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MTM came close, as she was first back from the zoo, and she has the characteristic laugh

Hnur Hnur Hnur Hnurrrrrrg.

Cheers

MTM

First review is in for "Alloria". Five stars from Ignite; wahoo. That'll do for me.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Alloria-Labyr...

Excellent! Well done, David.

Thanks Will. I'm rather stunned :D

Sit back, turn the sound up and play the music :-)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ob6RRc...


Looks like you deserve it :-)

Now I feel slightly embarrassed; I don't handle limelight well (prefer blue)

Has Jim got shares in Youtube?

Nice going David. I've bought it says ahe rather smugly.

Seems you have good taste then MT. Hope you enjoy it as much as Ignite did.

Does Jim double up as a DJ: weddings, birthdays, etc.?

He's a farmer, and farmers have to turn their hands to many things.....

So he does turn his hand to a turn-table... possibly the odd Turner forgery

David wrote: "So he does turn his hand to a turn-table... possibly the odd Turner forgery"

I'm not sure about Turner, but if Dido had needed a hand building Carthage, I'd have been a useful sort of person to have about.

Will wrote: "He's a farmer, and farmers have to turn their hands to many things....."

Indeed some of us even write fantasy (which might come as a surprise)

Was that before she collaborated with Eminem and became famous for singing?

David wrote: "Was that before she collaborated with Eminem and became famous for singing?"

Yes I had my Didos confused as well. (potential for a typo there....)

I hadn't realised carthage was hand built.

Was it an early Blue peter project?

Could have been one ell of a slip

Will wrote: "I hadn't realised carthage was hand built.

Was it an early Blue peter project?"

Wasn't it the month before Tracy Island?

I made that one...

I made the quarter master's store for action man

I know a song about that.

There's no need to sing it.

*Clears throat with merlot*

Will wrote: "I hadn't realised carthage was hand built.

Was it an early Blue peter project?"

You can see the toilet roll inners and the sticky black plastic if you look carefully

Where?

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-u42pwq3gCC4...

Gingerlily (or Cyberlily..) wrote: "Where?

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-u42pwq3gCC4..."

Sorry but you'd have to pick it up and look at the bottom

Thats a little big for me to pick up. I need an anti-gravity device of some kind.

The long wall sections are clearly cornflake boxes

How can you tell - they could be rice crispies!

Thanks to all who have purchased or added "Alloria".
Hope you enjoy reading it as much as I enjoyed writing it.

I was asked on ss wordsmith.com if Alloria would be suitable for a ten year old that reads above her grade and found it a difficult question to answer. Does anyone know how to rate a book in this way; are there any set criteria? Apparently the ten year old in question has read all the harry potter books, so if they're okay I think Alloria will be too.

I'd take the easy way out, is there any 'graphic sex' or 'graphic violence'
If the answer to that question is no, then pass the book across.

You can only recommend suitability in the broadest sense so I'd agree with Jim. I really don't think it's the author's responsibility to judge who the book is suitable for - you don't know the child in question. Leave it to someone who does know her, that's their job!

Yes. Thanks for that. Pretty much confirmed my own thoughts on the matter

I'd say it was but there's nastiness in there. You must assume that a ten year old reading Potter is able to cope with this though. To the parent, I'd say, 'Read it yourself and make the judgement'.

Thanks Ignite. I said it was probably on par with Harry Potter for tone, but I've not read them all and I believe they get darker. I also pointed them to the look inside, as that gives a good feel for the tone of the book because it shows the first 9 chapters. Looked in the library this morning at junior fiction and the spectrum of suitabilty and style is vast.

Posting on Will's thread with GL random rhymes suddenly began popping into my head. Does this happen to anyone else, or am I the only one who has a section of their brain given over to a Dr Zeus way of thinking?

David wrote: "Posting on Will's thread with GL random rhymes suddenly began popping into my head. Does this happen to anyone else, or am I the only one who has a section of their brain given over to a Dr Zeus wa..."

Don't argue with it,just scribble it down and store it somewhere until you can use it :-)

Wrote for six hours straight today... OK, some of it was a bit wobbly :o)

Scribbled a few rhymes down too, Jim. Put them in the keep it drawer with the old batteries, elastic bands, spare buttons and chargers

David wrote: "Scribbled a few rhymes down too, Jim. Put them in the keep it drawer with the old batteries, elastic bands, spare buttons and chargers"

That's the one. 'You never know when they'll come in useful' :-)
Today I've been rushing about doing things and just not had time to write

Sound like that would make a great piece of steampunk underwear!

Gingerlily (or Cyberlily..) wrote: "Sound like that would make a great piece of steampunk underwear!"


Market them along side your T shirts ;~)

Would they be better with new batteries?

I googled steampunk underwear, just for fun, and there was some interesting stuff. Like this for instance..

http://brasky.org/wp-content/uploads/...

Interesting... You'd need holes in the back of your winter coat

I suspect that might be summer wear.

You seem well informed GL ;~)

On underwear? Well only inasmuch as I do wear it. When I absolutely have to.