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I'm not just an engineer, I'm a novelist too.

Posted: Sat Jul 23, 2011 8:44 am
by Bill Fitzmaurice
You can get a copy of my book, Operation: Sergeant York from Amazon.com. This is the link to the US site:
http://www.amazon.com/Operation-Sergean ... 031&sr=8-1

The Kindle version is $2.99, and you don't need a Kindle, you can use your PC. The paper back price is $29.95, outrageous I know, but that was the publishers decision, not mine.

Re: I'm not just an engineer, I'm a novelist too.

Posted: Sat Jul 23, 2011 8:48 am
by bzb
Very cool. What kind of plans can we expect in this one? ;)

Helluva review you got there already. Might have to pick up a copy for my pops, he likes this kind of fare.

Re: I'm not just an engineer, I'm a novelist too.

Posted: Sat Jul 23, 2011 9:32 am
by Tom Smit
A "5 out of 5" review!
"better than Ian Fleming, or even Clancy"

Impressive! Congrats!

Re: I'm not just an engineer, I'm a novelist too.

Posted: Sat Jul 23, 2011 10:03 am
by wounded horse
Excellent Bill, I'l be ordering a copy for sure. What do you think of the Bernard Samson trilogies by Len Deighton? Top stuff for me, I love his style and humour.

Re: I'm not just an engineer, I'm a novelist too.

Posted: Sat Jul 23, 2011 10:05 am
by Greg Plouvier
I guess that makes you a novel engineer.

Re: I'm not just an engineer, I'm a novelist too.

Posted: Sat Jul 23, 2011 10:26 am
by Dave Non-Zero
Does that mean you were in the CIA? Or can you not tell us? ;)

Re: I'm not just an engineer, I'm a novelist too.

Posted: Sat Jul 23, 2011 11:34 am
by Bruce Weldy
wounded horse wrote:Excellent Bill, I'l be ordering a copy for sure. What do you think of the Bernard Samson trilogies by Len Deighton? Top stuff for me, I love his style and humour.
Game, Set, Match - Hook, Line, Sinker. Gosh, read those about twenty years ago - great books. Spy Hook is staring at me from my bookshelf as I write. I was always on the lookout for a new Len Deighton book.

Re: I'm not just an engineer, I'm a novelist too.

Posted: Sat Jul 23, 2011 11:46 am
by Bill Fitzmaurice
I've discovered that the Kindle formatting left out the paragraph indents, so it's a bit hard to read. I'll fix it ASAP, it shouldn't take more than a couple of days.

Re: I'm not just an engineer, I'm a novelist too.

Posted: Sat Jul 23, 2011 12:04 pm
by Doug Hart
When did you write this?

Re: I'm not just an engineer, I'm a novelist too.

Posted: Sat Jul 23, 2011 2:52 pm
by AntonZ
Doug Hart wrote:When did you write this?
While the PL was setting?

Re: I'm not just an engineer, I'm a novelist too.

Posted: Sat Jul 23, 2011 4:24 pm
by Bill Fitzmaurice
Doug Hart wrote:When did you write this?
I started in 1997, finished it in 1999.

I just uploaded it again, this time the paragraph indents took but they appear almost too large. :bash:

Anywho it takes a day after uploading for it to be available, so figure Sunday evening.

Re: I'm not just an engineer, I'm a novelist too.

Posted: Sat Jul 23, 2011 11:27 pm
by Doug Hart
Bill Fitzmaurice wrote:I started in 1997, finished it in 1999.
Very cool.
Do you have background in the field, or did you just do tons of research?

Re: I'm not just an engineer, I'm a novelist too.

Posted: Sat Jul 23, 2011 11:58 pm
by Dan30
Doug Hart wrote:
Bill Fitzmaurice wrote:I started in 1997, finished it in 1999.
Very cool.
Do you have background in the field, or did you just do tons of research?
If he told you he'd have to kill you.

Re: I'm not just an engineer, I'm a novelist too.

Posted: Sun Jul 24, 2011 7:44 am
by Bill Fitzmaurice
Doug Hart wrote:
Bill Fitzmaurice wrote:I started in 1997, finished it in 1999.
Very cool.
Do you have background in the field, or did you just do tons of research?
I didn't do any research, other than the four years it took to get my BA in History.

Re: I'm not just an engineer, I'm a novelist too.

Posted: Sun Jul 24, 2011 2:07 pm
by Radian
I'd like to get a BA in Future. :broke: