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4000FPS - The Book

whiteclouderwhiteclouder Member Posts: 10,574 ✭✭✭
edited October 2001 in General Discussion
I have discovered that this new endeavor delivers up a lot more work that I thought. The act of putting the story down on paper (actually on a computer display) as it was given to me was frightfully easy. The 117 thousand words were delivered in only 17 weeks of part time writing. Now I have to sit and edit those four hundred pages and being the stickler I am for detail, it's taking a long time. And it's boring. I have given 8 copies of the manuscript to people I can trust to be honest (that excludes, of course, my mother, who thinks it's perfect). When they come back with their appraisals I will decide if it is worth publishing, certainly not a given in my mind.This whole project came from a thread started a long time ago on this board. In that thread we were trading stories about our childhood and repeating stories our parents, especially our fathers, had told us. Someone, I think TimberBeast, suggested we write some of these down for our children. I wrote one about a camping trip that seemed to be well received and that got me going.It was, by the way, one of those silly stories that our moderator deep-sixed because one of my characters said "I don't need this *", only I used the American version of the word instead of this English one. The parable visits the injustice of being ruled by a rogue and having no recourse. Most frustrating.Thank you sincerely for your interest in the book, it is most flattering and good for my ego.Clouder..
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  • whiteclouderwhiteclouder Member Posts: 10,574 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I'm about half done with the fourth draft of the first book. The first hundred or so pages stuttered in spots so I've pared about 5000 words. I have four copies out to people whom I respect for their forthrightness and one to a person who simply asked to read it. They are members of this and Matthew's board. When I get their comments back I will have a fair idea of the potential for publishing success. The second book is well on the way, some 20,000 words down so far. I am having more fun with the second than the first if that's possible. Finding an agent or editor will be the next challenge. All else failing, I have had the pleasure of creating new life in a literary sense. That can not be taken away. Your interest if sincerely appreciated.Clouder..
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  • He DogHe Dog Member Posts: 51,593 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Clouder from the title it sounds like ballistics, but I am guessing from the body of your post you are writing fiction. Mystery? A pal for Bob Lee Swagger? I will look forward to seeing it published, I am an insatiable reader.
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  • ibtruknibtrukn Member Posts: 443 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Clouder, when i have finished reading it, will trade you a copy of Tom Clancys' The Bear and The Dragon for a copy of your book when an if......?
    ibtrukn
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  • He DogHe Dog Member Posts: 51,593 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Clouder, forget Clancy, I'll pay cash money! 'Course I do expect an autograph...[This message has been edited by He Dog (edited 10-29-2001).]
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  • M.OpaliskiM.Opaliski Member Posts: 244 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Hey Clouder, you sent copies to someone from my board and not to me? Not to sound selfish, but I'm interested in reading it too. I thought that I expressed interest a while back, maybe it was taken in jest ... if you are still looking for another reader, consider me anytime.
    Support your RKBA ... MatthewNRA Life MemberTalk Radio Junkie opaliski@hotmail.com TheFirearmsEnthusiast
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