Re: [book_talk] My latest idea for writing a book. Nowhere to turn. by Frank Perry.
- From: "Don Marr" <dpm51@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <book_talk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 15 Jul 2013 06:35:24 -0400
Frank, sounds like a great first page, but maybe a bit of friendly
criticism, in my opinion, you used the name don a bit too much on the first
page, but that's just me, but keep on, you left us hanging there, we want
more, Don
----- Original Message -----
From: "frank perry" <frankperry2011@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <book_talk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, July 15, 2013 12:11 AM
Subject: Re: [book_talk] My latest idea for writing a book. Nowhere to turn.
by Frank Perry.
> Ok you asked for it, so here is the opening page.
>
> Some people thought Don Hunt was odd. True, his hair was shoulder
> length and a natural dirty blond. His eyes were so light blue they
> looked almost white in sun light. Perhaps it was that a distant
> descendant was aboriginal, yet Don's skin was as white as most white
> people. Perhaps it was that Don liked reading books on Islamic
> traditions. Perhaps it was he got on well with the migrants flooding
> the
> Western suburbs of Sydney. Perhaps it was that for the last 5 years,
> Don had worked in the car industry instead of being a social worker.
> He had taken the car job 5 years ago, because he couldn't cope with
> the stress of social work. Don had lost count of the number of people
> who he had tried to assist who had taken overdoses and were dead.
> Some were in jail, others in group homes, and a few close clients were
> now making a go of things.
> Don was paying of his first ever flat on the third floor, and barely
> managing the repayments. Don liked living alone, he had no girl
> friend. The truth was he found men more sexually attractive. He had
> had one serious relationship, but Fred Wilson had died on the harbour
> bridge in a car pile up 5 and a half years ago. Even with all the
> grief training Don had had the truth was he had found it hard to cope
> with. Don had made the mistake of allowing some of his grief to
> overcome him.
>
> Don had grown up as an adopted child, with no idea of who his father
> or mother were. He loved his adopted parents who lived in the Eastern
> suburbs of Sydney and even now, they were his closest family and
> friends. Don had an interesting music collection. He couldn't get
> enough of Jazz music.
>
> The car makers were about to close the factory and like so many other
> businesses, get all the work done overseas. Wages for all employees
> including senior management had been cut. What Don needed now was
> some money. His home insurance was due and he wasn't the sort of
> person who liked paying by the month.
>
> It was a cold windy and wet Thursday afternoon as he drove down the
> street towards the block of flats where he lived when he noticed the
> fire brigade trucks. There were at least half a dozen of them. As
> Don looked, he saw a blazing fire burning.
>
> On 15/07/2013, Lisa Hayes <lhayes2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Well i'd read it for sure.
>> Lisa Hayes
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> www.nutrimetics.com.au/lisahayes
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "frank perry" <frankperry2011@xxxxxxxxx>
>> To: <book_talk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Monday, July 15, 2013 12:05 PM
>> Subject: Re: [book_talk] My latest idea for writing a book. Nowhere to
>> turn.
>>
>> by Frank Perry.
>>
>>
>>> Thanks for the kind words. They say you should naver say never, and I
>>> have a belief in staying positive in life, so who knows. There may
>>> one day be a publisher who wants to publish the book but let's see
>>> what you all think on July 31st.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 15/07/2013, Lisa Hayes <lhayes2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>> I hope this gets published so i do.
>>>> Lisa Hayes
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> www.nutrimetics.com.au/lisahayes
>>>>
>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>> From: "frank perry" <frankperry2011@xxxxxxxxx>
>>>> To: <book_talk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>> Sent: Monday, July 15, 2013 9:56 AM
>>>> Subject: Re: [book_talk] My latest idea for writing a book. Nowhere to
>>>> turn.
>>>>
>>>> by Frank Perry.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> The names are completely fictional, so it was a coincidence that Don
>>>>> happened to be the first name of the main character. No offence
>>>>> intended, the name was easy to spell, not hugely common in Australia,
>>>>> and the Hunt surname was simply because I liked the idea of the main
>>>>> character hunting for somewhere to live.
>>>>>
>>>>> By the way, forgot to mention, the book is set in Sydney's western
>>>>> suburbs.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On 15/07/2013, Don Marr <dpm51@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>>> wow, Frank, sounds like a great book, but gee since my name is Don,
>>>>>> it
>>>>>> sure
>>>>>>
>>>>>> isn't me, LOL, but i'll read it, you can bet on that, Don
>>>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>>>> From: "frank perry" <frankperry2011@xxxxxxxxx>
>>>>>> To: <people_who_love_books@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>>>> Cc: <book_talk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>>>> Sent: Sunday, July 14, 2013 7:44 PM
>>>>>> Subject: [book_talk] My latest idea for writing a book. Nowhere to
>>>>>> turn.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> by
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Frank Perry.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hi..
