tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16623482.post953436490010974298..comments2024-01-28T08:47:10.769+00:00Comments on Dan Abnett: Answers, and the return of GauntDan Abnetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08918522058848946086noreply@blogger.comBlogger39125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16623482.post-32777481972751613262010-03-17T06:05:36.426+00:002010-03-17T06:05:36.426+00:00Before we start...YES that is really my name. I n...Before we start...YES that is really my name. I never thought it was that funny until I was stationed in England. For six months I got slapped whenever I introduced myself...It was nearly as bad as being known as Fo Fo Fobios...Fo Fighting...Fo Fo For...The Golden Thorn (Still funny). Speaking of which, I just finished Blood Pact and I am really looking forward to the next installment. Got a date in mind?<br />Thanks<br />Randy (slap) Sizemore (Slap, slap).Randy Sizemorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11226768364643539244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16623482.post-31568566727113258932010-03-09T17:53:58.613+00:002010-03-09T17:53:58.613+00:00calm it mate schedules get changed and then theres...calm it mate schedules get changed and then theres the health problems plus I never remember Dan promosing an exact date on those books most are good ideas that will very likely become books once he has time, i like variety and a mix of Dan Abnett books each year not jsut the Ghosts otherwise theyd get boring pretty quicklycornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16623482.post-44083112505695576732010-03-09T14:17:10.952+00:002010-03-09T14:17:10.952+00:00Whoa! Bossy boots!
...and Xhalax, thanks, but it&...Whoa! Bossy boots!<br /><br />...and Xhalax, thanks, but it's unlikely that my stuff will ever get published. >.<Shadowheimnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16623482.post-69166527134155239502010-03-09T08:44:58.624+00:002010-03-09T08:44:58.624+00:001) Dont no what to say!
More Gaunt Ghosts - full b...1) Dont no what to say!<br />More Gaunt Ghosts - full books! Thats for start!<br /><br />2) You make 2 promises! We knew about your health problems and very sorry to hear that, but you promised to write one new Gaunt Ghosts book each year after Blood Pact. And hearing about Sabbat Worlds Anthology with your short storie - and its not a full novel!<br /><br />3) Second promise was in long 2007 - we hear about Double Eagle 2. And now 2010. We saw Brothers of the Snake, Titanicus, Legion, in future damn Prospero burns - but what about one of your most interesting titles. <br />Write it already!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16623482.post-12183802228005547742010-03-09T08:44:37.117+00:002010-03-09T08:44:37.117+00:001) Dont no what to say!
More Gaunt Ghosts - full b...1) Dont no what to say!<br />More Gaunt Ghosts - full books! Thats for start!<br /><br />2) You make 2 promises! We knew about your health problems and very sorry to hear that, but you promised to write one new Gaunt Ghosts book each year after Blood Pact. And hearing about Sabbat Worlds Anthology with your short storie its not a full novel!<br /><br />3) Second promise was in long 2007 - we hear about Double Eagle 2. And now 2010. We saw Brothers of the Snake, Titanicus, Legion, in future damn Prospero burns - but what about one of your most interesting titles. <br />Write it already!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16623482.post-54213975053721013702010-03-09T08:14:32.891+00:002010-03-09T08:14:32.891+00:00Big - Nope. I rarely joke and I talk nothing but u...Big - Nope. I rarely joke and I talk nothing but utter crap all the time.Xhalaxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01256396066362752889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16623482.post-64321730422039215812010-03-09T03:43:09.715+00:002010-03-09T03:43:09.715+00:00Frieslander-
Thanks for remembering! I promise I...Frieslander-<br /><br />Thanks for remembering! I promise I'll get my copy of Blood Pact soon so you can speak a little more free.<br /><br />Phil-<br /><br />I originally trained as a playwright so dialogue comes easy to me, while description can be a chore. The best way to build up your characters' jaw muscles is to actively listen in on strangers' conversations. (You're too used to the way your friends talk for it to make a significant impact.) Try to listen to different kinds of conversations- two work friends talking shop will sound different than strangers haggling, which will be entirely distinct from a couple arguing over what movie to see. The trick is to listen to the cadence as well as the words.