Hi From the Isle of Man

[wez]

Great site so thought I would take the plunge and join up. Looks like loads of fun, and I look forward to meeting up with you all in due course.

A bit about me, I signed a publishing contract a few months back for my Black Dragon series - humorous heroic fantasy - and the first book came out on 1st October, entitled Reluctant Heroes. The second book in the series, Cronan the Librarian, is due out 8th March 2008. Like all us scribblers, I would like to give up the day job and write full time, but them bills have to be paid, so day job it is, with scribbling in what free time I can muster. RH has received some great reviews, so you never know! [img]/emoticons/lol.gif[/img]

All the best to you all,

Wez

Auther of Reluctant Heroes

[J Erwine]

Welcome. Best of luck with the series!





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[wez]

Cheers, Thanks for the welcome, and the best wishes! [img]/emoticons/smile.gif[/img]

Wez

J Erwine said...



Welcome. Best of luck with the series!

Auther of Reluctant Heroes

[Lyn]

Sounds fun, congrats and welcome.

Lyn, Founder of Residential Aliens
Speculative Fiction from the Seven Stars

[Firlefanz]

Hey, a fellow European! Welcome on board, Wez.

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- Call me Firle.

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Mystical Adventures
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[wez]

Thanks for the welcome peeps. And yes, a fellow European. Does that make two of us? [img]/emoticons/smile.gif[/img]

Firlefanz said...
Hey, a fellow European! Welcome on board, Wez.

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Auther of Reluctant Heroes

[RHFay]

Hello, Wez!


Congrats on your publishing contract. I hope your series really takes off.


"I'm going to do what the warriors of old did. I'm going to recite poetry!" Andrew of Armar.

http://azurelionproductions.com

[MichaelEhart]

Welcome!

Buy my book!
The Servant of the Manthycore available Nov. 17th from DEP
Illustrated by Rachel Marks, with an introduction by Michael Moorcock
Read me in 2007!
"The View From the Shotglass Floor" Ray Gun Revival, Feb 2007
"Voice of the Spoiler"The Sword Review, June 2007
"Servant of the Manthycore" TheSword Review, July 2007
"Darkling I Listen; and for Many a Time" Fear and Trembling, coming soon!
"Weaving Spiders Come Not Here" The Sword Review,August 2007
"Six Zombies Doing That Mick Jagger Strut" Damned in Dixie,Summer 2007
"Nothing But Our Tears" The Sword Review,September 2007
"Night of Shadows, Night of Knives" Magic and Mechanica, Fall 2007
"The Scarlet Colored Beast" The Sword Review,October 2007
"The Stars by Law, Forbidden" Unparalleled Journeys II, November 2007
"Who Comes for the Mother's Fruit" Every Day Fiction, November 2007
"Stand, Stand, Shall They Cry" Flashing Swords, November 2007
http://mehart.blogspot.com/

[Colin P]

Wez said...
Thanks for the welcome peeps. And yes, a fellow European. Does that make two of us?

Well last time I looked I was also European.

Welcome to the site

Colin P

www.colinpdavies.com

[crystalwizard]

Hi Wez, welcome to the board How'd you find us?

Never meddle in the affairs of a wizard unless you are soggy and hard to light!


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[Jaqhama]

G'day Manxman!

I made some friends on your local Manx forum when I thought I was going to be riding to the TT for the big celebration this year.
But then I got caught up riding in South Africa (and then I rode over a cliff in the mountains down south and injured myself slightly. So I never got to RSA or Manx.)
Your books sound great mate, congrats. Who's the UK publisher of distributor?

Hey; you got a mobike or what?
Be a crying shame to live on the Island and not have one.

Cheers: Jaq. Ex Southsea, Portsmouth.

You can read some of mystories here:
Skulkers. Jack be nimble, Jack be quick. RAT's. La Carcajou. Jet Bike Boogie...at www.pulpanddagger.com
Swamp Story. Down South. Florida Haze.Wild Justice...
at www.bikernet.com(Plus many of my motorcycle related articles.)
The Covert OP. Chick Prick...at www.milstory.com

[wez]

Indirectly from you. (grin) I am on the fantasy list you just joined and went to flashing swords, then your books, then here, in a roundabout way. So you have only yourself to blame. [img]/emoticons/yeah.gif[/img]

crystalwizard said...
Hi Wez, welcome to the board How'd you find us?

Auther of Reluctant Heroes

[wez]

Woohoo! A few of us then. [img]/emoticons/smilewinkgrin.gif[/img]

Colin P. Davies said...

