tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7196541415604471867.comments2012-05-10T06:50:27.810+12:00Roast Beef on SundaysPeter Bernfeldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09610453074897799057noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7196541415604471867.post-10459893858906682312012-05-10T06:50:27.810+12:002012-05-10T06:50:27.810+12:00You're a reader Mandy, so you know a lot! Humo...You're a reader Mandy, so you know a lot! Humour is a little individual, but I'll take a look at the long sentences. Chapter length is again a tricky one, usually in a novel I aim for 5000 words per chapter, here I'm looking at around 3500. In general, I try to gauge what people will read 'at one sitting'.<br />Thanks for your thoughts.Peter Bernfeldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09610453074897799057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7196541415604471867.post-21249846953718360042012-05-10T04:43:19.164+12:002012-05-10T04:43:19.164+12:00Hi Pete, what do I know but...
If this is really ...Hi Pete, what do I know but... <br />If this is really one chapter, for me, there is far too much in it. You lost my attention about three quarters of the way through it. I think for a humorous book, short chapters are good. The humour is good but sometimes there a bit too much of it - e.g.some of the characters names are a bit OTT. I think some of the sentences are a bit long too. But that's just my opinion. Keep going, you can write!Mandyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02634565507578194513noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7196541415604471867.post-6668202016116923592012-05-06T08:20:53.153+12:002012-05-06T08:20:53.153+12:00Encouraging, again thanks for taking the time to p...Encouraging, again thanks for taking the time to post. Careful though, a chap might think you were 'volunteering' to proof-read.Peter Bernfeldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09610453074897799057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7196541415604471867.post-82226838278234835302012-05-05T21:10:02.248+12:002012-05-05T21:10:02.248+12:00Like the humour, and there aren't too many typ...Like the humour, and there aren't too many typos (mainly hyphens and apostrophes, and 'pâté de fois grás' should be 'pâté de foie gras'). If I'd read this as a sample on Amazon I'd be tempted to buy (if the price was right), and not just to help out a friend.Rosnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7196541415604471867.post-3179203306466097812012-05-04T22:37:25.288+12:002012-05-04T22:37:25.288+12:00Alas too late Harry, I gave up the day job four ye...Alas too late Harry, I gave up the day job four years ago! Still, I'll take that as a positive assessment, thanks for your comment.Peter Bernfeldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09610453074897799057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7196541415604471867.post-72207767891831104042012-05-04T18:55:46.524+12:002012-05-04T18:55:46.524+12:00Got lots of potential but keep your day job.Got lots of potential but keep your day job.Harrywshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10294425929792767967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7196541415604471867.post-11150722578769836792012-04-24T00:47:26.503+12:002012-04-24T00:47:26.503+12:00But you'll never know. If the boat is lighter ...But you'll never know. If the boat is lighter and faster without the Aubreyad then this will definitely change your future but in unpredictable ways. <br /><br />Anti-synchronicity, I think you'll agree blu-water sailing is more a stochastic process: it has a random probability pattern that may be analyzed statistically but may not be predicted precisely. (Maybe the reason Homer kept invoking the juvenile whims of the Gods to explain things). <br /><br />VBenzoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09192652581202937795noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7196541415604471867.post-65046073031030785112012-04-16T18:55:06.380+12:002012-04-16T18:55:06.380+12:00Well it's certainly a coincidence and there ar...Well it's certainly a coincidence and there are those who maintain that there is no such thing as coincidence, only synchronicity! In this case it certainly wasn't reverse synchronicity as would have been the case had you been reading about caving, for example lol.<br /><br />O'Brian is one of my favourite authors. I did have the complete set of the Aubrey/Maturin novels on the boat. Unfortunately, during the 'close encounter' with the reef they, along with another 150 or so books, were turned into paper-mache. If everything happens for a reason I can't imagine what the reason for this was, unless of course I was 'meant' to remove virtually all the bookshelves from the boat, making it considerably lighter and presumably faster.<br /><br />Thanks for taking the time to post a comment.Peter Bernfeldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09610453074897799057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7196541415604471867.post-1833068864849239252012-04-16T13:10:35.497+12:002012-04-16T13:10:35.497+12:00Or even better looking up with a purpose:
