"First up, a disclaimer. I suspect I am a dead man. I have meagre proof, no framed‐ up certification, nothing to toss in a court of law as evidence of a rapid departure from the mortal coil. I recall a gun was involved, pressed up against my skull, and a loud explosion followed." Thus beg...

Hi Melanie! Belated welcome from a fellow Aussie.

Welcome, donnalou57!

Agree - hope you enjoy!

This month TSMG has got some very nice reviews from the following cool cats: FORCES OF GEEK forcesofgeek.com/2011/04/tobacco-staine ... -book.html FARRAGO NEWSPAPER union.unimelb.edu.au/farrago/farrago-ar ... ntain-goat ME, MY SHELF & I memyshelfandi.com/2011/05/book-review-t ... ntain.html GEEK...

New one: Tobacco-Stained Mountain Goat. Noir/sci-fi/dystopian tale with a sense of humour... but I'm very, very biased.

lenabro wrote:Don't read Dune, I've tried several times and lost the battle each time.

I think the first one is great, but Herbert lost me on the sequels. Then again,I read them in high school, so my taste may've changed a wee bit...

One hefty element of happiness is... getting the printed, bound and published version of your novel for the very first time in your mitts!!! They're here - ZOUNDS . http://a4.l3-images.myspacecdn.com/images02/144/714432f361b14a448d835d441afaad94/l.jpg The biggest ever possible thanks to Kristopher, ...

This baby finally went off to the printers yesterday, and will be published in March. Obviously I'm pretty darned chuffed and blown away by the whole thing, so hope you don't mind me making another entry here. Obviously over the moon about publication of the bugger and hope you have time or inclinat...

Hmmm. Tough. An even match between Sam Spade and Philip Marlowe for me.