restaurant?"

I don't think I want to go to an exciteable restaurant of any cuisine..."

I guess italian restaurants could get messy too, if the bolognese gets frisky.

[Will]

Jim wrote: "I already have a story in mind.
Just looking for the appropriate patron"

I too have a use in mind for a giant squid. Is yours hero or villain?

[Jim]

Will wrote: "Jim wrote: "I already have a story in mind.
Just looking for the appropriate patron"

I too have a use in mind for a giant squid. Is yours hero or villain?"

mine is just a combatant ;-)

An honest squid doing his squiddy best

[Jim]

Just to say that A Much Arranged Marriage managed to hit Current Sales rank of 8,813 in Kindle which is a record for me

[Rosemary (grooving with the Picts)]

That's a Yay from me

[Gingerlily - The Full Wild]

[Rosemary (grooving with the Picts)]

Those are fab. And if you placed one on top of the head of a gingerbread man you'd have an instant Cthulu cookie!

[Will]

Jim wrote: "Just to say that A Much Arranged Marriage managed to hit Current Sales rank of 8,813 in Kindle which is a record for me"

That's brilliant news, Jim! Congrats!

[Jim]

drifting down now, but I've a couple of biggish blogs that are going to be mentioning me ;-)

[G J (Gaff to my friends)]

That's fab news, Jim! Keep 'em rolling in!

[Gingerlily - The Full Wild]

These cookies would be perfect for Patti!


http://mlkshk.com/p/XVQN

[Patti (baconater)]

No thank you.