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John Warren-Anderson

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Here is the word from the good folk at Authonomy regarding the new system

.**** WITH REGARDS TO SWAPPING YOUR SHELF EVERY 24 HOURS

Swapping your books every 24 hours is a really bad idea under the new system.

Firstly you will never gain any talent spotter rating, at all...

Secondly books receive points twice per day. Once in the morning and once during the evening.

Lets say you backed a new book yesterday at mid day. After 24 hours it will not have gained any points yet from your backing, because it doesn't start to gain points until 24 hours after backing. The next points update is in the evening, so if you take it off after exactly 24 hours the book probably wont have gained anything from your backing.

If you left it on for the rest of the day, it would gain one lot of points from you.

If you then replace it with a new book, that book has to wait another 24 hours before it starts getting points from the backing.

If you had left the original book on your shelf, it would have gained a further 2 lots of points from you during that time.

Constantly swapping your shelves effectively reduces the amount of points you can give to books in any given month.

Read it all on http://www.authonomy.com/forums/threads/64225/info-on-the-new-rating-system/

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The Abraham Man

John Warren-Anderson

The ghost of one he loves tells Jeff Harler of The Abraham Man. Then the nightmare begins.


“Maybe writers and musicians should take an oath. Like the Hippocratic Oath. We could even use the same opening: First do no harm.”

That was the eulogy of Tangerine Glide, the biggest acid rock band of that time. It was Jeff Harler’s creation; and it was he who killed it.

He went to live in a remote beach house on Australia’s southwest coast because that’s as far as you can get from the London scene without wearing a spacesuit. He claims his plan is to age rapidly – that his only ambition is to die in his sleep.
But it is others who die as a mindless random killer stalks the little community
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Then one night the ghost of someone once close to him appears and begs his help to stop the killings. She tells him of the Abraham Man, and that wakes dark recesses in his mind. Maybe the past has come to claim him.

This is a story of a love that conquers death. Of intrigue, betrayal, and conspiracy. Of the occult and madness. It tells the secret that the music industry has hidden for 40 years.

 

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Davidmauriceware wrote 7 days ago

I would like to personally invite you to come read my Book. Many have....

Sharon.v.o. wrote 9 days ago

Hello, As “Into the Deep” is about to make the ED I was wondering....

Joshua Jacobs wrote 39 days ago

Thank you, John! I've added your book to my watch-list. Josh

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Thank you!!

a.morrison712 wrote 63 days ago

Hello John, How's everything going with your writing? I hope all....

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I wrote 107 days ago

Quite original and well handled, I've read enough to give you the November slot. Just one quibble: I think you start it too early. It was very busy and a little confusing to start with. Consider starting where the baby falls into the doctors hands and he connects with her. From that moment on I... view book

I wrote 110 days ago

I enjoyed my visit with Maddy, and I'll give you the November slot. Just one quibble: I think it's a mistake to go back to the gym class. The opening paragraphs is way too soon to go into back story, which, of necessity, interrupts the narative. Better something like Maddy cringed at the memory o... view book

I wrote 328 days ago

I don't usually like prefaces, but yours fits in nicely. A very compeling story, well written. view book

I wrote 398 days ago

The best start you can ask of a fast paced thriller is that it is an immediate start. And this you successfully achieve. Though I think, it might work better without the first paragraph. The writing gurus that I’ve seen all say ‘no back story for at least three chapters.’ I think if you kept h... view book

I wrote 428 days ago

A very entertaining read. Backed and starred. view book

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