<br /><br />Try reading plays and screenplays, too. They're almost all dialogue, and are meant to be spoken aloud, meaning that they have to be both lyrical and fairly realistic.Rob Rathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18190321709283384722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16623482.post-14121935778253208912010-03-08T20:59:49.983+00:002010-03-08T20:59:49.983+00:00I'm glad to hear your getting another Gaunt bo...I'm glad to hear your getting another Gaunt book together.Was very sad at how "Only in Death"ended.I hoped you would not let the Ghosts end this way.Will we be seeing Milo again? You've pretty much killed of all my Favorite Caricatures.But that's war.W.R.Younghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13714887519589609055noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16623482.post-42142280348163288662010-03-08T19:19:11.012+00:002010-03-08T19:19:11.012+00:00Ever said something in a joke that then became a g...Ever said something in a joke that then became a great idea?Bignoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16623482.post-14429719314870997562010-03-08T17:04:41.988+00:002010-03-08T17:04:41.988+00:00Big - Who's death could you manage without it ...Big - Who's death could you manage without it feeling like a gut punch?Xhalaxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01256396066362752889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16623482.post-80092453967898143092010-03-08T16:03:20.033+00:002010-03-08T16:03:20.033+00:00Im worried about who we are gonna lose, not to pai...Im worried about who we are gonna lose, not to painfull please Mr Abnett, take it easy! remember those agressive alpha feelings are coming from your Idd being opened to all that Wolf madness, the Ghosts must not suffer !Bignoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16623482.post-2765202528729979392010-03-08T14:19:03.320+00:002010-03-08T14:19:03.320+00:00Thanks for the Character dev information, but the ...Thanks for the Character dev information, but the thing I struggle with most is DIALOGUE. It is hard to make dialogue believable and not sound over-contrived or even cheesy.<br /><br />And using dialogue to impart setting information is a no-no to me, especially after reading a trilogy from the Exalted Universe and this Raven God verbally imparts a LOT of background information about the Dragon-Blooded Realm to the hero and it just sounded poo.<br /><br />That sort of information should be imparted just by the way the world is written and little pieces of information here and there as and when needed, not is one big conversation that led the reader feeling like he is being spoon-fed stuff.<br /><br />So already I have given a dialogue tip when I am asking for them myself - avoid using dialogue to impart large amounts of setting information coz that sounds cheesy.<br /><br />Phil.Phil Brennanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08351084906839617389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16623482.post-23490262684204899802010-03-07T21:54:46.865+00:002010-03-07T21:54:46.865+00:00Oh a**e I keep forgetting everyone who hasn't ...Oh a**e I keep forgetting everyone who hasn't read the book yet. Sorry.frieslanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05069901500598728097noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16623482.post-49752334278502937782010-03-07T19:08:04.092+00:002010-03-07T19:08:04.092+00:00Cor - I know the feeling, though there are some ch...Cor - I know the feeling, though there are some characters I could deal with dying. Oh and I don't like Meryn...so I hope it's him.Xhalaxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01256396066362752889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16623482.post-26866535096603881342010-03-07T18:13:12.703+00:002010-03-07T18:13:12.703+00:00It just had better not be Shoggy or Rawne or Kolea...It just had better not be Shoggy or Rawne or Kolea or Daur or Hark or....<br />who am I kidding I love all the ghosts and each time I pick up a new Ghosts book i dread to think who wont be around come the end :(cornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16623482.post-86322124596209967762010-03-07T13:22:44.116+00:002010-03-07T13:22:44.116+00:00That's only if it is a Ghost....Mr. Abnett wri...That's only if it is a Ghost....Mr. Abnett writes more than just Gaunt's Ghosts.<br /><br />Added to the fact that if it is a Ghost and it is in the short story....there's nothing as of yet that says that it's definitely going to be chronological. There is the 2 years they spent on Balhaut to consider. As well as the aftermath of Blood Pact.<br /><br />Also, there are enemy characters too....so there's no pointers to be being a Ghost. He just said 'character death' and technically anyone who gets named and/or mentioned could be classed as a character.