The Ultimate Dreamer (Heartlander publishes novel)

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I enjoyed Man of Snow, a kind of twisted take on a children's story which reminded me a bit of Mick Inkpen's Kipper's Christmas Eve which my kids used to love at this time of the year going back a dozen or more years. Have you though of doing some children's fiction ? Plenty of fantastic illustrators on here for you to work with !
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iesus wrote:I don't pretend Stuart here is the proof :D
i just agree and happen to answer the same thing as mark :D :wink:
Big minds thinks the same at the same time, sometimes using other words but the proof of my words are at any lexicon you pick at your hands, if you don't trust that dictionary just use one other of your own like
Interesting. In English, gorgon and mermaid are quite different things. A gorgon is a snake-woman (e.g. Medusa) whereas a mermaid is a fish-woman (e.g. erm... Disney's Little Mermaid).
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markfiend wrote:
iesus wrote:I don't pretend Stuart here is the proof :D
i just agree and happen to answer the same thing as mark :D :wink:
Big minds thinks the same at the same time, sometimes using other words but the proof of my words are at any lexicon you pick at your hands, if you don't trust that dictionary just use one other of your own like
Interesting. In English, gorgon and mermaid are quite different things. A gorgon is a snake-woman (e.g. Medusa) whereas a mermaid is a fish-woman (e.g. erm... Disney's Little Mermaid).
However, a medusa is also a jellyfish, so at least there's a watery connection there.

Interesting, though, that this is in Greek. The closest classical Greek mythology has to traditional mermaids are tritons, which are completely different to gorgons and have a completely different name. I wonder how the Greek word for gorgon came to mean mermaid. (Possibly the same way as the Greek word siren did, sirens actually being half-bird half-human in mythology.)
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Nikolas Vitus Lagartija wrote:I enjoyed Man of Snow, a kind of twisted take on a children's story which reminded me a bit of Mick Inkpen's Kipper's Christmas Eve which my kids used to love at this time of the year going back a dozen or more years. Have you though of doing some children's fiction ? Plenty of fantastic illustrators on here for you to work with !
Thank you. I may well write some children's fiction one day. Just depends on whether I come up with an idea. The book I'm currently writing is probably a little more child-friendly, although I'm not sure it'll turn out specifically for children.
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Nikolas Vitus Lagartija wrote:I enjoyed Man of Snow, a kind of twisted take on a children's story which reminded me a bit of Mick Inkpen's Kipper's Christmas Eve which my kids used to love at this time of the year going back a dozen or more years. Have you though of doing some children's fiction ? Plenty of fantastic illustrators on here for you to work with !
Talking of twisted children's stories, has anyone come across this and its sequels?

http://gothefucktosleep.org/
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markfiend wrote:
iesus wrote:I don't pretend Stuart here is the proof :D
i just agree and happen to answer the same thing as mark :D :wink:
Big minds thinks the same at the same time, sometimes using other words but the proof of my words are at any lexicon you pick at your hands, if you don't trust that dictionary just use one other of your own like
Interesting. In English, gorgon and mermaid are quite different things. A gorgon is a snake-woman (e.g. Medusa) whereas a mermaid is a fish-woman (e.g. erm... Disney's Little Mermaid).
Although I'd pay good cash money to see Disney's The Little Gorgon... :innocent:
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Still a couple of days left if you want to take part in the Advent calendar competition.

The Light Beneath the Waves will be published on the 5th of January. Full details of launch week on my website.

www.stuartfarquhar.co.uk
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EvilBastard wrote:
Although I'd pay good cash money to see Disney's The Little Gorgon... :innocent:
about 13 euros and the post costs in this store :lol: as you can see Little Gorgon is the greek title :notworthy:
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Is it a mermaid's corpse?

Although it appears to have asparagus for arms :)
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Pista wrote:Although it appears to have asparagus for arms :)
:lol:
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And the winner is ... it's markfiend[\b]! His very specific answer of Feejee mermaid was just too accurate to ignore, so he wins himself a signed book. Congrats fiendy - you'll need to give me an address to send your book to.

Full story here. http://www.stuartfarquhar.co.uk
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Oh, I'll post the full cover - front and back - either tomorrow or the day after, time permitting.
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Thanks :notworthy:

I knew that reading Fortean Times would prove useful one day :lol:

I've pm'd you my address
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markfiend wrote:Thanks :notworthy:

I knew that reading Fortean Times would prove useful one day :lol:

I've pm'd you my address
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Here's the front and back cover.

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The Light Beneath the Waves is now available to pre-order. This is the UK link but it's available in all Amazon territories. If you can't find it in your territory, ask me and I'll post the link.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00R ... entries*=0
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The Light Beneath the Waves is out today!

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Light-Beneath-W ... 1505549175
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fiendy's competition prize finally sent today.
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Thanks :notworthy:
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For all German readers who were not so comfortable with reading in English and were therefore anxiously waiting or for all those who have nevertheless read it in English but would happily give it another go in their native language, the German translation of 'The Ultimate Dreamer' is now available, translated by yours truly.

It is called 'Der Meisterträumer', and it is available from Amazon in ebook format.

https://www.amazon.de/dp/B0764J2H9M

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