Topic: Well i can't sleep so i have decided to .....

[cambourne7]

... write a book :)

Yes i know i am nuts

But i have had an idea for a book for over a year now and i am fed up with just walking though the story in my head so i have now written the 1st 3 chapters and writing the synopsis.

I have emailed a editor i know from a well know magazine and asked for his independent eye to look at it before i dedicate any more time to this.

confident yet terrified :)

This one is a fiction book for adults and i have another one in the back of my head for teenagers :)

Cam

[Aden Roller]

I think that this is a terrifically interesting idea...

You could try out the odd a few descriptive phrases on us or run a change / strand of the plot through the forum to see what people think.

What's the general plot?

[cambourne7]

will post synopsis tomorrow  ;D

[sunloving]

Thats great, just go for it because there's nothing to lose.
Good luck with finding the ending.
x sunloving

[ACE]

I am also writing a book, the only one I shall ever write. It started as a small tale for the grandchildren and has grown and grown. Only trouble is, my wife has dared me to read it to them as they will have nightmares. It is still work in progress and just the thing, like you say, when you are on your own and don't feel like sleeping. I have an idea that I will self publish on Amazon, because I doubt any real publisher will touch it. 5 months in so far and about a chapter a month and no where near finishing as I am still only describing the main characters who are a gang of gallybaggers who have come to life.

Good luck Cam and don't give up just because one editor does not like the idea.

[pumkinlover]

gallybagger??

[bridgehouse]

I think its a great idea to write a book, I am writing one   about my war time childhood, I started it years ago in the form of letters to my children its for them to read one day.
good luck to you both.
  June.

[jesssands]

Where about did you live during war years June?

[cambourne7]

wow i think i have hit a rich vain of authors here all sounds interesting :)

Sunloving i have the entire book already mapped out apart from the ending :) not sure how i want it to end :)

[Melbourne12]

gallybagger??

Well, cri-me-gemminy!  You don't want to get in a midgemadge about what a gallybagger is!  ;D

[jimtheworzel]

Gallybagger , gallybagger meaning , definition of gallybagger , what is gallybagger - Gallybagger is the term to describe someone who is extremely ugly or odd looking. To put it simply, strange and grotesque.It's literal translation is along the lines of 'scarecrow'.
Some examples : Oh no! We can't use Joe for the fashion show, he's such a gallybagger!

[cambourne7]

Right here goes the synopsis for the adult themed book "Great Britain 2.0"

In a time of financial crisis a new government is staring into the abyss repeating the same mistakes and unable to find a way to fix the many problems in the UK.

So what would happen if they let it all fail?
What would be so bad?

Can the UK reinvent itself?

Prime Minister Mack Delaney knew 3 truths in this world
1.   Something had to change
2.   His job was already a poison chalice so he had nothing to lose
3.   People were sheep

His plan was ambitious and the only way it would work was if he could make the public believe that it was there plan.

The Blackout show was the highest rated show on TV in the UK it counted down to the rolling power blackouts that were plaguing various parts of the UK and all the major cities.

There had been a segment every night for the last months which had been discussing what was wrong with the UK and letting people vent. What they did not realise was that this was creating the theme for the shows replacement “Great Britain Version 2.0” it was a show which talked about what the ideal version of the UK would be like. No idea was 2 off the wall. London tube network is dilapidated suggestion collapse London in on itself (keeping only buildings of heritage) and start from scratch.  Each night the show would have a theme transport, housing, environmental and though the show people could phone in and vote for the proposals which would build up to a big final show on the 1st January when an entire days viewing was dedicated to the results.

What people maybe did not realise was that on the 1st January what was going to be announced was the largest infrastructure project in the world. These changes were going to happen and on the 2nd January everyone’s life was going to change.

The rest of the story will intertwine between the headaches of government, the workings of the show and the lives of ordinary people in the UK. All the time the UK with its renewed blitz sprit was being watched by the world could this little country lead the way? 

[cambourne7]

The children's book does tie into the adult book in that the 2 stories happen at the same time.

[goodlife]

Ooo...I can feel something ugly is about to happen....

Hey..that sounds interesting to me..looking forward rest of it.. ;) ;D

[Dopey]

Dont tell us the ending though ok?  ;D

[bridgehouse]

Hello Jesssands,
I lived in Shirley, Solihull. West Midland's .I still live there.

Oh this all sounds interesting keep it going.
  June.

 

[cambourne7]

thanks guys and certainly any suggestions re book on what major changes you would like to see them
let me know :) I am also going to make use of the other parts of the uk so islands and countries where is some control to be exercised.  The use of floating prison ships and hospitals it's going to be epic :) and pretty nasty for a few years.

[cambourne7]

making a dress for harriet at the moment so back to the book thursday :)

[antipodes]

Cambourne, I'd like to read more! Keep us up to date on it.

[elhuerto]

Have you thought about releasing it as an e-book and selling through somebody like Amazon? I know a few people who started off this way and at least one who has had moderate success with it