Wez said...
Thanks for the welcome peeps. And yes, a fellow European. Does that make two of us?

Well last time I looked I was also European.

Welcome to the site

Colin P

Auther of Reluctant Heroes

[wez]

Hi Jaq, yep, I do have a bike. A Triumph Speed Triple. Just had a race can fitted and the bike remapped. Added another 8bhp, or so I believe. The bike certainly feels as though it has, anyway. [img]/emoticons/smile.gif[/img] Over a ton and your head feels like it is being ripped off though. The only problem with the naked sports, but I would not swop it. What is it you ride? Er, over a cliff? LOL


The UK publisher is Frontlist Books, an imprint of Softeditions. It is a small press indie publisher, and have been fantastic from day 1. Had a few nibbles from the bigger boys but in the end, as I was not Terry Prtachet, Tom Holt or Robert Rankin, they decliend. The same with agents. Becaase I write humour, not comedy, apparently it does not sell. Shame they never asked the reading public, because they seem to have a diferent opinion - thank goodness!





Many thanks for the welcome.





Wez

Jaqhama said...
G'day Manxman!

I made some friends on your local Manx forum when I thought I was going to be riding to the TT for the big celebration this year.
But then I got caught up riding in South Africa (and then I rode over a cliff in the mountains down south and injured myself slightly. So I never got to RSA or Manx.)
Your books sound great mate, congrats. Who's the UK publisher of distributor?

Hey; you got a mobike or what?
Be a crying shame to live on the Island and not have one.

Cheers: Jaq. Ex Southsea, Portsmouth.

Auther of Reluctant Heroes

[darkbow]

Welcome, and good luck with the series of books, wez.

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'Hot Off the Press' now available in Ray Gun Revival #25.

'Deep in the Land of the Ice and Snow' upcoming in the Flashing Swords anthology, 'The Return of the Sword: A New Age of Heroic Adventure.'

[H.P. Lovesauce]

Welcome, wez, and congrats on the publishing deal! We've folks from all over, though you're our first Manxman.

[New Writer]

Welcome! Your books sound like the kind I'd enjoy! [img]/emoticons/smile.gif[/img]

Icon and Art by Selina Fenech www.selinafenech.com

[wez]

And contrary to popular belief, I do not have three legs. [img]/emoticons/smile.gif[/img]


thanks for the welcome.

H.P. Lovesauce said...
Welcome, wez, and congrats on the publishing deal! We've folks from all over, though you're our first Manxman.

Auther of Reluctant Heroes

[wez]

Well, if you feel brave enough to buy a copy I will stand brave for your thoughts on it. Remember, I cry easily. [img]/emoticons/cry.gif[/img] [img]/emoticons/smile.gif[/img]





Many thanks for the welcome,





Wez

C.L. said...
Welcome! Your books sound like the kind I'd enjoy! [img]/emoticons/smile.gif[/img]

Auther of Reluctant Heroes

[New Writer]

I'll have to save up my pennies! [img]/emoticons/smilewinkgrin.gif[/img] Is there anywhere I can get a sneak peek at it?

Icon and Art by Selina Fenech www.selinafenech.com

[craig]

Welcome and good luck. You must be one of the only authors on the Isle of Man .

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The Red Stone: http://www.stonegarden.net/index.php...f9d4df59073dc3

[wez]

There are excerpts at my web site





www dot stevewestcott dot com





but they are unedited and the whole site is about to undergo a complete overhaul. But you should get the general idea. [img]/emoticons/smile.gif[/img]

C.L. said...
I'll have to save up my pennies! [img]/emoticons/smilewinkgrin.gif[/img] Is there anywhere I can get a sneak peek at it?

Auther of Reluctant Heroes

[wez]

I think I am the only fantasy author, but there are others. The guy who wrote Day of the Triffids was Manx, Kneale, I think his name was. And the author of the flashman books still lives over here. Linda Mann is another Manx author, and one of the stalwarts of Mills and Boon, whose name escapes me, also lives over here. And, Jon Rhys-Wiliams, or Gimli from Lord of the Rings lives over here.





So we have a few artistic types. [img]/emoticons/smile.gif[/img] I hope to become included in that select group at some point!





Many thanks for the welcome.

Craig Smith said...
Welcome and good luck. You must be one of the only authors on the Isle of Man .

Auther of Reluctant Heroes

[New Writer]

Thanks. [img]/emoticons/smile.gif[/img]

Icon and Art by Selina Fenech www.selinafenech.com

[camille]

Congratulations, and hello!