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07-03-2009, 06:00 AM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Beaupré, Province of Québec, Canada
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 | My first book review, YAY ! Greetings ladies and gentlemen. I just dropped by the Atlantic Flyer website and found that the review of my book was finally posted. Atlantic Flyer - Voice of the General Aviation Community All in all, I liked the review... Except that I was shocked to see that there was still mistakes in my work ! Aren't publishers supposed to spot grammatical errors, dammit ?  Anyway... It took me about 2 years to write the French version, 2 more years to translate it in English and get published, and a little less than 2 years to get my first review... I guess "2" is my lucky number. Now if only I could sell 2 million books...  |
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07-03-2009, 06:07 AM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: May 2009 Location: Chandler, AZ
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| Glad you liked it - my pleasure.
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07-03-2009, 07:49 AM
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| Minister of Whoopass   Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Long Island Native in Mississippi
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| And now we know Sabrinas' real name haha.... Great review Brigit, u did our old pal Yan right.... Bummer that some of the translations didnt quite cross the language barrier Maestro, but Im glad to see something happening for u on the book gimmick.... Has it really been that long??? I remember when u first started talking about it and the difficulties u were having in finding a publisher..... Real happy to see it getting out to the masses in English my friend....
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07-03-2009, 08:28 AM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: billingham nr middlesbrough uk
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| congratulations Meastro
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07-03-2009, 08:39 AM
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| Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Beaupré, Province of Québec, Canada
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Well yes, let's see... I started putting ideas on paper when I was about 17. At first, the story was happening during McAndrew's training and the Battle of Britain period. But after some... erhm... "re-thinking" (the way I was telling the story plainly sucked), I decided to re-write the story and switch of timeframe. I "recorded" my author's rights for the final French version at the age of 19. (I clearly remember as I was in my last days of college.) I then spent about a year to try to get published in French in both Québec and France but failed... Some publishers even sent the unread manuscript back to me. They didn't even bother to read the first page. I then spent about six months to translate my work into English with an other six months for corrections. I "recorded" my author's rights for the final English version at the age of 21. I got published a few months later... If I remember well, I received my contract a few weeks before my 22nd birthday. And Sabrina contacted me to confirm that she would be reviewing my book when I was 24... Just a few days before I turned 25. ... So it took me 8 friggin years from the first draft to my first review.  | |
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07-03-2009, 09:24 AM
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| Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Penzance Cornwall UK
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| Er, I don't want to be a wet blanket - but the 701st Squadron? British Squadron numbers never used st or nd or th after them- and 701 Squadon was a second line unit of the Royal Navys Fleet Air Arm. Perhaps this can be corrected if the book goes to a second edition. |
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07-03-2009, 09:38 AM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Vojvodina, Serbia
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| Congratulations Yan for getting your first book published. Wish you success and many more titles to fallow.
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07-03-2009, 09:57 AM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Adelaide Sth. Aust.
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| Well Done Maestro! 
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07-03-2009, 10:12 AM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Hurst, Texas
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| Congratz!!!!  And considering the amount of editing that goes into alot of the books that are put out today, you should be VERY happy that you got an editor competent enough to only allow a "few" mistakes to pass (hey, we're all human!)!!! Some of the crap that passes for literature reads like it was written by...well...Flyboy.
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07-03-2009, 10:14 AM
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| "Shooter"   Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Moorpark, CA
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 | Congrats, Yan. I've haven't gotten any book reviews yet, but I know these things take time. Besides, photo journals get a bit less draw than fiction/non-fiction. I hope this generates some more sales for you.
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07-03-2009, 10:52 AM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: South Carolina
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| Congrats Yan!
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07-03-2009, 11:21 AM
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| IP/Mech THE GREAT GAZOO  Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Colorado, USA
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| congratulations Yan! now when is the next book coming???
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07-03-2009, 11:24 AM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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| Congrats Yan!
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07-03-2009, 11:26 AM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Stafford Springs, Connecticut
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| Congrats Yan! I'll keep an eye out for your book.
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07-03-2009, 11:26 AM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: A Swede living in Glasgow, Scotland
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| Well done mate! I suspect that signed copies will be sent out to members of this fourm, yes?
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