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Re: Scandinavian Crime Fiction

Postby Juule » Thu Jan 20, 2011 2:15 am


Clicked it. Liked it. :Y
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Re: Scandinavian Crime Fiction

Postby fish » Thu Jan 20, 2011 8:03 am

Clicked it, wasn't so sure.

I'll have a better re-read later tonight and find a comment. :W
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Re: Scandinavian Crime Fiction

Postby fish » Thu Jan 20, 2011 11:06 am

Re-read it.

Still can't make up my mind.

Humour, violins, dragon tattoo, all the ingredients were there but maybe a more PG punchline would have been more to my taste.
Not that I have much.
Taste that is. :roll:

Keep up the good w*rk. *:)*
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Re: Scandinavian Crime Fiction

Postby snaps » Thu Jan 20, 2011 8:34 pm

Well you could always cut and paste that into the comments section. :idea:

The original draft was entered for a flashfiction competition where the upper word limit is 500. Quite a tall order to establish; characters, location, time-frame, action, motive, outcome etc in 500 words, where the only prompt was ''Revenge is sweet''.

I shall have to reconsider the punchline. ''Eat my shorts!'' is my fave stand-by :D
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Re: Scandinavian Crime Fiction

Postby fish » Fri Jan 21, 2011 1:53 am

snaps wrote:... where the only prompt was ''Revenge is sweet''.

Ok, that puts it into an entirely different context.
I can see the point of the punchline now.
snaps wrote:I shall have to reconsider the punchline. ''Eat my shorts!'' is my fave stand-by :D

Doesn't Bart Simpson already own that one?
Maybe "bite my Image" would fit. :lol:
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Re: Scandinavian Crime Fiction

Postby snaps » Sat Jan 22, 2011 10:31 pm

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'THE MAN WHO LEFT TOO SOON: The Biography of Stieg Larsson' by Barry Forshaw. Book Review by Zala Russe:

http://www.thelocal.se/blogs/zalarusse/?p=120
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Re: Scandinavian Crime Fiction

Postby fish » Sun Jan 23, 2011 8:35 am

Nice review Snapsie.
One for the shopping list I think. *:)*
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Re: Scandinavian Crime Fiction

Postby snaps » Thu Jan 27, 2011 9:27 pm

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THE MAN WHO KNEW LISBETH SALANDER, Fanfiction extract, (999 words)

Now, without an active ‘Millenium’ novel to appear in, Mikael Blomkvist was on permanent vacation. E-mails? The one message he needed to hear; ‘REACTIVATION PROTOCOL’ never appeared. The one sender he wished to hear from; Lisbeth Salander, nothing. He was at a loose end. Like, forever. He dangled his chunky thighs precariously over the harbour wall in Lagos, Portugal.

http://www.thelocal.se/blogs/zalarusse/?p=128
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Re: Scandinavian Crime Fiction

Postby fish » Fri Jan 28, 2011 8:39 am

Excellent start to a new chapter in the lives of Lisbeth and Mikael.
I just wish you owned the copyrights so we could see it develop into a fully formed novel. *:)* *:)* :D
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Re: Scandinavian Crime Fiction

Postby Ian » Fri Jan 28, 2011 10:13 am

Is Noomi busy at the mo'? :wink:
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Re: Scandinavian Crime Fiction

Postby snaps » Fri Jan 28, 2011 5:20 pm

Awww fanq's :oops: and fanks to Juule too for the review on thelocal.se :)

I wish I owned the copyrights too. I've got another 5000 or so words in draft on this, but there's no way forward in trying to get a publisher as the copyright company would jump all over me. This is especially the case since Eva Gabrielsson's publication of her book ''Stieg, Millenium, and I'' and her very public war of words with the Larsson family, who have now put up their own website to counter her claims. I'm getting a bit hacked off with local.se as although I am featured on the carousel on the newspaper header, I still haven't had my photo uploaded to the blog page which automatically places me behind other names, and last time I checked at least seven of those didn't post ANYTHING during 2010. Also the readership is wierd. I have done some self promotion by commenting in some of the forums and on news stories but I don't seem to be getting any traffic or much comments outside of this room. Judging by the 'most read/ commented on'' the readership only seems to be interested in either stories related to sex or else on items that they can post anti-immigrant rants on. Ima thinking if I do a post called ''The Girl who converted to Islam after shagging around a lot'' I might get more online hits. :(
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Re: Scandinavian Crime Fiction

Postby fish » Fri Jan 28, 2011 10:57 pm

snaps wrote:...I'm getting a bit hacked off with local.se as although I am featured on the carousel on the newspaper header...

Nice to see you occasionally get onto the banner page though. *:)*

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snaps wrote:...the readership only seems to be interested in either stories related to sex or else on items that they can post anti-immigrant rants on...

Yeah.
Readers.
It'd be a much better paper without them. :x :P :T :lol:


Keep workin' on 'em Snaps.
And always remember the famous words of Ashleigh Brilliant.
"It's a good thing we're going slowly, 'cause we might be going in the wrong direction." :roll: :lol:
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Re: Scandinavian Crime Fiction

Postby snaps » Fri Jan 28, 2011 11:26 pm

:lol: :lol: :lol:

I'm blushing lotz :oops:

do you think If I sent this image to scanpix.se and said I was like some bigshot assistant editor on local.se they would let me open up an account?

Fuckit, I should tell them they should be paying ME to help promote THEIR site. :evil:
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Re: Scandinavian Crime Fiction

Postby fish » Sat Jan 29, 2011 9:04 am

:lol: :lol: Image

Those ideas sound like sure fire winners to me. *:)* :lol: :lol: :lol:
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Re: Scandinavian Crime Fiction

Postby snaps » Mon Jan 31, 2011 10:45 pm

AN OUTSIDER LOOKING INSIDE

THE MAN IN TWO MINDS: Extract from Novel, 1160 words

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‘This is insane! It sounds something like the vampire story and the Valkyrie legend encased in one. Put a stop to it NOW!’ It could be Sweden, maybe Switzerland, Germany, or Austria. Only history would tell. Destiny hinges on encounters like this. What were they saying? The ambling figure could be seen through binoculars from the house. Through the blurring January mist, down the hillside, though it might be taken for two men.

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