I Want To Share With You!

MichaelRuston2 · 06-10-2008, 02:13 AM

Hi everyone,

I have written a very

tongue in cheek book that I would like to share with you! It is the first time I have tried to write anything! Please look at the website contained on my profile!

Any other buddies authors about to share the experience of writing?

Topanga · 06-10-2008, 06:11 AM

Hi Michael, I write stories. Not very good ones, at that! I've never bothered to try to get anything published. Maybe I should though, after all it's not like I have anything to lose by trying.

I'm not sure I'd be organized enough to write an entire book

smileyone · 06-10-2008, 12:10 PM

I write songs and poems.... have done so since early 1990's! I have none published/known as yet other then those that are have been specifically written for family or friends events and are therefore held by them! I appreciate a good honest book though!

I will check your book out!

I am half way thru one at the moment... Called 'Fear No Evil' by a guy called David Watson! He sadly passed away not long after he finished writing the book in 1983/84! [RIP] Honest account of his life and that of his families at the time though!

I look forward to checking your book out soon!

Topanga · 06-10-2008, 04:46 PM

I'm currently reading "A Tale of Two Cities" by Dickens

I was never forced to read it in school and for some reason I felt compelled to read a classic. It's okay or maybe I haven't got to the good part yet.

MollyMillions · 06-11-2008, 03:00 AM

Maybe the writer's strike won't affect us so badly after all! <3

smileyone · 06-11-2008, 04:32 AM

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Originally Posted by Topanga

I'm currently reading "A Tale of Two Cities" by Dickens

I was never forced to read it in school and for some reason I felt compelled to read a classic. It's okay or maybe I haven't got to the good part yet.

Nerdy Smiley is at her best again... You know Dickens was only a year or two off 50 years old when he wrote that book... I prefer Great Expectations myself! He died about ten years after he wrote those books! Clever man... genius at writing... From my memory of school days when I researched him... He used to write his first pieces of work under the name 'BOZ' .... Sorry Nerdy Smiley... is a fan of Dickens!!!

The classic book I was forced to read in school ...besides Shakespeare's stuff.... was the George Eliot book... 'Silas Marner'.... Oh Lordy... did that book make not one jot of sense to me at the time... Orwells 'Animal Farm' was another book we were forced to dissect til it's very death!!! I believe we even had the pleasure of umpteen videos etc... with that one too.... I hated both those books as a kid... I get them now... now that I understand the actual matter in them!!!
'Great Expectations', though, for some reason I got from the very start!

So Michael, is your book available in Waterstone's or WH Smiths etc... at this time?

Topanga · 06-11-2008, 04:49 AM

Maybe I should have gone for 'Great Expectations' instead. Maybe next time. Right now I'm locked on to "A Tale.." and I must finish it. I read "Moby Dick" once and thought I might pass out because of boredom. I'm thinking that "A Tale..." must get more exciting soon. Of course I'm only around page 90 so there's a lot of story left to go.

I have two other books waiting which are inspiring me to keep reading. Michael Palin's "Diaries 1969-1979 The Python Years" and Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman's "Long Way Around". I love Michael Palin. There's not a thing about him I don't absolutely love. Well, actually, I'm not crazy about how old he is but everything else about him is great. And I saw part of the series "Long Way Around" on TV a year or so ago and loved it. But... first I have to finish "A Tale of Two Cities".

smileyone · 06-11-2008, 05:08 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Topanga

Maybe I should have gone for 'Great Expectations' instead. Maybe next time. Right now I'm locked on to "A Tale.." and I must finish it. I read "Moby Dick" once and thought I might pass out because of boredom. I'm thinking that "A Tale..." must get more exciting soon. Of course I'm only around page 90 so there's a lot of story left to go.

I have two other books waiting which are inspiring me to keep reading. Michael Palin's "Diaries 1969-1979 The Python Years" and Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman's "Long Way Around". I love Michael Palin. There's not a thing about him I don't absolutely love. Well, actually, I'm not crazy about how old he is but everything else about him is great. And I saw part of the series "Long Way Around" on TV a year or so ago and loved it. But... first I have to finish "A Tale of Two Cities".

Hee Hee Hee.... Do you want to know Smiley's nerdy fact about Dickens and his books...#2.....

In a Tale Of Two Cities..... Only maybe two/three of the 40 odd book chapters are actually set in both cities.... every other chapter is based in either Paris OR London.... but not both!!!!

It was one of his books that he set in years ahead of when he wrote it... during French Revolution stuff.... Great story... very historical... You need to really concentrate well to take in all the details etc...

Hope you enjoy the book... Go for 'Great Exp' after if you are not fed up with Dickens at that stage!!!

BTW.... In the end ..... The BUTLER did it....

Oh Moby Dick... Now that's a book, I just never held any interest in tackling into.... LOL!!!!

