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[Jim]

Gingerlily - Mistress Lantern wrote: "You can have him tomorrow, Mary."

To-morrow, and to-morrow, and to-morrow,
Creeps in this petty pace from day to day

[Patti (baconater)]

*waves*

[Jim]

Patti (baconater) wrote: "*waves*"

It's a long way by rooftop

[Jim]

And a review!
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Patti (baconater)]

Think you'll find this interesting.

http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/...

[Jim]

I've got Pausanias and his guide to Greece, I got the Penguin edition years ago. It isn't particularly readable as such, I've always used it more as a reference

Here's a flavour of it

http://www.theoi.com/Text/Pausanias1A...

[Patti (baconater)]

Oh yes. You sent me excerpts in the past, didn't you?

[Jim]

From memory yes :-)

[Jim]

And now, another from the much talked about Port Naain Intelligencer series (Well I never shut up about them)

A Bad Penny

available from all fine ebook suppliers, and doubtless some of the less fine ones

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B01M3X3H4N/

[Gingerlily - The Full Wild]

Bought it! For a pound and a penny...

[Will]

I got it cheaper!!!

[Gingerlily - The Full Wild]

We all know you're cheap, Will!

[Jim]

available in a number of competing currencies for discerning customers everywhere
Which given the thrust of the plot is almost ironic :-)

[Gingerlily - The Full Wild]

Can I buy another copy and pay in Triganic Pu?

[Will]

Gingerlily - Mistress Lantern wrote: "We all know you're cheap, Will!"

Never knowingly oversold, that's true.

[Jim]

Gingerlily - Mistress Lantern wrote: "Can I buy another copy and pay in Triganic Pu?"

only if you pay haulage and warehousing

[Jim]

Will wrote: "Gingerlily - Mistress Lantern wrote: "We all know you're cheap, Will!"

Never knowingly oversold, that's true."

can a writer knowingly oversell?

[Gingerlily - The Full Wild]

Jim wrote: "Gingerlily - Mistress Lantern wrote: "Can I buy another copy and pay in Triganic Pu?"

only if you pay haulage and warehousing"

The change should take care of that.

[Will]

What are you changing into?

[Gingerlily - The Full Wild]

A nogwamp.

[Will]

*Steps back quickly*

[Alicia]

Jim wrote: "And now, another from the much talked about Port Naain Intelligencer series (Well I never shut up about them)

A Bad Penny

available from all fine ebook suppliers, and doubtless so..."

Got my copy - looking forward to reading.

[Jim]

An American sale!
for some reason I don't do well in the US

[Alicia]

Jim wrote: "An American sale!
for some reason I don't do well in the US"

There are plenty of people who get wry English humour.

[Gingerlily - The Full Wild]

Will wrote: "*Steps back quickly*"

Its ok, I'm only a plain nogwamp, not the dangerous varigated type. I won't kill you, I just bite bits off.

[Jim]

Alicia wrote: "Jim wrote: "An American sale!
for some reason I don't do well in the US"

There are plenty of people who get wry English humour."

somebody ought to mention me to both of them :-)

[Jim]

chuffed to bits A Bad Penny hit the giddy heights of 9863 in Kindle Store!

[Will]

Excellent, Jim!
By the way, what's the word count?

[M.T.]

I bought it today! ;-) Very on the ball for me.

[Gingerlily - The Full Wild]

Jim Webster! You dare to say its possible to have too much ginger????

[Jim]

Will wrote: "Excellent, Jim!
By the way, what's the word count?"

slightly over 21,000 words
All of them individually crafted.

[Jim]

Gingerlily - Mistress Lantern wrote: "Jim Webster! You dare to say its possible to have too much ginger????"

ah but look at the morals of the person who made the comment, someone who tried to lure the hero to his death.

The villain displays their dastardly character from the start!

[Jim]

M.T. wrote: "I bought it today! ;-) Very on the ball for me."

hope you enjoy it ;-)

[Gingerlily - The Full Wild]

Ah yes, good point. I hope that dastardly villian gets their come-uppance in the classic fashion. I should finish it later on...

[Jim]

you mean you could tear yourself away!

[Rosemary (grooving with the Picts)]

Just bought it. Bedtime read tonight :)

[Jim]

we have to ask ourselves what sort of lady curls up in bed with a Toelar roofrunner?

A lucky one perhaps :-)

[Gingerlily - The Full Wild]

Jim wrote: "you mean you could tear yourself away!"

Delayed gratification. It was worth the wait.

[Jim]

Gingerlily - Mistress Lantern wrote: "Jim wrote: "you mean you could tear yourself away!"

Delayed gratification. It was worth the wait."

oh good, you liked the artistic ending and the death of the villain?

And the fact that my evil female has a chance to come back if I need her

So far I've no plans for her, but she's young enough to crop up forty years later if I need her :-)

[Gingerlily - The Full Wild]

That was an evil trick you played on the villan. I liked it :)

And your villanous ginger-hating female? She'll be ugly when she's old. So there.

[Rosemary (grooving with the Picts)]

Jim wrote: "we have to ask ourselves what sort of lady curls up in bed with a Toelar roofrunner?

A lucky one perhaps :-)"

Ah but my roof is very lofty. (not a euphemism)

[Jim]

Gingerlily - Mistress Lantern wrote: "That was an evil trick you played on the villan. I liked it :)

And your villanous ginger-hating female? She'll be ugly when she's old. So there."

or evilly beautiful perhaps
who knows what the years will do to her.

Nothing good if some readers have any part in it :-)

[Jim]

Rosemary (grooving with the Picts) wrote: "Jim wrote: "we have to ask ourselves what sort of lady curls up in bed with a Toelar roofrunner?

A lucky one perhaps :-)"

Ah but my roof is very lofty. (not a euphemism)"

One can aspire to euphemism, even when one is not blessed with a lofty roof

[Will]

I have no loft at all.

Am I still allowed to finish reading the book?

[Gingerlily - The Full Wild]

As long as you do it in the basement. And if you don't have one, borrow Griselda's.

[Jim]

Will wrote: "I have no loft at all.

Am I still allowed to finish reading the book?"

all that is needed to finish the book is the ability to ignore interruptions!

[Jim]

And A Bad Penny has got a review

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...


Nov 03, 2016
Chris The Story Reading Ape rated it it was amazing

Another entertaining, absorbing and cleverly composed short mystery story by Jim Webster!
After having one of his assignations interrupted, Benor is minding his own business and making his way home in a sudden rainstorm.
However, a cry for help leads him into a mystery to be solved.
As usual, however, there is also a secondary issue to be addressed.

See my review also at:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B...

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01...

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[Alicia]

Congratulations! You're on your way.

[Jim]

let's hope so :-)

[Jim]