Nice people thread part 5 - nicely does it

PasturesNew

lostinrates wrote: »

I should have done that! Never mind, got them in (i could have got justu one in of course) and survived. . "

What you need is small dog harnesses and a small sledge.... then they can come with you to get their own food and carry it back

tomterm8

lostinrates wrote: »

Tomterm! How have you been?

Fine, thanks. And I hope everyone else here has been as well.

I've been busy writing. Novels and stories for kindle, mainly, but I have checked in here from time to time.

lostinrates

PasturesNew wrote: »

Me too - must be too many horny housewives hanging out here..... oh my. It's not my kind of book at all.

Hanging out here? Has anyone here read it? After viva mentioned it i looked for reviews. The sex aspect is neither here nor there to me, i would not buy it for the thrill nor avoid reading a good book about sex, nor the attack on womens lib some reviewers are hot under the collar about. The reason i won't be buying it is it appears from reviews to be poorly written. So why bother?

lostinrates

tomterm8 wrote: »

Fine, thanks. And I hope everyone else here has been as well.

I've been busy writing. Novels and stories for kindle, mainly, but I have checked in here from time to time.

Are they selling well? I hope its all successful!

lostinrates

PasturesNew wrote: »

What you need is small dog harnesses and a small sledge.... then they can come with you to get their own food and carry it back

If i could afford a dog cart would certainly harness big dog. She needs a job:D

PasturesNew

tomterm8 wrote: »

Fine, thanks. And I hope everyone else here has been as well.

I've been busy writing. Novels and stories for kindle, mainly, but I have checked in here from time to time.

I hop you're making your fortune.... my stuff's died and I am still not in a good mental position to be able to crack on and actually get it all sorted and up and running again.... I poke about with my content most days, but not in a structured or beneficial way... more staring at pages and thinking "pfft... one day, just not today".

You must have made a fortune on your first one if you're doing more.... where fortune = worthwhile potential bearing in mind it's residual.... or making you're well minted now and spend your time buying big bottles of champers.

PasturesNew

lostinrates wrote: »

If i could afford a dog cart would certainly harness big dog. She needs a job:D

A bit of string round her neck and a tin tray would work

tomterm8

lostinrates wrote: »

Hanging out here? Has anyone here read it? After viva mentioned it i looked for reviews. The sex aspect is neither here nor there to me, i would not buy it for the thrill nor avoid reading a good book about sex, nor the attack on womens lib some reviewers are hot under the collar about. The reason i won't be buying it is it appears from reviews to be poorly written. So why bother?

I would NEVER trust reviews that say a bestseller is poorly written. They generally come from people who are failed writers.

Personally, I would download the sample on kindle and see for yourself.

The writing is coming on more or less as I expected. At the moment the point is to get better at it. Money is not yet the goal, I think it is a distraction. That said money does trickle in from it even though I'm still not very good:)

PasturesNew

BBC1 now - Britain's Biggest Hoarders.

lostinrates

tomterm8 wrote: »

I would NEVER trust reviews that say a bestseller is poorly written. They generally come from people who are failed writers.

Personally, I would download the sample on kindle and see for yourself.

The writing is coming on more or less as I expected. At the moment the point is to get better at it. Money is not yet the goal, I think it is a distraction. That said money does trickle in from it even though I'm still not very good:)

You know, i would agree if it were a few reviews, but the consensus seemed to agree. I have ignored such stuff beore and even if its a good yarn, usually the reviews were right. I don't care if i read bestsellers or sold one fy, though there are land ark books i read just because i think they make my reading more complete, but i would rather read good stuff rather than a best selling romp. Unless the best selling romp is also a literary masterpiece.:o

Edit, fwiw two, no three, family members review for a portion of living. Two have been successful in their writing, one is a wannabe.