Dead Pigeons by Sam Luka - Page 2

nomesque · 08-15-2009, 02:52 AM

Woohoo! Looks as though it'll be fantastic. Love the covers.

Moejoe · 08-15-2009, 02:57 AM

okay it's 7am here in Blighty and I've just realised I've been writing all night and the story is approximately 7500 words. So I'll edit today and upload tonight

dreams · 08-15-2009, 03:20 AM

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Originally Posted by Moejoe

okay it's 7am here in Blighty and I've just realised I've been writing all night and the story is approximately 7500 words. So I'll edit today and upload tonight

Gesh, you should be getting up, and I should be going to bed.

***OK, just to be honest, I really want to shout, YEA!!! New story time almost here!!****

Moejoe · 08-15-2009, 03:25 AM

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Originally Posted by dreams

Gesh, you should be getting up, and I should be going to bed.

***OK, just to be honest, I really want to shout, YEA!!! New story time almost here!!****

I was really surprised at how easy it was to slip back into the skin of Finch and Steinbeck after a few years. I'd given up both of them as charcters a while back, when I thought nobody would be that interested (they still might not be) but I had a really fun time writing the story. Well I did once I ditched the first 4,000 words around midnight and started from scratch

nomesque · 08-15-2009, 05:35 AM

My (admittedly amateur) scale for how much a reader will enjoy reading a story? Directly proportionate to how much fun I had writing it

zelda_pinwheel · 08-15-2009, 01:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Moe The Cat

You can't cancel your plans! You have to show up (in spirit) at the Toronto Meet-up ... you can't do that sitting on your sofa ... wait a minute, yes you can ...

that's the beauty of my plan.

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Originally Posted by dreams

What a great sentence. It instantly produced a picture in my mind. (for some reason it was an instant flash of a 1930's or 1940's black and white pic. And since I am familiar with the Fresno area of that era, in family photos, it was easy to picture

)

i got the same picture.

i can't wait to read this story. 40's noir detective stories is one of my favourite genres.

moejoe, i hope you've managed to get a bit of sleep ! you're getting to be worse than me about keeping crazy hours, and that's not easy to do !

Moejoe · 08-15-2009, 10:02 PM

Okay, it's uploaded

It's around 7,500 words and I had a crapload of fun, even editing it, so you can definitely expect me to publish the 3 Finch & Steinbeck mystery novels I wrote plus some more shorts in the future

Download links in sig and first post of this thread.

ANY COMPLAINTS, TYPOGRAPHICAL OR OTHERWISE SHOULD BE ADDRESSED BY PM TO MY BROTHER, SERGIO TWIRLY MOUSTACHE (pictured below).

zelda_pinwheel · 08-15-2009, 10:03 PM

woot !!! downloading NOW !!!

thank you so much moejoe er, sergio !

i can't wait to read this. and then all the other ones.

Moejoe · 08-15-2009, 10:12 PM

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Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel

woot !!! downloading NOW !!!

thank you so much moejoe er, sergio !

i can't wait to read this. and then all the other ones.

Thanks for reading, and I hope it captures at least part of what I, and I believe you, love about the 40's Detective/Noir genre. Of course, it might not capture it all, and I might be completely deluded...in which case, it wasn't me, it was my brother Sergio, who wrote this story

zelda_pinwheel · 08-15-2009, 10:13 PM

neither you nor sergio have ever let me down so far.

Moe The Cat · 08-15-2009, 11:33 PM

I thought Sergio was Moejoe's brother. Now he turns out to be Sam Luka's brother? I think your dad got "around", if you know what I mean ... for all we know, Zelda could be sister to all three of you!

In any case, I've downloaded and will get to it soonest ...

Moejoe · 08-15-2009, 11:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Moe The Cat

I thought Sergio was Moejoe's brother. Now he turns out to be Sam Luka's brother? I think your dad got "around", if you know what I mean ... for all we know, Zelda could be sister to all three of you!

In any case, I've downloaded and will get to it soonest ...

Thanks for reading and hope you enjoy the story

The mysterious Sergio is an enigma wrapped in a riddle wrapped in a waxed moustache. Nobody knows where he might be, or what he's doing when he gets there

Moe The Cat · 08-16-2009, 01:28 AM

I'm half-way through and noticed two things:

For most of the story, there are no paragraph breaks (maybe <br> tags instead of <p> tags? Or just a bad Feedbooks conversion?)
"Donny Marco" starts out as "Donny Franco".

