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Maevesleibhin

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I am 43, slightly overweight, with a decided tendency to think about things rather than doing them, as evidenced by the state of my garden, my house, and my kitchen (did I mention weight?). Have several preadolescent children (panic! panic!), no pets, and a devoted but absentminded spouse.
I actually lived in Scotland - those are literal transcriptions, dammit! If the Scots is hard to understand, it's because THE SCOTS ARE HARD TO UNDERSTAND!



OMG! (please envision me bouncing ecstatically around my cluttered living room at the excitement of having made the ED. The ED!!!!)

A huge thanks to all you lovely people who had the rash temerity to back an old lady and a goat. (And some gold, I think, somewhere in there.) Regardless - I return all reads. Just, it must be said, sometimes quite slowly. If I take too long, please bleat. To the squeaky wheel goes the grease, as they say. Just - I said this before, didn't I? - somewhat slowly.

Sláinte!

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I have a deep and abiding fondness for florid middle aged 18th century English writers like Edward Gibbon and Lawrence Sterne, but I spend most of my time reading pulp fiction because - let's admit it - pulp fiction is really much more fun.

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Mrs. Maginnes is Dead

Maeve Sleibhin

Stolen ancient Byzantine coins - a goat, a dead landlady, and maurading Englishwomen. What else can go wrong? In Edinburgh - plenty.


Mrs. Maginnes is murdered - thrown off a cliff near Edinburgh.
She leaves behind a million pounds' worth of hidden Byzantine gold, a rampaging goat, and a student tenant just arrived from Portugal.
Socorro, the bewildered tenant, finds refuge with the five, recently goat-bequeathed Aspenall sisters. They, and an overwhelmingly large number of their neighbours, set out to find the gold, encountering along the way a plethora of irate neigbours, a Valorous detective, Queen Nimnu Ninsikilla, Pouty, Cheeks, a false passport ring, communist militants, a gypsy fortune teller, Shakespeare (in reference), true love, and a purple and pink plaid couch.

 

Fresh Meat

Maeve Sleibhin

Paranormal fiction in the tropics - busting out with vampires, demons and succubi. Seems impressive, I’m sure. Until you see the mosquitoes.


Lola - tiny, twenty two, excessively tattooed - moves to live in Puerto Rico with her best friend, Jeremy, after having been thrown out of women’s professional soccer for excessive violence. Her paradisiac idyll is tragically cut short when she discovers that Jeremy appears to have taken up with his boss - Lucia, a supermodel with a medical degree and an annoying penchant for very short skirts, very high heels, and ornate mid-seventeenth century bejeweled crucifixes. Lola moves out and gets a job at Walgreens, only to discover - the hard way - that the reason Lucia likes crucifixes so much is that she’s a slayer, and that they’re all caught in a war between the vampires and something else - something much more dangerous, who appears to have developed a sudden and very hazardous interest in Lola.

 

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Jack Cerro wrote 1 hour ago

I honestly don't know what to think about any of it. The possibil....

Dianna Lanser wrote 3 hours ago

Oh yes, puce would look lovely accented with beads of glimmering silv....

Wussyboy wrote 3 hours ago

No worries, Maeve - and run those rewrites past me if you like.

melissa_simonson wrote 5 hours ago

whatever you wanna drink baby, whatever you want -- it's your celebra....

JohnDoe wrote 6 hours ago

You had me at 'Master'.

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I wrote 1 day ago

Maretha, I read everything that you posted. (At the time I read this there were some technical issues, mostly involving repeated chapters. I trust that this issue will be corrected soon, as it makes reading through a little bit annoying.) This is a delightful children's book, and the kind of book ... view book

I wrote 1 day ago

Iman, I just read chapter 1. This is very entertaining. I particularly enjoyed her abandoning her mini Cooper in the road. I will read on and comment further, however I wanted to point out a suggestion. I think that you summarize just a little bit too much as she daydreams about the kind of job ... view book

I wrote 2 days ago

I have only read to Autho 5, but I want to say now that this is lovely. I would definitely want my kids to read this, and that is the highest compliment I can give it. I look forward to reading more, and will give more detailed comments later. Best, Maeve view book

I wrote 5 days ago

Amy, I read the second story, Stranger in the Night, and I liked it much better. You move faster to plot, and the plight of the vampire is better portrayed. I would suggest you consider spending less time in summary description- by this I mean telling us what clothes are being worn and the colour... view book

I wrote 5 days ago

Amy, I read about a quarter of the first story, to the scene in the night club. I found that it moves a wee bit too slow for a short story. Indeed, I would find the pace slow even for a full length book. The issue is hook. There is ambiance being built , but it is largely focused in clothing and job... view book

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