James Tallett

James Tallett’s Followers (106)

member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
Shawn W...
1,333 books | 740 friends

Bryan T...
3,374 books | 1,390 friends

Larissa
4,009 books | 3,849 friends

Tina Moss
1,220 books | 1,351 friends

Phil
412 books | 552 friends

Morgan ...
166 books | 1,052 friends

Rachel ...
287 books | 359 friends

Rose Ga...
145 books | 1,764 friends

More friends…

James Tallett

Goodreads Author


Website

Genre

Member Since
February 2011

URL


A Pity Without Punctuation

This is an experiment, based on a conversation with Peter Dawes, another writer, to see what the most popular flash story on this site would look like, if you pulled out all the punctuation. Below is the result, although I’ve left line breaks in place. There’s mostly 3rd person, but there is some dialogue in the fiction as well. I’d be interested to see how difficult people find it to read.


The

Read more of this blog post »
 •  0 comments  •  flag
Share on Twitter
Published on February 02, 2016 11:59
Average rating: 3.61 · 72 ratings · 18 reviews · 40 distinct works
Breaking an Empire  (The Fo...

3.57 avg rating — 23 ratings — published 2011
Rate this book
Clear rating
Bloodaxe

3.76 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 2012
Rate this book
Clear rating
Tarranau  (The Four Part La...

3.82 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2011 — 3 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
Ancient New

by
3.38 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2013 — 2 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
Ruined Cities

by
3.71 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2013
Rate this book
Clear rating
The Ways of Magic

by
3.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2014 — 3 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
The Death God's Chosen

by
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2014 — 2 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
Laeccan Waters (The Four Pa...

did not like it 1.00 avg rating — 1 rating2 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
Splintered Lands: Through F...

0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2013 — 5 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
Wolven Kindred

0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2013 — 2 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
More books by James Tallett…
65828 Writers Worth — 1516 members — last activity Jun 21, 2024 02:15PM
Book-lovers unite! Writers Worth is a group where writerly types meet & mingle, and everyone's welcome to promote books, sites, brands, services, and ...more
51105 Splintered Lands — 5 members — last activity Jul 13, 2011 01:08PM
Splintered Lands is a post-apocalyptic fantasy anthology. This group is a place for fellow writers and readers to learn more about our project.
1865 SciFi and Fantasy Book Club — 41714 members — last activity 8 minutes ago
Hi there! SFFBC is a welcoming place for readers to share their love of speculative fiction through group reads, buddy reads, challenges, ...more
527 Building a SciFi/Fantasy Library — 3662 members — last activity Nov 01, 2025 06:20AM
Add your science-fiction or fantasy books to the list, but make sure it's not already there. . .no need for duplicate entries. ...more
62085 Novel Publicity's Author Karma — 333 members — last activity May 05, 2020 01:11AM
Novel Publicity’s karmic initiatives are based on the concept of “paying it forward.” If you help your fellow writer, then one day he will help you to ...more
More of James’s groups…
Comments (showing 1-7)    post a comment »
dateDown arrow    newest »

message 7: by James

James Tallett Megg wrote: "Hey!!! Great to see you outside of Twitter!!! Can't wait to read your book. I'm releasing mine soon - everything has been so crazy. :-)"

I'll be looking forward to it. And yes, first time I've really gone beyond twitter and the blog. Makes a nice change.


message 6: by Megg

Megg Jensen Hey!!! Great to see you outside of Twitter!!! Can't wait to read your book. I'm releasing mine soon - everything has been so crazy. :-)


message 5: by James

James Tallett Karly wrote: "Is is funny that I only know you by Fourpartland?! Good to see you here! The book is looking good!"

For a while I didn't really have my real name easy to find, even on the website. I decided to give up on that, what with facebook and goodreads and all this.

But you can still call me thefourpartland if you really want to.


message 4: by Karly

Karly Kirkpatrick Is is funny that I only know you by Fourpartland?! Good to see you here! The book is looking good!


Roxanne Welcome to Goodreads, James.


message 2: by James

James Tallett Ellen wrote: "Thank you for making friends, James! I wish you great success with Tarranau!"

Thanks. It's been a fun seven years to this point, will be great to finally see it in print and hold it. I'll probably be sleeping with it under my pillow.


message 1: by Ellen

Ellen Maze Thank you for making friends, James! I wish you great success with Tarranau!


back to top