I like the plucky canine Steinbeck and I spotted another Joni reference in the "Mermaid Cafe". Good story so far. Thanks!

animedude01 · 08-16-2009, 01:30 AM

Thanks for uploading this. I just downloaded and will have to push it to the top of my queue.

I love MR, but since I found it my reading queue has gotten ridiculously long.

Moejoe · 08-16-2009, 01:37 AM

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Originally Posted by Moe The Cat

I'm half-way through and noticed two things:

For most of the story, there are no paragraph breaks (maybe <br> tags instead of <p> tags? Or just a bad Feedbooks conversion?)
"Donny Marco" starts out as "Donny Franco".

I like the plucky canine Steinbeck and I spotted another Joni reference in the "Mermaid Cafe". Good story so far. Thanks!

Fixed the Marco / Franco confusion

I pasted directly in from OpenOffice, it seemed okay on my reader earlier. Let me do a check on it

EDIT: You're right, it's all kinds of borked

I'm taking it offline while I try to figure out what's gone wrong

08-16-2009, 01:28 AM	#28
Moe The Cat Bear Melt Posts: 919 Karma: 5433051 Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Toronto Device: Google Pixel 6, Moto G9 Power (both with Fbreader) & Kindle PW2	I'm half-way through and noticed two things: For most of the story, there are no paragraph breaks (maybe <br> tags instead of <p> tags? Or just a bad Feedbooks conversion?) "Donny Marco" starts out as "Donny Franco". I like the plucky canine Steinbeck and I spotted another Joni reference in the "Mermaid Cafe". Good story so far. Thanks! Last edited by Moe The Cat; 08-16-2009 at 01:33 AM.

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08-15-2009, 02:52 AM	#16
nomesque Snooty Bestselling Author Posts: 1,485 Karma: 1000000 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Ipswich, QLD, Australia Device: PRS-650	Woohoo! Looks as though it'll be fantastic. Love the covers.

08-15-2009, 02:57 AM	#17
Moejoe Banned Posts: 5,100 Karma: 72193 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: South of the Border Device: Coffin	okay it's 7am here in Blighty and I've just realised I've been writing all night and the story is approximately 7500 words. So I'll edit today and upload tonight

08-15-2009, 05:35 AM	#20
nomesque Snooty Bestselling Author Posts: 1,485 Karma: 1000000 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Ipswich, QLD, Australia Device: PRS-650	My (admittedly amateur) scale for how much a reader will enjoy reading a story? Directly proportionate to how much fun I had writing it

08-15-2009, 10:02 PM	#22
Moejoe Banned Posts: 5,100 Karma: 72193 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: South of the Border Device: Coffin	Okay, it's uploaded It's around 7,500 words and I had a crapload of fun, even editing it, so you can definitely expect me to publish the 3 Finch & Steinbeck mystery novels I wrote plus some more shorts in the future Download links in sig and first post of this thread. ANY COMPLAINTS, TYPOGRAPHICAL OR OTHERWISE SHOULD BE ADDRESSED BY PM TO MY BROTHER, SERGIO TWIRLY MOUSTACHE (pictured below).

08-15-2009, 10:03 PM	#23
zelda_pinwheel zeldinha zippy zeldissima Posts: 27,827 Karma: 921169 Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Paris, France Device: eb1150 & is that a nook in her pocket, or she just happy to see you?	woot !!! downloading NOW !!! thank you so much moejoe er, sergio ! i can't wait to read this. and then all the other ones.

08-15-2009, 10:13 PM	#25
zelda_pinwheel zeldinha zippy zeldissima Posts: 27,827 Karma: 921169 Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Paris, France Device: eb1150 & is that a nook in her pocket, or she just happy to see you?	neither you nor sergio have ever let me down so far.

08-15-2009, 11:33 PM	#26
Moe The Cat Bear Melt Posts: 919 Karma: 5433051 Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Toronto Device: Google Pixel 6, Moto G9 Power (both with Fbreader) & Kindle PW2	I thought Sergio was Moejoe's brother. Now he turns out to be Sam Luka's brother? I think your dad got "around", if you know what I mean ... for all we know, Zelda could be sister to all three of you! In any case, I've downloaded and will get to it soonest ...

08-16-2009, 01:30 AM	#29
animedude01 Addict Posts: 254 Karma: 1200 Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Los Angeles Device: DR1000S, ILIAD2, Nokia n900, Kindle for PC, Astak EZReader Pro	Thanks for uploading this. I just downloaded and will have to push it to the top of my queue. I love MR, but since I found it my reading queue has gotten ridiculously long.