Miss Snark said of my novel extract; "It sounds like we're inside the head of a functioning fruitcake".
I'm proud. I'm pleased.
And highly amused.
Hence the new title for the blog.
Trivia: the word 'fruitcake' actually appears in the novel three times.
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Hi Angus/Fruitcake
Well done on your 750 words. Also you said some nice things about my own effort (Moonface and Smell). Thanks!
Hi Angus,
I made my way here from Miss Snark, having read your 750 wonderful words. I just wanted to say: I'd definitely read your book! My interest was piqued not only by your great writing, but also because of the location (my home town :D ).
Good luck with your six months of writing! Will you be updating about your progress in your blog?
Camilla
:)
Another West Aussie?
I'll be living just outside of Margaret River. I don't know how often I'd go into town to an internet cafe. Knowing me, probably far too often.
Yep, another West Aussie indeed! I'm living in the Netherlands now (missing the Aussie summer like mad).
Margaret River sounds like a great place to go hermitting and writing for six months. I hope it goes well, and you emerge at the other end with a piece of work that satisfies you (and sells immediately, so we can all go and buy a copy :D ).
Hi Angus,
I want to read your book too. I'm not usually big on the whole guardian-angel motif, because it tends to appear in books that are unpardonably schmaltzy, but this is something else entirely. Action or not, the voice is what made me want to read on. I love books that plunge me straight into somebody's bizarre world.
I love Archer's Goon! Nobody seems to know that book in the U.S. Probably my favorite DWJ book, along with Dogsbody.
Enjoy your summer... we're up to our ears in snow here!
Dogsbody was the first DWJ book I owned - bought it at an ex-library sale when I was a kid. I must have read it at least 20 times over the years. Although it's simpler than some of her others, there's not a word wasted in it, in my opinion.
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