A lean face, pitted and scarred, very thick black eyebrows, and carbon-black eyes with deep grainy circles of black under them. A heavy five o'clock shadow. But the skin under all was pale and unhealthy-looking.
(just a jot of creative writing)
Yes I thought Jon was looking peaky too. Too much moderating and poetic creativity on top of the usual student excesses.
Have a day out in Great Yarmouth my son.
Well done Karl - glad you kept the faith with your cab driver stories, I loved reading them on ABC about a year ago. They deserve a wider audience and I wish you all the best.
Thank you Paul for your delightful reply. It seems clear beyond any further reckoning that you have established that I am a dick. Well done you! I'm not surprised that the observations by myself and others do not bother you one jot. By your own admission you have a lot going for you. An enormous penis, creative works which leave you very satisfied, a marvellous girlfriend, the respect and affection of your colleagues at work and a social life where you are liked and respected by your peers. It all sounds lovely and if that is your life I'm not surprised that cyber accusations leave you untouched.
The only thing that did stick out a little was: You better have some evidence about my expressions of "pleasure", pal.' You did seem a bit angry there. It suggested a 'you're for it' kind of thing if no evidence was forthcoming.
For myself, I'm happy for others who remember the exchanges to come to their own conclusions. What a strange expression though! What would you do - sue me? Outwit me - you've already done that big style so that's a no go. Write a letter of complaint:
Dear Tony Cook, my life is marvellous in every respect and any criticisms to me are like water off a duck's back. Also, with the bird I've got and my top quality knowledge of how to get her going (with my enormous todger) you can imagine life is pretty fantastic. Much more fantastic than any of the people who use your silly abc thingy.
Anyhow, I'm not bothered, but someone has said something about me without backing it up with evidence - you know - like in a court of law. I think you should do something about it because it's not right. Not that I'm bothered or anything. It's water off a ducks back to me pal, I can take it or leave it.
Must go - there's that many friends come to see me that they're clogging up the road and blocking the traffic. Tried to get to the door but the phones going non stop with 'big dick monthly' offering me 50k for a centrefold. I might do it - depends how long it takes me to finish this homework. I'm not bothered me. Where's my rizlas gone?
Yours Faithfully
Paul.
PS If they don't come up with the evidence could you delete it by Friday. I'm not bothered though.
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Hey Tony, I thought our emails were a private matter!
Ha ha.
No it's okay Kevin, I'm not angry, neither are you "for it". I just wanted to show everyone that you're full of crap. And I have, so...ta ta for now.
Liana, it's great being free to say what you want. But take a tip from me: caution, friend, for freedom is hot to handle.
Your "social skills" need a tweak Missipissi, the overuse of childish, unfunny insults makes you appear deeply unpleasant. Perhaps you should get a life.
Well I do at least have a traceable name, you ******. As it happens I was offering some of the desirable feedback that they all want on the 'other' site. Where you're concerned I'm proud to be unpleasant.
Sorry!
Didn't notice myself slanging, as such - was more,
trying to break the pattern and introduce a few
.............................................slides
perhaps, that preclude slanging; but that, too can be
repetitious, and I certainly take your point.
However, still and all, I'm not sure that writing which
is pleasant
and/or inspiring
can really be called slanging...
or that it doesn't perform a useful function;
..........................rather like a
form of alternative punctuation - so unless a
comment
is intended to prevent someone else from
participating, I don't see that it's harmful
to add a comment(?)
(Unless! of course -! sudden thought! my descriptions
quoted above resembled in any way anyone! on this site! which
is something I didn't take into account! - so if anyone
does resemble the cherub or the boatman at Loon
Lake - APOLOGIES ! *AND!* purely coincidental!!!!!)
Yes, I see what you mean, Mr Mississipi.
It was written by E.L. Doctorow, though -
I had thought you might recognise it, especially
when I mentioned 'Loon Lake'
(in Alaska, on the Kenai Peninsula; meant to be one of
the most beautiful,
peaceful spots in the world).
Repitition can be very effective in writing, I think, so
let's not be too harsh! A lot of people like Doctorow.
"Sorry to be so frank, but this has to be said - bigging up people for this sort of thing is embarrassing for all parties. Be desperate for achievement amongst us (we all are) but hold back till it actually arrives."
It's not very often I find myself in sympathy with Paul but I think his general point is important.
Digital, POD printing has really changed the landscape for wannabe writers in the last year or two.
Before the arrival of the likes of Publish Brittanica and more honest and honurable alternatives such as PABD, old style 'vanity publishing' was the preserve of the extremely naive, the scarily self-obsessed and the clinically insane.
POD is a genuine form of self-publishing which, for technological reasons, tends to be cheap and in some cases free for the writer.
This obviously isn't the same as being published by what previously would've been regarded as a publisher, which is where I object to some of the statements issued by Publish Brittanica but as long companies state this openly, to both writers and readers, as PABD do, I think they offer a good service.
In Karl's case, I'm a big fan of his writing and will be buying a copy of the book shortly.
Top marks Paul for seeing what I've done. Not a lot gets past you. I appreciate that your history on this forum is characterised by emotional maturity and if my silly post fell below the high standards which you exemplify then I unreservedly apologise.
Best Wishes.
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I wish Karl all the best with this venture. Genuine diversity in the marketplace is, in my humble opinion, always a good thing, and that includes range of media as well as content.
Karl - have you approached any agents with a proposal?
I just looked back - yes, I said Mrs Pie was a favourite
emoticon, too - it's an emoticon from the emoticonpluspad
menu, listed under 'brain' and it's a favourite of mine -
but thought since I was called Michelle it would be funny
to mention that, since it seemed to fit, in a childish way
- but I can see what you mean! Just because I am
called Michelle - a pretty nice name, anyhow - that
doesn't entitle me to make jokes about it.
OK! Hi ho
I accept your findings. Perhaps you'd be kind enough to point to one of your many posts and give an example of how to be successful with humour.
Best Wishes
Well done, Karl! Everything has to start somewhere, if it is to start at all. It could get noticed and picked up by a major publisher with money for promotion and a big print run. Why not? From the first chapter and some of Karl's other London cabbie stories, this should be very similar conceptually to Bukowski's Post Office or Factotum, both of which are wonderful.
funny how you never see greco & kevin in the same (padded) room.
Now wer wher we?
ah, yes-
Author: AJ (---.access.uk.tiscali.com)
Date: 04-18-04 21:00
My very good friend Karl has a book published. I have read the first chapter and it's brill. Check it out for yourself at
http://store.pabd.com/kwiggins
Good Luck Karl, you are a very clever and witty writer.
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