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    #32
    angelll
    Registered Users Posts: 537 ✭✭✭angelll


    Just finished chapter 7,it's certainly drawing me in :) Eli is v strange,wonder did she do away with andy's roommate....First impressions say it'll be an interesting read anyway :)


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    #33
    BadGirl
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,082 ✭✭✭BadGirl


    Pickarooney, i've nothing to read since i finished Game of Thrones last week, if you would like me to read i'd love to... :)


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    #34
    pickarooney
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 35,100 Mod ✭✭✭✭pickarooney


    BadGirl wrote: »
    Pickarooney, i've nothing to read since i finished Game of Thrones last week, if you would like me to read i'd love to... :)

    Not to sound like an ass, but would you be able to do it by the end of the month? I'm going to start another rewrite then.


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    #35
    BadGirl
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,082 ✭✭✭BadGirl


    pickarooney wrote: »
    Not to sound like an ass, but would you be able to do it by the end of the month? I'm going to start another rewrite then.

    I read Game of Thrones in 3 days so i should manage to finish by the end of the month! :)


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    #36
    pickarooney
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 35,100 Mod ✭✭✭✭pickarooney


    BadGirl wrote: »
    I read Game of Thrones in 3 days so i should manage to finish by the end of the month! :)

    Yeah but that was probably a good book :D


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    #37
    pickarooney
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 35,100 Mod ✭✭✭✭pickarooney


    A huge thanks to everyone who's given me feedback on this so far. I have four or five new chapters thought up and one final killing spree planned as a result. Also a lot of plot points which I thought were clear seem to be anything but.

    It's cool to see that one person thought the book should basically revolve around a character someone else thought should be written out :D


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    #38
    BadGirl
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,082 ✭✭✭BadGirl


    Can't wait to read the next installment! ;)


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    #39
    coffee_cake
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Politics Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 81,310 CMod ✭✭✭✭coffee_cake


    pickarooney wrote: »
    A huge thanks to everyone who's given me feedback on this so far. I have four or five new chapters thought up and one final killing spree planned as a result. Also a lot of plot points which I thought were clear seem to be anything but.

    It's cool to see that one person thought the book should basically revolve around a character someone else thought should be written out :D

    cutting out that dude i was on about would work too

    looking forward to the rest


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    #40
    pickarooney
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 35,100 Mod ✭✭✭✭pickarooney


    bluewolf wrote: »
    cutting out that dude i was on about would work too

    looking forward to the rest

    I think you mentioned 11 dudes. And I can't find a role for Christopher Walken, sorry!


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    #41
    coffee_cake
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Politics Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 81,310 CMod ✭✭✭✭coffee_cake


    pickarooney wrote: »
    I think you mentioned 11 dudes. And I can't find a role for Christopher Walken, sorry!

    :(
    i was being comprehensive :cool:


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    #42
    pickarooney
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 35,100 Mod ✭✭✭✭pickarooney


    bluewolf wrote: »
    :(
    i was being comprehensive :cool:

    As in, you took me to grammar school?


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    #43
    coffee_cake
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    pickarooney wrote: »
    As in, you took me to grammar school?

    yes, after you made me cry :pac:


    now less talking and more writing, i want the next bit before i get my books in the mail :pac:


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    #44
    pickarooney
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 35,100 Mod ✭✭✭✭pickarooney


    I did some pre-writing but then I found beer and crisps. You don't want to read beer-and-crisps prose.


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    #45
    coffee_cake
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    i'd settle for having some crisps :(


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    #46
    BadGirl
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,082 ✭✭✭BadGirl


    pickarooney wrote: »
    I did some pre-writing but then I found beer and crisps. You don't want to read beer-and-crisps prose.

    Could be funny, but probably hard to follow :D


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    #47
    pickarooney
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 35,100 Mod ✭✭✭✭pickarooney


    Well chapters 6-24 were written on mushrooms so it should give you some idea.


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    #48
    pickarooney
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 35,100 Mod ✭✭✭✭pickarooney


    Finished rewrite 13 of this. If anyone was planning on reading version 11 and hasn't started, there's not much point now but if you want to help with the latest version that'd be sweeet


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    #49
    BadGirl
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,082 ✭✭✭BadGirl


    pickarooney wrote: »
    Finished rewrite 13 of this. If anyone was planning on reading version 11 and hasn't started, there's not much point now but if you want to help with the latest version that'd be sweeet


    I'll read again if you want pickarooney? :)


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    #50
    Leafonthewind
    Registered Users Posts: 62 ✭✭Leafonthewind


    I'll read it again as well. Curious to see whose head wound up on the chopping block. :)


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    #51
    Antilles
    Registered Users Posts: 1,183 ✭✭✭Antilles


    I got a copy from you before but didn't have a chance to read it. I've less distractions now though so send it over :)


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    #52
    pickarooney
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 35,100 Mod ✭✭✭✭pickarooney


    I forgot it at work... luckily I don't get any days off so I'll be able to send it on Monday.


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    #53
    Kinski
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,555 ✭✭✭Kinski


    Ah, I've started reading the previous draft. I was making notes as I went, but I guess you've changed the opening sections now? Feel free to send me the new one, I have time to read it properly at the moment; I was just too busy to actually sit down with the other one before (well, too busy to read it and do all the other reading I wanted to anyway!)


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    #54
    coffee_cake
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Politics Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 81,310 CMod ✭✭✭✭coffee_cake


    pickarooney wrote: »
    Finished rewrite 13 of this. If anyone was planning on reading version 11 and hasn't started, there's not much point now but if you want to help with the latest version that'd be sweeet

    sure


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    #55
    pickarooney
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 35,100 Mod ✭✭✭✭pickarooney


    Kinski wrote: »
    Ah, I've started reading the previous draft. I was making notes as I went, but I guess you've changed the opening sections now? Feel free to send me the new one, I have time to read it properly at the moment; I was just too busy to actually sit down with the other one before (well, too busy to read it and do all the other reading I wanted to anyway!)

    Can you send me the notes from the older version anyway?


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    #56
    FewFew
    Registered Users Posts: 12,746 ✭✭✭✭FewFew


    Antilles wrote: »
    I got a copy from you before but didn't have a chance to read it. I've less distractions now though so send it over :)

    Likewise. Apparently I've a month until lectures start again, so send that bad boy my way. :)


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    #57
    pickarooney
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 35,100 Mod ✭✭✭✭pickarooney


    Epub format OK for everyone? I still need to figure out how to get Calibre to properly render italics.


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    #58
    coffee_cake
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Politics Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 81,310 CMod ✭✭✭✭coffee_cake


    i duno what that is but probably


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    #59
    BadGirl
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,082 ✭✭✭BadGirl


    pickarooney wrote: »
    Epub format OK for everyone? I still need to figure out how to get Calibre to properly render italics.

    Yep, will do fine here :)


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    #60
    Leafonthewind
    Registered Users Posts: 62 ✭✭Leafonthewind


    Epub works for me.


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    #61
    pickarooney
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 35,100 Mod ✭✭✭✭pickarooney


    I fiddled around with it a bit but the end product looks different on every device so apologies if the formatting is all out of whack. The conversion tool may have accidentally added some characters and a pointless plot device also.


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