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Post by anyother on Oct 4, 2011 18:58:17 GMT
I'll have to wait for the paper version I'm afraid, but still: YAY Rumantic!
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Post by francesca on Oct 4, 2011 19:18:44 GMT
Have I missed something here? Did you write this Rumantic ?
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Post by rumantic on Oct 4, 2011 23:38:39 GMT
I did, Frannie. I think my admission of it is a few pages back. I published it under a false name (for several reasons), though.
Anyother...I'm pretty sure it can be downloaded to your computer and read that way, too. (not sure there will ever be a paper version, unless I print it out and send it to you...LOL). P.S. Happy belated birthday!!
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Post by anglophile on Oct 5, 2011 12:54:41 GMT
Have I missed something here? Did you write this Rumantic ? my question precisely! wanted to congratulate you and wish you the best when i read this yesterday, but i have blundered so many times i decided to wait and see what new information popped up, lest I find I had misunderstood and this was actually someone else's work. how exciting for you. i'll go back and download it right away, now that i 'know' the author and her talent. i'm sure i'll be talking to you about it in the future. be blessed, anglophile wondering if anyone is as enthralled with rick bragg as i am. might not appeal much to you dear roofers outside the u.s.a., because the trilogy of books he has written - "all over but the shoutin'", "ada's man" and "the prince of frog town" have a strongly regional (read that southern) flavor, but the story line about family and strength and weakness are universal. he's a former ny times reporter and currently is teaching (i think at the university of alabama) and is a pulitzer prize winner. his way with words is magical. i could read him all day long. |
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Post by rumantic on Oct 5, 2011 14:43:05 GMT
Anglophile--thank you for your kind words. I hope that if you do read it, you are not disappointed! I welcome the chance to talk about what I have written, will write in the future, or things others have written that we both enjoy (or debate why not~!) And don't worry about 'blundering', I have had more than my share of that here, and nobody's kicked me out yet!!
I have not read Rick Bragg....but I am always looking for new authors to add to my favorites list! The next time I order books from amazon I will give him a look!
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Post by kissmekate on Oct 7, 2011 7:42:31 GMT
I'm currently reading "Venus in Copper" by Lindsey Davis, the 3rd instalment in her Marcus Didius Falco series about a private eye in ancient Rome. He's permanently broke (because his employer, the emperor, is a penny-pincher), he's in love with a headstrong woman far above his own social class, he lives in a dumpy little apartment and tends to get into trouble no matter what he does. The books are narrated in the first person from his point of view with an ironic self-deprecating humour and very funny. And at least to me, Falco is a little like Aurelio Zen in a tunic  rumantic, I'd love to read your book - will see if I manage to download it to my computer as I don't own an e-book reader. |
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Post by kygal on Oct 7, 2011 11:10:05 GMT
Yay Rumantic!
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Post by francesca on Oct 7, 2011 13:58:21 GMT
Rumantic . Can it be download to my PC or to an I-pod ?   I cannot work it out.  Can anybody tell me ? |
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Post by rumantic on Oct 7, 2011 14:32:17 GMT
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Post by rumantic on Oct 7, 2011 15:05:57 GMT
One more thing for anyone who reads Take-Out Sushi.....I apologize, I was going through my Hugh Jackman phase at the time I wrote it. Next time it'll be Rufus all the way!  |
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Post by francesca on Oct 7, 2011 18:15:27 GMT
Hi Rumantic, Thought you might like to know I bought your story from Amazon UK e-kindle I downloaded onto my PC and am half way through. I will leave you a review on Amazon UK when I have finished it . BTW do you or anyone know if I can transfer it to my I-pod? As I always like to re-read . BTW 2 I thought when you brought Alex in, you were writing about Roof or have I a one track one mind?  |
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Post by kissmekate on Oct 7, 2011 18:16:42 GMT
Thanks for the e-Kindle link, rumantic. I wasn't aware of that. Will get your book very soon!  |
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Post by rumantic on Oct 7, 2011 19:35:18 GMT
Yay!! Thanks you guys for downloading my book. I really hope you like it.
@fran...Yes, you have a one track mind! LOL. When I wrote it, I hate to admit that I Rufus was not yet on my radar. The character of Alex was inspired by a real guy that I knew (not THAT way) who used to come into the store that I worked at. He used to model for Versace (what he was doing in backwater Indiana I couldn't tell you) but he was literally the most beautiful man I have ever seen with my own eyes. The other girls would get all tongue tied around him, but 1. he's married, 2. I was involved with someone, and 3. despite his beauty, I wasn't interested in him that way, I didn't have that problem and I talked with him all the time. I can't say that Alex's personality is based on Joel, but I tried to describe his looks the best I could. Glossy, floppy black hair (no curls), green eyes, olive skin, shocking white smile and perfect teeth, not to mention tall and lean....
Brett is also based on a real person (again, not someone I knew, ahem, that way)...as are Phillis, Laura, Kim, Linda and Connie (there's a story about why I decided to name the character Connie...)
I'm so excited to hear what you think! (unless you hate it, then not so much!)
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Post by wichiwoman on Oct 7, 2011 21:54:12 GMT
Woo-hoo rumantic! I'll get a copy soon if I can get one more book past my hubby. I so need to get a kindle or a nook (seriously thinking about an iPad). I'm running out of space for books! If I like a book, I won't give it away. Unfortunately, I like too many books!
Best of luck to you!
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Post by rumantic on Oct 7, 2011 23:31:14 GMT
Wichi...I am the same way. My office is overflowing with books right now, and I think I might have another box full in the basement....
I personally like real printed books, so I'm not itching to get an e-reader, but it's nice that you can put the kindle app on the computer and do e-books that way (and it's a free app, which is also nice). My husband knows giving me cr*p about buying more books is a no-win situation, so he doesn't bother....too bad he doesn't realize that about Rufus, too...LOL
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