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Eddy Gemmell

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I am a practicing lawyer who would rather write for a living. I have written all my adult life to a greater or lesser extent but only really began in earnest in the last 2-3 years.

I have a wife and three children and live in Hertfordshire.

favourite books

Anything by David Gemmell, Conn Iggulden or Robert Harris.
The Book Thief - Markus Zusak
Anything by Ian McEwan, Ernest Hemmingway and Kenn Follett
The Da Vinci Code - Dan Brown

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http://www.gnlaw.co.uk    

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ndaye wrote 229 days ago

(rafica_4ndaye@yahoo.com) My name is rafica i saw your profile toda....

RobertMyles wrote 231 days ago

Welcome back! I see you have plenty of space on your book shelf, so i....

Old Bob wrote 231 days ago

Hi Eddy. I was reading profiles this morning to see who might like m....

SRFire wrote 325 days ago

Many thanks for your comment. I will definitely take the things you ....

Nigel Fields wrote 325 days ago

Hi Eddy, Will you be uploading your work soon? The beginning of Walk....

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I wrote 453 days ago

You clearly like space operas and have some good ideas but I think this piece needs some polishing. Some of the phrases and description are either just wrong/don't fit or are overwritten. e.g. - In the opening line you say space is ablaze ...not a planet, and yet reading on I found that that was... view book

I wrote 453 days ago

I can see why people find it compelling as I read on (not all the way though!) to find out what happened but I do see what others have said regarding the way you write being a little basic. That's not wrong of course (necessarily) if that's what you intend but I did find it a little bland with nothi... view book

I wrote 591 days ago

Sorry, I struggled with this. The summary is confusing and has spelling mistakes in it ('reviled' instead of 'revealed'), so I got off to a bad start. I wasn't at all convinced by the intial exchange between Jet and her mother, I have 3 kids and I wouldn't bat an eyelid at that opening conversati... view book

I wrote 1462 days ago

Agreed. Sorry Andrew, but the start of the prologue reads like a history book. You've obviously researched this heavilt but you have to tell a story, not regurgitate all that you know. It would be much more effective to bring this sort of factual information out through dialogue. view book

I wrote 1465 days ago

Phew! I thought you would start shouting at me! It's tough to criticise when others are so complementary but personlly I don't find 'Wow, that was great!' all that helpful. Unless anyone here is Stephen King or Bernard Cornwell, most of us aren't going to be perfect and so there's a good bet that mo... view book

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