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Any and all comments are definitely welcome.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Ok so here is my latest idea for a book.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Nowhere to turn.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Like most people, Don Hunt thinks he lives in the lucky country
>>>>>>> Australia, until through no fault of his own, his flat goes up in
>>>>>>> smoke. Don looses his job in the car making industry. Don is a
>>>>>>> qualified social worker as well, but can't get a job. No matter
>>>>>>> where
>>>>>>> Don goes or who he goes too, Don can't find a job or a place to
>>>>>>> live.
>>>>>>> In desperation, Don commits a crime only to find the prison system
>>>>>>> overcrowded. Don ends up in one of the few mens hostels, mostly
>>>>>>> full
>>>>>>> of criminals and he is violently attacked. Don gets out of hospital
>>>>>>> and finds himself on the streets surviving on unemployment benefits.
>>>>>>> Don turns to drugs and then religion in his desperate search to find
>>>>>>> something to fill the emptiness inside him. After a chance
>>>>>>> encounter
>>>>>>> with the most famous name of the day, Don thinks he has found the
>>>>>>> help
>>>>>>> he has desperately been looking for, but the help comes to an end
>>>>>>> with
>>>>>>> a most shocking murder. Don climbs a bridge to end his life and
>>>>>>> there, Don meets his salvation, the love of his life.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Once I got started with this idea, the whole story just came to me.
>>>>>>> It's nearly finished and I'm happy to post the whole story to the
>>>>>>> list.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I hope people will freely share the story.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> The story is adult reading, all events are fictional as are all
>>>>>>> characters. There is very little swearing in the book, but the book
>>>>>>> contains scenes of a violent nature. The book also contains
>>>>>>> references to drugs, political themes and some religious themes.
>>>>>>> Get
>>>>>>> ready for the surprise in relation to Don's love of his life.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I expect to have the book finished including correcting any grammar
>>>>>>> and spelling errors by July 31st.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I will post it to the list on this date. No copyright infringement
>>>>>>> is
>>>>>>> intended towards any other authors. The book is completely free of
>>>>>>> charge, and if you are ambitious enough, you have my full permission
>>>>>>> to produce the book in any format you wish. All I ask is that if
>>>>>>> you
>>>>>>> do this, you do this completely free of charge for all parties.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> The book isn't very long, I expect somewhere between 100 and 200
>>>>>>> pages
>>>>>>> for the final draft. There will be an acknowledgements page and a
>>>>>>> small dedication.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I wish to encourage any of you, if you have a short story, a book
>>>>>>> you've written, don't worry too much about the money side of things,
>>>>>>> please share it here.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Why did I write this story? Good question. I saw and heard
>>>>>>> something
>>>>>>> on television about 3 weeks ago. I don't remember which channel or
>>>>>>> what show. I do remember it was in Australia and it showed homeless
>>>>>>> people. Three days later, I awoke with the idea so I began writing.
>>>>>>> It's not my goal to become a famous published author. I love
>>>>>>> reading
>>>>>>> books and I like the idea of writing my own. I only had to do a
>>>>>>> little it of research into the whole homelessness situation in
>>>>>>> australia. Believe it or not, there are some really genuine
>>>>>>> homeless
>>>>>>> people in our country, even whole families who live in cars or
>>>>>>> shelter
>>>>>>> wherever they can find places to go. Some of them don't even get
>>>>>>> unemployment benefits because social services says they have no
>>>>>>> fixed
>>>>>>> addresses. It's really happening every single day and right under
>>>>>>> our
>>>>>>> noses.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I am eternally glad there are genuine charities out there trying to
>>>>>>> help these people, and there are genuine people who need help and
>>>>>>> who
>>>>>>> don't take advantage of the help they are given. It's hard to
>>>>>>> believe
>>>>>>> that such people exist, but research suggests they really do. The
>>>>>>> media love telling us about how somebody took advantage of some
>>>>>>> system
>>>>>>> or ripped off the tax payers, but give no credit whatsoever to these
>>>>>>> truly forgotten people.. It was also staggering to find out some of
>>>>>>> these people have genuine disabilities, meaning the disability isn't
>>>>>>> related to illegal drug taking.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>> Stay positive.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Stay positive.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Stay positive.
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>
>
> --
> Stay positive.
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