"It...Or even better looking up with a purpose:<br />"It was Stephen's custom, particularly when he was walking in a flat country, to turn his face to the zenith every furlong or so, in order not to miss birds soaring above the ordinary range of vision. When he had been walking for an hour he did this again after a longer pause than usual and to his infinite delight he saw no less than twelve condors wheeling and wheeling high in the pale sky between him and Lima. ... He walked on with a smile of pure happiness on his face;" &c <br />-O'Brian 'The Wine-dark Sea'<br /><br />Is it synchronicity that I'd just read that a few moments before visiting your blog? Cheers Pete!enzoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09192652581202937795noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7196541415604471867.post-38873887552267471322012-03-19T08:01:24.738+13:002012-03-19T08:01:24.738+13:00Hi Matt,
I was all set to have the book republishe...Hi Matt,<br />I was all set to have the book republished when the publisher pulled out of the contract. The book has been edited and hopefully 'Emma the Agent' will find a new publisher soon. The story and characters are the same and apart from a lack (hopefully!) of typos a reader wouldn't notice anything significantly different. Maybe some passages are tighter now.<br />I think Bebi is up in Savu Savu. I'll be checking the masthead lights this coming week so I'll know the answer soon. Thanks for your comment.Peter Bernfeldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09610453074897799057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7196541415604471867.post-2361295351287090522012-03-18T23:11:44.571+13:002012-03-18T23:11:44.571+13:00Can't see why not. Have you thought about repu...Can't see why not. Have you thought about republishing a man out of time on amazon with the typos sorted? I did buy it, but before I read it was hoping it might get an update. A bit off topic be following your sailing blog I saw reference to led lighting, have you checked out Fiji based http://www.bebi-electronics.com/.<br /><br />Cheers, matt<br />www.yachtpelican.comMatthttp://www.yachtpelican.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7196541415604471867.post-72343763103852433332012-01-21T22:24:42.268+13:002012-01-21T22:24:42.268+13:00Bula bula Pete! How about having a go at writing t...Bula bula Pete! How about having a go at writing the fourth book in the Dragon girl series? There were so many loose ends that needed tying up. You could let your imagination run riot....I'd read it!!<br />Sara.xxCherrycheekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06644152154271827288noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7196541415604471867.post-35542820971241010392012-01-14T16:56:22.739+13:002012-01-14T16:56:22.739+13:00Chapter 18 on it's way to you now. Ta muchly.Chapter 18 on it's way to you now. Ta muchly.Peter Bernfeldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09610453074897799057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7196541415604471867.post-41678686646747296022012-01-13T08:06:32.112+13:002012-01-13T08:06:32.112+13:00If you want some help let me know can probably giv...If you want some help let me know can probably give some authenticicicty<br /><br />LarryAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7196541415604471867.post-33993831496092214752011-06-04T15:39:51.552+12:002011-06-04T15:39:51.552+12:00Dear Pete - your news has finally reached Opua and...Dear Pete - your news has finally reached Opua and we have sent you an email to your sailmail address - the only form of contact I have as I am no longer on Facebook. Glad to hear that you are being looked after 'locally' - forever the writer, even in dark times:-) Let me know if you have any other email address you would prefer us to use. Message from Otto: in terms of the waterlogged electronics, since you have nothing to lose, you can try this trick which has worked for me in the past: take whatever electronic device and submerge it in clean fresh water in a bucket for 24 hrs. Remove, dis-assemble and then allow to airdry. Blowdry it with a compressor (if you can) before putting it back together again. Cross your fingers and pray before you connect to power. This is almost guaranteed to work on equipment such as alternators with a very small chance of success on items like radars. Lots of love and luck from Lil & OttoAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7196541415604471867.post-52779953437804989382011-04-23T20:51:09.732+12:002011-04-23T20:51:09.732+12:00Couldn't agree more, a really excellent book, ...Couldn't agree more, a really excellent book, can't wait to read his next one. (er by the Author)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7196541415604471867.post-26778642572655111242011-04-21T05:47:26.757+12:002011-04-21T05:47:26.757+12:00you look slimmer in your picture! Not sure about t...you look slimmer in your picture! Not sure about the goatee beard though. Best wishes and enjoy your time in Fiji, said with gritted teeth as i face the daily grindstone tomorrow. GeorgeGeorgenoreply@blogger.com