Guest 645- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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12 October 2010
22:1274741#1
Marek
I think therefore I am (not a Tory supporter)
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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12 October 2010
22:1774743#2
not that yid again?
i was short listed last year, they rejected it because of my opening line.
what on earth is wrong with "once upon a time"?
an improvement on jeffrey archer for a start.
12 October 2010
22:3074746#3
All part of the Zionist conspiracy Howard!
Same as that bloody Nobel Prize fiddle, given to 802 individuals so far and 180 of them are Jewish!
Guest 696- Registered: 31 Mar 2010
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12 October 2010
22:5974753#4
The reason why your 'once upon a time' book didn't make it, Howard, is because it's not original. Change the first phrase and try again!
12 October 2010
23:0774756#5
Howard, How about "Call me Ishmael" as an opening line??????
It has a certain ring to it and as good Old Testament name might appeal to the Zionist Conspiracy for next year's Man Booker?
You could always set it in Wales to add a bit of background.
Guest 696- Registered: 31 Mar 2010
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12 October 2010
23:0974757#6
Or, try: call me Howard, in plain and simple English!
Guest 645- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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12 October 2010
23:2474761#7
Don't close the door on me,Richard or
Don't shut the door on my dick!
Marek
I think therefore I am (not a Tory supporter)
Guest 640- Registered: 21 Apr 2007
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13 October 2010
06:1874763#8
Howard perhaps you shudda tried that other opener...
'It was a cold dark night....'
success guaranteed after that.
Anything that started that way Bob...."Call me Ishmael" would surely be destined for obscurity!
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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13 October 2010
08:5574771#9
i can do better than that paul, "it was 1939 and the clouds of war were gathering over europe", it worked for jeffery archer.
Guest 696- Registered: 31 Mar 2010
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13 October 2010
13:2074805#10
Or try a futuristic opening phrase, with the past-tense, it has fantastic attraction to it: The Sun rose above the English Sea, and never set upon our White Cliffs.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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13 October 2010
14:5374811#11
just been leafing through the jacobson tome, seems to be about 3 friends, 2 were jewish the third wasn't but was jealous that he wasn't.
i thought what he should have done was save up enough until he could afford to be one.
