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# Please tell me that is your actual name...
If not, any particular reason for the fondness?
(, Sat 17 May 2008, 0:45, archived)
# It was the name of one of the characters in my creative writing coursework thing
(which I wrote in two days during a rather heavy binging period) :D

What is your book about exactly?
(, Sat 17 May 2008, 0:48, archived)
# It's about a man coming to terms with what it means to be English as well as his own identity, ambitions and desires in a Futurist/Contemporary society. Which is then invaded by aliens.
That's not particularly accurate, but I always find that summary amusing.

It's basically a poorly written Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy clone, complete with Englishman doing a bad impression of David Niven and Arthur Dent combine.
Originally it was supposed to have swathing comments on the subject of existence, fate and ambition, but then I realised I was shit at writing and made it a comedy.
(, Sat 17 May 2008, 0:51, archived)
# Now I quite like the sound of that.
I'm a massive douglas adams fan. I trust you'll be keeping us updated on your progress?
(, Sat 17 May 2008, 0:55, archived)
# I sort of do-ish sometimes.
This is the second draft, ie the one which is completely rewriting it and actually making it funny (although it was still supposed to partly a comedy before but ended up being an embarrassingly awful adolescent rant).

Page 62/80 currently (that's word document pages I should add) and the final word count is slowly stretching away as the thing get incrementally longer.
(, Sat 17 May 2008, 1:01, archived)