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It was on my bucket list
vanity ^ | 28Jul11 | nolongerademocrat

Posted on 08/08/2011 2:40:18 PM PDT by nolongerademocrat

I finally completed a project that has been on my bucket list for years. I am celebrating completing my first novel. I'm now an author!!!!


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What is on your bucket list?
1 posted on 08/08/2011 2:40:29 PM PDT by nolongerademocrat
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Was it a dark and stormy night. :-)


2 posted on 08/08/2011 2:44:22 PM PDT by Polybius
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To: nolongerademocrat

Cool! How long did it take you? I always wanted to do that as well, but I could never get past the opening line of “It was the rain that woke him up” lol.


3 posted on 08/08/2011 2:46:30 PM PDT by GrandJediMasterYoda (Mark Halperin - Learned the hard way what happens when you speak the truth on PMSNBC.)
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To: nolongerademocrat

Congratulations!

My list is almost complete, this is all that is left: fish for Artic Grayling in Alaska, hunt elk and grizzly in Montana, write the book that my wife has been pestering me about for years :>).


4 posted on 08/08/2011 2:46:47 PM PDT by Big_Harry (Ecc10:2 "A wise man's heart is at his right hand; but a fool's heart at his left")
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To: nolongerademocrat

Congratulations! And good luck.


5 posted on 08/08/2011 2:47:55 PM PDT by MestaMachine (Going down! (Gunwalker Ping List))
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To: Polybius

LOL! You must be reading the book I’m working on! I keep getting this stupid image in my head of just that - dark and stormy night - and that first line: “It was the rain that woke him up”


6 posted on 08/08/2011 2:49:19 PM PDT by GrandJediMasterYoda (Mark Halperin - Learned the hard way what happens when you speak the truth on PMSNBC.)
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To: nolongerademocrat

Congratulations. Having written a few books, I think it compares to childbirth, or some other cruel torture.


7 posted on 08/08/2011 2:51:29 PM PDT by DaxtonBrown (HARRY: Money Mob & Influence (See my Expose on Reid on amazon.com written by me!))
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To: Polybius

Nope - baking hot Atlanta. LOL I’m really happy it is completed.


8 posted on 08/08/2011 2:54:23 PM PDT by nolongerademocrat ("Before you ask G-d for something, first thank G-d for what you already have." B'rachot 30b)
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To: GrandJediMasterYoda

I know what you mean. I started it about two years ago and then reached a point where I set it aside. I picked it back up a couple of months ago and it just seemed to finish itself.


9 posted on 08/08/2011 2:55:53 PM PDT by nolongerademocrat ("Before you ask G-d for something, first thank G-d for what you already have." B'rachot 30b)
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Wow! That's some list you have! Adventurous!
10 posted on 08/08/2011 2:58:08 PM PDT by nolongerademocrat ("Before you ask G-d for something, first thank G-d for what you already have." B'rachot 30b)
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Congratulations! My bucket list? Needs to be tuned up a bit. Looks like I won’t be retiring until 80 or 85 now, so it might push some things back a few years.


11 posted on 08/08/2011 3:00:44 PM PDT by NEMDF
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Thanks! I’m very excited.


12 posted on 08/08/2011 3:01:21 PM PDT by nolongerademocrat ("Before you ask G-d for something, first thank G-d for what you already have." B'rachot 30b)
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To: DaxtonBrown

I agree. The night I uploaded the file to Kindle, I’m was sick to my stomach. Now, I’m just relieved and happy.


13 posted on 08/08/2011 3:02:31 PM PDT by nolongerademocrat ("Before you ask G-d for something, first thank G-d for what you already have." B'rachot 30b)
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Have you, or do you intend to, give the ms to other writers or readers for comment and critique?


14 posted on 08/08/2011 3:02:50 PM PDT by Fantasywriter
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Ooops, forgot to say that my link goes to the book at Amazon.


15 posted on 08/08/2011 3:04:16 PM PDT by nolongerademocrat ("Before you ask G-d for something, first thank G-d for what you already have." B'rachot 30b)
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To: Fantasywriter

I haven’t given it to any other writers. Some of my co-workers read bits and pieces while I was writing. There are sample chapters available on Amazon - please let me know what you think. The link is http://www.amazon.com/Pain-Game-You-ebook/dp/B005F6ESD4/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1312840240&sr=8-1


16 posted on 08/08/2011 3:08:18 PM PDT by nolongerademocrat ("Before you ask G-d for something, first thank G-d for what you already have." B'rachot 30b)
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The premise and blurb sound very interesting. I hope it does extremely well!


17 posted on 08/08/2011 3:14:08 PM PDT by Fantasywriter
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To: Fantasywriter

Thanks!


18 posted on 08/08/2011 3:22:57 PM PDT by nolongerademocrat ("Before you ask G-d for something, first thank G-d for what you already have." B'rachot 30b)
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I finished one last week and am still decompressing. I have two books, sort of twenty year magnum opuses that I will finish in the next two months. Those caused me hernias.


19 posted on 08/08/2011 3:51:05 PM PDT by DaxtonBrown (HARRY: Money Mob & Influence (See my Expose on Reid on amazon.com written by me!))
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To: nolongerademocrat

Very good! Your writing really draws me in! Congratulations on your achievement!


20 posted on 08/08/2011 3:51:27 PM PDT by Bluebird Singing
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