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mr ploppy · 02-23-2011, 06:21 AM

How did you discover your favourite author? Please be honest, even if you think you know why I am asking.

I discovered mine through buying a new paperback. I was attracted by the cover image and read the first 20 or so pages in the shop.

Another I discovered by mistake, also buying a new paperback based on the cover image but without reading any of it. I thought it was a novelisation of something I had seen on TV the night before, but it turned out to be something completely different.

A more recent favourite I discovered through a collaborative project with another writer who was already on my watch list. That was a new ebook bought with fingers crossed on the strength of the collaboration.

Everyone else has been through buying second hand paperbacks, or more recently through the parrot on my shoulder.

02-23-2011, 06:21 AM	#1
mr ploppy Feral Underclass Posts: 3,622 Karma: 26821535 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Yorkshire, tha noz Device: 2nd hand paperback	How did you discover your favourite author? How did you discover your favourite author? Please be honest, even if you think you know why I am asking. I discovered mine through buying a new paperback. I was attracted by the cover image and read the first 20 or so pages in the shop. Another I discovered by mistake, also buying a new paperback based on the cover image but without reading any of it. I thought it was a novelisation of something I had seen on TV the night before, but it turned out to be something completely different. A more recent favourite I discovered through a collaborative project with another writer who was already on my watch list. That was a new ebook bought with fingers crossed on the strength of the collaboration. Everyone else has been through buying second hand paperbacks, or more recently through the parrot on my shoulder.