Have you ever thought something was a good idea....

[silverfoxnik]

[quote name='kennyrodg' post='394895' date='Jan 29 2009, 08:21 PM']good onya Bilbo,best of luck mate. [/quote]
+1

[johnny dissident]

What a subject, save one for me.

[Bilbo]

I just got an email from my publisher

'The book is well written....'

and here are 50 pages of amendments...

Its still moving forward (and his observations are entirely credible).

[Jean-Luc Pickguard]

[quote name='Bilbo' post='1290196' date='Jul 2 2011, 04:00 PM']and here are 50 pages of amendments... [/quote]
I bet one of the amendments is that you can't say that kind of blue is "the greatest jazz recording of all time" as everyone knows that moondance is the greatest jazz recording of all time

[the_skezz]

Fantastic, I'll make sure to pick up a copy

[Beedster]

[quote name='Bilbo' post='1290196' date='Jul 2 2011, 04:00 PM']I just got an email from my publisher

'The book is well written....'

and here are 50 pages of amendments...

Its still moving forward (and his observations are entirely credible).[/quote]

Excellent work Bilbo. Speaking from a little bit of experience, 50 pages of amendments for a first draft of a book of over 400 pages is pretty good going. I'd love to write a book on a similarly compelling subject. Keep us posted (you've probably got a lot of potential proof readers here also). C

[EssentialTension]

Bilbo allowed me the excellent opportunity of reading chapter 1 (that's before the amendments) and I recommend we all buy a copy. Fascinating.

Good luck with the amendments Rob.

[gary mac]

I missed this thread first time round, so I'm a bit late but wish you luck with it Rob. Hope it sells many copies.

[flyfisher]

[quote name='bilbo230763' post='395280' date='Jan 30 2009, 12:46 PM']Probably - which is where it gets scary - people who are interested enough to look will probably know more about the subjects discussed than me and I could easily come out of this looking like a complete berk

But what spurred me on was a colleague saying that the only thing worse than writing this book badly would be not to write it at all. Its a story that needs to be told and noone else is telling it so I thought I would. If someone says it is crap and writes a better one, then it has achieved its purpose![/quote]

Great achievement Bilbo, congratulations and respect for making it happen.

[leschirons]

Best of luck with the book. Quite an achievement.

They say there's a book in all of us. Glad that you've written yours. I haven't.

[Fat Rich]

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Fantastic that it's nearly finished, sounds like it's going to be great!

I'll definitely be buying a copy.