Jim has written a bunch of excellent fantasy books, most of which I’ve read. He’s now dipping his toe into a bit of sci-fi. If you come back here in 6th you can read an excerpt when He drops in to do a guest post. Here’s Jim’s launch announcement. It’s typically low key. The book’s out today. Do check it out I’d you get the chance.
“Into the face of the young man who sat on the terrace of the Hotel Magnifique at Cannes there had crept a look of furtive shame, the shifty, hangdog look which announces that an Englishman is about to speak French.”
Once again I borrow the words of PG Wodehouse, a fine writer who managed to be humorous and insightful at the same time.
I shall draw a veil over my own language skills, sufficient to note that the school system taught me French from the age of seven to the age of sixteen, and frankly, it didn’t stick. My late mother always said that it was because I couldn’t see the point of it so didn’t bother. She may have been right in this. She also taught me to read before I went to school and then wondered if she’d done the right thing as I seemed to have…
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M T McGuire Authorholic 
Thanks MTM. I’ll make a fuss when lego produce the figures 🙂
Mwaha ha ha haaargh. I was reading a post on Dan Holloway’s blog the other day and he was saying that all authors need to know what they want and I wrote something like this: ‘when the action figures on my desk are characters from my books my work will be done.’
Cheers
MTM
Yes, it means that your stories are in there providing the underpinnings of other people’s imagination.
Sort of like a brassiere for dreams….
Now THAT’S a quote and a half.
🙂
Great quote! Sounds like a fun read.
Yep, I think it should be.
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