tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post1231378389981615623..comments2024-03-17T11:17:53.826+00:00Comments on Authors Electric: Agony and e-cstacy by Jan NeedleKatherine Robertshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17196712319655603442noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-132217878737443342015-10-15T20:56:17.550+01:002015-10-15T20:56:17.550+01:00Loved this. particularly since I used to be in The...Loved this. particularly since I used to be in The navy and based in Portsmouth. I had never heard this story so really enjoyed it. Please let me know when the book is out.Wendy H. Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04022089775887274043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-87109041733308004952015-10-15T17:07:01.160+01:002015-10-15T17:07:01.160+01:00you gave me quite a shock there with the tale of B...you gave me quite a shock there with the tale of Buster Crabb...who I mistook for Buster Crabbe. B movie star, but inspirational figure as a senior athlete. I still remember seeing Crabbe, in his seventies--I think--doing a perfect high dive. Anyway, my shock was compounded when I Googled my Crabbe to learn that he died of a heart attack at 75...after tripping over a pail in the kitchen. glitter noirhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11728649916344336118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-27589517258993478092015-10-15T11:13:26.653+01:002015-10-15T11:13:26.653+01:00ps my ex-husband's maternal uncle was in MI6, ...ps my ex-husband's maternal uncle was in MI6, all very jolly and public school. he used to fly his own little plane about for fun (lots of people did then) and was always crashing it into fields. He loved fast cars too. Lydia Bennethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09328239009863878547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-91890670592434147092015-10-15T11:11:51.712+01:002015-10-15T11:11:51.712+01:00The Buster Crabb story sounds terrific material! P...The Buster Crabb story sounds terrific material! Presumably Kim's buddy made sure to choose an unfit frogman in the hope he'd cark it before clocking any suspicious submarine stuff. The odd thing is the missing head and hands though, surely the dodgy powers that be would want him identified, unless that body wasn't him... I wonder if dna could be used now? There might still be a fag-end of Buster's about somewhere. As for your 'beta readers', all you can do is take their opinions on board and examine them, perhaps have a few more of them and look for things like lack of clarity in the story or other things which might get in the way of reader enjoyment, without being too dependent on their taste in books. Lydia Bennethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09328239009863878547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-82770275048625703602015-10-15T09:55:39.117+01:002015-10-15T09:55:39.117+01:00You've been at it long enough to know what wor...You've been at it long enough to know what works and what doesn't Jan, but I understand completely that nagging need for a second opinion. I also think that, however brilliant I think one of my books might be, it'll always be better for some judicious cutting. Good luck with the snorkelling, but I think you may have blown your cover.Bill Kirtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07675643113010061969noreply@blogger.com