I just got some post, had to tell you all, I love my friends

they sent me a proof copy of WOLP

ooooooooooo

am I pleased?

You betcha :-)

it was a total surprise, I thought it would be something for my daughter so let her open it, and when she said what it was I didn't believe her

now I have to decide whether to read it yet

I'll read the other two first I think..

Andrea

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Sylvester says.... *plock*




actually he says peep, cheep, chirrup, squalk,muttermuttergrumblegrumble, oh and now he falls off his pirch whish is followed by a sheepish peek round to see if anyone was looking and a quick scramble back up

The little green-eyed monster is whizzing down the M1 as I type...

you could lend it to us while you re-read the first 2?

:-)

Why don't I have friends like that?

Must upgrade my friends, I think.



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Do something pretty while you can...

I've been thinking what a well connected bunch we are. At least 3 of us have proof copies which seems pretty good going to me.

Probably doesn't mean much but, once again, I'm impressed by the people round here.

Says a lot for Jasper, too, that people in the book trade love him - kinda like the "musician's musician" type.

Yes, I'm well impressed by everyone's connections.



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Do something pretty while you can...

Andrea - you will love it! I'm just about to start it for the second time....

Before we've even had chance to read it once ! That's greedy.

Andrea!

Coffee?!

;-)



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That which does not kill us makes us stranger.
(Llewelyn the dragon, Ozy and Millie)

Sarah

Rob - I know.................

That's the last time I walk up to you in a supermarket and give you choccies for looking attractive....

And you must have been all of 4 years old at the time!

'How to upgrade your friends'

1. Find old friends.
2. Give to them Jasper Fforde books.
3. Revel in ffact that you now have educated ffriends.

4. Make ffriends with a publisher.

Or, even better...

5. Make friends with Jasper.



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There's a hole in my creativity bucket and it's all leaked out.

Dammit, I clicked on this thread to see how long Andrea's 'o' key had got jammed for, and discover something that made me jealous. Not fair...



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This is the work of an Italian narco-anarchic collective. Don't bother insulting them, they can't read English anyway.

Those groups of O's look to me rather like railway engine wheels. Er, is that sad ?

All those O's made me think of railway engine wheels. You know, like oo OOO oo. Er, is that sad ?

I don't klnow, but posting the same observation twice is.



PSD

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This is the work of an Italian narco-anarchic collective. Don't bother insulting them, they can't read English anyway.

soooooooo jealous am i

*dante sidles ingratiatingly towards jasper or any publishers lurking*

I was trying to educate my workmates in the joys of jasper last night, but they all looked a bit blank.



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I mentioned TEA and how wonderful it was on a forum for editors (that's what I do for a living), and asked if anyone else had read it, and was met with a deafening silence . . . you'd have thought, given that they (we) work with words all day and presumably have some kind of engagement with words and language that they'd appreciate it. Still, I shall keep mentioning it until I get a response . . .



Jesus saves; Buddha does incremental backup.