<br /><br />Plus, isn't that a huge mega spoiler frieslander?Xhalaxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01256396066362752889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16623482.post-5923807632542187122010-03-07T13:10:31.017+00:002010-03-07T13:10:31.017+00:00Xhalax - Dorden, because of all the stuff that was...Xhalax - Dorden, because of all the stuff that was said at the end of Blood Pact?frieslanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05069901500598728097noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16623482.post-86842019120432483332010-03-07T10:02:53.760+00:002010-03-07T10:02:53.760+00:00sredni - I think that those two were the only two ...sredni - I think that those two were the only two people out of the 16,000 present that didn't move. Yeah, they knew all the words, but they could have saved the £30 and just stayed home.<br /><br />Fools!<br /><br />Oh, and just in case anyone here isn't keeping an eye on Mr. Abnett on facebook....seemingly he committed character death before breakfast yesterday. And the facebook fans immediately jumped to the conclusion one of the Ghost has bought the farm.<br /><br />Any thoughts?Xhalaxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01256396066362752889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16623482.post-91817345564363812592010-03-07T07:32:13.367+00:002010-03-07T07:32:13.367+00:00Xhalax: what the hell kinda gig were you attending...Xhalax: what the hell kinda gig were you attending where people at the front weren't moving??<br /><br />I consider the ticket price wasted if I don't come out of the pit with at least half a dozen bruises...sredni vashtarnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16623482.post-91452308883660917522010-03-07T00:37:09.715+00:002010-03-07T00:37:09.715+00:00BigWill - I once had an epifany concerning dancing...BigWill - I once had an epifany concerning dancing. The short of it is that we [the guys] can't do it at all. Oddest thing to realize whilst watching a Tarrentino movie (Pulp Fiction, three guesses as to which bit of the film I was watching when I came to this realisation).frieslanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05069901500598728097noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16623482.post-56028070373338429122010-03-06T17:07:30.350+00:002010-03-06T17:07:30.350+00:00When I dance I go for it and don't care if I l...When I dance I go for it and don't care if I look like a right<br />muppet....I'm having too much fun dancing. Much like the other night at a gig. I danced as much as the cattle pit and about 10,000 people would allow. My moves were better than the people in front, who didn't move at all. And at least I was going with the beat, unlike the gay guy behind me who was off and kept hitting me.<br /><br />But it was still AWESOME to just go made with almost 16,000 other people. God I love live music!Xhalaxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01256396066362752889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16623482.post-10227548355530972672010-03-06T14:13:28.573+00:002010-03-06T14:13:28.573+00:00I used to think I was a decent dancer,until I was ...I used to think I was a decent dancer,until I was at the a club one night.<br />Now mind you I was two sheets to the wind,<br />I see the worst dancer ever,I mean someone who has real nerve being on the dance floor.<br />Imagine my horror when I relise the opposite wall was a giant mirror and the Dancing tool is me :oWill Wrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03324842377402443887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16623482.post-4145726139111430512010-03-06T13:30:20.850+00:002010-03-06T13:30:20.850+00:00Nice to hear that you are doing a Gaunt story fo t...Nice to hear that you are doing a Gaunt story fo the SW Anthology, though it would be impossible to think of such an anthology to exist with out you writeing something for it.<br />I do have on question though. Is this a one of or dose BL want to expand the scope of the SWC by getting more writers involved ( orcourse leadind to the odd stat where a number or authors are writing in someone elses univers, which is ofcours has already it's self been writen into some one elses univers (lol).<br />Concidering that the 2nd SWC has now been considered big enough by GW to be encluded in the IG's cronology, it's and that the Gottek and Felix novels are now being written by some one else and the is now two further series from that part of the WW being written by 2 further authors it's not someting I'd discount.frieslanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05069901500598728097noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16623482.post-27100795572325098692010-03-06T08:11:51.905+00:002010-03-06T08:11:51.905+00:00Big - Wouldn't argue with you there.Big - Wouldn't argue with you there.Xhalaxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01256396066362752889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16623482.post-62951151630284024422010-03-06T07:16:02.042+00:002010-03-06T07:16:02.042+00:00Tell you what - Xhalax's dancing is not a patc...Tell you what - Xhalax's dancing is not a patch on her sex noises while reading a particularly gripping passage.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com