My son is reading one of the Harry Potter books at the moment... it has over 700 pages... he's flying thru it!!! I loved the Famous Five books when I was a kid... they were the Harry Potter books of my day.... I can't get them for love nor money now... I reckon AJ would really love to read all about Smugglers etc.... LOL!!!

Topanga · 06-11-2008, 05:12 AM

yea.. Moby Dick was boring right from the start. I preferred watching the movie with Patrick Stewart.

MichaelRuston2 · 06-12-2008, 12:41 AM

Hello everyone,
Do look at my the site on my profile!

I had never written anything in my life before. I had to give up work to care for my wife who suffers with bi-polar disorder. I am trying to raise sufficient for me to take a literarry agent so get my books published properly. Which is why (forgive me guys) that I am plugging it on big world wide web (no luck so far though) I am getting good reviews though its very

(See (What People Say) on site + Guestbook.
Maybe we should get together, create our own little website and publish our stories and poems on there! haha or at least extracts. All those in favour say aye!!
It could be similar to my own! We could call it WritersRus eh?

06-10-2008, 02:13 AM	#1
MichaelRuston2 Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Newport, Shropshire, England Posts: 3	I Want To Share With You! Hi everyone, I have written a very tongue in cheek book that I would like to share with you! It is the first time I have tried to write anything! Please look at the website contained on my profile! Any other buddies authors about to share the experience of writing?

06-10-2008, 12:10 PM	#3
smileyone Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Bristol, England Posts: 7,838	I write songs and poems.... have done so since early 1990's! I have none published/known as yet other then those that are have been specifically written for family or friends events and are therefore held by them! I appreciate a good honest book though! I will check your book out! I am half way thru one at the moment... Called 'Fear No Evil' by a guy called David Watson! He sadly passed away not long after he finished writing the book in 1983/84! [RIP] Honest account of his life and that of his families at the time though! I look forward to checking your book out soon! __________________ Adaptable, Alluring, Ambitious, Bewitching, Caring, Contrary, Desirable, Energetic, Enterprising, Enthusiastic, Expressive, Fair-Minded, Gorgeous, Heroic, Instinctive, Lively, Outspoken, Precious, Proud, Sensible, Senseous, Stylish, Trustworthy, Vivacious, Witty and Wonderful.... I AM WHISTLER!!!!! I'M NOT GOING TO DIE IN PRISON BREAK... EVER!!!

06-12-2008, 12:41 AM	#10
MichaelRuston2 Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Newport, Shropshire, England Posts: 3	My Book OUR LAD RICKY Hello everyone, Do look at my the site on my profile! I had never written anything in my life before. I had to give up work to care for my wife who suffers with bi-polar disorder. I am trying to raise sufficient for me to take a literarry agent so get my books published properly. Which is why (forgive me guys) that I am plugging it on big world wide web (no luck so far though) I am getting good reviews though its very (See (What People Say) on site + Guestbook. Maybe we should get together, create our own little website and publish our stories and poems on there! haha or at least extracts. All those in favour say aye!! It could be similar to my own! We could call it WritersRus eh? Last edited by MichaelRuston2 : 06-12-2008 at 12:53 AM. Reason: typing error

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06-10-2008, 06:11 AM	#2
Topanga Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 345	Hi Michael, I write stories. Not very good ones, at that! I've never bothered to try to get anything published. Maybe I should though, after all it's not like I have anything to lose by trying. I'm not sure I'd be organized enough to write an entire book

06-10-2008, 04:46 PM	#4
Topanga Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 345	I'm currently reading "A Tale of Two Cities" by Dickens I was never forced to read it in school and for some reason I felt compelled to read a classic. It's okay or maybe I haven't got to the good part yet.

06-11-2008, 03:00 AM	#5
MollyMillions Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 5	Maybe the writer's strike won't affect us so badly after all! <3

06-11-2008, 04:49 AM	#7
Topanga Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 345	Maybe I should have gone for 'Great Expectations' instead. Maybe next time. Right now I'm locked on to "A Tale.." and I must finish it. I read "Moby Dick" once and thought I might pass out because of boredom. I'm thinking that "A Tale..." must get more exciting soon. Of course I'm only around page 90 so there's a lot of story left to go. I have two other books waiting which are inspiring me to keep reading. Michael Palin's "Diaries 1969-1979 The Python Years" and Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman's "Long Way Around". I love Michael Palin. There's not a thing about him I don't absolutely love. Well, actually, I'm not crazy about how old he is but everything else about him is great. And I saw part of the series "Long Way Around" on TV a year or so ago and loved it. But... first I have to finish "A Tale of Two Cities".

06-11-2008, 05:12 AM	#9
Topanga Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 345	yea.. Moby Dick was boring right from the start. I preferred watching the movie with Patrick Stewart.